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Two Malaysian coins add up to 30 cents. If one of them is not a 10 cent coin, what are
the two coins?

Solution
Be careful of what the wording says: One is not a 10 cent coin, but the other is. This is a
standard trick in the English language. When you say, one of them is not a 10 cent coin, it
doesnt mean that both are not 10 cent coins. The key strategy is to pay attention to the
wording and not assume anything. The mind gets lured into a process that seems natural. So
if you hear someone say, one of them is not a 10 cent coin, you may assume that the
person means that both are not 10 cent coins. But the statement one is not a 10 cent coin
does not imply that the other cannot be a 10 cent coin.

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Terry is half as old as Alice was when Alice was five years older than Terry is now. How
old is Terry now?

Solution
Translate words to math.
Alice was five years older than Terry is now translates to A = T + 5, where A is the age that
Alice was.
1

Terry is half as old as Alice was translates to T = 2 A.

Substitute for A:
1

T = 2 (T + 5)
2T = T + 5
T=5
So, Terry is 5 years old.

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Which is greater: 354357 or 355356. (Dont use calculator.)

Solution
Compare them by dividing both of them with 354 356.
354 357
355 356
compare with
354 356
354 356

You will get

357
355
compare with
356
354

That is
1
1
compare with 1
356
354
1
You know that 354 is greater than
1

1
. Therefore, 355 356 is greater than 354 357.
356

Or
354 357 = 354 (356 + 1) = 354 356 + 354
355 356 = (354 + 1) 356 = 354 356 + 356
Since 356 is greater than 354, hence 355 356 is greater than 354 357.

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The price of a watch at a department store has been discounted 20 percent and then an
additional 30 percent after the first discount was applied. Would the final discounted
price have been lower if there had been a single discount of 50 percent?
Why or why not?

Solution
Suppose the watch was originally RM 100.
After discounted 20 percent, it is RM 80. After an additional 30 percent discount
(RM 80 70%), it is RM 56.
Or, if it gets a single discount of 50 percent, it is RM 50.
So, a single 50 percent discount gives a lower price.

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Suppose I have 40 blue socks and 40 brown socks in a drawer. If I reach into the
drawer without looking at the socks, what is the smallest amount of socks I must take
out to make sure that I have a pair of socks of the same colour?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 40
(e) 41

Solution
(b) 3
At best, I might get blue-blue or brown-brown (only pick twice).
At worst, I might get blue-brown-blue (2 blues already), or blue-brown-brown (2 browns); or
brown-blue-brown (2 browns), or brown-blue-blue (2 blues).
Picking 3 socks make sure that I have a pair of same-coloured socks.
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What is the next number in the following sequence:
00122436485?

Solution
10
Observe that the number sequence consists of 2 series:
So, the number comes after 0, 2, 4, 6, 8 is 10.

00122436485

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What day follows the day before yesterday if two days from now will be Sunday?

Solution
Thursday
two days from now will be Sunday means now/today is Friday.
Therefore, yesterday was Thursday.
Hence, the day before yesterday was Wednesday.
Thus, day follow the day before yesterday is the day follow Wednesday, which means
Thurday.

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Suppose you have a 12-hour digital clock where the number representing the hour is always
the same as the number representing the minute. That is, the clock only show times like
8:08, 9:09, 10:10 etc. What is the smallest time difference between two such times?
(a) 101 minutes
(b) 61 minutes
(c) 60 minutes
(d) 49 minutes(e) 11 minutes

Solution
(d) 49 minutes
The times closest to one another are 12:12 and 1:01.
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How many square can you find in the figure?

Solution
30

16

= 30

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50 50 50 (where there are a hundred 50s) is how many times 100 100 100 (where
there are fifty 100s)?
(a)
25 25 25 (where there are fifty 25s)
(b)
4 4 4 (where there are fifty 4s)
(b)
2 2 2 (where there are fifty 2s)
(b)
1 time
(e)
None of these answers is correct.

Solution
(a) 25 25 25 (where there are fifty 25s)
Compare the two using fraction:
100

50
100 100 100
50 50 50

50

50

50
( 2 50 ) ( 2 50 ) ( 2 50 )
50 50 50

50

50

50

50
50 50 50
50 50 50
2 2 2
50 50 50

50
50 50 50

2
2
2

= 25 25 25 (50 times)

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A doctors sons father was not a doctor. How is this possible?

Solution
The doctor is the sons mother.
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Bonnies father has five daughters but has no sons. Four of the daughters are named
Chacha, Cheche, Chichi, and Chocho. What is the fifth daughters name?
(a) Chuchu (b) Chochu (c) Chuchy (d) Chochy (e) none of the above

Solution
(e) none of the above
The fifth daughter is Bonnie herself.
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Solution
There are four people in a line. Sarah is between Barry and Mary. Mary is in front of two
(e)
nonepeople,
of the and
above
other
John is directly in front of Mary. Whos first in line, second, third, and
forth?

Solution
John, Mary, Sarah, Barry
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In the following subtraction problem, each letter uniquely represents one digit from 0 to
9. At least one digit is not 0. Find the values of A, B, and C.
ABA
CA
AB

Solution
A = 1, B = 0, C = 9
Read vertically downward from the right hand side:
A A = B. Therefore, B = 0.
A B C = A. Meaning that A 0 C = A. A must be 1 so that the answer is one digit. Hence, A
= 1.
10 C = 1. So, C = 9.

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What is the next letter in the following series: y z v w s t p q ?

Solution
m
Rearrange the letter:
pq_st_vw_yz
So, we can write: m n (o) p q (r) s t (u) v w (x) y z
Next letter should be m.
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Harry owes Sam $30. Same owes Phil $20. Phil owes Harry $50.
Which of the following will settle the debts?
(a)
Harry could give Phil $50
(b)
Sam could give Phil $20 and Harry could give Sam $40
(c)
Harry could give Phil $20 and Sam could give Phil $10
(d)
Sam and Phil could give Harry $50 total
(e)
Phil could give Harry $20 and could give Sam $10

Solution
(e) Phil could give Harry $20 and could give Sam $10

Harry owes Sam $30

Sam owes Phil $20
Phil owes Harry $50
Total

Harry
+$30
-$50
-$20

Sam
-$30
+$20
-$10

Phil
-$20
+$50
+$30

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Suppose a bird is standing in a closed box that is resting on a scale. When the bird flies in
the box, does the scale read the same as, more than, or less when the bird is resting?

Solution
When the bird flies, it pushes down on the air which pushes down on the scale. The scale
reads the same.

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If 366DIALY means 366 days in a leap year, how about the following?
1. 206BITHB
2. 3600SIAH
3. 6ZIAM
4. 9LACH

Solution
1. 206 Bones In The Human Body
2. 3600 Seconds In An Hour
3. 6 Zeros In A Million
4. 9 Lives a Cat Has
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Using six straight lines without retracing, connect all sixteen dots.

Solution

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You are competing in a linear race and overtake the last runner. In which position are you
now?
(a)
last
(b)
second to last
(c)
third to last
(d)
cannot be determined unless the number of runner is known
(e)
cannot be determined because this is an ambiguous question

Solution
(e) How can you overtake the person who is last?

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In 20 seconds or less, determine which is greater:
(a)
410/963 208/962
(b)
202/962

Solution
(b) 202/962 is greater. Add 208/962 to both quantities and compare.

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If A = 250 percent of B, what percent of A is B?
(a) 1/250 percent (b) 25 percent
(c) 40 percent

(d) 50 percent

(e) 125 percent

Solution
(c) 40 percent
250

A = 100 B

100
A=B
250

40
A=B
100

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Water lilies double in area every 24 hours. At the beginning of summer there is one water
lily on the lake. It takes 60 days for the lake to become completely covered with water lilies.
On which day is the lake half covered?

Solution
Day 59

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How many positive integers between 0 and 1000 are not exactly divisible by 3?

Solution
666
Integers between 0 and 1000 : 1, 2, 3, , 997, 998, 999 [999 integers]
Integers divisible by 3: 3, 6, 9, , 993, 996, 999
[333 integers]
[get by 10003=333]
Hence, number of integers not divisible by 3=999 333 = 666.
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A man with a number of bookshelves has distributed his book collection evenly on the
shelves, putting 80 books on each shelf. If he adds 3 shelves and redistributes his
collection evenly on all the shelves, each shelf will have 50 books. How many books are in
his collection?

Solution
400
Let n be the number of original shelves. Then 80n = 50(n+3).
Solve the algebra, youll get n = 400.
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Three messages were received from Mars.
1. Avion Balcon Sondor, which was translated to Serious Spaceship Fumes.
2. Mayar Pulgar Avion, which was translated to Serious Atmosphere Particles.
3. Balcon Roctors Vivand, which was translated to Dangerous Liquid Fumes.
What would the word SONDOR mean?

Solution
Spaceship
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If everyone working at a car wash works at the same speed, and eight people can wash 50
cars in 60 hours, then four people can wash 100 cars in how many hours?

Solution
240

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Choose any two-digit number. Add the digits. Then subtract that result from the original
number to get a final result. Which of the following numbers could be your final result?
(a) 31
(b) 32
(c) 33
(d) 34
(e) 35
(f) 36

Solution
(f) 36
Try some two-digit number and see
For 11:

1+1=2
For 23:
For 35:
11-2=9
2+3=5
3+5=8
23-5=18
35-8=27
For 12:
1+2=3
For 24:
For 36:
12-3=9
2+4=6
3+6=9
24-6=18
36-9=27

For 47:
4+7=11
47-11=36

For 59:
5+9=14
59-14=45

For 48:
4+8=12
48-12=36

For 60:
6+0=6
60-6=54

The possible answer you can get is 9, 18, 27, 36, 45, 54 all are multiples of 9.

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How would you measure 4 liters of water is you only have a 3 liters and a 5 liters
containers?

Solution
Method 1:
Measure 3 liters of water, pour it into the 5 liters container.
Measure 3 liters of water agarin and pour it into the 5 liters container until it is full.
So now, only 1 liter of water left in the 3 liters container.
Pour away the 5 liters of water. Pour the 1 liter of water into the 5 liters container.
Measure another 3 liters of water and add to the 1 liter of water in the 5 liters container, and you get 4 liters
of water.
Method 2:
Measure 5 liters of water, pour it into the 3 liters container. 2 liters of water left.
Pour away the 3 liters of water. Pour the remaining 2 liters of water into the 3 liters container.
Measure another 5 liters of water and pour it into the 2 liters of water just now until it becomes 3 liter. So
now you have 4 liters of water left in the 5 liters container.

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Matt is the fiftieth fastest and the fiftieth slowest runner in his school. Assuming no two
runners are the same speed, how many runners are in Matt's school?
(a) 50
(b) 51
(c) 99
(d) 100
(e)101
Solution
99
Becasue the 50th counted in ascending order from 1 is 50, and counted in descending order from 99 is 50.
1, 2, 3, ...., 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, ...., 97, 98, 99
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There are nine coins that are identical in appearance. One weighs more than the others,
which have equal weight. With a balance scale to determine the coin that is heavier, what is
the minimum number of weighing needed to be done?
Solution
2
Divide the coins into groups of 3, then you have 3 groups of 3 coins.
Weigh either two groups. If the balance are skewed, then the heavier group contains the heavier coin. If the
balance are even, then the remaining group that is no on the balance contains the heavier coin.
Now you have the heavier group of coins, which is three coin. Choose either two coins and put on the
balance. If the balance are skewed, the heavier coin is on the skewed balance; if not, the coin that is not
weighed is the heavier one.
So you need two weighings only.
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One segment of the game show Let's Make A Deal had three doors - behind one door was a
new car and behind each of the other two was a goat. The contestant would win whatever
was behind the door he or she chose. The contestant chose one of the three doors, but
before it was opened, the host opened up a different door that had a goat behind it. In
order to have the greatest chance of winning the car, should the contestant open the door
that was his or her original choice or open the remaining door?
Solution
Open the remaining door.