question: There are 100 employees in a room. 99% are managers. How many managers must leave the room to bring down the percentage of manager to 98%?
Options:
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 50
(D) 49
(E) 97
answer: Stream of consciousness: We have 99 managers and 1 director. That 1 director to compose 2% of the total number of people, there must be 50 people in the room, hence 50 managers must leave. The answer is (C).

q: Working alone, Printers X, Y, and Z can do a certain printing job, consisting of a large number of pages, in 12, 25, and 30 hours, respectively. What is the ratio of the time it takes Printer X to do the job, working alone at its rate, to the time it takes Printers Y and Z to do the job, working together at their individual rates?
Options:
(A) 4/11
(B) 1/2
(C) 15/22
(D) 150/11
(E) 11/4
a: Stream of consciousness: P1 takes 12 hrs
Rate for P2P3 together = 1/25 + 1/30 = 11/150
Therefore they take 150/11
Ratio = 150/11 = The answer is (D).

question: A family pays $850 per year for an insurance plan that pays 80 percent of the first $1,000 in expenses and 100 percent of all medical expenses thereafter. In any given year, the total amount paid by the family will equal the amount paid by the plan when the family's medical expenses total.
Options:
(A) $1,000
(B) $1,250
(C) $1,400
(D) $1,800
(E) $2,200
answer: Stream of consciousness: Upfront payment for insurance plan = 850$
Family needs to pay 20 % of first 1000 $ in expense = 200$
Total amount paid by family when medical expenses are equal to or greater than 1000 $ = 850 + 200 = 1050 $
Total amount paid by insurance plan for first 1000 $ = 850 $
Total amount paid by family will equal amount paid by plan when medical expense = 1250 $
(Since insurance plan will pay 100% of amount that exceeds 1050$ ) The answer is (B).

q: A Train requires 10 seconds to pass a pole while it requires 35 seconds to cross a stationary train which is 500 mtrs long. Find the speed of the train.
Options:
(A) 68 kmph
(B) 70 kmph
(C) 72 kmph
(D) 60 kmph
(E) 50 kmph
a: Stream of consciousness: In 10s the train crosses the pole and in 35 sec the train crosses one more stationary train
In 25 sec the train travels a distance of 500 mtrs
Speed = 500/25 = 20 m/s = 20 (3600/1000) = 20 * 18/5 = 72 kmph The answer is (C).

question: The average of 13 numbers is 60. Average of the first 7 of them is 57 and that of the last 7 is 61. Find the 8th number?
Options:
(A) 46
(B) 83
(C) 45
(D) 53
(E) 64
answer: Stream of consciousness: Sum of all the 13 numbers = 13 * 60 = 780
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 - 780 = 46. The answer is (A).

question: If rupee one produces rupees nine over a period of 40 years, find the rate of simple interest?
Options:
(A) 22 1/9 %
(B) 22 2/2 %
(C) 23 1/2 %
(D) 22 1/2 %
(E) 62 1/2 %
answer:
Stream of consciousness: 9 = (1*40*R)/100
R = 22 1/2 % The answer is (D).