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1. There 3 kinds of books in the library physics, chemistry and biology. Ratio of physics to
chemistry is 3 to 2; ratio of chemistry to biology is 4 to 3, and the total of the books is more
than 3000. Which one of following can be the total of the book?
(A) 3003 (B) 3027 (C) 3024 (D) 3021 (E) 3018
2. If each day a tree loses half its remaining leaves, what fraction of its leaves will it have lost
after 5 days?
1 1 9 15 31
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
32 16 10 16 32
3. Equal amount of water was poured into two empty jars of different capacities, which made one
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jar full and another jar full. If the water in the jar with lesser capacity is then poured into
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the jar with greater capacity, what fraction of the larger jar will be filled with water?
1 2 1 7 2
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
7 7 2 12 3
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4. In a nationwide poll, N people were interviewed. If of them answered "yes" to question 1,
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and of those, answered "yes" to question 2, which of the following expressions represents the
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number of people interviewed who did NOT answer "yes" to both questions?
N 6N 5N 7N 11N
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
7 7 12 12 12
5. A teacher gave the same test to three history classes: A, B, and C. The average (arithmetic
mean) scores for the three classes were 65, 80, and 77, respectively. The ratio of the numbers
of students in each class who took the test was 4 to 6 to 5, respectively. What was the average
score for the three classes combined?
(A) 74 (B) 75 (C) 76 (D) 77 (E) 78
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6. Drum x is full of oil and drum y, which has twice the capacity of drum x is full of oil. if all
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the oil in drum x is poured into drum y, then drum y will be filled to what capacity?
3 5 11 7 11
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
4 6 12 6 6
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7. Of the mutual funds on a “select list,” have 5-star ratings, and of the remaining funds
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have 4-star ratings. If the remaining 300 funds on the list have 3-star ratings, how many funds
are on the list?
(A) 500 (B) 750 (C) 1,000 (D) 1,200 (E) 1,500
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8. Of all the students in a certain dormitory, are first-year students and the rest are second-year
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students. If of the first-year students have not declared a major and if the fraction of
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second-year students who have declared a major is 3 times the fraction of first-year students
who have declared a major, what fraction of all the students in the dormitory are second-year
students who have not declared a major?
1 1 4 1 2
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
15 5 15 3 5
9. The ratio of boys to girls in Class A is 3 to 4. The ratio of boys to girls in Class B is 4 to 5. If the
two classes were combined, the ratio of boys to girls in the combined class would be 17 to 22. If
Class A has one more boy and two more girls than class B, how many girls are in Class A?
(A) 8 (B) 9 (C) 10 (D) 11 (E) 12
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10. A lemonade stand sold only small and large cups of lemonade on Tuesday. of the cups sold
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were small and the rest were large. If the large cups were sold for as much as the small cups,
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what fraction of Tuesday's total revenue was from the sale of large cups?
7 7 10 17 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
16 15 21 35 2
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11. In a certain English class, of the number of girls is equal to of the total number of
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students. What is the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls in the class?
(A) 1 to 4 (B) 1 to 3 (C) 1 to 2 (D) 2 to 3 (E) 2 to 1
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12. A total of n trucks and cars are parked in a lot. If the number of cars is the number of trucks,
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and of the trucks are pickups, how many pickups, in terms of n, are parked in the lot?
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1 5 1 8 11
(A) n (B) n (C) n (D) n (E) n
6 12 2 15 12
13. 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
14. The weight of every type A widget is the same, the weight of every type B widget is the same,
and the weight of every type C widget is the same. If the weight of 8 type A widgets is equal to
the weight of 3 type B widgets, and the weight of 5 type B widgets is equal to the weight of 7
type C widgets. What is the ratio of the total weight of 1 type A widget and 1 type B widget, to
the total weight of 1 type B widget and 1 type C widget?
12 21 2 77 10
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
13 40 3 96 7
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15. A batch of cookies was divided among 3 tins: of all the cookies were placed in either the blue
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or the green tin, and the rest were placed in the red tin. If of all the cookies were placed in
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the blue tin, what fraction of the cookies that were placed in the other tins were placed in the
green tin
15 9 5 7 9
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
2 4 9 5 7
16. The number of stamps that Kaye and Alberto had been in the ration of 5:3 respectively. After
Kaye gave Alberto 10 of her stamps, the ration of the number of Kaye had to the number of
Alberto had was 7:5. As a result of the gift, Kaye had how many more stamps than Alberto
(A) 20 (B) 30 (C) 40 (D) 60 (E) 90
17. A three-digit number is such that when its reverse is subtracted from it, the result is 297. Also,
thrice the tens digit is equal to the difference between its hundreds and units digits. How many
possible values are there for the number?
(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 7 (D) 8 (E) 9

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18. A sporting goods store ordered an equal number of white and yellow tennis balls. The tennis ball
company delivered 30 extra white balls, making the ratio of white balls to yellow balls 6:5. How
many tennis balls did the store originally order?
(A) 120 (B) 150 (C) 180 (D) 300 (E) 330
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19. On Monday, a certain animal shelter housed 55 cats and dogs. By Friday, of the cats and of
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the dogs had been adopted; no new cats or dogs were brought to the shelter during this period.
What is the greatest possible number of pets that could have been adopted from the animal
shelter between Monday and Friday?
(A) 11 (B) 12 (C) 13 (D) 14 (E) 20
20. Alice’s take-home pay last year was the same each month, and she saved the same fraction of
her take-home pay each month. The total amount of money that she had saved at the end of the
year was 3 times the amount of that portion of her monthly take-home pay that she did NOT
save. If all the money that she saved last year was from her take-home pay, what fraction of her
take-home pay did she save each month?
1 1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
2 3 4 5 6
21. Of the 645 speckled trout in a certain fishery that contains only speckled and rainbow trout, the
number of males is 45 more than twice the number of females. If the ratio of female speckled
trout to male rainbow trout is 4:3 and the ratio of male rainbow trout to all trout is 3:20, how
many female rainbow trout are there?
(A) 192 (B) 195 (C) 200 (D) 205 (E) 208
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22. If of the mineral deposits in a reservoir of water are removed every time a water filtration
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unit completes a cycle, what fraction of the total minerals present in the water will have been
removed after 3 complete filtration cycles?
63 25 13 9 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
64 32 16 32 64
23. The ratio by weight, measured in pounds, of books to clothes to electronics in Jorge's suitcase
initially stands at 8 to 5 to 3. Jorge then removes 4 pounds of clothing from his suitcase, thereby
doubling the ratio of books to clothes. Approximately how much do the electronics in the
suitcase weigh, to the nearest pound?
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6 (E) 7
24. Bag A contains red, white and blue marbles such that the red to white marble ratio is 1:3 and
the white to blue marble ratio is 2:3. Bag B contains red and white marbles in the ratio of 1:4.
Together, the two bags contain 30 white marbles. How many red marbles could be in bag A?
(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 6 (E) 8
25. The only people in each of rooms A and B are students, and each student in each of rooms A and
B is either a junior or a senior. The ratio of the number of juniors to the number of seniors in
room A is 4 to 5, the ratio of the number of juniors to the number of seniors in room B is 3 to 17,
and the ratio of the total number of juniors in both rooms A and B to the total number of seniors
in both rooms A and B is 5 to 7. What is the ratio of the total number of students in room A to
the total number of students in room B?
29 59 65 48 29
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
12 10 8 5 3

ANSWER KEY
1. (A) 2. (E) 3. (C) 4. (E) 5. (B) 6. (C) 7. (B) 8. (B) 9. (E) 10. (A)
11. (C) 12. (D) 13. (D) 14. (D) 15. (C) 16. (C) 17. (C) 18. (D) 19. (C) 20. (D)
21. (D) 22. (A) 23. (C) 24. (D) 25. (D)

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