Question # 1

3/8 of a number is 10. What is the number ?

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91

81

23

27

Direction:In the following type of question,each consists of two quantities,one in column A and one in column B.You must compare two quantities and on the answer sheet fill in.

A.If the quantity in column A is greater.

B.If the quantity in column B is greater.

C.If the two quantities are equal.

D.If the relationship cannot be determined from the information given.

Notes:Sometimes,in certain question,information concerning one or both the quantities to be compared is centered above the two columns.A symbol that in both columns represents the same thing in column A as it does in column B.

Column A

y/x

Column B

x/y -1

x = 2y

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A

B

C

D

If 1/2 x + 1/4 x + 1/8 x = 22, what is the value of x ?

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88

44

1

24

What fraction is exactly midway between 1/3 and 1/4 ?

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7/12

7/24

29/11

1/2

If 7 apples cost y cents, how many apples will x dollars buy?

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x/7y

7x/y

7x/100y

700x/y

Bus Company President: A city councilman has stated his objection to the claim that the city buses are dangerous. This is clearly untrue. None of the new buses in use has ever crashed or even had a serious malfunction. City councilman: The problem with the new buses is not that they malfunction, but that they are no flamboyantly painted that other drivers on the road are distracted and this may cause accidents.

Q:The councilman responds to the bus company president by doing which of the following?

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Characterizing the bus company president's assertion as stemming from subjective interest rather than from objective evaluation of the facts

Drawing attention to the fact that the bus company president's interpretation of the word "dangerous" is too narrow

Invoking evidence that the bus company president has explicitly dismissed as irrelevant the point at issue

Citing statistical evidence that refutes the bus company president's claim

A man was 26 years old when his daughter was born. Now, he is three times as old as his daughter. How many years old is the daughter now ?

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13 years

22 years

15 years

12 years

A and B do a job together in two hours.Working alone A does the job in 5 hours.How long will it take B to do the job alone?

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2 hrs

3 hrs

1 hrs

3 1/3 hrs

The value of (5x + 6)(x + 12) - (5x - 6)(x + 3) is:

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2(5x² + 9x)

14

4

22

If length of a rectangular field is twice that of its width. What is the perimeter of the field if its area is 1152 m² ?

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256 m

144 m

24 m

96 m

Find the greatest number of 4 digits which when divided by 18,24,30 and 36 leaves a remainder 17 in each case.

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360

9360

3600

9377

If the average of 3,5, 10 and S is 6, what is the value of S ?

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4

6

12

0

When two dice are thrown simultaneously, what is the probability that the sum of the two numbers that turn up is less than 11?

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5/6

11/12

1/6

1/12

Concrete consists of cement, sand and screenings in the ratio of 1 : 5 : 4, what is the percentage of the sand mixed ?

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10%

40%

50%

60%

If it takes 4 days for 3 machines to do a certain job, how many days are required to complete the job by two machines?

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6 days

2 days

5 days

3 days

Direction:In the following type of question,each consists of two quantities,one in column A and one in column B.You must compare two quantities and on the answer sheet fill in.

A.If the quantity in column A is greater.

B.If the quantity in column B is greater.

C.If the two quantities are equal.

D.If the relationship cannot be determined from the information given.

Notes:Sometimes,in certain question,information concerning one or both the quantities to be compared is centered above the two columns.A symbol that in both columns represents the same thing in column A as it does in column B.

Column A

1/√5

Column B

√5/5

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A

B

C

D

Direction:In the following type of question,each consists of two quantities,one in column A and one in column B.You must compare two quantities and on the answer sheet fill in.

A.If the quantity in column A is greater.

B.If the quantity in column B is greater.

C.If the two quantities are equal.

D.If the relationship cannot be determined from the information given.

Notes:Sometimes,in certain question,information concerning one or both the quantities to be compared is centered above the two columns.A symbol that in both columns represents the same thing in column A as it does in column B.

Column A

The average (arithmetic mean) of 2x and 2y

Column B

180^o

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A

B

C

D

If C is the circumference of a circle of radius r, then which of the following statement is true ?

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C/r < 6

C/r = 6

C/r >6

C/r = π

If x= yz, which of the following must be equal to xy?

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yx

yz²

y²z

x/y

Find the ratio of 18 inches to 2 yards.

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3/4

1/4

1/5

2/5

Health club membership has increased dramatically over the last five years. In order to take advantage of this increase, Fitness Express plans to open more of the same types of classes available during the week, while continuing its already very extensive advertising in newspapers and on the radio.

Q: Which of the following if true, provides most support for the view that Fitness Express cannot increase membership on its gyms by adopting the plan outlined above?

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Although it fills of the classes it opens, Fitness Express's share of all health club memberships has declined over the last five years

Fitness Express number of classes offered to their clients has declined slightly over the last year

Advertising has made the name of Fitness Express widely known, but few customers know that Fitness Express health clubs also off acupuncture and shiatsu treatments

Despite a slight decline in membership price, sales of Fitness Express memberships have fallen in the last five years

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