Quantitative Reasoning

Learn the basics of UCAT QR: key formats, mental maths, calculator tips and fast pacing to maximise your score.

Master essential QR strategies: read the question first, pick out key data, set up efficiently and avoid wrong answer traps.

Tackle QR maths with speed: learn how to plan operations, manage multi-step problems and solve with minimal working.

Understand UCAT rate questions, solving for speed and less common rates whilst setting up fractions and rearranging formulae.

Work with percentages confidently—learn how to convert, calculate and estimate percentages and spot traps in common errors.

Handle percentage change with ease by using the right formula, identifying original values and avoiding common mistakes.

Brush up on statistical concepts like mean, median, mode and range, and apply them quickly and accurately in QR questions.

Convert between units with ease—learn how to multiply, divide and cancel units to solve questions quickly and correctly.

Avoid errors in time and temperature questions—learn to convert, spot traps and handle different time formats with confidence.

Work with currencies, exchange rates, income tax and VAT—understand how to add and remove tax and avoid mistakes with conversions.

Solve ratio and proportion questions fast—use fractions, benchmark values and elimination to simplify and score more marks.

Tackle UCAT geometry questions with common shapes and their formulae—plus strategies for working with 2D and 3D shapes.

Learn how to spot and manage difficult QR questions by flagging, triaging and avoiding time traps that cost valuable marks.

Untangle tricky QR data formats—learn to extract key info from charts, graphs and text-heavy questions with unusual units.

Recap core QR strategies, improve calculator speed and build a final plan for tackling QR with accuracy and confidence on Test Day.