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In 28 days, a person saved $42. What was this person's average daily savings? $0.42 $1.28 $0.82 $1.50 $1.75

$1.50 ($42/28)=1.50

Steve's utility bill was $25 in March. It was $32 more in April than in March, and it was $19 less in May than it was in April. What was his average bill over these three months? $21 $40 $30 $35 $38

$40 Mar: $25 Apr: 25+32= $57 May: 57-19= $38 {(25+57+38)/3}=40

The cost of 150 feet of wire is $19.20. How much would 45 feet cost? none of these $9.80 $6.16 $5.76 $7.24

$5.76 (19.20/150)=(x/45)-->cross multiply 150x=864 x= (864/150) x=$5.76

A pack of paper costs $1.97. How much will 4 packs cost? $6.98 $6.18 $7.88 $7.58 $4.88

$7.88 $1.97 x 4= 7.88

How many of the five pairs below are exact duplicates? 4836 | 4386 99198 | 99198 748487 | 748487 5055050 | 5050550 91239121 | 91239321 5 4 1 3 2

2 (748487 | 748487) & (99198 | 99198)

A clock lost 2 minutes and 36 seconds in 78 days. How many seconds did it lose per day? 30 1/30 2 3 1/2

2 convert: 2min to 120 sec +36 sec= 156 sec 156/78= 2 sec

An 8-year-old boy is half his sister's age. When the boy is 12, how old will his sister be? 18 4 20 16 32

20 12+8=20

An archer misses 60% of his shots. How many shots must he make before he gets 100 hits? 600 166 250 400 140

250

John's restaurant on 150 Main Street has 120 tables, but 30% of these tables are reserved. Therefore __?__ tables are available. 108 84 90 50 36

84 (x/120)=(30/100)-->cross multiply 3600=100x x=36 120 tables-36 used tables= 84 available tables

Which THREE of the following words have similar meanings? believe trust bear deliver bring

Bring, Bear, deliver

Two of the following proverbs have similar meanings. Which ones are they? A. Don't count your chickens before they hatch. B. Where there's smoke, there's fire. C. Don't put all your eggs in one basket. D. The chickens come home to roost. E. If you play with fire, you'll get burned.

D & E (they both mean to recoil at an unfavorable action you took)

9. PHOTOGRAPH is to BLURRY as KNIFE is to ___?___. PAIN DULL SHARP STEEL CUT

Dull

__?__ is to FIRE as SETTLE is to ARGUMENT. FUEL EXTINGUISH FIGHT WATER FAN

Extinguish

The sixth month of the year is __?__. July April May June March

June

The hours of sunlight in September is most similar to the hours of sunlight in which month? May October August March July

March

__?__ is to PURCHASE as HUNGER is to EAT. SALARY STORE NEED MONEY BUY

Need

Rearrange all of the words in below to make the best sentence. Choose the last letter of the last word as your answer. four usually Leap occurs years every year Leap y years year r s

S "Leap year usually occurs every four years"

Rearrange all of the words in bold below to make the best sentence. Is the sentence true or false? "oz." common for abbreviation "ounce" a is True False

True "oz. is a common abbreviation for ounce"

Which THREE of the following words have similar meanings? downplay diminish derive determine devalue

downplay, devalue and diminish

If the first two statements are true, is the third statement true? Bryan skates faster than Bill. John skates faster than Bill and Brody. John skates faster than Bryan. no uncertain yes

uncertain

If the first two statements are true, is the third statement true? Karl is in line behind Samantha. Jim is in front of Samantha and Tevin. Karl is in line behind Jim. no yes uncertain

yes

Four individuals invest in real estate together and agree to split the profits equally. N invests $12,000, X invests $6,000, Y invests $25,000 and Z invests $7,000. If the profits for the first year were $120,000, Y receives __?__ less than if the profits were divided in proportion to how much they invested. $30,000 $50,000 $25,000 $20,000 $60,000

$30,000 Sum all total investments= $50,000 Y: 25,000/ 50,000 =0.5 (50%) 0.5 (120,000)= $60,000 -->Y would have received based on investment 120,000/4 investors = $30,000 each $60,000-$30,000= $30,000

A number in the series below has been omitted. What is the missing number? 1/288 (?) 1/72 1/36 1/18 1/9 1/144 none of these 1/124 1/194 1/206

(1/144) denominators are all divided by 2

Which in the following group of numbers is smallest? 13 .6 8 5 .33

0.33

Which in the following group of numbers is smallest? 4 .8 .75 7 14

0.75

Tickets to a play are $12.00 for adults. Children receive a discount and only have to pay $8.00. If 40 people attend the play and the play brought in $440, then __?__children attended the play. 16 12 20 15 10

10 Set up two equations: tix: 12x + 8y = 440 ppl: x + y =40 _divide top equation entirely by (-8) to cancel out with bottom equation -1.5x - y =-55 (+)x + y =40 ----------------- -0.5x= -15 (solve for x) x=30 -->plug this back into original second equation and solve for y) 30+y=40 y=10

A sunglasses store bought $5,000 worth of sunglasses. The store made $9,000, making a profit of $20 per pair of sunglasses. There were __?__ pairs of sunglasses involved. 800 100 600 200 400

200 {($9,000-$5,000)/20}= 200

A company has two office buildings that hold 30,000 employees. Their headquarters contains 14 times as many employees as their overseas branch. Therefore, their headquarters contains __?__ employees. 28,000 15,000 14,000 2,000 10,000

28,000 14x + x = 30,000 15x=30,000 x=2,000 14x= 14(2,000)= 28,000

A high-speed train travels 25 feet in 1/3 second. In 4 seconds, the train will have traveled __?__ feet. 300 240 350 210 270

300 [25/(1/3)]=[x/4]-->cross mulitply (1/3)x=100 x=100/(1/#3) x=300

A gym has a 60 ft. by 60 ft. wall covered with a 60 ft. by 20 ft. mirror. The mirror covers __?__ of the wall. 33% 60% 20% 50% 25%

33%

A car traveled 11.5 miles in 15 minutes. How many miles per hour was it traveling? 70 65 52.5 48.5 46

46 convert: [(11.5miles/15min)x(60min/1hr.)]=690/15 =46mph

What is the next number in the series? 122 109 96 83 70 ? 60 57 53 50 61

57 (subtract thirteen from each)

A total of 84 hours was spent training 6 new employees. At this rate, it would take __?__ hours to train an additional 5 new employees. 70 62 66 78 74

70 (6/84)=(x/45)-->cross mulitply 420=6x x=(420/6) x=70

Two of the following proverbs have similar meanings. Which ones are they? A. Rome was not built in a day. B. Hitch your wagon to a star. C. Fortune favors the bold. D. Birds of a feather flock together. E. When in Rome, do as the Romans.

A & B (both mean to go after what you want)

VEHEMENT is the opposite of IMPASSIONED APATHETIC FERVENT ZEALOUS ARDENT

Apathetic

One word below is in quotes. What is the OPPOSITE of that word? Instructors who give "ambiguous" lectures are often considered to be excellent and experience the most success in delivering student achievement. opaque ambivalent clear strong interesting

Clear

OBTAIN is to __?__ as CATCH is to DROP GRAB SECURE JUMP FORFEIT STEAL

Forfeit

Which of the following is the earliest date? Jun. 21, 2146 Feb. 28, 2164 Jul. 12, 2146 Jun. 15, 2146 Jun. 13, 2164

Jun. 15, 2146

If the first two statements are true, is the third statement true? Carly has dual citizenship. Carly has Canadian citizenship. Carly has American and Canadian citizenship. uncertain no yes

Uncertain

The words ADOPT and ADAPT have __?__ meanings similar contradictory unrelated

Unrelated

Which THREE of the following words have similar meanings? arid foggy hazy barren humid

foggy, hazy, humid

The words PERCEIVE and DISCERN have __?__ meanings. similar contradictory unrelated

similar

If the first two statements are true, is the third statement true? Ray is friends with Marvin. Marvin is friends with Daymon. Ray is friends with Daymon. uncertain yes no

uncertain

The words COMPLETE and COMPLICATE have __?__ meanings. similar contradictory unrelated

unrelated

In the following set of words, which is different from the others? vocalist oboe guitar viola piccolo

vocalist