question: Ravi can do a piece of work in 30 days while Prakash can do it in 40 days. In how many days will they finish it together?
Options:
(A) 19 1/7 days
(B) 16 1/7 days
(C) 14 1/7 days
(D) 17 1/7 days
(E) 13 1/7 days
answer: Stream of consciousness: 1/30 + 1/40 = 7/120
120/7 = 17 1/7 days The answer is (D).

q: 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 30 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 7 hours. Harvesting machine K harvested how many acres of wheat per hour?
Options:
(A) 7
(B) 8
(C) 12
(D) 3
(E) 15
a: Stream of consciousness: Rate of H = 7 acres/hr
Remaining land to be harvested = 100 - 30 = 70
Rate of H and K = 70/7 = 10 acres/hr
Rate of K = 10 - 7 = 3 The answer is (D).

question: Twenty percent of Country Y's yearly exports come from fruit exports. One-fourth of all fruit exports from Country Y are orange exports. If country Y generates $20 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) $400m
(E) $153m
answer: Stream of consciousness: 20/100*1/4*(total) = 20
1/20*(total) = 20
(total) = 20*20 = 400 The answer is (D).

q: How much is 40% of 60 is greater than 4/5 of 25?
Options:
(A) 2
(B) 5
(C) 12
(D) 8
(E) 4
a: Stream of consciousness: (40/100) * 60 (4/5) * 25
24 - 20 = 4 The answer is (E).

question: X can finish a work in 30 days. Y can finish the same work in 15 days. Yworked for 10 days and left the job. how many days does X alone need to finish the remaining work?
Options:
(A) 3
(B) 10
(C) 6
(D) 8
(E) 9
answer: Stream of consciousness: Work done by X in 1 day = 1/30
Work done by Y in 1 day = 1/15
Work done by Y in 10 days = 10/15 = 2/3
Remaining work = 1 2/3 = 1/3
Number of days in which X can finish the remaining work = (1/3) / (1/30) = 10 The answer is (B).

question: 10 men and 15 women together can complete a work in 5 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) 127 days
(B) 150 days
(C) 177 days
(D) 187 days
(E) 225 days
answer:
Stream of consciousness: 1 man's 1 day work = 1/100
(10 men + 15 women)'s 1 day work = 1/5
15 women's 1 day work = (1/5 - 10/100) = 1/10
1 woman's 1 day work = 1/150
1 woman alone can complete the work in 150 days. The answer is (B).