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What is the answer? 25-13-(-47)+(-11) a. 48 b. -48
c. -46 d. 46 e. 44
What does 'x' equal in this equation? 8x+17=81 a. 8 b.
18 c. 12 d. 6 e. 16
If a circle is one, how many is an octagon? a. 2 b. 4
c. 6 d. 8 e. 12
Which of the following sentences given below means
approximately the same as the proverb: "Don't count your chickens
until they are hatched?" a. Some eggs have double yolks, so
you can't really count eggs and chickens. b. You can't walk
around the henhouse to count the eggs because it will disturb the
hens and they won't lay eggs. c. It is not really sensible to
rely on something that has not yet happened and may not ever
happen. d. Since eggs break so easily, you may not be accurate
in your count of future chickens.
There are 1200 elephants in a herd. Some have pink and green
stripes, some are all pink and some are all blue. One third are
pure pink. Is it true that 400 elephants are definitely blue?
a. True b. False
Following the pattern shown in the number sequence below, what
is the missing number? 1 8 27 ? 125 216 a. 36 b. 45
c. 46 d. 64 e. 99
Which vowel comes midway between J and T? a. A b. E
c. I d. O e. U
Pear is to apple as potato is to? a. Banana b. Radish
c. Strawberry d. Peach e. Lettuce
Which of the following is least like the others? a. Poems
b. Novels c. Paintings d. Statues e. Flowers
Which of these is the odd one out? a. Cat b. Dog
c. Horse d. Rabbit e. Bird
Continue the following number series with the group of numbers
below which best continues the series? 1 10 3 9 5 8 7 7 9 6 ?
a. 115 b. 105 c. 104 d. 116
Which number comes next in this series of numbers? 2 3 5 7
11 13 ? a. 14 b. 15 c. 16 d. 17 e. 18
Which letter comes next in this series of letters? B A C B
D C E D F ? a. C b. D c. E d. F e. G
If you add 3 apples and 2 bananas, with 2 oranges and 3
bananas and 3 pears and one apple, then you have only 4 apples, 5
bananas, and 2 oranges. a. True b. False
The following argument is valid: All humans are
mortal. Socrates is human. So Socrates is mortal. a. True
b. False
The next number in this series is 2 3968...63...8...3...
a. True b. False
The next number in this series is 16 1...3...6...10...
a. True b. False
Lisa is faster than Jane, and Nora is slower than Lisa. It is
impossible to tell whether Nora is faster than Jane. a. True
b. False
Jack owes $64 to John. Jack has only $28 but Bill gives him
another $28. Therefore Jack can repay John. a. True b.
False
A rancher is building a fence by stringing wire between posts
20 feet apart. If the fence is 100 feet long the rancher should
use 5 posts. a. True b. False
If you hold up your right hand in the mirror your image will
be holding up its right hand. a. True b. False
17 minutes to 9 o'clock is the same as 8:43. a. True
b. False
A group of old ladies meet for an afternoon tea party. They
bring all their cats. In all there are 22 heads and 72 feet. This
means that there are: 7 old ladies and 15 cats in the room. a.
True b. False
Sam received $0.41 change from a purchase. If he received 6
coins 3 of the coins had to be dimes. Coins in circulation are:
1 ¢, 5 ¢, 10 ¢, 25 ¢ 1 dime=10 ¢ a. True b. False
If there are more inhabitants in Los Angeles than there are
hairs on the head of any inhabitant, and if no inhabitant is
totally bald, it necessarily follows that there must be at least
two inhabitants with exactly the same number of hairs. a. True
b. False
