question: What percent is 120 of 80?
Options:
(A) 150 %
(B) 134 1/3 %
(C) 135 1/3 %
(D) 140 1/3 %
(E) 143 1/3 %
answer: Stream of consciousness: 120/80 = 3/2
3/2 100 = 300/2 = 150 % The answer is (A).

q: In a bucket there are 3 green balls and 2 yellow balls. What is the probability of drawing at least one green ball when drawing two consecutive balls randomly?
Options:
(A) 16/20
(B) 9/10
(C) 2/5
(D) 3/5
(E)
a: Stream of consciousness: P(at least one green) = 1 - P(no green, so 2 yellow) = 1- 2/5*1/4 = 9/10. The answer is (B).

question: 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 $40 million from its orange exports, how much money does it generate from its yearly total of exports?
Options:
(A) $21.25m
(B) $800m
(C) $106.25m
(D) $127.5m
(E) $153m
answer: Stream of consciousness: 20/100*1/4*(total) = 40
1/20*(total) = 40
(total) = 40*20 = 800 The answer is (B).

q: A train 140 m long, running with a speed of 63 km/hr will pass a tree in?
Options:
(A) 18 sec
(B) 6 sec
(C) 8 sec
(D) 15 sec
(E) 7 sec
a: Stream of consciousness: Speed = 63 * 5/18 = 35/2 m/sec
Time taken = 140 * 2/35 = 8 se The answer is (C).

question: X can finish a work in 18 days. Y can finish the same work in 15 days. Yworked for 10 days and left the job. how many days does X alone need to finish the remaining work?
Options:
(A) 1
(B) 3
(C) 6
(D) 8
(E) 9
answer: Stream of consciousness: Work done by X in 1 day = 1/18
Work done by Y in 1 day = 1/15
Work done by Y in 10 days = 10/15 = 2/3
Remaining work = 1 2/3 = 1/3
Number of days in which X can finish the remaining work = (1/3) / (1/18) = 6 The answer is (C).

question: On average, the bottle-nosed dolphin comes up for air once every three minutes; the beluga whale, a close relative, comes up for air on average once every six minutes. The number of times a bottle-nosed dolphin would come up for air in a 24 hour period is approximately what percent greater than the number of times a beluga whale would come up for air in that same period?
Options:
(A) 25%
(B) 50%
(C) 75%
(D) 100%
(E) 150%
answer:
Stream of consciousness: Dolphin once in 3 min;
Beluga once in 6 min;
So, dolphin comes up 2 times frequently than beluga, which is 150% (6-3)/2*100. The answer is (E).