119.

How many liters of pure alcohol must be added to 10 liters of 15 percent alcohol solution in
order to obtain a mixture of 25 percent alcohol?
A. 1/3
B. ½
C. ¼
D. 1/5

175. Fifty liters of acid solution contains 22% water. How many liters of water must be added to
the solution so that the resulting mixture will be 60% acid?
A. 15
B. 10
C. 20
D. 12

304. A 2.5-liter container has a mixture of 25% alcohol. How many liters of the mixture must be
drained out and replaced with pure alcohol in order to obtain a mixture containing 40% alcohol?
A. 0.35
B. 0.40
C. 0.45
D. 0.50

319. From a 2-liter vessel containing water a certain amount was drained and replaced with pure
alcohol. Later from the mixture, the same amount was drained and again replaced with pure
alcohol. What amount was removed each time if the resulting mixture has 36% alcohol?
A. 0.50 L
B. 0.40 L
C.0.30 L
D. 0.20 L

WORK PROBLEMS

325. Juan and Pedro can do a job together in 4 days. If the working rate of Juan is twice that of
Pedro, how long would it take for Pedro to do the job alone?
A. 12 days
B. 10 days
C. 8 days
D. 6 days
146. If it takes A twice as it takes B to do a piece of work and if working together, they can do
the work in 6 days, how long would it take B to do it alone?
A. 8
B. 9
C. 7
D. 6

203. A man can do a job with his son in 30 days. If after working together for 12 days, the son
worked alone and finished the job in 24 more days, how long will it take the son to do the job
alone?
A. 40 days
B. 45 days
C. 50 days
D. 55 days

241. John and Jack can do a job in 4 hours and the working rate of John is twice that of Jack.
How many hours would it take John to work alone?
A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 10

248. A man can do a job in 8 days. After the man has worked for 3 days, his son joins him and
together they complete the job in 3 more days. How long will it take the son to do the job
alone?
A. 12
B. 11
C. 13
D. 10

264. Juan after working on a job for 2 hours was helped by Jose and it took 3 hours more for
them working together to finish the job. Had they worked together from the start, it would only
require 4 hours to finish the job. How long would it take Juan to finish the job alone?
A. 6 hr
B. 7 hr
C. 8 hr
D. 9 hr

280. A and B can do a piece of work in 42 days, B and C in 31 and A and C in 20 days. In how
many days can all of them do the work together?
 A. 18.86 days
B. 18.76 days
C. 18.66 days
D. 18.56 days

DISTANCE PROBLEMS

225. A man drives a certain distance at 50kph and a second man drives the same distance in 20
minutes less time at 60kph. Find the distance traveled.
A. 130 km
B. 120 km
C. 110 km
D. 100 km

297. A businessman travelled 1,110km to attend a company conference. He drove his car 60
km to an airport and flew the rest of the way. His plane speed is 10 times that of his car. If he
flew 45 minutes longer than he drove, how long did he fly?
A. 1.25 hr
B. 1.45 hr
C. 1.75 hr
D. 1.50 hr

213. An air plane went 360 miles in 2 hours with the wind and flying back the same route,
took 3 hours and 36 minutes against the wind. What was its speed in still air?
A. 60 mph
B. 120 mph
C. 140 mph
D. 160 mph

249. A tunnel is one kilometer long. A train 250 meters long is passing through the tunnel at
25kph. How long will it take the train to completely pass the tunnel?
A. 6 min
B. 4 min
C. 5 min
D. 3 min

334. It takes 10 second for two trains to pass each other when moving in opposite directions. If
they move in the same direction, the faster train could completely pass the slower train in 2
minutes. If the faster train is 120 meters long and the slower train is 130 meters long, find the
rate of the faster train.
A. 11 m/s
B. 12 m/s
C. 13 m/s
D. 14 m/s

343. Town A is 11 kilometers from town B.A boy walks from A to B at the rate of 3kph and a
man starting at the same time walks from B to A at 4kph. When will they be 2kilometer apart
after meeting each other along the way?
A. 1.66 hr
B. 1.76 hr
C. 1.86 hr
D. 1.96 hr

170. A boat travels 12km downstream and 16km upstream in 12 hours. If the rate of the
current is 3kph, what is the rate of the boat in still water?
A. 7 kph
B. 8 kph
C. 9 kph
D. 10 kph

225. A man drives a certain distance at 50kph and a second man drives the same distance in 20
minutes less time at 60kph. Find the distance traveled.
A. 130 km
B. 120 km
C. 110 km
D. 100 km

236. A boat can travel 10 kph in still water. It can travel 60 km downstream in the same time
that it can travel 40 km upstream. What is the rate of the current?
A. 2 kph
B. 2.5 kph
C. 3 kph
D. 3.5 kph