question: Let us say that a table tennis tournament was going on with knock out terms which means the one who loses the match is out of the tournament. 88 players took part in that tournament. How many matches were played?
Options:
(A) 90 matches
(B) 95 matches
(C) 99 matches
(D) 85 matches
(E) 87 matches
answer: Stream of consciousness: E 87 matches. The number of matches will always sum up to one less than the number of players in a knock out tournament. You may calculate it in any manner. Thus 87 matches were played. The answer is (E).

q: If, when the two parties of knights encounter one another after a month, exactly one knight changes from one travelling party to the other travelling party, that knight must be
Options:
(A) P
(B) Q
(C) R
(D) S
(E) T
a: Stream of consciousness: Q because Q always have to travel in northern route The answer is (B).

question: Find a a prime number from below options?
Options:
(A) 84
(B) 97
(C) 98
(D) 100
(E) 102
answer: Stream of consciousness: Clearly, 97 is a prime number. The answer is (B).

q: Twenty percent of Country Y's yearly exports come from fruit exports. One-sixth of all fruit exports from Country Y are orange exports. If country Y generates $4 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) $120m
(E) $153m
a: Stream of consciousness: 2/10*1/6*(total) = 4
1/30*(total) = 4
(total) = 4*30 = 120 The answer is (D).

question: The rowing athletes in a rowing conference voted for coach of the year. Each rower who voted chose exactly 3 coaches to vote for among the 36 coaches in the conference. If each of the 36 coaches received exactly 5 votes (a 36 way tie), how many rowers voted for coach of the year?
Options:
(A) 60
(B) 70
(C) 75
(D) 84
(E) 90
answer: Stream of consciousness: There were 36*5 = 180 total votes made. If each voter picked 3 coaches, there were 180/3 = 60 voters. The answer is (A).

question: An accurate clock shows 8 o'clock in the morning. Through how may degrees will the hour hand rotate when the clock shows 2 o'clock in the afternoon?
Options:
(A) 270
(B) 360
(C) 280
(D) 90
(E) 180
answer:
Stream of consciousness: Angle traced by the hour hand in 6 hours = (360/12 x 6) = 180. The answer is (E).