q: A team of eight entered for a shooting competition. The best marks man scored 82 points. If he had scored 92 points, the average scores for. The team would have been 83. How many points altogether did the team score?
Options:
(A) 662
(B) 672
(C) 654
(D) 642
(E) 721
a: Stream of consciousness: 8 * 83 = 664 10 = 654 The answer is (C).

question: Which one of the following is not a prime number?
Options:
(A) 51
(B) 61
(C) 71
(D) 82
(E) 91
answer: Stream of consciousness: 91 is divisible by 7. So, it is not a prime number. The answer is (E).

q: A train 90 meters long completely crosses a 200 meters long bridge in 36 seconds. What is the speed of the train is?
Options:
(A) 29
(B) 40
(C) 25
(D) 66
(E) 09
a: Stream of consciousness: S = (90 + 200)/36 = 290/36 * 18/5 = 29 The answer is (A).

question: The average of 9 observations was 9, that of the 1st of 5 being 10 and that of the last 5 being 8. What was the 5th observation?
Options:
(A) 9
(B) 8
(C) 7
(D) 6
(E) 5
answer: Stream of consciousness: 1 to 9 = 9 * 9 = 81
1 to 5 = 5 * 10 = 50
5 to 9 = 5 * 8 = 40
5th = 50 + 40 = 90 81 = 9 The answer is (A).

q: Find the odd man out
253, 136, 352, 328, 631, 244
Options:
(A) 328
(B) 136
(C) 352
(D) 631
(E) 531
a: Stream of consciousness: The sum all three digits comes to 10 except 328 The answer is (A).

q: Grace has 18 jellybeans in her pocket. She has 9 red ones, 5 green ones, and 4 blue ones. What is the minimum number of jellybeans she must take out of her pocket to ensure that she has one of each color?
Options:
(A) 4
(B) 8
(C) 12
(D) 13
(E) 15
a:
Stream of consciousness: The worst scenario is when she takes 9 red and 5 green, total of 14 jellybeans, and still doesn't have 3 distinct colors. But the next draw (15th) will surely be the third color jellybean (blue) as there is no other color jellybeans left in pocket. The answer is (E).