1. A chemical solution contains 4% alcohol.

If there is 24 ml of alcohol, what is the

volume of the solution?
A. 240 ml B. 480 ml C. 600 ml D. 1200 ml

2- The price of a laptop is decreased by 10% to $360. What is its original price?
A. 320 B. 380 C. 400 D. 450

3- What is the median of these numbers? 4,9,13,8,15,18,5

A. 8 B. 9 C. 13 D. 15

4- Three times the price of a laptop is equal to five times the price of a computer. If the
price of the laptop is $200 more than a computer, what is the price of the computer?
A. 300 B. 500 C. 800 D. 1500

5- What is the perimeter of a square that has an area of 595.36 feet? ________

6- Jason is 9 miles ahead of Joe running at 5.5 miles per hour and Joe is running at the
speed of 7 miles per hour. How long does it take Joe to catch Jason?
A. 3 hours B. 4 hours C. 6 hours D. 8 hours

7- 55 students took an exam and 11 of them failed. What percent of the students passed
the exam?
A. 20% B. 40% C. 60% D. 80%

8- Jason needs a 75% average in his writing class to pass. On his first 4 exams, he
earned scores of 68%, 72%, 85% and 90%. What is the minimum score Jason can
earn on his fifth and final test to pass? __________

9- A bank is offering 3.5% simple interest on a savings account. If you deposit $12,000,
how much interest will you earn in two years?
A. $420 B. $840 C. $4200 D. $8400

10- 5 less than twice a positive integer is 83. What is the integer?
A. 39 B. 41 C. 42 D. 44
Answers:
1- C
4% of the volume of the solution is alcohol. Let 𝑥 be the volume of the solution.
Then: 4% 𝑜𝑓 𝑥=24 𝑚𝑙⇒0.04𝑥=24⇒𝑥=24÷0.04=600

2- C
Let 𝑥 be the original price.
If the price of a laptop is decreased by 10% to $360, then:
90%𝑜𝑓𝑥=360⇒0.90𝑥=360⇒𝑥=360÷0.90=400

3- B
Write the numbers in order:
4,5,8,9,13,15,18
Since we have 7 numbers (7 is odd), then the median is the number in the middle, which
is 9.

4- A
Let 𝐿 be the price of laptop and 𝐶 be the price of computer.
3(𝐿)=5(𝐶) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐿=$200+𝐶
Therefore, 3($200+𝐶)=5𝐶⇒$600+3𝐶=5𝐶⇒𝐶=$300

5- 97.6
Use the area of square formula.
𝑆=𝑎2⇒595.36=𝑎2⇒𝑎=24.4
Use the perimeter of square formula.
𝑃=4𝑎⇒𝑃=4(24.4)⇒𝑃=97.6
6- C
The distance between Jason and Joe is 9 miles. Jason running at 5.5 miles per hour and
Joe is running at the speed of 7 miles per hour. Therefore, every hour the distance is 1.5
miles less.
9÷1.5=6
7- D
The failing rate is 11 out of 55=11/55
Change the fraction to percent:
11/55×100%=20%
20 percent of students failed. Therefore, 80 percent of students passed the exam.
8- 60
Jason needs a 75% average to pass for five exams. Therefore, the sum of 5 exams must
be at lease 5×75=375
The sum of 4 exams is:
68+72+85+90=315
The minimum score Jason can earn on his fifth and final test to pass is:
375–315=60
9- B
Use simple interest formula:
𝐼=𝑝𝑟𝑡
(I = interest, p = principal, r = rate, t = time)
𝐼=(12000)(0.035)(2)=840
10- D
Let 𝑥 be the integer. Then:
2𝑥–5=83
Add 5 both sides: 2𝑥=88
Divide both sides by 2: 𝑥=44

What is the area of the shaded region?

A. 9π cm2 B. 25π cm2 C. 39π cm2 D. 64π cm2

2- A pizza cut into 8 parts. William and his sister Ella ordered two pizzas. William
ate 1414 of his pizza and Ella ate 1212 of her pizza. What part of the two pizzas was left?
A. 12 B. 13 C. 38 D. 58

3- Simplify 6𝑥2𝑦3(2𝑥2𝑦)3
A. 12𝑥4𝑦6 B. 12𝑥8𝑦6 C. 48𝑥4𝑦6 D. 48𝑥8𝑦6

4- The right triangle ABC has two legs of lengths 6 cm (AB) and 8 cm (AC). What is the
length of the third side (BC)?
A. 4 cm B. 6 cm C. 8 cm D. 10 cm

5- The marked price of a computer is D dollar. Its price decreased by 20% in January and
later increased by 10% in February. What is the final price of the computer in D dollars?
A. 0.80 D B. 0.88 D C. 0.90 D D. 1.20 D
6- 6×(–24)+8]–(–4)+[4×5]÷2= ?
A. −122 B. −112 C. −102 D. −92
7- The area of a circle is 64π. What is the circumference of the circle?
A. 8π B. 16π C. 32π D. 64π
8- A $40 shirt now selling for $28 is discounted by what percent?
A. 20% B. 30% C. 40% D. 60%
9- From last year, the price of gasoline has increased from $1.25 per gallon to $1.75 per
gallon. The new price is what percent of the original price?
A. 72% B. 120% C. 140% D. 160%
10- If 40% of a class are girls, and 25% of girls play tennis, what fraction of the class
plays tennis?
A. 10% B. 15% C. 20% D. 40%

Answers:
1- C
In this case, to find the area of the shaded region, subtract the area of two circles. (S1: the
area of the big circle. S2: the area of a little circle)
Use the area of a circle formula.
S = ππr2
𝑆1–𝑆2=π(5+3𝑐𝑚)2–π(5𝑐𝑚)2⇒ 𝑆1–𝑆2=π64𝑐𝑚2–π25𝑐𝑚2⇒ 𝑆1–𝑆2=39π𝑐𝑚2
2- D
William ate 1414 of 8 parts of his pizza which means 2 parts out of 8 parts (14 of 8 parts
= x ⇒ x = 2) and left 6 parts.
Ella ate 12 of 8 parts of her pizza which means 4 parts out of 8 parts ( 12 of 8 parts = x ⇒
x = 4) and left 4 parts.
Therefore, they ate (4+2) parts out of(8+8) parts of their pizza and left (6+4) parts out
of (8+8) parts of their pizza that it means: 1016
After simplification we have: 58

3- D
Simplify.
6𝑥2𝑦3(2𝑥2𝑦)3=6𝑥2𝑦3(8𝑥6𝑦3)=48𝑥8𝑦6
4- D
Use Pythagorean Theorem: 𝑎2+𝑏2=𝑐2
62+82=𝑐2⇒100=𝑐2⇒𝑐=10
5- B
To find the discount, multiply the number by (100% – rate of discount).
Therefore, for the first discount, we get:
(𝐷)(100%–20%)=(𝐷)(0.80)=0.80𝐷
For increase of 10%:
(0.80𝐷)(100%+10%)=(0.80𝐷)(1.10)=0.88𝐷=88%𝐷
6- A
Use PEMDAS (order of operation):
=[6×(–24)+8]–(–4)+[4×5]÷2=[–144+8]–(–4)+[20]÷2=[–144+8]–(–4)+10=
[–136]–(–4)+10=[–136]+4+10=–122

7- B
Use the formula of areas of circles.
Area =π𝑟2⇒64π=π𝑟2⇒64=𝑟2⇒𝑟=8
The radius of the circle is 8. Now, use the circumference formula:
Circumference = 2π𝑟=2π(8)=16π
8- B

9- C
The question is this: 1.75 is what percent of 1.25?

10- A
Let x be the number of students in the class.
40% of x = girls
25% of girls = tennis player
Input 40% of a class instead of girls in the second formula. Therefore, 25% of 40% of a
class = tennis player
tennis player = 10%

1. 12 years ago Michael was X times as old as Ryan was. If Michael is now 27 years old,
how old is Ryan now in terms of X?

A- 𝑥/15
B- 15/𝑥
C- 15/x −12
D- 15/x +12
E- 𝑥/15 +12

2. Solve this equation 3𝑥–18=22+𝑥–3+𝑥

3. Solve this inequality 2𝑥−2≤6

4.

5. If 9𝑎2–𝑏2=11 and a and b are positive integers, what is the value of 𝑎–𝑏?
6. 1, 4, 10, 22, 46, A, B
In the series above, A and B represent numbers. What is the value of B?

7. What is the 2015th letter of the following pattern?

EFFORTLESSMATHEFFORTLESSMATHEFFORTLESS…

8. What is the greatest four-digit integer that meets the following three restrictions?

1- All of the digits are different.

2- The greatest digit is the sum of the other three digits.

3- The product of the four digits is divisible by 10 and not equal to zero.

8. In how many ways can Ann, Bea, Cam, Don, Ella and Fey be seated on a straight line
if Ann and Bea cannot be seated next to each other?
9. Mrs. Walters has 61 candles. She burns one candle every day and always makes one
new one from the remaining wax of seven burnt candles. After how many days she needs
to buy new candles?

10. If the perimeter of an equilateral triangle is 2x meters and its area is x square meters,
then what is the length of one side of the triangle in meters?

11. The capacity of a pool is 2100 cubic meters. There is one pope to fill the pool. The
pope fills the pool at the rate of 5 cubic meters per 12 minutes. There is a hole at the
bottom of the pool and the water exists from the pool at the rate of 3 cubic meters per 45
minutes. How many hours does it take to fill the pool completely?

12. If the total surface area of a cube is 3a square feet and the volume of the cube is 2a
cubic feet, then what is the total length, in feet, of all the cube’s edges?

13. The total weight of a box and the candies it contains is 12 pounds. After 2/3 of the
candies are eaten, the box and the remaining candies weigh 5 pounds. What is the weight
of the empty box in pounds?

14. A cubical block of wood weighs 5 kilograms. How much will another cube of the
same wood weigh if its sides are three times as long?

15. In how many 3-digit numbers the sum of all digits is 7?

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Answer

4.
5. Factorize 9𝑎2–𝑏2and 11
(3a – b) (3a + b) = 11 × 1
Therefore, 3a – b equals to 11 or 1 and 3a + b equals to 1 or 11.
Let’s check both:
3a – b = 1 and 3a + b = 11
Solve the above system of equation:
a = 2 and b = 5
3a – b = 11 and 3a + b = 1
a = 2 and b = – 5
Since, a and b are positive integers, then, only a = 2 and b = 5 are the solutions.
Therefore, a – b = 2 – 5 = -3

6. To the value of B, you should find the pattern of the numbers.

The difference of the first number, 1, and second number, 4, is 3. The difference of 4 and
10 is 6. The difference of 10 and 22 is 12 and the difference of 22 and 46 is 24.
The differences are:
3, 6, 12, 24,
Therefore, the difference of each item is twice the difference of the previous item and the
number before that. So, the difference of number A and 46 is 48.
A = 46 + 48 = 94
The difference of B and 94 is 96 (2 × 48).
B = 94 + 96 = 190

7. In EFFORTLESSMATH, the pattern repeats after every 14 letters.

2015 is not divisible by 14. So, find the smaller number less than 2015 that is divisible by
14. That number is 2002.
2015 – 2002 = 13. The 13th letter is T.

8. First, notice rule 3 (The product of the four digits is divisible by 10) tells you that one
digit must be 5 and none of them should be 0.
Since we’re looking for the greatest four digit integer we need to start with 9, which is the
greatest digit. If the first digit is 9, then all the three other digits should add up to 9.
One digit is 5 and there is no 0. Therefore, there are two possible ways:
5+3+1=9
5+2+2=9
None of these solutions work. Because, in the first one, there is no even number and it’s
not divisible by 10. In the second one, digit 2 repeated.
Therefore, 9 is not the first digit. Let’s try 8.
If 8 is the first digit. Then:
5+2+1=8
5+3+0=8
The second one has 0, so the only solution is the first one. The number has digits 8, 5, 2,
and 1. The greatest such number is 8521

8. The formula for N people to sit in a straight line is N! and at a round table there is (n-
1)!.
There are six people. So, the number of different ways to sit them is 6! = 720
From these 720 ways, we must subtract the number of ways that Ann and Bea can sit next
to each other.
The cases we need to subtract from whole are the ways of seating 5 persons and one
“pair”. That would be 5! or 5 × 4 × 3 × 2 × 1 = 120
However, there are two ways Ann and Bea could sit, Ann left of Bea or Bea left of Ann.
So, we double 120 ways to 240 ways.
Answer: 720 – 240 = 480

9. Mrs. Walters burns one candle every day and she can make a new one from the
remaining wax of seven burnt candles. After 56 days, Mrs. Walters can make 8 new
candles. (56 ÷ 7 = 8)
So, she has 13 candles now. After seven days, she burns 7 candles and makes another
candle. So, she has 7 candles now. She can burn these 7 candles in 7 days and make a
new candle after that for another day.
Therefore, she needs to buy new candles after 71 days:
56 + 7 + 7 + 1 = 71
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11. The pope fills the pool at the rate of 5 cubic meters per 12 minutes. So, the rate of
filling the pool per hour is 5 × 5 = 25 cubic meters.
The water exists from the pool at the rate of 3 cubic meters per 45 minutes or 4 cubic
meters per hour. Therefore, the pool will be filled at the rate of 25 cubic meters – 4 cubic
meters = 21 cubic meters.
The capacity of a pool is 2100 cubic meters. So, it takes 100 hours (2100 ÷ 21 = 100) to
fill the pool completely.

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14. Weight is proportional to volume.

Volume of a cube = (one side)3
Let x be the side of the first cube. So:
Volume =𝑥3
The sides of the second cube are three times as long. So:
Volume =(3𝑥)3=27𝑥3
The ratio of the volumes of the old and new cubes will be 1: 27. So, if the first weighs 5
kilograms, the second weighs 27 × 5 kilograms =135 kilogram.
15. First, let’s find all three digits that add up to 7.
700, 610, 511, 520, 430, 421, 322, 133
For 7, 0 and 0, we can write only one three digit number which is 700.
For 6, 1 and 0, we can find 106, 160, 601, 610,
For 5, 1, and 1: 115, 151, 511
For 5, 2, and 0: 205, 250, 502, 520
For 4, 3, and 0: 304, 340, 403, 430
For 4, 2, and 1: 124, 142, 214, 241, 412, 421
For 3, 2, and 2: 223, 232, 322
For 1, 3, and 3: 133, 313, 331
There are 28 three digits numbers that the sum of their digits is 7

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