question: The sale price sarees listed for Rs.400 after successive discount is 10% and 5% is?
Options:
(A) 345
(B) 340
(C) 342
(D) 346
(E) 341
answer: Stream of consciousness: 400*(90/100)*(95/100) = 342 The answer is (C).

q: The average of 13 numbers is 59. Average of the first 7 of them is 57 and that of the last 7 is 61. Find the 8th number?
Options:
(A) 59
(B) 83
(C) 45
(D) 53
(E) 64
a: Stream of consciousness: Sum of all the 13 numbers = 13 * 59 = 767
Sum of the first 7 of them = 7 * 57 = 399
Sum of the last 7 of them = 7 * 61 = 427
So, the 8th number = 427 + 399 - 767 = 59. The answer is (A).

question: How much is 25% of 40 is greater than 4/5 of 25?
Options:
(A) 10
(B) 776
(C) 66
(D) 12
(E) 99
answer: Stream of consciousness: (25/100) * 40 (4/5) * 25
10 - 20 = 10 The answer is (A).

q: In a garden, carrots are planted in rows. In each row there are as many carrots as the number of rows in the garden. If each plant attracts as many bunnies as the number of carrots in each row and if the total number of bunnies is n, then :
Options:
(A) n is a perfect square
(B) n is an odd number
(C) n is an even number
(D) n is a perfect cube
(E) none
a: Stream of consciousness: For example, if there were 4 carrot rows, the garden would have a 4x4 arrangement. If each carrot attracts 4 bunnies, the number of bunnies would be (4*4)*4 = 64 pieces, which is a cube of 4. The answer is (D).

question: A boy needs to deliver three different newspaper to three different house. The problem is that he doesn't know which newspaper belong to which house. Find the probability that the boy only got one house with the wrong newspaper.
Options:
(A) 0
(B) 1/3
(C) 2/3
(D) 4/27
(E) 1/27
answer: Stream of consciousness: This one is a trick question. There are three house and three different newspapers. If he only got one wrong delivery, it means that he got the other two house correct. This is not possible because there are only three newspaper. If there are two correct delivery made the remaining one must also be correct. So the possibility of getting o my one of the delivery made wrong is impossible ore 0 The answer is (A).

question: There is a 100 pound watermelon laying out in the sun. 99 percent of the watermelon's weight is water. After laying out for a few hours 98 percent of the watermelon's weight is water.
How much water evaporated?
Options:
(A) 20
(B) 30
(C) 40
(D) 50
(E) 10
answer:
Stream of consciousness: In the beginning it is 99 pounds water and 1 pound other stuff. At the end the 1 pound other stuff is 2 percent so the total weight is 50 pounds. 50 pounds - 1 pound other stuff = 49 pounds water. So 99 pounds - 49 pounds = 50 pounds water lost. The answer is (D).