q: If 10 crates have 99 apples each and how many apples more is required in order to make 100 apples in each crate?
Options:
(A) 5
(B) 10
(C) 15
(D) 20
(E) 0
a: Stream of consciousness: Each crate requires 1 apples and totally there are 10 crates so required apples = 10 * 1 = 10 The answer is (B).
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q: There are 4 chess amateurs playing in Villa's chess club tournament. If each chess amateur plays with exactly 4 other amateurs, what is the total number of chess games possible to be played in the tournament?
Options:
(A) 10
(B) 8
(C) 40
(D) 60
(E) 120
a: Stream of consciousness: Each person is one participant of 4 games. So there are in all 4*4 = 16 instances of one participant games. But each game has 2 participants so total number of games = 16/2 = 8 The answer is (B).
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q: 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 1/6
(B) 22 1/2
(C) 22 1/0
(D) 22 1/9
(E) 22 1/1
a:
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).
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