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Smarg Education , Mayur Vihar Phase I, New Delhi, 09990125705 Test Paper 1 1. On a four-day trip Carrie drove 135 miles the first day, 213 miles the second day, 159 miles the third day, and 189 miles the fourth day. Which of the following choices is the best approximation of the total miles Carrie drove during the trip? a. 600 b. 700 c. 400 d. 800 2. What is the next number in the series below? 3 16 6 12 12 8 __ a. 4 b. 15 c. 20 d. 24 3. Which of the following is an irrational number? a. 0.333333 b. 1/2 c. 10.489 d. 0.101101110 4. Deans Department Store reduces the price of a $30 shirt by 20%, but later raises it again by 20% of the sale price. What is the final price of the shirt? A. $24.40 B. $32 C. $30 D. $28.80 E. $26.60 5. The current ratio of boys to girls at a certain school is 2to 5. If 12 additional boys were added to the school, the new ratio of boys to girls would be 4 to 9. How many boys currently attend the school? (A) 27 (B) 48(C) 54(D) 72(E) 108 6. Bea can paint a house three times faster than Alice can paint a house. If, working together, it takes Alice and Bea 24 hours to paint a house, then how many hours will it take Bea to paint a house alone? (A) 28 (B) 30(C) 32(D) 36(E) 40 7. What percent of 15 is 15 percent of 1? (A) 0.001(B) 0.01 (C) 0.1(D) 1(E) 10

8. Marge has n candies, where n is an integer such that 20 < n< 50. If Marge divides the candies equally among 5 children, she will have 2 candies remaining. Ifshe divides the candies among 6 children; she will have 1 candy remaining. How many candies will remain if she divides the candies among 7 children? (A) 0(B) 1(C) 2(D) 3(E) 4 9. Which of the following could be the sum of three consecutive integers? (A) 29(B) 46(C) 57(D) 92(E) 100 10. If there are 16 people to choose from, what is the ratio of the number of possible 7person committees to the number of possible 8-person committees? (A) 7:8 (B) 8:7(C) 7:9(D) 8:9(E) 9:8 11. (A) 9 (B) 12(C) 18(D) 28(E) 36 12 . The average age of 8 men is increased by 2 years when two of them whose ages are 21 years and 23 years are replaced by two new men. The average age of the two new men is(a) 22 years (b) 24 years (c) 28 years (d) 30 years 13. In june a baseball team that played 60 games had won 30% of its game played. After a phenomenal winning streak this team raised its average to 50% .How many games must the team have won in a row to attain this average? A. 12 B. 20 C. 24 D. 30 14. A company contracts to paint 3 houses. Mr.Brown can paint a house in 6 days while Mr.Black would take 8 days and Mr.Blue 12 days. After 8 days Mr.Brown goes on vacation and Mr. Black begins to work for a period of 6 days. How many days will it take Mr.Blue to complete the contract? A. 7 B. 8 C. 11 D. 12 15. 2 hours after a freight train leaves Delhi a passenger train leaves the same station travelling in the same direction at an average speed of 16 km/hr. After travelling 4 hrs the passenger train overtakes the freight train. The average speed of the freight train was? A. 30 B. 40 C.58 D. 60 16. If 13 = 13w/(1-w) ,then (2w)2 = A.1/4 B.1/2 C.1 D.2

17. If a and b are positive integers and (a-b)/3.5 = 4/7, then (A) b < a (B) b > a (C) b = a (D) b >= a 18. At a certain university, the ratio of the number of teaching assistants to the number of students in any course must always be greater than 3:80. At this university, what is the maximum number of students possible in a course that has 5 teaching assistants? A. 130 B. 131 C. 132 D. 133 E. 134 19. A goat is tied to one corner of a square plot of side 12m by a rope 7m long. Find the area it can graze. (a) 38.5 sq.m (b) 155 sq.m (c) 144 sq.m (d) 19.25 sq.m 20. The University of Selectivity had an acceptance rate of 20 percent for the year 2006, with an incoming class of 300 freshmen. Between 2006 and 2007, the number of applications they received increased by 30 percent, but the number of students admitted remained the same. Rounded to the nearest percent, what is the universitys acceptance rate for 2007? a. 20% b. 10% c. 15% d. 7% e. 17% 21. Amy works in a bakery Monday through Friday. On Monday, she sold 29 muffins during her shift. On Tuesday, she sold 12 muffins. On Wednesday, she sold 14. On Thursday she sold 26. On Friday, she sold 29 muffins. If m represents the number of muffins sold most frequently that week, q represents the median number of muffins sold, and a represents the average arithmetic mean) number of muffins sold each day, which of the following is the correct order of m, q, and a? a. m<a<q b. a<q<m c. q<m<a d. a=m<q e. q<a<m