q: Look at this series: 0.7, 2.1, ____, 18.9, 56.7, ... What number should fill the blank?
Options:
(A) 6.3
(B) 5.3
(C) 6.2
(D) 6.1
(E) 4.3
a: Stream of consciousness: This is a simple multiplication series. Each number is 3 times greater than the previous number. The answer is (A).

question: In a class, 3/5 of the students are girls and rest are boys. If 2/9 of the girls and 1/4 of the boys are absent, what part of the total number of students is present ?
Options:
(A) 17/25
(B) 18/49
(C) 23/30
(D) 23/36
(E) 29/36
answer: Stream of consciousness: Girls = 3/5, boys are 2/5
Absentees are (2/9)*(3/5) + (1/4)*(2/5) = 7/30
Present Students are 23/30 The answer is (C).

q: In a certain parking lot, 3% of the cars are towed for parking illegally. However 80% of the cars which are parked illegally are not towed. What % of cars in the parking lot are parked illegally.'
Options:
(A) 11
(B) 13
(C) 15
(D) 60
(E) 75
a: Stream of consciousness: So Total no. of cars parked illegally: 300
Total no. of cars: 2000
300/2000*100, So 15% The answer is (C).

question: A bag contains nine black balls, three red balls and four red balls. In how many ways can two balls be drawn from the bag?
Options:
(A) C
(B) C
(C) C
(D) C
(E) C
answer: Stream of consciousness: Total number of balls = 9 + 3 + 4
Two balls can be drawn from 16 balls in C ways. The answer is (A).

q: Which of the following numbers is divisible by 11?
Options:
(A) 4424
(B) 2232
(C) 1522
(D) 8524
(E) 9515
a: Stream of consciousness: 9515. This is the only option with last two digits divisible by 11 The answer is (E).

q: Twenty percent of Country Y's yearly exports come from fruit exports. One-fourth of all fruit exports from Country Y are orange exports. If country Y generates $40 million from its orange exports, how much money does it generate from its yearly total of exports?
Options:
(A) $21.25m
(B) $800m
(C) $106.25m
(D) $127.5m
(E) $153m
a:
Stream of consciousness: 20/100*1/4*(total) = 40
1/20*(total) = 40
(total) = 40*20 = 800 The answer is (B).