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1. A man gets off a car and approaches a couple and asks if they’re related.

The woman
grins and says, “We’re not strangers. This man’s mother is my mother’s mother-in-law.”
The man is confused but doesn’t say anything. When he gets back home he tells his lawyer
and he eventually works it out with pen and paper.

Which of the following must be true about the couple's relationship?

A. A man and his daughter


B. A man and his wife
C. A woman and her father-in-law
D. A woman and her nephew
E. A man and his uncle.

Answer: A. A man and his daughter

2. 150 people attended a council meeting. 59 of them had blue eyes, 85 of them had brown
hair and 72 of them had a straight nose. 26 of them had blue eyes and brown hair. 21 of
them had blue eyes and straight nose. 33 of them had brown hair and straight nose.

Which of the following must be true?

A. 19 people had blue eyes, brown hair and straight nose.


B. 15 people had blue eyes, but none of them had brown hair or straight nose.
C. 14 people had blue eyes, brown hair and straight nose.
D. 27 people had brown hair, but none of them had blue eyes or straight nose.
E. 19 people had straight nose but none of them had blue eyes or brown hair.

Answer C. 14 people had blue eyes, brown hair and straight nose.

Can you edit this so that it only talks about eyes and hair colour please

3. Peter, Robert, Samuel, Thomas, Andrew, Brian and Charlie are brothers. Two brothers
had an argument and Peter said to Robert, “You are as old as Samuel was when I was twice
as old as Thomas, and will be as old as Andrew was when he was as old as Samuel is now”.
Robert said to Peter, “You may be older than Brian but Charlie is as old as I was when you
were as old as Charlie is, and Thomas will be as old as Brian was when Brian will be as old
as Charlie is.”

Which of the following must be true?

A. Samuel is the eldest brother


B. Brian is the youngest brother
C. Robert has three elder brothers
D. There is a pair of twins among the brothers.
E. Andrew is older than Charlie but younger than Peter

Answer D. There is a pair of twins among the brothers.

This question is too hard

4. Chad had asked Paul to purchase three different types of ballpoint pen – Type A, Type B
and Type C.
Type A costs 50 cents
Type B costs $5.50
Type C costs $9.50.
He gave Paul $100 and told him to purchase 100 pens in any combination as long as the
amount spent is exactly $100 for 100 pens.

Which of the following must be true?

A. Out of the 100 pens Paul had bought for $100, there were 50 Type B ballpoint pens.
B. Out of the 100 pens Paul had bought for $100, there were 94 Type C ballpoint pens.
C. Out of the 100 pens Paul had bought for $100, there was only one Type A ballpoint pens.
D. Out of the 100 pens Paul had bought for $100, there were 50 Type C ballpoint pens.
E. Out of the 100 pens Paul had bought for $100, there was only one Type B ballpoint pens.

Answer E. Out of the 100 pens Paul had bought for $100, there was only one Type B
ballpoint pens.

Do you mind changing this question to: which of the following cannot be true

5. An algebra test was conducted in a class of fewer than 30 students. 4 students failed the
test. Alex and Bob received a grade B on the test. 7 students received a grade C, whilst 2
students received a grade D. The rest of the class scored an A grade.

Which of the following must be true?

A. 7 students received a grade of A in the test.


B. There were 30 students in the class.
C. 14 students received a grade of B in the test.
D. Only one student failed in the test.
E. Only one student received a grade of B in the test.

Answer A. 7 students received a grade of A in the test.

No fractions please, just whole numbers


I’ve changed the question slightly

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