) What percent of 20 is 16?

A B C D E

3.2% 16% 36% 80% 125%

2)Organisers of a trade fair projected an increase of 20% in the number

of visitors over the previous year, but the number of visitors actually increased by 50%. By what percentage was the actual number of visitors greater than the projected number of visitors?

A B C D E

20% 25% 30% 50% 125%

3) Biologists working to estimate the population of foxes in small town

captured and tagged 30 foxes on one night. The foxes were then released. The next night they captured 30 foxes and found that 6 of them had already been tagged. The best estimate for the fox population of the town would be

A B C D E

30 36 60 150 180

4)In 1997, flower sales on St Valentines Day were 6% of the total for
the year. If flower sales on that day were $7,200,000 then what were the total flower sales for the whole year?

A B C D E

$ 432,000 $ 1,200,000 $ 43,200,000 $ 120,000,000 $ 2,628,000,000

5) It costs $1.75 to buy a loaf of white bread and $2.00 to buy a loaf
of wholemeal bread. Jenny buys 10 loaves of bread and the total cost is $18.50. How many wholemeal loaves did she buy?

A B

4 5

C D E

6 7 8

6) Paul is now 8 years older than Quill. 17 years ago Paul was twice as
old as Quill. How old will Quill be in 10 years?

A B C D E

43 35 33 27 25

7) A plank of wood is 24 feet long and is cut into 3 pieces. The longest piece is 3 feet longer than either of the other 2 pieces. How many feet long is the longest piece?

A B C D E

15 14 13 10 7

8) In a group of people solicited by charity 25% contribute $20, 45%

contributed $10 and the rest contributed $5. If the charity received a total of $750 from those who contributed $5, how much did they receive in total from those solicited?

A B C D E

$5,500 $5,250 $4,750 $2,500 $1,700

9)
A car costs d dollars a day to hire and an additional m dollars for evey 100 miles travelled. How much would it cost to hire the car for 7 days if you travel a total of 500 miles?

A B C D E

3500dm 5(7d + m) 7d + 500m 7d + 5m 7d +

10) What is the value of x, if

2(2x + 1) = 8(x - 3)

A B C D E

-4 -1 4 8 10

11) In country X income tax is calculated in the following way. No tax

is levied on the first $6,000 dollars earned each year and 25c tax is levied on every dollar over $6,000. Bob earned y dollars last year, if y is greater than $6,000 then how much should Bob pay?

A B C D E

y 1,500 + y (y - 6,000) (6,000 - y) (6,000 + y)

12)The function * is defined so that

a * b = a(b - a) Which of the following expressions has the value 6?

A B C D

1 * 6 2 * 3 2 * 4 3 * 5

E 5*3

ANSWERS 1) Explanation

You can avoid any confusion in this question by doing a simple translation of the sentence into a mathematical expression.

In these cases, 'of' translates to 'times', 'is' to 'equal to' and 'what' to an unknown.

of -- is -- = Translating 'what percent of 20 is 16?', becomes, ?% 20 = 16

?% =

?% =

You should remember that

= 80%, therefore the correct answer is D.

2) Explanation

The actual number of visitors was 150% of last year and the projected number was 120%.

% =

= 125%

The actual number fo visitors was 125% of those projected, therefore it was 25% greater.

B is the correct answer.

3) Explanation

On the second night the biologist founnd that 6 of the 30 foxes caught had already been tagged. This is or of those caught. This suggests that the first night the 30 foxes they had tagged constituted of the population.

Therefore the best estimate for the fox population is 5 30 = 150.

The answer is D.

4) Explanation

$7,200,000 is 6% of the total sales. Writing this as an equation we get

$7,200,000 = 6% total sales Therefore total sales = $7,200,000 6%

total sales = $7,200,000

total sales = $7,200,000

total sales = $1,200,000 100

total sales = $120,000,000

So, the best answer is D

5) Explanation

If Jenny had bought 10 loaves of wholemeal it would have cost $20.00 in total. Since 10 $2.00 = $20.00.

Jenny only spent $18.50 and therefore spent $1.50 less. Each white loaf is $0.25 less than each wholemeal loaf. Therefore she bought 6 white loaves since 6 $0.25 = $1.50

Therefore the other 4 loaves must have been wholemeal and the correct answer is A.

6) Write out in the form of equations where P and Q represent the ages
of Paul and Quill now.

'Paul is now 8 years older than Quill.' P = Q + 8

'17 years ago Paul was twice as old as Quill.' P - 17 = 2(Q - 17)

'How old will Quill be in 10 years?' Q + 10 = ? Next solve the equations. P - 17 = 2(Q - 17) We know that P = Q + 8 so we can replace the P in the second equation with Q + 8. Q + 8 - 17 = 2(Q - 17) Q - 9 = 2Q - 34 Simplify both sides.

Add 34 and take Q from both sides of the equation.

25 = Q NB: This is not the answer, we were asked to find Q + 10 so add 10 to both sides of the equation. 35 = Q + 10

Quill will be 35 in 10 years time and the answer is B.

7) Explanation

Let us say that the longest piece of wood has lenght L. The the 2 shorter peices both have length L - 3. So

L + (L-3) + (L-3) = 24

Simplify the left hand side.

3L - 6 = 24 3L = 30 L = 10

Add 6 to both sides. Divide by 3.

The longest piece is 10 feet long. The answer is D.

8) Explanation

Put the information into a table.

% of those solicited amount given (each) amount given (total) 25% $20 45% $10 $5 $750

We will need to add a 'number of people' column.

% of those solicited amount given (each) amount given (total) number of people 25% $20 45% $10 $5 $750

Next we can work out the percentage who contributed $5. % who contributed $5 = %100 - %25 - %45 = %30 And the number of people who contributed $5

number of people who contributed $5 =

= 150

Add this new information into the table.

% of those solicited amount given (each) amount given (total) number of people 25% $20 45% $10 30% $5 $750 150

30% of those solicited is 150 people then, 25% is 125 people and 45% is 225 people. Add into the table.

% of those solicited amount given (each) amount given (total) number of people 25% $20 45% $10 125 225

30% $5 $750 150

From this we can work out how much money was contributed by each group of people.

125 people contributed $20 which is, 125 $20 = $2500 225 people contributed $10 which is, 225 $10 = $2250

% of those solicited amount given (each) amount given (total) number of people 25% $20 $2500 125 45% $10 $2250 225

30% $5 $750 150

To find the total we just add the amount contributed by each group.

Total = $2250 + $2500 + $750 = $5500 Therefore, answer A is correct

9) Explanation

The cost of hiring the car for 7 days at d dollars per day is

7d The additional cost of travelling 500 mile at m dollars per 100 miles is m = 5m Therfore the total cost for hiring the car for 7 days and travelling 500 miles is 7d + 5m The correct answer is D.

10) Explanation
It is difficult to work with exponents if their bases are different as is the case in this question where the bases are 2 and 8 respectively. But there is a relationship between these two numbers that we can use to help us solve the equation.

23 = 8 If we use this to replace 8 in the original equation we get.

2(2x + 1) = 8(x - 3)

Replace 8 by 23.

2(2x + 1) = (23)(x - 3) To calculate the exponent of an exponent multiply the two exponents. 2(2x + 1) = 2(3x - 9) are equal. 2x + 1 = 3x - 9 1 = x - 9 10 = x We can eliminate the bases now because they

Subtract 2x from both sides.

Add 9 to both sides.

Therefore, E is the correct answer.

11)

Explanation

Remember Bob does not pay any tax on the first $6,000 he earned. Therefore he only pays tax on the amount over $6,000 which can be expressed as

y - 6,000 He pays 25c per dollar on this amount which is (y - 6,000) = (y - 6,000) Therefore the correct answer is C.

12) Explanation

The only way to do this question is to evaluate each expression in turn.

1 * 6 = 1 (6 - 1) = 1 5 = 5 2 * 3 = 2 (3 - 2) = 2 1 = 2 2 * 4 = 2 (4 - 2) = 2 2= 4 3 * 5 = 3 (5 - 3) = 3 2 = 6 5 * 3 = 5 (3 - 5) = 5 -2 = -10 Correct.

3 * 5 = 6 and so D is correct.

1. A leopard spots a deer from a distance of 200 meters. As the leopard starts chasing the deer, the deer also starts running. Given that the speed of the deer is 10 km/h and that of the leopard is 12 km/h, how far would have the deer run before it is caught?

A. 3 km B. 4 km C. 2 km D. 1 km E. 5 km

2. Paul, Quallis and Robert divide a sum of money among themselves in the ratio 2:3:7. Find the share of Paul if the total share of Paul and Quallis together is $1500 less than that of Robert.

A. 2000

B. 1200 C. 1400 D. 2500 E. 1500

3. Find the speed of a man in still water if he goes upstream at 6 km/h when the rate of stream is 2 km/h.

A. 2 km/h B. 8 km/h C. 6 km/h D. 14 km/h E. 4 km/h

4. The length of rectangle ABCD is 6/5th of its breadth. Its perimeter is 132. Find its area.

A. 660 m B. 2210 m C. 1080 m D. 2160 m E. 460 m

5. The prices of a TV and a refrigerator are in the ratio 9:5. If the TV costs $4,200 more than the refrigerator does, what is the price of the refrigerator?

A. 4200 B. 5400 C. 6000 D. 5250 E. 4600

6. 40% of the people of a certain locality suffer from Diabetes, 25% suffer from Leprosy and 10% suffer from both. What percentage of the people do not suffer from either of the diseases?

A. 30% B. 35% C. 40% D. 45% E. 50%

7. A bag contains balls, marbles and tops. The triple ratio of balls to marbles to tops in the bag is 20 : 4 : 6. If there are 120 balls in the bag, find the number of tops in the bag.

A. 66 B. 36 C. 26 D. 49 E. 12

8. The cost of a camera at 20% discount is $100. Find its actual price.

A. $125 B. $130 C. $225 D. $335 E. $105

9. It takes 16 days for 48 women to complete a job that requires 16 men to complete in 24 days. 12 men initiated the work and after 14 days, 12 women joined them. How many days will they together take to complete the job?

A. 12 B. 21 C. 6 D. 24 E. 16

10. Where does p lie if p < p?

A. Between -1 and 0 B. Between -1 and 1 C. Between 0 and 1

D. It is always less than 0 E. It is always greater than 1 1. Correct Answer: D

Solution: The relative speed can be given as 12 - 10 = 2 km/h. So the leopard will catch the deer after 0.2/2 = 1/10 hour. Hence the distance covered by the deer before it is caught can be calculated as 10 * 1/10 = 1 km. Hence 4. 2. Correct Answer: E

Solution: Let the total amount of money they have be T And the respective shares of Paul, Quallis and Robert be P, Q and R. Now, P + Q + R = T ----- (1) and given that the amount is to be divided in the ratio of 2 : 3 : 7, the total share of P and Q is $1500 less than R, i.e., P + Q = R - 1500 ----- (2) From (1) and (2); P + Q = T - R ----- (3) Comparing equation (2) and (3) R - 1500 = T - R; 2 R = 1500 + T; or R = (1500 + T) / 2 ----- (4) But R's share is [7 / (2 + 3 + 7)] * T = (7/12) T ----- (5) From (4) and (5), (1500 + T) / 2 = (7/12) T 18000 = 14 T - 12 T T = 9000. So total amount is $ 9000. P's share = [2 / (2 + 3 + 7)] * 900 = $1500. Hence 5. 3) Correct Answer: B Solution: Speed in still water can be calculated as the actual speed upstream + the rate or speed of stream =6+2 = 8 km/h. Hence 2. 4) Correct Answer: C

Solution: Let x be the length and y be the breadth of the given rectangle. Now, given that, x = 6/5 y -------- (1) and 2 x + 2 y = 132 -------- (2) Substituting x in (2) by results in (1), we get, 2 (6/5 y) + 2 y = 132; or 12/5 y + 2 y = 132. Multiplying both sides by 5, we get, 12 y + 10 y = 660; 22 y = 660 y = 30. Since x = 6/5 y, x = 6/5 * 30 = 36. Therefore, area = x * y = 36 * 30 = 1080 m. Hence 3. 5) Correct Answer: D Solution: Let the cost of TV be x. So, the cost of refrigerator will be x - 4200. Given, the ratio of the cost of the TV and refrigerator is 9 : 5 Therefore, cost of TV / cost of refrigerator = 9 / 5 or, x / (x - 4200) = 9 / 5 5 x = 9 (x - 4200) 4 x = 4200 * 9 x = 9450. So, the cost of refrigerator is x - 4200 = 5250. Hence 4. 6) Correct Answer: D Solution: Percentage of people suffering from Diabetes = 40. Percentage of people suffering from Leprosy = 25. Percentage of people suffering from both, Diabetes and Leprosy = 10. The percentage of people suffering from either Diabetes or Leprosy = 40 + 25 - 10 = 65 10 = 55. Total percentage of people in the locality = 100. Hence the percentage of people suffering from neither of the diseases = 100 - 55 = 45. Hence 4. 7) Correct Answer: B Solution: Let the total number of items (balls, marbles and tops) in the bag be x. Given that the ratio of balls to marbles to tops is 20 : 4 : 6. Number of balls = 120. Now, Number of balls = [20 / (20 + 4 + 6)] * x Or, x = 120 * (30/20) = 180 Total number of items = 180

Number of tops = (6/30) * 180 = 36. Hence 2. 8) Correct Answer: A Solution: Let the actual price of the camera be $x. x - 0.2 x = 100; or 0.8 x = 100; or x = $125. Hence 1 9) Correct Answer: A Solution: Total work = Number of men * Number of days = Number of women * Number of days. Or, 16 men * 24 days = 48 women * 16 days. Therefore, 48 women = (16 * 24) / 16 = 24 men; or 1 man is as efficient as 2 women are.------(1). Now, 12 men work for 14 days. The remaining work, (16 * 24) - (12 * 14) = 216 man-day. Since 12 women, that are equivalent to 6 men join the 12 men, effective strength = 12 + 6 = 18 men. Number of days to complete remaining 216 man-days of work = 216 / 18 = 12 days. Hence 1. 10) Correct Answer: C Solution: Given that p < p. The first option is incorrect because if p lies between -1 and 0, p will never be less than p. Statement 2 is also incorrect because for certain values of p (between - 1 and 1), the value of p may or may not be less than p. For example, if we take p = (- 0.6), the value of p > p; whereas if we take p = 0 or 0.6, then the value of p = p or p < p. According to option 3, p > 0 but less than 1. This is the only range in which for every value of p, the value of p is always less than p. Hence option 3 is the correct one.