PRACTICE GUIDE AKUNA CAPITAL
Akuna Capital Math Test Practice
Outcry’s Akuna Capital math test practice section has 80 questions in 8 minutes. These numbers describe the linked mock; the source check below distinguishes published details from practice settings.
80 typed arithmetic questions in 8 minutes and 24 sequences in 12 minutes are the practice configuration. The −1 wrong-answer rule is Outcry’s, not verified firm policy.
Outcry is not affiliated with Akuna Capital and has no access to their assessment content. This guide describes an assessment format that candidates report publicly; the questions here are generated by Outcry and are not Akuna Capital’s own.
What it screens
A Chicago options market maker with a strong C++ and derivatives-pricing focus.
- ✓Two-digit multiplication and division without writing anything down
- ✓Fraction and decimal conversion at a glance
- ✓Percentage moves in both directions (a 20% drop needs +25% to recover)
- ✓Knowing when to skip: negative marking punishes guessing
Where it sits at Akuna Capital
Akuna’s current public careers material does not verify this mock’s exact maths/sequences counts, clocks or deductions.
Practice stage: Math & sequences practice · round unconfirmed. 80 typed arithmetic questions in 8 minutes and 24 sequences in 12 minutes are the practice configuration. The −1 wrong-answer rule is Outcry’s, not verified firm policy.
The format
These are the settings used by Outcry’s Akuna Capital practice sitting. They are not automatically the employer’s published format; see the linked assessment’s source check.
| Questions | 80 |
|---|---|
| Time | 8 minutes |
| Per question | 6 seconds |
| Negative marking | Yes - a wrong answer costs a mark |
| Answer style | Typed numeric answer, no calculator |
| Where it sits | Math & sequences practice · round unconfirmed |
What it tests, with a worked example
Every example below is generated by Outcry, drawn from the same question generators the timed drills run. None of them is Akuna Capital’s.
Two-digit multiplication
Products you are expected to reach by splitting rather than by long multiplication.
Example 1
45 × 55
Answer 2475
(50−5)(50+5) = 50² − 5² = 2500 − 25 = 2475.
Example 2
6/7 × 14
Answer 12
14 ÷ 7 = 2, then × 6 = 12.
Example 3
25²
Answer 625
25² = 625.
Fast division
Exact quotients where the divisor is chosen to make a shortcut available.
Example 1
44²
Answer 1936
Anchor on 40: 44² = 40² + 2 × 40 × 4 + 16 = 1600 + 320 + 16 = 1936.
Example 2
1/3 of 18
Answer 6
18 ÷ 3 = 6, then × 1 = 6. Divide before you multiply and the numbers stay small.
Example 3
22.5 ÷ 0.5
Answer 45
Scale both by 10: 225 ÷ 5 = 45. A decimal divisor is only ever a whole one in disguise.
Percentages both ways
A percentage of a number, and the move needed to undo one - a 20% fall needs a 25% rise.
Example
Which word fits the blank? The price will hold ___ the supplier raises the freight rate.
- therefore
- unless
- so
- because
Answer unless
The second half is the one thing that would break the first, which is what "unless" marks. The other three would make the rate rise the cause of the price holding, which reverses the sense.
Knowing when to skip
On a negatively marked paper an item you cannot see a route through is worth leaving.
Squares and near-squares
Products a step either side of a square, where the difference-of-squares identity is faster than multiplying.
Example
B6 B6 A3 A19 B15 B7
A means add 7 to the number. B means multiply it by 2. What do the six results add to?
Answer 104
B6→12, B6→12, A3→10, A19→26, B15→30, B7→14, which adds to 104.
Order of operations under pressure
Items written to punish reading left to right instead of resolving the structure first.
Example 1
181 × 21 = ?
Answer 3801
181 × 20 = 3,620, plus 181 × 1 = 181, giving 3,801.
Example 2
26 × 34 = ?
Answer 884
26 × 30 = 780, plus 26 × 4 = 104, giving 884.
Example 3
Two fair dice are rolled. What is the chance the total is 9, as a percentage?
Answer 11.1
4 of the 36 ordered outcomes total 9, so 4/36 = 11.1%.
What a good score looks like
Use this mock’s score and worked review to identify skills to practise. No Outcry score guarantees a pass or a hiring outcome; a current employer threshold for this practice paper has not been verified.
How to train for it
- 01Sit a full timed screen end to end, so the pacing decisions happen under the same pressure as the real thing.
- 02Work the operation you avoid. Almost everyone has one - long division, or fractions, or subtraction with a borrow - and it is where the dropped marks cluster.
- 03Learn a handful of identities rather than more speed: difference of squares, multiplying by 11, halving and doubling. They convert a hard item into an easy one.
TRAIN IT HERE
The drills that match each section
Arithmetic Drill
2.5 timed minutes of exactly this question mix, with a ghost of your best past run to race.
Duck Duck Dash
Endless mental-math runner - one mistake ends the run, and the questions climb through ten difficulty tiers.
Sequence Sprint
Pattern recognition under the same per-question time pressure.
SIT THE FULL BATTERY
All the sections back to back on one clock, marked the way the real screen marks them, with a by-skill breakdown at the end. Included with any pass.
Also reported at Akuna Capital
Common questions
- Is this Akuna Capital’s official math test test?
- No. Outcry generates its own questions. Akuna’s current public careers material does not verify this mock’s exact maths/sequences counts, clocks or deductions. 80 typed arithmetic questions in 8 minutes and 24 sequences in 12 minutes are the practice configuration. The −1 wrong-answer rule is Outcry’s, not verified firm policy.
- How long is this math test practice section?
- 80 questions in 8 minutes in the Outcry mock. These are practice settings unless the source check explicitly confirms them.
- How is the practice marked?
- Correct answers earn 1 mark unless the question states another weight. Wrong answers lose 1; unanswered items lose 0, including timeouts. These rules apply to this mock.
- Where can I check the employer’s process?
- See the public source check on the linked assessment. Your role-specific invitation governs the actual format, permitted tools and scoring.
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