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Question 5

A child's wading pool contains 200 gallons of water. If water evaporates at the rate of 0.5 gallons per day and no other water is added or removed, how many gallons of water will be in the pool after 30 days?

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Question 6

For a sale, a store owner reduces the price of a $10 scarf by 20% . Later the price is lowered again, this time by one-half the reduced price. The price is now

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(E) 7

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(A) 3

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(B) 4

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(C) 5

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(D) 6

Question 8

Harry has 3 sisters and 5 brothers. His sister Harriet has S sisters and B brothers.
What is the product of S and B?

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(C) 12

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(A) 8

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(B) 10

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(D) 15

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(E) 18

Question 9

Elsa produces a sequence of positive integers by following three rules.

She starts with a positive integer, then applies the appropriate rule to the result, and continues in this fashion.

Rule 1: If the integer is less than 10, multiply it by 9.
Rule 2: If the integer is even and greater than 9, divide it by 2.
Rule 3: If the integer is odd and greater than 9, subtract 5 from it.
A sample sequence: 23, 18, 9, 81, 76, . . . .
Find the 98th term of the sequence that begins 98, 49, . . . .

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(D) 27

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(A) 6

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(B) 11

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(C) 22

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(E) 54

Question 10

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(C) $$\frac{1}{8}$$

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(A) $$\frac{1}{6}$$

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(B) $$\frac{1}{7}$$

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(D) $$\frac{1}{12}$$

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(E) $$\frac{1}{16}$$

Question 11

At Annville Junior High School, 30% of the students in the Math Club are in
the Science Club, and 80% of the students in the Science Club are in the Math Club. There are 15 students in the Science Club. How many students are in the Math Club?

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(E) 40

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(A) 12

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(B) 15

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(C) 30

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(D) 36

Question 12

Three generous friends, each with some cash, redistribute their money as follows: Amy gives enough money to Jan and Toy to double the amount that each has. Jan then gives enough to Amy and Toy to double their amounts. Finally, Toy gives Amy and Jan enough to double their amounts. If Toy has $36 when they begin and $36 when they end, what is the total amount that all three friends have?

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(D) $252

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(A) $108

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(B) $180

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(C) $216

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(E) $288

Question 13

There is a set of five positive integers whose average (mean) is 5, whose median is 5, and whose only mode is 8. What is the difference between the largest and smallest integers in the set?

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(D) 7

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(A) 3

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(B) 5

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(C) 6

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(E) 8

Question 14

Three bags of jelly beans contain 26, 28, and 30 beans. The ratios of yellow beans to all beans in each of these bags are 50%, 25%, and 20%, respectively. All three bags of candy are dumped into one bowl. Which of the following is closest to the ratio of yellow jelly beans to all beans in the bowl?

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(A) 31%

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(B) 32%

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(C) 33%

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(D) 35%

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(E) 95%

Question 15

At the grocery store last week, small boxes of facial tissue were priced at 4 boxes
for $5. This week they are on sale at 5 boxes for $4. The percent decrease in the price per box during the sale was

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(B) 35%

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(A) 30%

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(C) 40%

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(D) 45%

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(E) 65%

Question 16

Penni Precisely buys $100 worth of stock in each of three companies: Alabama Almonds, Boston Beans, and California Cauliflower. After one year, AA was up 20%, BB was down 25%, and CC was unchanged. For the second year, AA was down 20% from the previous year, BB was up 25% from the previous year, and CC was unchanged. If A, B, and C are the final values of the stock, then

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(E) B<A<C

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(A) A=B=C

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(B) A=B<C

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(C) C<A=B

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(D) A<B<C

Question 17

All of the even numbers from 2 to 98 inclusive, excluding those ending in 0, are multiplied together. What is the rightmost digit (the units digit) of the product?

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(D) 6

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(A) 0

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(B) 2

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(C) 4

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(E) 8

Question 18

Diameter ACE is divided at C in the ratio 2 : 3. The two semicircles, ABC and CDE, divide the circular region into an upper (shaded) region and a lower region. The ratio of the area of the upper region to that of the lower region is

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(C) 3:2

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(A) 2:3

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(B) 1:1

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(D) 9:4

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(E) 5:2

Question 19

Let PQRS be a square piece of paper. P is folded onto R and then Q is folded onto S. The area of the resulting figure is 9 square inches. Find the perimeter of square PQRS.

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(D) 24

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(A) 9

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(B) 16

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(C) 18

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(E) 36

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