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1. The question asks to find the value of x given proportional relationships between x, y, and z and given values for y, z, and an original value of z. 2. The question asks how long it will take Joe to finish a printing job alone given information about how long it took Jim and Joe working together for part of the time and Joe finishing alone. 3. The question asks to find the 50th term of an arithmetic progression given the sum of the first 100 terms and the first term.

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1. The question asks to find the value of x given proportional relationships between x, y, and z and given values for y, z, and an original value of z. 2. The question asks how long it will take Joe to finish a printing job alone given information about how long it took Jim and Joe working together for part of the time and Joe finishing alone. 3. The question asks to find the 50th term of an arithmetic progression given the sum of the first 100 terms and the first term.

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ALGEBRA QUESTIONS

1. In the order of direct proportionality, x:y as 7.5:9.5 on the other hand y:z as 12.5:3.5. if z
has an original value of 76.48, find the value of x.
A.123.64 C. 384.14
B.215.50 D. 403.14

2. Jim and Joe, working together can print this preboard in 6 and 2/3 hours. Jim became
intoxicated with alcohol after 3 hours of working with Joe, and Joe finished the printing
alone in 8.25 hours. How long will Joe do the printing alone?
A. 12 hours B. 13 hours C. 14 hours D. 15 hours
3. The sum of the 100 terms of an arithmetic progression is 20100. If the first term of the
progression is 3, find the 50th term.
A. 195 B. 199 C. 203 D. 207
4. Consider the sequence 9, -3, 1, …, which term is -1/243?
A. 7th B. 8th C.9th D. None in list

5. The sum of two numbers is 6 and their product is 2. Find the sum of their reciprocals?
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5
6. If a<0 and b<0. What is the value of ab^3?
A. less than 0 B. greater than 0 C. 0 D. none in list

7. If x varies directly as y and inversely as z, and x=14 when y=7 and z=2, find x when z=4
and y=16.
A. 16 B. 14 C. 4 D. None in the list

8. How many seconds longer is 3% of an hour than is 20% of a minute?


A. 80 B. 108 C. 96 D. 88
9. The average of 2013 numbers is 2012. When a number was removed the average of the
remaining became 2011. What was the number removed?
A. 1006 B. 2012 C. 2013 D. 4024

10. A polynomial P(x) satisfies that P(0)=3, P(2)=2, P(1)=5. If the polynomial P(x) is divided by
x-1, what is the remainder?
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5
11. The sum of the digits of a 3-digit number is 14. The hundreds digit being 4 times the unit
digit. If 594 is subtracted from the number, the order of the digits will be reversed. Find
the ten’s digit of the number?
A. 8 B. 2 C. 4 D. 6
12. What part of 90% alcohol solution must be replaced by an equal amount of pure alcohol
to make a 95% alcohol solution?
A. 45% B. 50% C. 40% D. 15%
13. A mother is now three times as old as her daughter. In 4 years, the mother will be four
times as old as the daughter was, two years ago. How old is the daughter?
A. 12 B. 16 C. 10 D. 8
14. How much of a 7% solution should be mixed with an appropriate amount of a 12 %
solution to get 5 litres of a 10 % solution?
A. 2 L B. 3 L C. 3.5 L D. 1 L
15. Container A contained a mixture that is 40% acid, while container B contained mixture
that is 60% acid. A chemist took some amount from each container and mixed them. To
produce 100 L of mixture that is 17% acid, she need to pour 70 L of pure water to the
mixture she got form containers A and B. How many liters did she take from container A?
A. 5 B. 10 C. 25 D. 15
16. X is 12% older than Y while Y is 11% older than Z. By how much, in percent, is X older than
Z.
A. 24.32 B. 25.43 C. 21.78 D. 23.66

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