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For $9, a shopkeeper buys 13 dozen pencils. However, 3 dozen broke in transit. At what price per dozen must the shopkeeper sell the remaining pencils to make back 1/3 of the whole cost (enter monetary value e.g. $1.23)
$0.30 Explanation For $9, a shopkeeper buys 13 dozen pencils, However, 3 dozen broke in transit. So, we know that there are 13 dozen - 3 dozen = 10 dozen whole cost: 1/3 x 9 or 3 divided by 9 = $3.00. So, to make back $3.00 total, the shopkeeper must sell each of the 10 remaining packs for $3.00/10 =$0.30
SOLL SELLS FOR 8^1/4 CENTS PER POUND. HOW MUCH WOULD YOU SAVE IF YOU BROUGHT A 100-POUND SACK FOR $7.45
$0.80 FIRST CONVERT 8^1/4 AS A DECIMAL WHICH IS $0.0825 100 POUNDS WOULD COST: $0.0825 X 100 = $8.25 THAT MEANS WE WOULD SAVE: $8.25- $7.45 - $0.80
WHAT IS THE NEXT NUMBER IN THE SERIES 1/352 1/176 1/88 1/44 1/22 _____
1/11 PATTERN IS X2
four individuals pool money together to start a new business and agree to split the profits equally. N invests $6,000, X invests $2,000, Y invests $8,000 and Z invests $4,000. If the profits for the first month were $100,000, Y receives ______ less than if the profits were divided in proportion to how much they invested
15,000 Y invests $8,000 out of the total ($6,000 + $2,000 + $8,000 + $4,000 = $20,000). 8,000/20,000 = 8/20 = 4/10 (half both numbers) So Y was responsible for 40% of the investment, If the payout of profits was proportional to the amount invested. Y would get 40% of the profit. 40% of $100,000 = 0.4 x 100,000 = $40,000 If equally: If they split the profits equally, then they would split it 4 ways since there are 4 investors. $100,000/4 = 25,000 The difference if we take the difference, the investor loses $40,000 = $25,000 = $15,000
A train travels 45 feet in 1/10 of a second. How far will it travel in 3.5 seconds?
1575 STEP 1 HOW FAR DOES THE TRAIN GO IN 1 WHOLE SECOND IF THE TRAIN TRAVELS 45 FEET IN 1/10 SECONDS, THEN IT MUST TRAVEL 10 TIMES AS FAR IN 1 SECOND. 45 X 10 =450 EXTRAPOLATE, IF IT GOES 450 FEET IN 1 SECOND, THEN 3.5 SECONDS 450 X 3.5 = 1575
The clock was exactly on time at 7 am. At 1 pm, the clock was 228 seconds late. At that rate how slow was the clock after half an hour? (Enter numerical values only).
19 seconds
A STORAGE CONTAINER HOLDING 1600 CUBIC FEET OF RICE IS 8 FEET DEEP X 10 FEET WIDE. HOW LONG IN FEET IS THE STORAGE CONTAINER?
20 THE VOLUME 1600 CUBIC FEET THE DEPTH (REFERRED TO THE HEIGHT) 8 FEET THE WIDTH 10 FEET VOLUME + (LENGTH) X (WIDTH) X (HEIGHT) UNKNOWN VALUE IS HEIGHT (h) 1600 = (l)(10)(8) 1600 = 80l divide both sides by 80 in order to isolate l 20=l
A girl is 12 years old and her brother is twice her age. When the girl is 50 years old, how old will her brother be?
62 Explanation the brother is 12 years older than the girl When the girl is 50, her brother will still be 12 years older than her 50 +12=62
ACME IS THE OPPOSITE OF
BOTTOM ACME: THE POINT AT WHICH SOMETHING IS AT ITS BEST OR MOST HIGHLY DEVELOPED
GENTEEL - REFINED
HAVE SIMILAR MEANINGS BOTH DESCRIBE A HUMANS BEHAVIOR
Two of the following proverbs have similar meanings. Which ones are they?
HITCH YOUR WAGON TO A STAR AND NOTHING VENTURED, NOTHING VENTURED, NOTHING GAINED EACH EXPRESS THE IDEA THAT YOU MUST BE BRAVE AND FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS AND YOU WILL BECOME SUCCESSFUL
IN THE FOLLOWING SET OF WORDS, WHICH WORD IS DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHERS?
LACKLUSTER, BLAND, INSIPID, INSUFFICIENT, VAPID ANSWER INSUFFICIENT DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE OTHER WORDS DESCRIBE SOMETHING LACKING CONVICTION OR BRILLIANCE
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. DONT UPSET THE APPLE CART. THESE TWO SENTENCES ARE:
NEITHER SIMILAR NOR CONTRADICTORY 1ST ONE MEANS YOU SHOULD NOT GET RID OF VALUABLES OR IDEAS IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET RID OF WHAT IS NOT WANTED. 2ND ONE MEANS THAT YOU SHOULDN'T CAUSE TROUBLE, ESPECIALLY IF IT INVOLVES SPOILING SOMEONES PLANS.
IN THE FOLLOWING SET OF WORDS, WHICH IS MOST DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHERS? LYRE, ORCHESTRA,PICCOLO,TRIANGLE,CELLO
ORCHESTRA ALL OPTIONS ARE INTRUMENTS WHILE AN ORCHESTRA IS A GROUP OF PEOPLE PLAYING INSTRUMENTS MAKING IT MOST UNLIKE THE OTHERS
VAST - IMMENSE
SIMILAR MEANINGS BOTH MEAN LARGE OR GREAT EXTENT
Mother's darlings make but milksop heroes. As a twig is bent so is the tree inclined. These sentences are:
SIMILAR MILKSOP MEANS A PERSON WHO IS INDECISIVE AND LACKS COURAGE "THIS PROVERB WARNS US THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE BABIED BY THEIR MOTHERS AND HAVE BEEN HANDED EVERYTHING TYPICALLY GROW UP TO BECOME INEFFECTIVE PEOPLE. DID YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHOSE MOM WOULD DO ALL THEIR PROJECTS FOR THEM IN HIGHSCHOOL? THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME ON THEIR OWN IN COLLEGE NOW. AS A TWIG IS BENT SO IS THE TREE INCLINED HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A TREE GROW AT A WEIRD ANGLE? THIS IS BECAUSE THE SAPLING WAS BENT AND KEPT GROWING IN THAT DIRECTION. THIS PROVERB TELLS US THAT JUST LIKE A TREE GROWS BASED ON THE DIRECTION IT IS SET IN, WE WILL GROW INTO ADULTS AND OUR PERSONALITIES WILL BE SHAPED BY OUT CHILDHOOD BOTH PROVERBS TELL US THAT OUR UPBRINGING AND CHILDHOOD HAVE A TREMENDOUS EFFECT ON OUR ADULTHOOD AND HOW WE TURN OUT AS PEOPLE THEREFORE, THEY ARE SIMILAR.
CONQUER is the opposite of
SUBMIT ACCEPT SOMETHING (OPPOSITE) CONQUER: TO DEFEAT SOMEONE OR SOMETHING, USUALLY BY FORCE
the vocalist is in tune with the violin. The violin is in tune with the viola. The vocalist is in tune with the viola
True
ILL-MATCHED - HARMONIOUS Do these words Have similar meanings? Have contradictory meanings? Mean neither the same nor opposite
contradictory meanings
FAITHFUL IS THE OPPOSITE OF
fickle SOMEONE WHO CHANGES THEIR MIND SO MUCH THAT YOU CANT RELY ON THEM FAITHFUL: DESCRIBES SOMEONE WHO IS RELIABLE AND CONTANT SOMEONE YOU CAN TRUST WITH YOUR LIFE
IDEAL is the opposite of
flawed: having fundamental weakness or imperfection
