Assessments

15) A clock was exactly on time at noon on Monday. At 8pm on Tuesday, it was 64 seconds slow. At that same rate, how much did it lose in % hour?

1 sec

21) One number in the following series does not fit in with the pattern set by the others. w should that number be?

15

Two of the following proverbs have similar meanings. Which ones are they?

19) A) Mother's D)

IMAGE IMAGINARY Do these words have

contradictory

MINER MINOR: Do these

mean neither the same nor have opposite?

Paperclips sell for 23 cents per box, What will 4 boxes cost?

per 92.cents

Which number in the following group of numbers represents the smallest amount?

.88

which number in the following group of numbers represents the smallest amount?

.3

For $4.50 a grocer buys a case of fruit which contains 14 dozen, He knows that 4 dozen wi spoil before he sells them. At what price per dozen must he sell the good ones to gain 1/3 3 0 of the whole cost?

.60

17) One number in the following series does not fit in with the pattern set by the others. What should that number be?

1/6

A watch lost 1 minute and 12 seconds in 36 days. How many seconds did it lose per day?

2 seconds

A plane travels 70 feet in 1/10 second. At this same speed, how many feet will it traverins % seconds?

2450 ft in 3 sec

11) When the price of wire increased from 16.4 cents to 20.5 cents per foot, what was the percent increase of the cost of the wire?

25 %

23) Three people form a partnership and agree to divide the profits equally. X invests $4,500, Y invests $3,500 and Z invests $2,000. If the profits are than if the profits were divided in proportion to the amount invested? $2.400, how much less does X receive

280

24) In printing an article of 24,000 words, a printer decides to use two sizes of type. Using the larger type, a printed page contains 900 words, Using the smaller type, a page contains 1,200 words. The article is allotted 21 full pages in a magazine. How many pages must be in the smaller type?

5

Two of the following proverbs have a similar meaning. Which ones are they?

A&D

PITEOUS PITIABLE: Do these words have

A) similar meanings

Two of Mother's Are the meanings of the following sentences

B) contradictory

16) Assume the first 2 statements are true. Is the final one .

C not certain

Which word below is related to painter as wheel to potter? palette

C) easel

In the following set of words, which word is different from the others?

D) Friend

APPEAL is the opposite of .

D) deny

REAP is the opposite of

E) sow

the last letter of the last word as the answer to this problem. 5) Suppose you arranged the following words so that they made a true statement. Then print THAN FORTUNATE RICH BETTER

H