q: what is the next no. 4 12 84
Options:
(A) 632
(B) 732
(C) 832
(D) 850
(E) 902
a: Stream of consciousness: 3^0 + 3 = 4
3^2 + 3 = 12
3^4 + 3 = 84
3^6 + 3 = 732 The answer is (B).

question: A can do a job in 18 days and B can do it in 30 days. A and B working together will finish twice the amount of work in ------- days?
Options:
(A) 22 1/8 days
(B) 22 1/2 days
(C) 22 6/2 days
(D) 72 1/2 days
(E) 23 1/2 days
answer: Stream of consciousness: 1/18 + 1/30 = 8/90 = 4/45
45/4 = 11 1/4 *2 = 22 1/2 days The answer is (B).

q: The average of 11 results is 49, if the average of first six results is 49 and that of the last six is 52. Find the sixth result?
Options:
(A) 21
(B) 67
(C) 18
(D) 25
(E) 23
a: Stream of consciousness: 1 to 11 = 11 * 49 = 539
1 to 6 = 6 * 49 = 294
6 to 11 = 6 * 52 = 312
6th = 294 + 312 539 = 67 The answer is (B).

question: Look at this series: 53, 53, 41, 41, 29, 29, ... What number should come next?
Options:
(A) A) 12
(B) B) 14
(C) C) 27
(D) D) 53
(E) E) 17
answer: Stream of consciousness: In this series, each number is repeated, then 12 is subtracted to arrive at the next number. The answer is (E).

q: Anmol can eat 27 pastries in a hour.
Aakriti can eat 2 pastries in 10 minutes.
Divya can eat 7 pastries in 20 minutes.
How long will it take them to eat a 300 pastries ?
Options:
(A) 2 hours.
(B) 1 hours.
(C) 5 hours.
(D) 4 hours.
(E) 3 hours.
a: Stream of consciousness: In one hour, Anmol eats 27 pastries, Aakriti eats 12, and Divya eats 21. A total of 60 pastries. Therefore 300 pastries would take 300 60 = 5 hours. The answer is (C).

q: What is the area of a square with perimeter 8P ?
Options:
(A) 16p^2
(B) 4P^2
(C) P^2/4
(D) P/16
(E) P^2/16
a:
Stream of consciousness: Each side is 2p
A = (2p)^2 = 4(p^2) The answer is (B).