q: Last year, Company Z made q dollars in profit. Half of the profit went to the company's founder. The rest was split evenly among his two other partners. In terms of q, how much did each of the other partners receive?
Options:
(A) q/4
(B) q/5
(C) q/6
(D) q/7
(E) q/8
a: Stream of consciousness: Profit = q
Profit to company founder = q/2
Profit to other partners = q/2
Number of other partners = 2
Profit to each partner = (q/2)/2 = q/4 The answer is (A).

question: A farm used two harvesting machines, H and K, to harvest 100 acres of wheat. Harvesting machine H, working alone at its constant rate, harvested 40 acres of wheat in 8 hours. Then harvesting machine K was brought in, and harvesting machines H and K, working together at their respective constant rates, harvested the remaining acres of wheat in 4 hours. Harvesting machine K harvested how many acres of wheat per hour?
Options:
(A) 7
(B) 8
(C) 11
(D) 13
(E) 15
answer: Stream of consciousness: Rate of H = 4 acres/hr
Remaining land to be harvested = 100 - 40 = 60
Rate of H and K = 60/4 = 15 acres/hr
Rate of K = 15- 4 = 11 The answer is (C).

q: A merchant can place 8 large boxes or 10 small boxes into a carton for shipping. In one shipment, he sent a total of 96 boxes. If there are more large boxes than small boxes, how many cartons did he ship?
Options:
(A) 13
(B) 25
(C) 17
(D) 12
(E) 11
a: Stream of consciousness: 11 cartons total
7 large boxes (7 * 8 = 56 boxes)
4 small boxes (4 *10 = 40 boxes
11 total cartons and 96 boxes The answer is (E).

question: Two pipes can fill a tank in 30 and 12 hours, while third pipe will make the tank empty in 20 hours. If all three pipes operate simultaneously. In how many hours the tank will be filled ?
Options:
(A) 5 Hours
(B) 7 Hours
(C) 8 Hours
(D) 9 Hours
(E) 15 Hours
answer: Stream of consciousness: In 1 hour it fill 1/30 + 1/12 - 1/20 = 1/15
So fill tank fill up in 15 Hours The answer is (E).

q: A family with 1 mother, 1 father, and 3 children sit in a car with 2 front seats and 3 back seats. If the mother drives with a child in the front, and the father sits in the back center seat with the other two children on either side of him, how many seating arrangements are possible
Options:
(A) 3
(B) 6
(C) 4
(D) 8
(E) 10
a: Stream of consciousness: Mother has a fixed place and father, so there are 3! ways to arrange the children, hence The answer is (B).

q: The price of a T.V. set worth Rs. 30000 is to be paid in 20 installments of Rs. 1000 each. If the rate of interest be 6% per annum, and the first installment be paid at the time of purchase, then the value of the last installment covering the interest as well will be?
Options:
(A) 22678
(B) 26699
(C) 29000
(D) 19000
(E) 26711
a:
Stream of consciousness: Money paid in cash = Rs. 1000
Balance payment = (30000 - 1000) = Rs. 29000 The answer is (C).