q: John makes $50 a week from his job. He earns a raise and now makes $70 a week. What is the % increase?
Options:
(A) 16%
(B) 16.66%
(C) 17.9%
(D) 20%
(E) 40%
a: Stream of consciousness: Increase = (20/50)*100 = (2/5)*100 = 40%. The answer is (E).

question: The number N is 5,H64, where H represents the hundred's digit. If N is divisible by 4, what is the value of H?
Options:
(A) 0
(B) 1
(C) 2
(D) 5
(E) All the above value
answer: Stream of consciousness: If the number is divisible by 4, the last two digits must be divisible by 4. All the values yields such a number. The answer is (E).

q: Calculate the circumference of a circular field whose radius is 7 centimeters.
Options:
(A) 11 cm
(B) 15 cm
(C) 1 cm
(D) 4 cm
(E) 14 cm
a: Stream of consciousness: Circumference C is given by
C = 2r = 2*7 = 14 cm The answer is (E).

question: In each series, look for the degree and direction of change between the numbers. In other words, do the numbers increase or decrease, and by how much?
Look at this series: 1, 5, 7, 3, __, 1 ...Which number is missing?
Options:
(A) 2
(B) 4
(C) 12
(D) 0
(E) 13
answer: Stream of consciousness: E
13
This is an alternating addition and subtraction series. In the first pattern, 6 is added to each number to arrive at the next. In the second, 2 is subtracted from each number to arrive at the next. The answer is (E).

q: Express 35 mps in kmph?
Options:
(A) 122
(B) 188
(C) 126
(D) 140
(E) 124
a: Stream of consciousness: 35 * 18/5 = 126 kmph The answer is (C).

q: The average of seven numbers is 18. The average of first three numbers is 14 and the average of last three numbers is 19. What is the middle number?
Options:
(A) 27
(B) 29
(C) 30
(D) 34
(E) 35
a:
Stream of consciousness: The total of seven numbers = 7X18 = 126
The total of first 3 and last 3 numbers is = 3 X 14+3 X 19 = 99
So, the middle number is (126 - 99 ) = 27 The answer is (A).