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Quantitative Reasoning Test 4

26. The number of half-pound packages of tea that can be 33. If a fire truck is 60 feet away from a hydrant, it is how
1 many feet nearer to the hydrant than a truck that is 100
made up from a box that hold 10 pounds of tea is
4 feet away?
(A) 5 (A) 60 feet
1 (B) 50 feet
(B) 10
2 (C) 40 feet
(C) 20 (D) 20 feet
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(D) 20
2 34. A clerk spent his 35-hour workweek as follows:
1 of his time in sorting mail; 1 of his time in filing
27. A pile of magazines is 4 feet high. If each magazine is 5 2
3 of an inch thick, the number of magazines in the pile letters; and 1 of his time in reception work.
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is The rest of his time was devoted to messenger work.
(A) 36 The percentage of time spent on messenger work by
(B) 48 the clerk during the week was most nearly.
(C) 64 (A) 6%
(D) 96 (B) 14%
(C) 10%
28. Potatoes are selling at $1.59 for a 5-pound bag. The cost (D) 16%
for 10 pounds is
(A) $1.59 ´ 10 35. A dealer bought some bicycles for $4,000. He sold
(B) $1.59 ´ 2 them for $6,200, making $50 on each bicycle. How
(C) $1.59 ´ 50 many bicycles were there?
(A) 40
(D) $1.59 ´ 5 ¸ 10
(B) 43
(C) 38
29. Five girls each ate 3 cookies from a box containing 2
dozen. What part of a dozen was left? (D) 44
1
(A) 36. Many American cars feature speedometers that show
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1 kilometers per hour. If you are required to drive 500
(B) miles, and you know that one kilometer is
4
3 approximately 5 of a mile, how many kilometers
(C) 8
4
7 would you cover in that journey?
(D) (A) 625
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(B) 800
(C) 850
30. A folding chair regularly sells for N29.50. How much
money is saved if the chair is bought at a 20% discount? (D)1,000
(A) N4.80
(B) N5.90 37. Six gross of special drawing pencils were purchased
(C) N6.20 for use in a department. If the pencils were used at the
(D) N7.40 rate of 24 a week, the maximum number of weeks that
the 6 gross of pencils would last is
(A) 6 weeks
31. A man owned 75 shares of stock worth $50 each. The
corporation declared a dividend of 8%, payable in (B) 24 weeks
stock. How many shares did he then own? (C) 12 weeks
(A) 81 shares (D) 36 weeks
(B) 90 shares
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(C) 91 shares 38. A stock clerk had 600 pads on hand. He then issued
(D) 95 shares 8
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of his supply of pads to Division X, to Division Y,
32. If a scow is towed at the rate of 3 miles an hour, how 4
many hours will be needed to tow the scow 28 miles? 1 to Division Z. The number of pads remaining in
(A) 10 hours, 30 minutes 6
(B) 9 hours, 20 minutes stock is
(C) 12 hours (A) 48
(D) 9 hours, 15 minutes
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