Q: 10 men and 15 women together can complete a work in 3 days. It takes 100 days for one man alone to complete the same work. How many days will be required for one woman alone to complete the same work?
Options:
(A) 1 2/7 days
(B) 64 2/7 days
(C) 1 7/7 days
(D) 1 8/7 days
(E) 62 2/5 days
A: OK... Stream of consciousness: 1 man's 1 day work = 1/100
(10 men + 15 women)'s 1 day work = 1/3
15 women's 1 day work = (1/3- 10/100) = 7/30
1 woman's 1 day work = 7/450
1 woman alone can complete the work in 64 2/7 days.
The answer is (B).

Q: You have found a mutant algae that doubles in size every hour. It takes 18 hours for one algae plant to take up half of a certain lake.
How long would it take for two of these plants to take up half of the same lake?
Options:
(A) 7
(B) 17
(C) 27
(D) 37
(E) 47
A: OK... Stream of consciousness: At 17 hours the one plant will take up 1/4 of the lake (1/2 of 1/2). At 17 hours the two plants would be double the size of the one plant and double 1/4 is one half.
The answer is (B).

Q: The length of each side of an equilateral triangle having an area of 43 cm2 is?
Options:
(A) 1/8
(B) 1/9
(C) 1/5
(D) 1/23
(E) 1/2
A: OK... Stream of consciousness: Six persons can be arranged in a row in 6! ways. Treat the three persons to sit together as one unit then there four persons and they can be arranged in 4! ways. Again three persons can be arranged among them selves in 3! ways. Favourable outcomes = 3!4! Required probability = 3!4!/6! = 1/5
The answer is (C).

Q: There are 100 employees in a room. 99% are President. How many managers must leave the room to bring down the percentage of President to 98%?
Options:
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 46
(D) 50
(E) 97
A:
OK... Stream of consciousness: We have 99 Presidents and 1 director. That 1 director to compose 2% of the total number of people, there must be 50 people in the room, hence 50 Presidents must leave.
The answer is (B).