loafeihong/math_mmlu_format huggingface dataset:
The output of a factory was increased by 15% to keep up with rising demand. To handle the holiday rush, this new output was increased by 20%. By approximately what percent would the output now have to be decreased in order to restore the original output? Answer Choice: (A) 20% (B) 27% (C) 30% (D) 32% (E) 79%
Answer: B
In a certain archery competition, points were awarded as follows: the first place winner receives 11 points, the second place winner receives 7 points, the third place winner receives 5 points and the fourth place winner receives 2 points. No other points are awarded. John participated several times in the competition and finished first, second, third, or fourth each time. The product of all the points he received was 53900. How many times did he participate in the competition? Answer Choice: (A) 7 (B) 8 (C) 9 (D) 10 (E) 11
Answer: A
In 10 years, A will be twice as old as B was 10 years ago. If A is now 9 years older than B, the present age of B is Answer Choice: (A) 9 years (B) 19 years (C) 29 years (D) 39 years (E) None
Answer: D
Let x and y be positive integers, and r and s be single-digit positive integers. If x/y = r.sss, where the bar below the s indicates that the decimal repeats infinitely, which of the following CANNOT be true?= Answer Choice: (A)  y = 1.2 × 10^a, where a is a positive integer. (B)  y = 1.5 × 10^b, where b is a positive integer. (C)  y = 1.8 × 10^c, where c is a positive integer. (D)  y = 2.5 × 10^d, where d is a positive integer. (E)  y = 2.7 × 10^e, where e is a positive integer.
Answer: A
A cycle is bought for Rs.900 and sold for Rs.1170, find the gain percent? Answer Choice: (A) 27% (B) 20% (C) 80% (D) 30% (E) 24%
Answer: D
A person has three children with at least one boy. Find the probability of having at least two boys among the children. Answer Choice: (A) 3/4 (B) 1/3 (C) 2/3 (D) 1/4 (E) 1/5
Answer: A
39 persons can repair a road in 24 days, working 5 hours a day. In how many days will 30 persons, working 6 hours a day, complete the work? Answer Choice: (A) 10 (B) 13 (C) 14 (D) 15 (E) 26
Answer: E
P software has coding line 5% more than N, N software has coding line 4/20 more than M. M software has 80 lines of coding. find P lines. Answer Choice: (A) 101 (B) 107 (C) 108 (D) 109 (E) 110
Answer: A
Rs.8000 become Rs.9261 in a certain interval of time at the rate of 5% per annum of C.I. Find the time? Answer Choice: (A) 2 years (B) 6 years (C) 8 years (D) 3 years (E) 9 years
Answer: D
The ratio of the incomes of Uma and Bala is 4:3 and the ratio of their expenditure is 3:2. If at the end of the year, each saves $5000 then the income of Uma is? Answer Choice: (A) $24000 (B) $23000 (C) $22000 (D) $21000 (E) $20000
Answer: E
A and B can together finish a work in 40days. They worked together for 10days and then B left. After another 15days, A finished the remaining work. In how many days A alone can finish the job? Answer Choice: (A) 10 (B) 25 (C) 60 (D) 30 (E) 20
Answer: E
The number of years of service of the eight employees in a production department are 15, 10, 9, 19, 6, 4, 14 and 16. What is the range in the number of years of service of the eight employees? Answer Choice: (A) 10 (B) 11 (C) 12 (D) 13 (E) 15
Answer: E
From the set of numbers {p, t, u, v, w, x, y, z}, how many different combinations can we have without the t or the u in them? Ex:. (x,y), (x), (w,z,y,x), etc... and note that (x,y)=(y,x) Answer Choice: (A) 16 (B) 31 (C) 32 (D) 63 (E) 64
Answer: D
650 students took the test on English and Maths. 35% students failed in english and 45% failed in maths. 40% of those who passed in maths also passed in english, then how many students failed in both ? Answer Choice: (A) a) 162 (B) b) 138 (C) c) 60 (D) d) 38 (E) e) 13
Answer: E
Which of the following is always true for any real number 'a' and 'b'? Answer Choice: (A) |ab| = |a||b| (B) |a/b| = |a|/|b| (C) |-ab| < |a||b| (D) |ab| > |a/b| (E) |ab| = -|ab|
Answer: A
The simple interest on a sum of money will be Rs.600 after 10 years. If the principal is trebled after 5 years what will be the total interest at the end of the tenth year? Answer Choice: (A) 8981 (B) 3799 (C) 1200 (D) 2693 (E) 1732
Answer: C
How many ounces of a 60% salt solution must be added to 70 ounces of a 20 percent salt solution so that the resulting mixture is 40% salt? Answer Choice: (A) 16.67 (B) 30 (C) 50 (D) 60.33 (E) 70
Answer: E
A field is 90 metre long and 50 metre broad. A 25 metre long, 20 metre broad and 4 metre deep tank dug in the field and the earth taken out is spread evenly over the remaining field. How much the level of field will rise? Answer Choice: (A) 0.5 metre (B) 0.3 metre (C) 0.8 metre (D) 0.6 metre (E) 0.7 metre
Answer: A
A shopkeeper purchased 70 kg of potatoes for Rs.420 and sold the whole lot at the rate of Rs 6.50 per kg .What will be his gain percent? Answer Choice: (A) 8 1/9 (B) 8 1/1 (C) 8 1/3 (D) 8 1/7 (E) 8 1/4
Answer: C
Perimeter of rhombus is equal to perimeter of circle. Longest distance between two points in rhombus is 80. Area of rhombus is 2400 cm^2. Find area of circle.
Options: 10000, 62500, 2500, one more I don't Remember. Answer Choice: (A) 3284.28678 (B) 3184.28678 (C) 3084.28678 (D) 4184.28678 (E) 2184.28678
Answer: B
The simple interest at y% for y years will be $y on a sum of Answer Choice: (A) $ (1000)/x (B) $(100)x^2 (C) $ x (D) $ (100)/y (E) $ 100x
Answer: D
The simple interest on a sum of money is 4/9 of the principal and the number of years is equal to the rate percent. Find the rate and the time? Answer Choice: (A) 6 2/3% (B) 6 2/8% (C) 6 7/3% (D) 9 2/3% (E) 6 2/5%
Answer: A
If 20 men take 15 days to to complete a job, in how many days can 20 men finish that work? Answer Choice: (A) 15 (B) 16 (C) 17 (D) 18 (E) 19
Answer: A
When a number is divided by 3 &then multiply by 12 the answer is 9 what is the no.? Answer Choice: (A) 4.5 (B) 5 (C) 2.25 (D) 5.7 (E) 6.5
Answer: C
Simple interest on a certain sum of money for 3 years at 8% per annum is half the compound interest on Rs. 4000 for 2 years at 10% per annum. The sum placed on simple interest is: Answer Choice: (A) 17523 (B) 2788 (C) 1750 (D) 2787 (E) 29899
Answer: C
A certain research group plans to create computer models of x% of a list of 10,000 bacterial species known to inhabit the human body. After a budget cut, the group finds it must reduce this selection by (x − 5)%. In terms of x, how many species of bacteria will the group be able to model? Answer Choice: (A) x*x – 5x (B) (x)(105 – x) (C) (100)(105 – x) (D) (100)(95 – x) (E) (x-5)/100
Answer: B
5, -28, 2, -31.... Answer Choice: (A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 2 (D) 4 (E) 5
Answer: A
A certain telephone company offers two plans, A and B. Under plan A, the company charges a total of $0.60 for the first 5 minutes of each call and $0.06 per minute thereafter. Under plan B, the company charges $0.08 per minute of each call. What is the duration of a call, in minutes, for which the company charges the same amount under plan A and under plan B? Answer Choice: (A) 2 (B) 9 (C) 15 (D) 21 (E) 30
Answer: C
Two trains one from Howrah to Patna and the other from Patna to Howrah, start simultaneously. After they meet, the trains reach their destinations after 4 hours and 9 hours respectively. The ratio of their speeds is Answer Choice: (A) 3 : 2 (B) 4 : 3 (C) 4 : 7 (D) 8 : 5 (E) None
Answer: A
father is aged three times more than his son ronit. after 8 years, he would be two and half times if ronit's age. after further 8 years , how many times would he be of ronit's age? Answer Choice: (A) 2 times (B) 2.5 times (C) 3 times (D) 3.8 times (E) 4 times
Answer: A
What is the perimeter, in meters, of a rectangular garden 16 meters wide that has the same area as a rectangular playground 16 meters long and 12 meters wide? Answer Choice: (A) 48 (B) 56 (C) 60 (D) 56 (E) 192
Answer: D
To deliver an order on time, a company has to make 25 parts a day. After making 25 parts per day for 3 days, the company started to produce 5 more parts per day, and by the last day of work 100 more parts than planned were produced. Find how many parts the company made and how many days this took. Answer Choice: (A) 600 (B) 500 (C) 575 (D) 655 (E) 675
Answer: E
In how many ways, a committee of 5 members can be selected from 6 men and 5 ladies, consisting of 3 men and 2 ladies? Answer Choice: (A) 451 (B) 124 (C) 531 (D) 145 (E) 200
Answer: E
For all positive integers m, [m]=3m when m is odd and [m]=(1/2)*m when m is even. What is [9]*[4] equivalent to? Answer Choice: (A) [108] (B) [54] (C) [36] (D) [27] (E) [18]
Answer: A
A sum of money invested at C.I. amounts to Rs. 800 in 3 years to Rs. 890 in 4 years. The rate of interest per annum is? Answer Choice: (A) 2 1/2 % (B) 4% (C) 5% (D) 6 2/3 % (E) 11 1/4%
Answer: E
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The sum of the two digit numbers above is a three digit number PQ1, where each letter X, Y, P, and Q represents a different non zero digit. Which of the following can be the value of X?
I)	7
II)	8
III)	9 Answer Choice: (A) I only (B) II only (C) III only (D) I and II only (E) all I , II and III
Answer: E
What is the probability that a leap year has 53 Sundays and 52 Mondays? Answer Choice: (A) 1/9 (B) 1/8 (C) 1/3 (D) 1/7 (E) 1/2
Answer: D
Machine Z can produce x units in 3/4 of the time it takes machine N to produce x units. Machine N can produce x units in 2/3 the time it takes machine O to produce x units. If all three machines are working simultaneously, what fraction of the total output is produced by machine N? Answer Choice: (A)  1/2 (B)  1/3 (C)  4/13 (D)  8/29 (E)  6/33
Answer: C
If cement, gravel and sand are to be mixed in 7:10:13 and 7 tons of cement is available how many tons of mixture can be produced assuming that sufficient gravel and sand is readily available. Answer Choice: (A) 35 7/8 (B) 30 (C) 34 2/7 (D) 34 5/7 (E) 34 6/7
Answer: B
If the cost price is 90% of the selling price, then what is the profit percent? Answer Choice: (A) 5% (B) 11% (C) 13% (D) 21% (E) 19%
Answer: B
If w and y are positive integer and w/y is an even integer, which of the following can be an odd integer? Answer Choice: (A) x (B) xy (C) x−y (D) x+2y (E) w/3
Answer: E
Which of the following is equal to 3.14 x 10^6) ? Answer Choice: (A) 3.14 (B) 3140000 (C) 31400 (D) 314 (E) 314000
Answer: B
9 men and 12 boys finish a job in 12 days, 12 men and 12 boys finish it in 10 days. 10 men and 10 boys shall finish it in how many days? Answer Choice: (A) 19 days (B) 18 days (C) 12 days (D) 27 days (E) 26 days
Answer: C
A box contains 10 tablets of medicine A and 17 tablets of medicine B. What is the least number of tablets that should be taken from the box to ensure that at least two tablets of each kind are among the extracted. Answer Choice: (A) 12 (B) 15 (C) 17 (D) 19 (E) 21
Answer: D
Which is better investment 11% stock at 143 or 9 Â¾% stock at 117 Answer Choice: (A) 11 % stock at 143 (B) 9 3/4 stock at 117 (C) both (D) cannot be compared (E) none of these
Answer: B
96% of the population of a village is 23040. The total population of the village is? Answer Choice: (A) 26799 (B) 24000 (C) 26682 (D) 29973 (E) 12312
Answer: B
Simplify:935421 x 625 Answer Choice: (A) 594983125 (B) 584932715 (C) 584938125 (D) 584638125 (E) 584641258
Answer: D
1. Internet: $80, with no sales tax, plus $10 shipping fee
2. Store X: $90, a 10% discount, plus 10% tax on discounted price
3. Store Y: $90, no tax
4. Store Z: $90, a 10% sales tax, and $10 rebate after tax
Isaac can purchase a certain item in four different ways, as shown in the table. What is the lowest price for which he can purchase this item? Answer Choice: (A) 88.1 (B) 89.0 (C) 89.1 (D) 89.50 (E) 90.0
Answer: B
3 men and 8 women complete a task in same time as 6 men and 2 women do. How much fraction of work will be finished in same time if 2 men and 3 women will do that task. Answer Choice: (A) 1/2 (B) 1/10 (C) 1/18 (D) 1/16 (E) 1/11
Answer: A
There are 10 cans in the refrigerator. 5 of them are red and 5 of them are blue. In how many ways we can remove 8 cans so that at least one red and at least one blue cans to remain the refrigerator. Answer Choice: (A) 410 (B) 490 (C) 493 (D) 455 (E) 445
Answer: A
If W is the product of the integers from 1 to 30, inclusive, what is the greatest integer k for which 3^k is a factor of W? Answer Choice: (A) 10 (B) 12 (C) 14 (D) 16 (E) 18
Answer: C
At what rate percent per annum will a sum of money double in 6 years. Answer Choice: (A) 12.5% (B) 13.5% (C) 11.5% (D) 14.5% (E) 16.6%
Answer: E
What decimal fraction is 70 ml of a litre ? Answer Choice: (A) .7 (B) .07 (C) .05 (D) 0.07 (E) None of these
Answer: B
There are 8 baskets numbered from 1 to 8 and filled with apples. 10 children are asked to pick apples one by one from each basket such that the number of apples picked by each child from each basket is equal to the number marked on the basket. If there were 1000 apples in total and the baskets were filled in such a way that none of the basket became empty in the process, how many apples were left in the end? Answer Choice: (A) 640 (B) 680 (C) 720 (D) 760 (E) 800
Answer: A
If two numbers x, a perfect square and y, a perfect cube are added results a two digit number, whose digits if reversed, difference is 9, Find x and y ? Answer Choice: (A) x=4,y=8 (B) x=4,y=9 (C) x=4,y=7 (D) x=4,y=9 (E) x=5,y=8
Answer: A
The food in a camp lasts for 40 men for 35 days. If ten more men join, how many days will the food last? Answer Choice: (A) 34days (B) 32days (C) 30days (D) 28days (E) 26days
Answer: D
The total of the ages of Amar, Akbar and Anthony is 80 years. What was the total of their ages three years ago ? Answer Choice: (A) 71 years (B) 72 years (C) 73 years (D) 74 years (E) 75 years
Answer: A
If (x+4)^2/(x+10)=8, then the difference between the two possible values of x is: Answer Choice: (A) 2 (B) 6 (C) 12 (D) 16 (E) 24
Answer: D
If m and n are nonzero integers and 390m = 150n, then mn must be divisible by Answer Choice: (A) 10 (B) 45 (C) 50 (D) 65 (E) 75
Answer: D
A is the average (arithmetic mean) of the first 7 positive multiples of 6 and B is the median of the first 3 positive multiples of positive integer n. If the value of A^2 – B^2 is zero, what is the value of n? Answer Choice: (A) 8 (B) 10 (C) 12 (D) 16 (E) 24
Answer: C
Two pipes P and Q can fill a cistern in 10 and 25 minutes respectively. Both are opened together, but at the end of 5 minutes the first is turned off. How much longer will the cistern take to fill? Answer Choice: (A) 12 1/7 (B) 12 1/4 (C) 12 1/3 (D) 12 1/2 (E) 12 1/5
Answer: D
4 litres of water is mixed in certain amount of pure milk whose cost is Rs. 3 per litre. If the dishonest milkman earns a profit of 20% by selling the mixture at initial price then what is the quantity of pure milk obtained by the customer? Answer Choice: (A) 24 (B) 20 (C) 18 (D) 25 (E) None of these
Answer: B
When two coins are tossed,Find the probability of getting all tails? Answer Choice: (A) 1/3 (B) 3/4 (C) 1/8 (D) 3/8 (E) 1/4
Answer: E
Ravi purchased 20 dozens of toys at the rate of Rs. 340 per dozen. He sold each one of them at the rate of Rs. 33. What was his percentage profit? Answer Choice: (A) 16.4% (B) 1.2% (C) 5.6% (D) 34.1% (E) 12.2%
Answer: A
Let x, y and z be distinct integers, x and y are odd and positive, and z is even and
positive. Which one of the following statements cannot be true? Answer Choice: (A) (x – z)^2 * y is even (B) (x – z)*y^2 is odd (C) (x – z)*y is odd (D) (x – y)^2 * z is even (E) none
Answer: A
Boy sells a book for Rs. 450 he gets a loss of 10%, find CP of the book? Answer Choice: (A) Rs.300 (B) Rs.400 (C) Rs.500 (D) Rs.550 (E) Rs.600
Answer: C
The radius of a cylindrical vessel is 7cm and height is 3cm. Find the whole surface of the cylinder? Answer Choice: (A) 520 sq cm (B) 840 sq cm (C) 440 sq cm (D) 120 sq cm (E) 5 sq cm
Answer: C
What will $2000 amount to in three years if it is invested at 20% per year compound interest, with the interest being compounded annually? Answer Choice: (A) $3124 (B) $3260 (C) $3328 (D) $3456 (E) $3680
Answer: D
Solve the equation for x : 6x - 27 + 3x = 4 + 9 - x? Answer Choice: (A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 3 (D) 9 (E) 6
Answer: A
Pipes A and B can fill a tank in 5 and 6 hours respectively. Pipe C can empty it in 12 hours. If all the three pipes are opened together, then the tank will be filled in: Answer Choice: (A) 3 9/17 hours (B) 1 13 /17 hours (C) 2 8/11 hours (D) 4 1/ 2 hours (E) 5 1/ 2 hours
Answer: A
In a certain store, the profit is 320% of the cost. If the cost increases by 40% but the selling price
remains constant, approximately what percentage of the selling price is the profit Answer Choice: (A) 67% (B) 80% (C) 90% (D) 100% (E) None of above
Answer: A
A family consists of grandparents, parents and three grand children. The average age of the grandparents is 67 years, that of the parents is 37 years and that of the grandchildren is 6 years. What is the average age of the family? Answer Choice: (A) 28 4â„7 years (B) 31 5â„7 years (C) 32 2â„7 years (D) 27 1â„2 years (E) None of these
Answer: C
A starts a business with a capital of Rs. 85,000. B joins in the business with Rs.42500 after some time. For how much period does B join, if the profits at the end of the year are divided in the ratio of 3 : 1? Answer Choice: (A) 5 months (B) 6 months (C) 7 months (D) 8 months (E) 9 months
Answer: D
A train 240 m in length crosses a telegraph post in 16 seconds. The speed of the train is? Answer Choice: (A) 77 kmph (B) 55 kmph (C) 54 kmph (D) 58 kmph (E) 76 kmph
Answer: C
A & B throws a pair of dice and winner is one who gets a sum of 9 first.if A starts throwing first
Then what is the ratio of A winning over B? Answer Choice: (A) 8/9 (B) 9/8 (C) 7/8 (D) 6/9 (E) 5/9
Answer: B
A boy wants to go abroad by boat and return by flight. He has a choice of 8 different boat to go and 6 flight to return. In how many ways, can the boy perform his journey? Answer Choice: (A) 20 (B) 48 (C) 46 (D) 50 (E) 70
Answer: B
A man is standing on a railway bridge which is 180 m long. He finds that a train crosses the bridge in 20 seconds but himself in 8 seconds. Find the length of the train and its speed. Answer Choice: (A) 10 m/sec (B) 15 m/sec (C) 18 m/sec (D) 19 m/sec (E) 25 m/sec
Answer: B
How many ways are there to arrange the letters in the word accessibility ? Answer Choice: (A) 1 (B) 1260 (C) 3780 (D) 7560 (E) 778377600
Answer: E
Sam and Nik start from A and B respectively at the same time and travel towards each other at constant speeds along the same route. Sam meets Nik at point C on the road which is 600m away from starting point A and 400m away from point B. The speed of Sam is 50 m/m(meter/minute). How much time did Sam take to cover the distance between A and B? Answer Choice: (A) 10 minutes (B) 15 minutes (C) 20 minutes (D) 22 minutes (E) 17 minutes
Answer: C
A cycle is bought for Rs.900 and sold for Rs.1080, find the gain percent? Answer Choice: (A) 27% (B) 20% (C) 25% (D) 40% (E) 28%
Answer: B
The present average age of a family of five members is 26 years. If the present age of the youngest member in the family is ten years, then what was the average age of the family at the time of the birth of the youngest member ? (Assume no death occurred in the family since the birth of the youngest)? Answer Choice: (A) 28 years (B) 11 years (C) 20 years (D) 17 years (E) 16 years
Answer: C
In a school the number of girls is 15 more that that of the boys. now if 19% of the girls were newly joined and 25% of the boys were newly joined the number of girls is 9 more than that of the boys how many girls and boys were there? Answer Choice: (A) 156 (B) 157 (C) 158 (D) 159 (E) 160
Answer: A
Rose made a part payment of $300 toward buying a brand new car, which represents 5% of the total cost of the car, how much remains to be paid? Answer Choice: (A) $5700 (B) $5500 (C) $5800 (D) $5200 (E) $5880
Answer: A
A certain list of 100 data has an average (arithmetic mean) of 7 and a standard deviation of d, where d is positive. Which of the following pairs of data, when added to the list, must result in a list of 104 data with standard deviation less than d? Answer Choice: (A) -7 and 0 (B) 0 and 0 (C) 0 and 7 (D) 0 and 14 (E) 7 and 7
Answer: E
If two dice are thrown together, the probability of getting an even number on one die and an odd number on the other is? Answer Choice: (A) 1/8 (B) 1/2 (C) 7/9 (D) 1/6 (E) 1/1
Answer: B
Pipe A can fill a tank in 16 hrs and pipe B can fill it in 24 hrs. If both the pipes are opened in the empty tank. In how many hours will it be fill 5/4th of that tank? Answer Choice: (A) 10 (B) 12 (C) 14 (D) 16 (E) 18
Answer: B
The area of the Rest room is 40 m2 that of a longer wall 10 m2 and of the shorter wall 1 m2, find the edge of the new cube? Answer Choice: (A) 40 m3 (B) 10 m2 (C) 80 m3 (D) 20 m3 (E) 50 m3
Answer: D
A parts store is having a store-wide sale of 10% off all merchandise. An out-of-stock part can be backordered, but at a 20% fee. If a customer orders an out-of-stock part whose presale price was $40, how much will he pay? Answer Choice: (A)  $41.40 (B)  $42.00 (C)  $42.60 (D)  $43.20 (E)  $43.80
Answer: D
An ice cream store received shipments of ingredients on Tuesday and Wednesday. Tuesday's shipment had 6 different packages, with an average (arithmetic mean) of 11 and 2/3 pounds. Wednesday's shipment included 7 packages, weighing an average of 9 and 3/7 pounds. What was the average package weight, in pounds, of the shipments received on both days? Answer Choice: (A) 9 and 6/7 pounds (B) 10 and 1/10 pounds (C) 10 and 2/5 pounds (D) 136/13 pounds (E) 11 and 1/7 pounds
Answer: D
If 2464 / 1.12 = 2200, then 246.4 / 11.2 is equal to? Answer Choice: (A) 24 (B) 23 (C) 22 (D) 21 (E) 25
Answer: C
Fresh grapes contain 90% by weight while dried grapes contain 20% water by weight. What is the weight of dry grapes available from 25 kg of fresh grapes? Answer Choice: (A) 2 kg (B) 2.4 kg (C) 3.12 kg (D) 10 kg (E) none of these
Answer: C
On flipping 3 coins together what is the outcomes for at least One tail and three heads? Answer Choice: (A) 1/7 (B) 3/8 (C) 3/11 (D) 4/8 (E) 5/13
Answer: D
An agent wants to sell x% of a list of 10,000 apartments in a residential area. After market price decreases, the agent must reduce this selection by (x − 8)%. In terms of x, how many apartments will he be able to sell? Answer Choice: (A) x*x – 8x (B) (x)(108 – x) (C) (100)(108 – x) (D) (100)(92 – x) (E) (x-8)/100
Answer: B
If four coins are tossed, the probability of getting two heads and two tails i Answer Choice: (A) 3/8 (B) 3/6 (C) 3/9 (D) 3/1 (E) 3/2
Answer: A
A boat crossed a lake from North to East at the speed of 7 km/h, entered a river and covered twice as much distance going upstream at 6 km/h. It then turned around and stopped at the south shore of the lake. If it averaged 3.8 km/h that day, what was its approximate downstream speed? Answer Choice: (A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 7 (E) 8
Answer: E
At a dinner party,3 people are to be seated around a circular table. Two seating arrangements are considered different only when the positions of the people are different relative to each other. What is the total number of different possible seating arrangements for the group? Answer Choice: (A) 1) 5 (B) 2) 10 (C) 3) 24 (D) 4) 2 (E) 5) 120
Answer: D
A man can swim in still water at 9 km/h, but takes twice as long to swim upstream than downstream. The speed of the stream is? Answer Choice: (A) 1.7 (B) 1.9 (C) 3 (D) 1.5 (E) 1.2
Answer: C
If w/x = 1/3 and w/y = 4/15, then (x + y)/y = Answer Choice: (A) 4/5 (B) 6/5 (C) 7/5 (D) 8/5 (E) 9/5
Answer: E
In a city, 40% of the adults are illiterate while 85% of the children are literate. If the ratio of the adults to that of the children is 2 : 3, then what percent of the population is literate ? Answer Choice: (A) 20% (B) 25% (C) 50% (D) 75% (E) 80%
Answer: D
If x+y=4 and x2y3 + y2x3=36, what is the value of xy? Answer Choice: (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5
Answer: D
Trapezoid JKLM in the x-y plane has coordinates J = (–2, –1), K = (–2, 1), L = (6, 7), and M = (6, –1). What is its perimeter? Answer Choice: (A)  34 (B)  36 (C)  31 (D)  40 (E) (F) 42
Answer: C
The two lines y = x and x = -2 intersect on the coordinate plane. If z represents the area of the figure formed by the intersecting lines and the x-axis, what is the side length of a cube whose surface area is equal to 6z? Answer Choice: (A) 16 (B) 8√2 (C) 8 (D) √2 (E) (√2)/3
Answer: D