[Ques]: Find the area of a parallelogram with base 24 cm and height 16 cm.
Options:
(A) 262 cm2
(B) 384 cm2
(C) 192 cm2
(D) 131 cm2
(E) None of these
*Ans*: (B)
--CoT--: Area of a parallelogram = base * height = 24 * 16 = 384 cm2

[Ques]: 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
*Ans*: (E)
--CoT--: 11 cartons total
7 large boxes (7 * 8 = 56 boxes)
4 small boxes (4 *10 = 40 boxes
11 total cartons and 96 boxes

[Ques]: A 70 cm long wire is to be cut into two pieces so that one piece will be 2/5th of the other, how many centimeters will the shorter piece be?
Options:
(A) 12
(B) 20
(C) 88
(D) 77
(E) 14
*Ans*: (B)
--CoT--: 1: 2/5 = 5: 2
2/7 * 70 = 20

[Ques]: A board 7ft. 9 inches long is divided into 3 equal parts . What is the length of each part?
Options:
(A) 31 inches
(B) 32 inches
(C) 33 inches
(D) 34 inches
(E) 35 inches
*Ans*: (A)
--CoT--: 7 ft 9 in is 84 + 9 = 93 inches. so 93/3 = 31 inches or 2 ft. 7 inch.