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Speed Maths

Mental arithmetic against the clock, from plain sums to speed, distance, time and fuel, with no calculator.

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What to try

  • Start on Easy and aim for every answer right before you move up.
  • On Standard, look at the result screen: it names the type of sum that cost you most.
  • Move to Hard only when Standard feels comfortable. The short limit rewards a calm first approach, not guessing.

Practice tip

Learn a few shortcuts. At 60 kt you cover 1 NM a minute. Find 10% first and build percentages from it. Split fuel times into whole hours and a fraction of an hour. Check your answer is the right size before you type it.

Independent practice for the kinds of tasks used in airline pilot aptitude tests. It is not affiliated with, approved by or copied from any test publisher or airline, and real tests differ in format, timing and scoring. Your score here only shows your own progress.