loafeihong/math_mmlu_format huggingface dataset:
How many gallons of milk that is 10 percent butter-fat must be added to 8 gallons of milk that is 50 percent butterfat to obtain milk that is 20 percent butterfat? Answer Choice: (A) 6 (B) 12 (C) 14 (D) 24 (E) 28
Answer: D
If x and y are positive odd integers, then which of the following must also be an odd integer? I. x^(y+2) II. x(y+4) III. (y+1)^(x-1) + 2 Answer Choice: (A) II,III only (B) I,II only (C) I only (D) II only (E) III only
Answer: B
The present worth of Rs.1404 due in two equal half-yearly instalments at 8% per annum. Simple interest is: Answer Choice: (A) 1320 (B) 1300 (C) 1325 (D) 120 (E) None of these
Answer: C
A train overtakes two persons who are walking in the same direction to that of the train at 2 kmph and 4 kmph and passes them completely in 9 and 10 seconds respectively. What is the length of the train? Answer Choice: (A) 62 m (B) 54 m (C) 50 m (D) 55 m (E) 56 m
Answer: C
If Q = {1, 7, 18, 20, 29, 33}, how much less is the mean of the numbers in Q than the median of the numbers in Q? Answer Choice: (A)  1.0 (B)  1.5 (C)  2.0 (D)  2.5 (E)  3.0
Answer: A
4 persons a, b, c, d are to be lined up in a row. If a, b, and c adhere always together, how many possible cases are there? Answer Choice: (A) 12 (B) 36 (C) 48 (D) 72 (E) 144
Answer: A
At Company X, senior sales representatives visit the home office once every 20 days, and junior sales representatives visit the home office once every 15 days. The number of visits that a junior sales representative makes in a 2-year period is approximately what percent greater than the number of visits that a senior representative makes in the same period? Answer Choice: (A) 10% (B) 25% (C) 33% (D) 50% (E) 67%
Answer: C
Otto and Han are driving at constant speeds in opposite directions on a straight highway. At a certain time they are driving toward each other and are 10 miles apart. One and a half hours later, they are again 10 miles apart, driving away from each other. If Otto drives at a speed of x miles per hour, then, in terms of x, Han drives at a speed of how many miles per hour? Answer Choice: (A) a) 13.33-x (B) b) 40-x (C) c) 80-2x (D) d) 120-x (E) e) 40-x/2
Answer: A
At 11:00 a.m., Tom begins traveling on a certain bike path from Riverdale at a constant rate of 10 mph. If, at 3:00 p.m., Jim begins traveling from Riverdale on the same path at a constant rate of 20 mph, at what time will he catch up to Peter? Answer Choice: (A) 6:00 p.m. (B) 7:00 p.m. (C) 8:00 p.m. (D) 9:00 p.m. (E) 10:00 p.m.
Answer: B
A train 125 m long pass a telegraph pole in 5 seconds. Find the speed of the train Answer Choice: (A) 90 km/hr (B) 68.4 km/hr (C) 72 km/hr (D) 79.2 km/hr (E) None
Answer: A
Express 25 mps in kmph? Answer Choice: (A) 77 kmph (B) 55 kmph (C) 90 kmph (D) 56 kmph (E) 17 kmph
Answer: C
How many shots of 1cm radius can be prepared from a sphere of 3cm radius? Answer Choice: (A) 33 (B) 88 (C) 27 (D) 88 (E) 99
Answer: C
If a quarter kg of potato costs 60 paise, how many paise does 200 gm cost? Answer Choice: (A) 65 paise (B) 70 paise (C) 52 paise (D) 48 paise (E) None of these
Answer: D
What will come in place of the x in the following Number series? 5,28,57,88,125 Answer Choice: (A) 120 (B) 145 (C) 166 (D) 170 (E) 189
Answer: C
If m is an odd integer and n an even integer, which of the following is definitely odd? Answer Choice: (A) (2m+n)(m-n) (B) (m+n2)+(m+n2) (C) m2+mn+n2 (D) m +n (E) None
Answer: D
Daniel is playing a dice game in which a dice is rolled 5 times. If a number turns up exactly 3 times then the game is won. Daniel has thrown the dice two times and got number 4 both times. What is the probability that Daniel will win the game ?
Note: the dice is an unbiased die with numbers 1 to 6 Answer Choice: (A) 1/216 (B) 75/216 (C) 80/216 (D) 90/216 (E) 100/216
Answer: C
The price of commodity X increases by 30 cents every year, while the price of commodity Y increases by 20 cents every year. If in 2001, the price of commodity X was $4.20 and the price of commodity Y was $4.40, in which year will commodity X cost 70 cents more than the commodity Y? Answer Choice: (A) 2010 (B) 2011 (C) 2012 (D) 2013 (E) 2014
Answer: A
In a certain game, a large container is filled with red, yellow, green, and blue beads worth, respectively, 7, 5, 3, and 2 points each. A number of beads are then removed from the container. If the product of the point values of the removed beads is 30,870,000, how many red beads were removed? Answer Choice: (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5
Answer: C
In the xy-coordinate system, what is the slope of the line that goes through the origin and is equidistant from the two points P = (4, 6) and Q = (6, 2)? Answer Choice: (A) 0.8 (B) 1.0 (C) 1.2 (D) 1.4 (E) 1.6
Answer: A
Of the total amount that Jill spent on a shopping trip, excluding taxes, she spent 50 percent on clothing, 20 percent on food, and 30 percent on other items. If Jill paid a 4 percent tax on the clothing, no tax on the food, and an 8 percent tax on all other items, then the total tax that she paid was what percent of the total amount that she spent, excluding taxes? Answer Choice: (A) 2.8% (B) 3.6% (C) 4.4% (D) 5.2% (E) 6.0%
Answer: C
The ratio of a to b to c is 2 to 3 to 4, and a, b, c are positive integers. If the average (arithmetic mean) of the three numbers is 51, what is the value of a? Answer Choice: (A) 24 (B) 25 (C) 28 (D) 32 (E) 34
Answer: E
Two pipes can fill a tank in 12 minutes and 20 minutes respectively. Both pipes are opened together and after some time the first pipe is closed and the tank is full in totally 10 minutes. For how many minutes was first pipe open? Answer Choice: (A) 8 minutes (B) 6 minutes (C) 7 minutes (D) 10 minutes (E) 9 minutes
Answer: B
If Rani earns a raise of between 5% and 11%, non-inclusive, by what fraction could her salary have increased? Answer Choice: (A) 1/4 (B) 1/5 (C) 1/70 (D) 1/10 (E) 1/20
Answer: D
How many days will there be from 29th January,1996 to 15th May,1996(both days included)? Answer Choice: (A) 102 (B) 103 (C) 111 (D) 120 (E) 108
Answer: E
The parameter of a square is double the perimeter of a rectangle. The area of the rectangle is 480 sq cm. Find the area of the square. Answer Choice: (A) 488 (B) 776 (C) 481 (D) 480 (E) 412
Answer: D
There are 36 people in a certain community who belong to the local golf club, tennis club or both clubs. If twice as many people belong to the tennis club as belong to the golf club, what could be the number of people who belong to both clubs? Answer Choice: (A) 4 (B) 7 (C) 17 (D) 21 (E) 27
Answer: C
Spanish Language Broadcast records last 90 min on each of two sides. If it takes 3 hours to translate one hour of broadcast, how long will it take to translate 16 full records? Answer Choice: (A) 144 hours (B) 124 hours (C) 134 hours (D) 154 hours (E) 164 hours
Answer: A
In a race where 12 cars are running, the chance that car X will win is 1/6, that Y will win is 1/10 and that Z will win is 1/8. Assuming that a dead heat is impossible, find the chance that one of them will win. Answer Choice: (A) 1/140 (B) 1/180 (C) 27/410 (D) 47/120 (E) 57/120
Answer: D
I remember during the school days , the teacher asked the class "can you tell me the sum of the first 50 odd numbers ?".
I ran quickly to the teacher and told her "the answer is 2500". The teacher replied "lucky guess".
She then asked me "can you tell me the sum of first 71 odd numbers ?".
I wait for approx 10 seconds and replied with the correct answer.
How can i answer so quickly and whats the correct answer ? Answer Choice: (A) 8715 (B) 0152 (C) 3581 (D) 5041 (E) 9126
Answer: D
A can do a piece of work in 10 days, while B alone can do it in 15 days. They work together for 5 days and the rest of the work is done by C in 2 days. If they get 450 for the whole work, how should they divide the money ? Answer Choice: (A) 225, 150, 75 (B) 250, 100, 100 (C) 200, 150, 100 (D) 175, 175, 100 (E) None of these
Answer: A
The average of 8 numbers is 25, that of the first 2 is 20 and of the next three is 26. The sixth number is less than the seventh by 4, and less than the eighth by 6. The last number is Answer Choice: (A) 30 (B) 32 (C) 40 (D) 36 (E) 38
Answer: A
In a hostel there were 100 students. To accommodate 20 more students the average is decreased by rupees 5. But total expenditure increased by Rs.400. Find the total expenditure of the hostel now? Answer Choice: (A) 54888 (B) 2777 (C) 5400 (D) 1278 (E) 2881
Answer: C
Find number which is 80% less than 80. Answer Choice: (A) 18 (B) 22 (C) 28 (D) 26 (E) 16
Answer: E
The owner of a furniture shop charges his customer 24% more than the cost price. If a customer paid Rs. 8339 for a computer table, then what was the cost price of the computer table? Answer Choice: (A) 2266 (B) 2987 (C) 2678 (D) 6725 (E) 2677
Answer: D
By using the numbers 1, 3, 4, 6 and 9 only once, how many five digit numbers can be made that are divisible by 8? Answer Choice: (A) 3 (B) 12 (C) 6 (D) 18 (E) 42
Answer: C
In certain year in Country C, x sets of twins and y sets of triplets were born. If there were z total babies born in Country C in this year, and x and y were both greater than 0, which of the following represents the fraction Q of all babies born who were NOT part of a set of twins or triplets? Answer Choice: (A) z - 2x - 3y (B) (2x+3y)/z (C) (x+y)/z (D) 1 - (2x+3y)/z (E) 1 - (x+y)/z
Answer: D
Diane find 1 can of paint are just enough to paint one third of her room. How many more cans of paint will she need to finish her room and paint a second room of the same size? Answer Choice: (A) 5 (B) 7 and a half (C) 10 (D) 12 and a half (E) 15
Answer: A
The sum of two numbers is 216 and their H.C.F. is 27. The number are: Answer Choice: (A) 27, 189 (B) 81,189, (C) 108, 108 (D) 154, 162 (E) none of these
Answer: A
A committee has 6 men and 6 women. What are the number of ways of selecting 2 men and 3 women from the given committee? Answer Choice: (A) 127 (B) 300 (C) 882 (D) 272 (E) 323
Answer: B
The sum E of the arithmetic sequence a, a+d, a+2d,..., a+(n-1)d is give by En = (n/2)*(2a + n-1)d. What is the sum of the integers 1 to 100 inclusive, with the even integers between 25 and 63 omitted. Answer Choice: (A) 4345 (B) 4302 (C) 4258 (D) 4214 (E) 4170
Answer: D
In how many ways can Ann, Bob, Chuck, Don and Ed be seated in a row such that Ann and Bob are not seated next to each other? Answer Choice: (A) 24 (B) 48 (C) 56 (D) 72 (E) 96
Answer: D
The original price of a car was $25,200. Because the car owner thought he could get more money for the car, he increased the price of the car to 110% of its original price. After a week, the car had not sold, so the owner then discount ed the price by 10%, and the car was finally sold. What price was the car sold for? Answer Choice: (A) $25,200 (B) $25,000 (C) $24,948 (D) $24,542 (E) $23,658
Answer: C
Each student at a certain university is given a four-character identification code, the rest two characters of which are digits between 0 and 9, inclusive, and the last two characters of which are selected from the 26 letters of the alphabet. If characters may be repeated and the same characters used in a different order constitute a different code, how many different identification codes can be generated following these rules? Answer Choice: (A) 135,200 (B) 67,600 (C) 64,000 (D) 60,840 (E) 58,500
Answer: B
Pipe A can fill a tank in 2 hr, pipe B in 4hr and pipe C in 8hr. If all the pipes are open in how many hours will tank be filled? Answer Choice: (A) 1hr 27min (B) 2hr 19min (C) 3hr 14min (D) 3hr (E) 5hr 45min
Answer: A
Find large number from below question The difference of two numbers is 1375. On dividing the larger number by the smaller, we get 6 as quotient and the 15 as remainder Answer Choice: (A) 1235 (B) 1345 (C) 1678 (D) 1767 (E) 1647
Answer: E
The H.C.F of two numbers is 12 and their L.C.M is 6600. If one of the numbers is 288, then the other is? Answer Choice: (A) 255 (B) 260 (C) 265 (D) 270 (E) 275
Answer: E
Varma can read a book in k minutes. What part of the book can he read in 8 minutes?(k>8) Answer Choice: (A) (k - 8)/k (B) k/8 (C) 8 + k (D) k-8 (E) 8/k
Answer: E
If Rs. 527 be divided among A, B, C in such a way that A gets 2/3 of what B gets and B gets 1/4 of what C gets, then their shares are respectively? Answer Choice: (A) s.300 (B) s.360 (C) s.389 (D) s.368 (E) s.372
Answer: E
If six numbers are randomly selected without replacement from set {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}, what is the probability that the numbers are selected in ascending order? Answer Choice: (A) 1/280 (B) 1/640 (C) 1/720 (D) 1/240 (E) 1/120
Answer: C
A man took loan from a bank at the rate of 12% p.a. S.I. After 20 years he had to pay Rs. 2100 interest only for the period. The principal amount borrowed by him was? Answer Choice: (A) 600 (B) 715 (C) 600 (D) 875 (E) 900
Answer: D
In a camp,there is a meal for 120 men or 200 children.If 150 children have taken the meal,how many men will be catered to with the remaining meal ? Answer Choice: (A) 20 (B) 30 (C) 40 (D) 50 (E) 60
Answer: B
The ratio of men to women in a class is 6 to 5. If 3 men drop out of the class and the ratio of men to women after the drop out is 1 to 1, then how many men are currently in the class? Answer Choice: (A) 13 (B) 14 (C) 15 (D) 18 (E) 22
Answer: C
40% of a number is added to 120, the result is the same number. Find the number? Answer Choice: (A) 300 (B) 277 (C) 266 (D) 200 (E) 121
Answer: D
In a shop, the profit is 320% of the cost. If the cost increases by 25% but the selling price remains constant, find out approximately what percentage of the selling price is the profit? Answer Choice: (A) 180 % (B) 120 % (C) 90 % (D) 80 % (E) 70 %
Answer: E
Two cars are driving toward each other. The first car is traveling at a speed of 60 km/h, which is 25% slower than the second car's speed. If the distance between the cars is 770 km, how many hours will it take until the two cars meet? Answer Choice: (A) 4 (B) 4.5 (C) 5 (D) 5.5 (E) 6
Answer: D
Aishwarya Rai walks into a bank to cash out her check.
By mistake the bank teller gives her dollar amount in change, and her cent amount in dollars.
On the way home she spends 5 cent, and then suddenly she notices that she has twice the amount of her check.
How much was her check amount ? Answer Choice: (A) 21.55 (B) 25.89 (C) 30.56 (D) 31.55 (E) 31.63
Answer: E
Insert the missing number. 2, 7, 10, 22, 18, 37, 26 Answer Choice: (A) 42 (B) 52 (C) 46 (D) 62 (E) 68
Answer: B
Working at a constant rate, P can finish a job in 4 hours. Q, also working at a constant rate, can finish the same job in 15 hours. If they work together for 3 hours, how many more minutes will it take P to finish the job, working alone at his constant rate? Answer Choice: (A) 5 (B) 8 (C) 10 (D) 12 (E) 15
Answer: D
66 cubic centimetres of silver is drawn into a wire 1 mm in diameter. The length if the wire in meters will be: Answer Choice: (A) 76 m (B) 80 m (C) 84 m (D) 88 m (E) None of these
Answer: C
What is the sum of the first 23 natural numbers (starting from 1)? Answer Choice: (A) 256 (B) 266 (C) 276 (D) 286 (E) 296
Answer: C
If the price of sugar rises from Rs. 6 per kg to Rs. 7.50 per kg, a person, to have no increase in his expenditure on sugar, will have to reduce his consumption of sugar by Answer Choice: (A) 10% (B) 20% (C) 25% (D) 30% (E) None
Answer: B
Of 40 applicants for a job, 32 had at least 5 years of prior work experience, 24 had advanced degrees, and 16 had at least 5 years of prior work experience and advanced degrees. How many of the applicants had neither 5 years of prior work experience nor advanced degrees? Answer Choice: (A) 0 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 8 (E) 16
Answer: A
What is the ratio whose term differ by 30 and the measure of which is 2/7? Answer Choice: (A) A)12:42 (B) B)16:56 (C) C)71:85 (D) D)32:39 (E) E)41:52
Answer: A
There are some pigeons and hares in a zoo. If heads are counted, there are 200. If legs are counted, there are 530. The number of hares in the zoo is? Answer Choice: (A) 90 (B) 99 (C) 77 (D) 65 (E) 221
Answer: D
On selling 17 balls at Rs. 720, there is a loss equal to the cost price of 5 balls. The cost price of a ball is: Answer Choice: (A) Rs. 20 (B) Rs. 60. (C) Rs. 40 (D) Rs. 30 (E) Rs. 90
Answer: B
What sum of money put at C.I amounts in 2 years to Rs.8840 and in 3 years to Rs.9261? Answer Choice: (A) 8054 (B) 8877 (C) 2877 (D) 2678 (E) 1011
Answer: A
The population of a bacteria colony doubles every day. If it was started 3 days ago with 3 bacteria and each bacteria lives for 12 days, how large is the colony today? Answer Choice: (A) 512 (B) 1024 (C) 768 (D) 2048 (E) 4096
Answer: B
Two travelers set out on a long odyssey. The first traveler starts from city X and travels north on a certain day and covers 1 km on the first day and on subsequent days, he travels 2 km more than the previous day. After 3 days, a second traveler sets out from city X in the same direction as the first traveler and on his first day he travels 12 km and on subsequent days he travels 1 km more than the previous day. On how many days will the second traveler be ahead of the first? Answer Choice: (A) 2 days (B) 6 days (C) From the 2nd day after the 2nd traveler starts (D) From the 3rd day after the 2nd traveler starts (E) None
Answer: B
After replacing an old member by a new member, it was found that the average age of five members of a club is the same as it was 3 years ago. What is the difference between the ages of the replaced and the new member? Answer Choice: (A) 2 years (B) 4 years (C) 8 years (D) 15 years (E) 17 years
Answer: D
At a certain resort, each of the 39 food service employees is trained to work in a minimum of 1 restaurant and a maximum of 3 restaurants. The 3 restaurants are the family buffet, the dining room, and the snack bar. Exactly 19 employees are trained to work in the family buffet, 16 are trained to work in the dining room, and 12 are trained to work in the snack bar. If 4 employees are trained to work in exactly 2 restaurants, how many employees are trained to work in all 3 restaurants? Answer Choice: (A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5 (E) 6
Answer: A
If log1087.5 = 5.9421, then the number of digits in (875)10 is? Answer Choice: (A) 30 (B) 70 (C) 27 (D) 26 (E) 25
Answer: B
How many integers between 323,700 and 458,600 have tens digit 1 and units digit 3? Answer Choice: (A) 10,300 (B) 10,030 (C) 1,353 (D) 1,352 (E) 1,349
Answer: E
The ratio of the length and the breadth of a rectangle is 4 : 3 and the area of the rectangle is 6912 sq cm. Find the ratio of the breadth and the area of the rectangle? Answer Choice: (A) 1:96 (B) 1:98 (C) 1:95 (D) 1:45 (E) 1:92
Answer: A
A man invested Rs. 4940 in Rs. 10 shares quoted at Rs. 9.50. If the rate of dividend be 14%, his annual income is Answer Choice: (A) 708 (B) 718 (C) 738 (D) 748 (E) 728
Answer: E
In how many ways can the letters of the word REGULATION be arranged such that all the vowels always appear together? Answer Choice: (A) 10!*5! (B) 10!*6! (C) 10! (D) 6!*5! (E) 5!*5!
Answer: D
Each digit 1 through 5 is used exactly once to create a 5-digit integer. If the 3 and the24 cannot be adjacent digits in the integer, how many 5-digit integers are possible? Answer Choice: (A)  48 (B)  72 (C)  76 (D)  78 (E)  90
Answer: B
A girl has exactly 6 quarters, 8 dimes, and 10 nickels in her pocket. If she withdraws a number of these coins at random, how many coins would she have to withdraw to ensure that she has at least a 50 percent chance of withdrawing at least one quarter? Answer Choice: (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5
Answer: C
The average age of husband, wife and their child 3 years ago was 27 years and that of wife and the child 5 years ago was 20 years. The present age of the husband is: Answer Choice: (A) 20 years (B) 30 years (C) 60 years (D) 40 years (E) 35 years
Answer: D
Two trains of equal lengths are running at speeds of 30 kmph and 60 kmph. The two trains crossed each other in 30 seconds when travelling in opposite direction. In what time will they cross each other when travelling in the same direction? Answer Choice: (A) 90 (B) 82 (C) 16 (D) 67 (E) 12
Answer: A
It is well known that a triangle’s area is √(p(p-a)(p-b)(p-c)),
when p=(a+b+c)/2, such that a, b, c are the lengths of sides of the triangle. If the triangle has 300, 300, and 360 as the side’s lengths, what is the triangle’s area? Answer Choice: (A) 34,200 (B) 36,200 (C) 43,200 (D) 42,200 (E) 38,200
Answer: C
My brother is 3 years elder to me.My father was 28 years of age when my sister was born while my mother was 26 years of age when I was born.If my sister was 4 years of age when my brother was born,then,what was the age of my father and mother respectively when my brother was born ? Answer Choice: (A) 32 yrs,23 yrs (B) 32 yrs,29 yrs (C) 35 yrs,29 yrs (D) 35 yrs,33 yrs (E) None of these
Answer: A
Club X has more than 50 but fewer than 80 members. Sometimes the members sit at tables with 3 members at one table and 4 members at each of the other tables, and sometimes they sit at tables with 3 members at one table and 5 members at each of the other tables. If they sit at tables with 6 members at each table except one and fewer than 6 members at that one table, how many members will be at the table that has fewer than 6 members? Answer Choice: (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5
Answer: C
What is the smallest positive integer x, such that 7000x is a perfect cube? Answer Choice: (A) 4 (B) 6 (C) 8 (D) 12 (E) 18
Answer: D
A train moves fast a telegraph post and a bridge 264 m long in 8 sec and 20 sec respectively. What is the speed of the train? Answer Choice: (A) 79.5 (B) 39.5 (C) 79.9 (D) 79.2 (E) 79.1
Answer: D
In a college 1/5th of the girls and 1/8th of the boys took part in a social camp. What of the total number of student in the college took part in the camp ? Answer Choice: (A) 13/40 (B) 13/80 (C) 2/13 (D) Data inadequate (E) None
Answer: C
A farming field can be ploughed by 6 tractors in 4 days. When 6 tractors work together, each of them ploughs 120 hectares a day. If two of the tractors were moved to another field, then the remaining 4 tractors could plough the same field in 5 days. How many hectares a day would one tractor plough then? Answer Choice: (A) 144 (B) 255 (C) 148 (D) 265 (E) 320
Answer: A
Using all the letters of the word "NOKIA", how many words can be formed, which begin with N and end with A? Answer Choice: (A) 7 (B) 6 (C) 8 (D) 9 (E) 3
Answer: B
Water consists of hydrogen and oxygen, and the approximate ratio, by mass, of hydrogen to oxygen is 2:16. Approximately how many grams of oxygen are there in 153 grams of water? Answer Choice: (A)  16 (B)  72 (C)  112 (D)  136 (E)  142
Answer: D
In a 240 meters race A beats B by 56 m or 7 seconds. A's time over the course is: Answer Choice: (A) 23 seconds (B) 12 seconds (C) 10 seconds (D) 18 seconds (E) 28 seconds
Answer: A
a and b are positive integers less than or equal to 6. If a and b are assembled into the six-digit number ababab, which of the following must be a factor of ababab? Answer Choice: (A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 2 (E) none of the above
Answer: D
A watch which gains uniformly is 2 minutes low at noon on Monday and is 4 min. 48 sec fast at 2 p.m. on the following Monday. When was it correct? Answer Choice: (A) 2 p.m. on Tuesday (B) 7 p.m. on Tuesday (C) 8 p.m. on Tuesday (D) 5 p.m. on Tuesday (E) 1 p.m. on Tuesday
Answer: A
By selling 12 toffees for a rupee, a man loses 20%. How many for a rupee should be sell to get a gain of 20%? Answer Choice: (A) 2 (B) 8 (C) 9 (D) 7 (E) 6
Answer: B
Four extra-large sandwiches of exactly the same size were ordered for m students, where m > 6. Three of the sandwiches were evenly divided among the students. Since 4 students did not want any of the fourth sandwich, it was evenly divided among the remaining students. If Carol ate one piece from each of the four sandwiches, the amount of sandwich that she ate would be what fraction of a whole extra-large sandwich? Answer Choice: (A) (4m-15)/[m(m-5)] (B) (4m-15)/[m(m-8)] (C) (4m-18)/[m(m-5)] (D) (4m-20)/[m(m-5)] (E) (5m-15)/[m(m-5)]
Answer: A
In one alloy there is 12% chromium while in another alloy it is 8%. 15 kg of the first alloy was melted together with 40 kg of the second one to form a third alloy. Find the percentage of chromium in the new alloy. Answer Choice: (A) 8.8% (B) 9% (C) 9.2% (D) 9.1% (E) 8.4%
Answer: D