q: Last year, Company X made q dollars in profit. two Thrid of the profit went to the company's founder. The rest was split evenly among his Three other partners. In terms of q, how much did each of the other partners receive?
Options:
(A) q/9
(B) q/5
(C) q/6
(D) q/7
(E) q/8
a: Stream of consciousness: Profit = q
Profit to company founder = 2q/3
Profit to other partners = q/3
Number of other partners = 3
Profit to each partner = (q/3)/3 = q/9 The answer is (A).

question: How many numbers between 10 - 99 yield a reminder of 8 when divided by 10 and also yield a remainder of 2 when divided by 8?
Options:
(A) One
(B) Three
(C) Two
(D) Five
(E) Four
answer: Stream of consciousness: Answer = B) Three
Numbers between 10 - 99 giving remainder 8 when divided by 10 = 18, 28, 38, 48, 58, 68, 78, 88, 98
The above Numbers giving remainder 2 when divided by 8 = 18, 58, 98 = 3 The answer is (B).

q: The average age of applicants for a new job is 10, with a standard deviation of 8. The hiring manager is only willing to accept applicants whose age is within one standard deviation of the average age. Assuming that all applicants' ages are integers and that the endpoints of the range are included, what is the maximum number of different ages of the applicants?
Options:
(A) 8
(B) 16
(C) 17
(D) 18
(E) 34
a: Stream of consciousness: Minimum age = Average - 1 Standard deviation = 10 - 8 = 2
Maximum age = average + 1 Standard deviation = 10+ 8 = 18
Maximum number of different ages of the applicants = 18 - 2 + 1 = 17 The answer is (C).

question: There are 3 fictions and 6 non-fictions. How many cases are there such that 2 fictions and 2 non-fictions are selected from them?
Options:
(A) 90
(B) 120
(C) 45
(D) 180
(E) 200
answer: Stream of consciousness: Number of ways of selecting 2 fiction books = 3C2
Number of ways of selecting 2 non fiction books = 6C2
3C2 * 6C2 = 3 * 15 = 45 The answer is (C).

q: A river 2m deep and 45 m wide is flowing at the rate of 3 kmph the amount of water that runs into the sea per minute is?
Options:
(A) 4500 M3
(B) 27000 M3
(C) 3000 M3
(D) 2700 M3
(E) 3700 M3
a: Stream of consciousness: (3000 * 2 * 5)/60 = 4500 M3 The answer is (A).

q: A train 100 meters long completely crosses a 300 meters long bridge in 45 seconds. What is the speed of the train is?
Options:
(A) 25 kmph
(B) 32 kmph
(C) 40 kmph
(D) 38 kmph
(E) 92 kmph
a:
Stream of consciousness: S = (100 + 300)/45 = 400/45 * 18/5 = 32 kmph The answer is (B).