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Valkyrie Mental Math Practice Test
This guide offers mental math preparation for readers interested in Valkyrie Trading. The general practice ranges below are not a verified assessment specification for that employer.
Those are ranges across firms running this format rather than Valkyrie Trading's own figures, so treat them as the shape to train against and check the instruction screen on the day for the marking rule.
These are Outcry preparation topics, not a verified current firm assessment specification. Check your role-specific invitation for the test, timing, tools and recruitment stage.
Outcry is not affiliated with Valkyrie Trading 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 Valkyrie Trading’s own.
What it screens
A trading firm with public opportunities in trading and technology.
- ✓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 Valkyrie Trading
A trading firm with public opportunities in trading and technology. The topics here are Outcry preparation suggestions, not a verified firm syllabus or recruiting stage.
Outcry also has 4 other topic guides for readers interested in Valkyrie Trading. Their presence does not mean applicants must sit that many tests or that they belong to one recruiting round.
The format
These are general practice ranges, not a verified current assessment specification for Valkyrie Trading. Check the employer’s invitation for the actual format.
| Questions | 60 to 80 |
|---|---|
| Time | 8 to 10 minutes |
| Per question | about 6 to 10 seconds |
| Negative marking | Varies by firm and year |
| Answer style | Typed numeric answer, no calculator |
| Where it sits | Preparation topics · employer 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 Valkyrie Trading’s.
Two-digit multiplication
Products you are expected to reach by splitting rather than by long multiplication.
Example 1
62% of 400
Answer 248
Swap it: 62% of 400 = 400% of 62 = 248.
Example 2
12 × 4 − 15
Answer 33
12 × 4 = 48; 48 − 15 = 33.
Example 3
5/12 × 156
Answer 65
156 ÷ 12 = 13, then × 5 = 65.
Fast division
Exact quotients where the divisor is chosen to make a shortcut available.
Example 1
0.25 × 132
Answer 33
A quarter of 132: halve it twice, 66 then 33.
Example 2
432 ÷ 9
Answer 48
9 × 48 = 432, so the quotient is 48.
Example 3
20% of 140
Answer 28
Swap it: 20% of 140 = 140% of 20 = 28.
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 is most nearly the OPPOSITE of RIGID?
- weekly
- flexible
- punctual
- fragrant
Answer flexible
RIGID will not bend and flexible will. None of the others reverses it: fragrant means sweet-smelling, weekly means happening every week, punctual means on time.
Knowing when to skip
On a negatively marked paper an item you cannot see a route through is worth leaving.
Additive chains
Long sums and differences where grouping to round numbers beats working left to right.
Example 1
10/12 as a decimal, three decimal places?
Answer 0.833
1/12 = 0.083, so 10/12 = 0.833.
Example 2
783 + 557 = ?
Answer 1340
Round 557 to 560, add, then correct by -3: 1,340.
Example 3
2/3 as a decimal, three decimal places?
Answer 0.667
1/3 = 0.333, so 2/3 = 0.667.
Squares and near-squares
Products a step either side of a square, where the difference-of-squares identity is faster than multiplying.
Example 1
Continue the sequence: 71, 74, 77, 80, 83, ?
Answer 86
Every step adds 3, so the next term is 83 + 3 = 86.
Example 2
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.
Example 3
Add the digits of 53979265.
Answer 46
Running total: 5 → 8 → 17 → 24 → 33 → 35 → 41 → 46.
What a good score looks like
No current employer cutoff is verified for these general practice ranges. Use the worked examples to identify what to study and check your role-specific invitation for the actual assessment rules.
How to train for it
- 01Drill the arithmetic cold, untimed, until you stop making careless errors. Speed on top of shaky accuracy is worth negative marks on a paper that subtracts.
- 02Sit a full timed screen end to end, so the pacing decisions happen under the same pressure as the real thing.
- 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 Valkyrie Trading
Common questions
- Is the Valkyrie mental math test multiple choice?
- This guide uses typed numeric answer, no calculator for practice. The employer’s current answer format was not verified here.
- How long is the Valkyrie mental math test?
- This guide uses general practice ranges of 60 to 80 questions in 8 to 10 minutes. They are not a verified current employer format.
- Is there negative marking on the Valkyrie mental math test?
- It varies by firm and by year. Where a paper does mark negatively, skipping beats guessing; where it does not, answer everything. Check the instruction screen before you start - it is always stated there.
- How do I practise for it free?
- The warm-up drills are free with no account, and every pass opens the rest of the drills linked on this page. Questions are generated fresh each run, so there is nothing to memorise between attempts.