question: Anmol can eat 27 pastries in a hour.
Aakriti can eat 2 pastries in 10 minutes.
Divya can eat 7 pastries in 20 minutes.
How long will it take them to eat a 300 pastries ?
Options:
(A) 2 hours.
(B) 1 hours.
(C) 5 hours.
(D) 4 hours.
(E) 3 hours.
answer: Stream of consciousness: In one hour, Anmol eats 27 pastries, Aakriti eats 12, and Divya eats 21. A total of 60 pastries. Therefore 300 pastries would take 300 ÷ 60 = 5 hours. The answer is (C).


q: If 12 men can reap 120 acres of land in 36 days, how many acres of land can 54 men reap in 54 days?
Options:
(A) 186
(B) 188
(C) 810
(D) 167
(E) 861
a: Stream of consciousness: 12 men 120 acres 36 days
54 men ? 54 days
120 * 54/12 * 54/36
10 * 54 * 3/2
54 * 15 = 810 The answer is (C).


question: How much is 65% of 40 is greater than 4/5 of 25?
Options:
(A) 29
(B) 776
(C) 66
(D) 12
(E) 6
answer: Stream of consciousness: (65/100) * 40 – (4/5) * 25
26 - 20 = 6 The answer is (E).


q: 2 44 4 41 6 38 8 - Look carefully for the pattern, and then choose which pair of numbers comes next.
Options:
(A) 35 10
(B) 12 10
(C) 9 34
(D) 52 10
(E) 34 89
a: Stream of consciousness: Here, there are two alternating patterns, one addition and one subtraction. The first starts with 2 and increases by 2; the second starts with 44 and decreases by 3. The answer is (D).


question: The average of first 9 odd numbers is?
Options:
(A) 5
(B) 6
(C) 7
(D) 8
(E) 9
answer: Stream of consciousness: Sum of 9 odd no. = 90
Average = 81/9 = 9 The answer is (E).


question: Ten telegenic contestants with a variety of personality disorders are to be divided into two “tribes” of three members each, tribe A and tribe B, for a competition. How many distinct groupings of two tribes are possible?
Options:
(A) 120
(B) 126
(C) 252
(D) 1200
(E) 1260
answer:
Stream of consciousness: My ans is 10C3 = 120 The answer is (A).
question: Anmol can eat 27 pastries in a hour.
Aakriti can eat 2 pastries in 10 minutes.
Divya can eat 7 pastries in 20 minutes.
How long will it take them to eat a 300 pastries ?
Options:
(A) 2 hours.
(B) 1 hours.
(C) 5 hours.
(D) 4 hours.
(E) 3 hours.
answer: Stream of consciousness: In one hour, Anmol eats 27 pastries, Aakriti eats 12, and Divya eats 21. A total of 60 pastries. Therefore 300 pastries would take 300 ÷ 60 = 5 hours. The answer is (C).


q: If 12 men can reap 120 acres of land in 36 days, how many acres of land can 54 men reap in 54 days?
Options:
(A) 186
(B) 188
(C) 810
(D) 167
(E) 861
a: Stream of consciousness: 12 men 120 acres 36 days
54 men ? 54 days
120 * 54/12 * 54/36
10 * 54 * 3/2
54 * 15 = 810 The answer is (C).


question: How much is 65% of 40 is greater than 4/5 of 25?
Options:
(A) 29
(B) 776
(C) 66
(D) 12
(E) 6
answer: Stream of consciousness: (65/100) * 40 – (4/5) * 25
26 - 20 = 6 The answer is (E).


q: 2 44 4 41 6 38 8 - Look carefully for the pattern, and then choose which pair of numbers comes next.
Options:
(A) 35 10
(B) 12 10
(C) 9 34
(D) 52 10
(E) 34 89
a: Stream of consciousness: Here, there are two alternating patterns, one addition and one subtraction. The first starts with 2 and increases by 2; the second starts with 44 and decreases by 3. The answer is (D).


question: The average of first 9 odd numbers is?
Options:
(A) 5
(B) 6
(C) 7
(D) 8
(E) 9
answer: Stream of consciousness: Sum of 9 odd no. = 90
Average = 81/9 = 9 The answer is (E).


question: Ten telegenic contestants with a variety of personality disorders are to be divided into two “tribes” of three members each, tribe A and tribe B, for a competition. How many distinct groupings of two tribes are possible?
Options:
(A) 120
(B) 126
(C) 252
(D) 1200
(E) 1260
answer:
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Stream of consciousness: My ans is 10C3 = 120 The answer is (A).
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question: Anmol can eat 27 pastries in a hour.
Aakriti can eat 2 pastries in 10 minutes.
Divya can eat 7 pastries in 20 minutes.
How long will it take them to eat a 300 pastries ?
Options:
(A) 2 hours.
(B) 1 hours.
(C) 5 hours.
(D) 4 hours.
(E) 3 hours.
answer: Stream of consciousness: In one hour, Anmol eats 27 pastries, Aakriti eats 12, and Divya eats 21. A total of 60 pastries. Therefore 300 pastries would take 300 ÷ 60 = 5 hours. The answer is (C).


q: If 12 men can reap 120 acres of land in 36 days, how many acres of land can 54 men reap in 54 days?
Options:
(A) 186
(B) 188
(C) 810
(D) 167
(E) 861
a: Stream of consciousness: 12 men 120 acres 36 days
54 men ? 54 days
120 * 54/12 * 54/36
10 * 54 * 3/2
54 * 15 = 810 The answer is (C).


question: How much is 65% of 40 is greater than 4/5 of 25?
Options:
(A) 29
(B) 776
(C) 66
(D) 12
(E) 6
answer: Stream of consciousness: (65/100) * 40 – (4/5) * 25
26 - 20 = 6 The answer is (E).


q: 2 44 4 41 6 38 8 - Look carefully for the pattern, and then choose which pair of numbers comes next.
Options:
(A) 35 10
(B) 12 10
(C) 9 34
(D) 52 10
(E) 34 89
a: Stream of consciousness: Here, there are two alternating patterns, one addition and one subtraction. The first starts with 2 and increases by 2; the second starts with 44 and decreases by 3. The answer is (D).


question: The average of first 9 odd numbers is?
Options:
(A) 5
(B) 6
(C) 7
(D) 8
(E) 9
answer: Stream of consciousness: Sum of 9 odd no. = 90
Average = 81/9 = 9 The answer is (E).


question: Ten telegenic contestants with a variety of personality disorders are to be divided into two “tribes” of three members each, tribe A and tribe B, for a competition. How many distinct groupings of two tribes are possible?
Options:
(A) 120
(B) 126
(C) 252
(D) 1200
(E) 1260
answer:
Stream of consciousness: My ans is 10C3 = 120 The answer is (A).