question: If a company allocates 10 percent of its budget to advertising, 10 percent to capital improvements, and 55 percent to salaries, what fraction of its budget remains for other allocations?
Options:
(A) 4/5
(B) 1/4
(C) 3/10
(D) 1/5
(E) 1/10
answer: Stream of consciousness: 10 + 10 + 55 = 75% 100 - 75 = 25% to all others The answer is (B).

q: If the average (arithmetic mean) of the four numbers K, 2K + 3, 3K 5 and 5K + 1 is 118, what is the value of K?
Options:
(A) 11
(B) 15 3/4
(C) 22
(D) 118
(E) 25 3/10
a: Stream of consciousness: K + 2K +3 + 3K - 5 + 5K +1 = 11K -1
(11K -1)/4 = 118
11K = 118 * 4 +1 = 472 +1 = 473
K = 473 / 11 = 43. The answer is (D).

question: Scotty B is helping his brother Jimmy B with math patterns. Jimmy's paper has 12, 24, 36, 48, and a blank space.
What number should Jimmy B put in the blank space?
Options:
(A) 50
(B) 58
(C) 60
(D) 62
(E) 96
answer: Stream of consciousness: C) 60- because the pattern is adding 12 each time. The answer is (C).

q: 3 candidates in an election and received 1136, 7636 and 11628 votes respectively. What % of the total votes did the winningcandidate got in that election?
Options:
(A) 45%
(B) 47%
(C) 57%
(D) 48%
(E) 50%
a: Stream of consciousness: Total number of votes polled = (1136 + 7636 + 11628) = 20400
So, Required percentage = 11628/20400 * 100 = 57% The answer is (C).

question: The number N is 5,3H7, where H represents the ten's digit. If N is divisible by 9, what is the value of H?
Options:
(A) 4
(B) 3
(C) 5
(D) 8
(E) 2
answer: Stream of consciousness: If the number is divisible by 9, it must also be divisible by 3. Only 3 yields such a number. The answer is (B).

question: Ravi can do a piece of work in 20 days while Prakash can do it in 40 days. In how many days will they finish it together?
Options:
(A) 5 7/9 days
(B) 6 7/9 days
(C) 5 1/9 days
(D) 5 7/2 days
(E) 4 7/9 days
answer:
Stream of consciousness: 1/20 + 1/40 = 3/40
40/7 = 5 7/9 days The answer is (A).