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Q1Q:Q1. What is your gender?
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S2aQ:S2a. Age Groups
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Q3Q:Q3. What is your personal annual income?
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Q4Q:Q4. What is the highest level of education you have achieved?
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Q5Q:Q5. In which region in the UK do you live?
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Q6Q:Q6. How much do you think poor numeracy skills cost you personally in an average year, if anything? Numeracy skills refer to the ability to understand, apply, and reason with mathematical concepts in everyday life.
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Q6_1Q:Q6. How much do you think poor numeracy skills cost you personally in an average year, if anything? Numeracy skills refer to the ability to understand, apply, and reason with mathematical concepts in everyday life.
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Q7Q:Q7. What is the biggest single reason for why you think poor numeracy skills cost you money in an average year?
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Q8Q:Q8. How confident or not confident are you about handling everyday Maths scenarios?
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Q9Q:Q9. Thinking back, how informed did you feel about the long-term cost (including interest) of your student loan when you first took it out?
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Q9_1Q:Q9. STUDENT LOAN BASE - Thinking back, how informed did you feel about the long-term cost (including interest) of your student loan when you first took it out?
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Q10Q:Q10. If you had your time again, would you still choose to take out a student loan?
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Q11Q:Q11. Would you agree or disagree that learning Maths at school properly prepared you for adult Maths scenarios?
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T1Q:T1. There are 120 people at a party. 1/3 of the people leave the party. How many people are still at the party?
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T2Q:T2. Jeff lives in Bath. He works in an office in London. Jeff leaves his home in Bath at 07:10. He catches a train in Bath at 07:35. The train takes 1 hour 35 minutes to get to London. It then takes Jeff 40 minutes to get to his office. At what time does Jeff get to his office?
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Q100Q:Q100. 11+ questions
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A1Q:A1. Which of these is the smallest number?
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A2Q:A2. What is 150 minutes in hours and minutes?
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A3Q:A3. If it’s 45 miles for Ahmed to travel from home to work, and on his journey he travels at an average speed of 60 miles per hour, how long will it take Ahmed to arrive at work?
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Q99Q:Q99. GCSE questions
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B1Q:B1. A 500g packet of chicken in the supermarket costs £12. A 750g packet of chicken in the supermarket costs £15. Which is the cheapest per KG?
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B2Q:B2. Martin’s has had a wage rise of 10% from his salary of £15 per hour. What is his new salary?
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B3Q:B3. In the tax system, what does the personal allowance mean?
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B4Q:B4. Judy has just received a pay rise, moving her from the 20% income tax bracket to the 40% tax bracket. What does that mean for her new income tax bill?
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QB100Q:QB100. QB2 + QB3 + QB4
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B5Q:B5. In April, inflation fell from 3.3% in March to 2.8%. Does that mean prices are:
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B6Q:B6. Which of the following would mean you pay a cheaper total amount on your mortgage?
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B7Q:B7. You put £1,000 into a savings account that pays 5% interest per year. How much money would you have after one year, if you do not withdraw any money?
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B8Q:B8. If you only make the minimum payment on a credit card balance, what is most likely to happen?
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B9Q:B9. Please say what time the image below says.
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The study ran between the 17th – 22nd June 2026 and was taken by
2,010 respondents on both mobile and desktop devices. All were
based in the UK.

Each Obsurvant study is fielded as independent primary research.
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