question: If it costs d dollars to make the first 100 copies of a poster and e dollars for each poster after that, what is the total cost of 125 posters?
Options:
(A) 25d + 100e
(B) 100d + 25e
(C) 125de
(D) d + 25e
(E) 125/(de)
answer: Stream of consciousness: Dollars needed for first 100 copies = d
Dollars needed for each successive copy = e
Cost of 125 copies = cost of 100 copies + cost of 25 copies = d + 25e The answer is (D).

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

question: Rs.500 amounts to Rs.670 in 5 years at simple interest. If the interest is increased by 2%, it would amount to how much?
Options:
(A) 150
(B) 550
(C) 760
(D) 450
(E) 260
answer: Stream of consciousness: (500*5*2)/100 = 50
500+ 50 = 550 The answer is (B).

q: How many positive integers less than 500 can be formed using the numbers 1,2,3,and 5 for digits, each digit being used only once.
Options:
(A) 34
(B) 677
(C) 197
(D) 177
(E) 191
a: Stream of consciousness: Single digit numbers = 4
Double digit numbers = 4 x 3 = 12
Three digit numbers = 3 x 3 x 2 x 1 = 18
Total = 34 The answer is (A).

question: 189. The inside dimensions of a rectangular wooden box
are 10 inches by 12 inches by 14 inches. A cylindrical
canister is to be placed inside the box so that it stands
upright when the closed box rests on one of its six
faces. Of all such canisters that could be used, what is
the radius, in inches, of the one that has maximum
volume?
Options:
(A) 3
(B) 4
(C) 5
(D) 6
(E) 8
answer: Stream of consciousness: Since the radius is squared, the biggest volume cylinder will have the biggest possible radius. To achieve that, let the smaller dimension of the rectangular box be the height. So, it will have 14x12 width x length. The biggest cylinder must fit both dimensions, so it must have at most a diameter of 12, so the radius will be 6. The answer is (D).

question: How much is 80% of 40 is greater than 4/5 of 25?
Options:
(A) 17
(B) 19
(C) 11
(D) 12
(E) 10
answer:
Stream of consciousness: (80/100) * 40 (4/5) * 25
32 - 20 = 12 The answer is (D).