1. PARASITE PARASOL - Do these words
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2. In the following set of words, which word is different from the others?
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3. In 25 days a boy saved $1.00. What was his average daily saving?
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4. CATCH is the opposite of
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5. Does A.M. mean the period of time between 12 midnight and 12 noon?
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6. Suppose you arranged the following words so that they make a true statement. What is the last letter in the last word?
it but pours never rains It
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7. CLUTTER CLATTER - Do these words
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8. One number in the following series is omitted. What should that number be?
1000, 970, 940, ?, 880, 850, 820
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9. SKILLFUL is the opposite of
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10. In the following set of words, which word is different from the others?
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11. How many of the six pairs of items listed below are exact duplicates?
6789 9876
23232 23232
669067 669067
10130310 10130310
912689869 912689869
356471201 356571201
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12. Assume the first 2 statements are true. Is the final one:
All doctors are licensed.
Jan is a doctor.
She is licensed.
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13. A watch lost 1 minute and 12 seconds in 36 days. How many seconds did it lose per day?
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14. Suppose you arrange the following words so that they make a complete sentence. Is the statement true or false?
planet is Mars a
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15. Look at the row of numbers. What number should come next?
67 59 51 43 35 27 ?...
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16. In the following set of words, which word is different from the others?
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17. Are the meanings of the following phrases:
Actions speak louder than words.
Lead by example.
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18. ILLUSTRIOUS ILLUSTRATE - Do these words
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19. Suppose you arranged the following words so that they make a true statement. What is the last letter in the last word?
be mortals fools What these
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20. Which number in the following group of numbers represents the smallest amount?
9, 2, 1, 0.7, 0.77, 0.99
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21. One of the numbered figures in the following drawings is most different from the others. What is the number in that drawing?
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22. If 200 feet of cable cost $1.85, how much will 40 feet of cable cost?
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23. What is the next number in this series?
100, 10, 1, 0.1, 0.01, ?...
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24. Assume the first 2 statements are true. Is the final one true, false, or uncertain?
All explorers are risk-takers.
Most explorers are introverted.
Some risk-takers are introverted.
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25. A person's car traveled 18.5 miles in 30 minutes. How many miles per hour was it traveling?
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26. A boy is 8 years old and his sister is twice as old. When the boy is 12 years old, what will be the age of his sister?
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27. Are the meanings of the following sentences similar, contradictory, or neither similar nor contradictory?
Elbow-grease is the best polish.
The work proves the worker.
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28. How many of the five items listed below are exact duplicates of each other?
Gustavson, A. J. Gustavson, A. J.
Brown, A. O. Brown, O. A.
Blood, O. M. Bleed, O. M.
Swensen, O. W. Swenson, O. W.
Steel, I. O. Steel, I. O.
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29. ABDUCT ABET - Do these words
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30. Assume the first 2 statements are true. Is the final one true, false, or not certain?
All redheaded boys like cookies.
Charles is a redheaded boy.
Charles likes cookies.
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31. Two of the following proverbs have similar meanings. Which ones are they?
(Answer as one number in numerical order, for example, 1 and 2 should be answered as '12')
1. A setting hen never gets fat.
2. Many a good cow hath a bad calf.
3. A miss is as good as a mile.
4. People are known by the company they keep.
5. A rolling stone gathers no moss.
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32. A roof supported on 7 rafters, each 6 1/2 feet long. At 70 cents a running foot, how much did those pieces cost?
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33. IMAGE IMAGINARY — Do these words
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34. Are the meanings of the following sentences similar, contradictory, or neither similar nor contradictory?
All good things are three.
Three things are untameable; idiots, weather, and the salt sea.
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35. A rectangular bin, completely filled, holds 1,200 cubic feet of grain. If the bin is 6 feet wide and 10 feet long, how deep is it?
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36. Which number in the following group of numbers represents the smallest amount?
100, 10, 1, 0.1, 0.999, 0.33, 0.11
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37. How many square yards are there in a floor which is 9 feet long by 6 feet wide?
(1 yard = 3 feet)
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38. Are the meanings of the following sentences similar, contradictory, or neither similar nor contradictory?
Everyone to their own business.
My business bores me a lot, I prefer other people's.
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39. In the following set of words, which word is different from the others?
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40. Three of the following 5 parts can be fitted together in such a way to make a triangle. Which 3 are they?
(Answer as one number in numerical order, for example, 1, 2, and 3 should be answered as '123')
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41. Assume the first 2 statements are true. Is the final one true, false, or uncertain?
Great people are ridiculed.
I am ridiculed.
I am a great person.
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42. Which word below is related to painter as wheel is to potter?
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43. In printing an article of 21,000 words, a printer decides to use two sizes of type. Using the larger type, a printed page contains 1,200 words. Using the smaller type, a page contains 1,500 words. The article is allotted 16 full pages in a magazine. How many pages must be in the smaller type?
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44. Are the meanings of the following sentences similar, contradictory, or neither similar or contradictory?
A job not begun is a job never done.
Don't put off till tomorrow what can be done today.
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45. One number in the following series does not fit in with the pattern set by the others. Which number is that?
5, 6, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15
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46. For $4.50 a grocer buys a case of fruit which contains 14 dozen. She knows that four dozen will spoil before she sells them. At what price per dozen must she sell the good ones to gain 1/3 of the whole cost?
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47. In the following set of words, which word is different from the others?
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48. When the price of a foot of wire increased from 16.4 cents to 20.5 cents, what was the percent increase in the cost of wire?
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49. This geometric figure can be divided by a straight line into two parts which will fit together in a certain way to make a perfect square. Draw such a line by joining 2 of the numbers.
(Answer as one number in numerical order, for example, 1 and 2 should be answered as '12')
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50. Three individuals form a partnership and agree to divide the profits equally. X invests $4,500, Y invests $3,500, and Z invests $2,000. If the profits are $2,400, how much less does X receive than if the profits were divided in proportion to the amount invested?
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