q: A, B, C together started a business. A invested Rs.6000 for 5 months B invested Rs.3600 for 6 months and C Rs.7500 for 3 months. If they get a total profit of Rs.9880. Find the share of A?
Options:
(A) 3002
(B) 3000
(C) 3018
(D) 3019
(E) 4000
a: Stream of consciousness: 60*5:36*6:75*3
100: 72: 75
100/247 * 9880 = 4000 The answer is (E).

question: if deepak has 5 pants and 3 shirts how many combinations can deepak make?
Options:
(A) 10
(B) 9
(C) 15
(D) 20
(E) 25
answer: Stream of consciousness: If deepak can only choose one of each, there are 5*3 = 15 possible combinations. The answer is (C).

q: For some integer p, p^2 - 5 is divisible by all of the following EXCEPT
Options:
(A) 30
(B) 38
(C) 41
(D) 29
(E) 31
a: Stream of consciousness: Hint: p^2-5 (p is an integer) is never multiple of 3 (try to prove this), hence 30 is out. The answer is (A).

question: The smallest prime number is:
Options:
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4
(E) 5
answer: Stream of consciousness: The smallest prime number is 2. The answer is (B).

q: A corporation triples its annual bonus to 50 of its employees. What percent Q of the employees' new bonus is the increase?
Options:
(A) 50%
(B) 6623%
(C) 100%
(D) 200%
(E) 300%
a: Stream of consciousness: Q of the employees' new bonus is the increase Hence The answer is (B).

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 $20 million from its orange exports, how much money does it generate from its yearly total of exports?
Options:
(A) $21.25m
(B) $25.5m
(C) $106.25m
(D) $400m
(E) $153m
a:
Stream of consciousness: 20/100*1/4*(total) = 20
1/20*(total) = 20
(total) = 20*20 = 400 The answer is (D).