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Find the next number in the series 2, 7, 3, 8, 4, 9, ... |
| | A) | 5 |
| | B) | 6 |
| | C) | 7 |
| | D) | 8 |
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Alice has a telephoto lens for her camera with a diameter of 10 cm. Basiruddin has a lens with twice the area. What is the diameter of Basiruddin's lens?
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| | A) | 12 cm |
| | B) | 14.1 cm |
| | C) | 20 cm |
| | D) | 40 cm |
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As part of an exercise plan, Dagmar decided to start with 10 pushups on the 1st of the month, and double the number on each succeeding day. On what day would she be doing more than 100 pushups? |
| | A) | 3rd |
| | B) | 5th |
| | C) | 8th |
| | D) | 10th |
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If you write down all of the numbers from 1 to 100, how many times will you write the number 1? |
| | A) | 10 |
| | B) | 15 |
| | C) | 20 |
| | D) | 22 |
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The last "upside-down" year was 1961. The number looks the same right-side up, or upside down. When is the next upside-down year? |
| | A) | 2115 |
| | B) | 5002 |
| | C) | 5112 |
| | D) | 6009 |
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Johann's hobby is weaving. He wove a rug that was twice as long as it was wide. If he had decreased the length and increased the width by 1 m each, he would have had a square rug. What were the dimensions of the original rug? |
| | A) | 4 m by 2 m |
| | B) | 3 m by 1 m |
| | C) | 3 m by 2 m |
| | D) | 4 m by 1 m |
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Charanjit has scored an average of 65% on the first 9 of ten tests to be given during the semester. Each test is weighted equally. What percent does he need on the last test in order to average 70% overall? |
| | A) | 75% |
| | B) | 90% |
| | C) | 100% |
| | D) | It is not possible for Charanjit to average 70%. |
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Siobhan graphed the points (2, 2), (7, 2) and (5, 6) to form a triangle. What is the area of the triangle? |
| | A) | 10 units2 |
| | B) | 15 units2 |
| | C) | 20 units2 |
| | D) | 28 units2 |
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Bob was riding his bicycle at 10 m/s when he was passed by Betty on her bicycle. Betty arrived at the ice-cream stand 150 m down the road 5 s before Bob did. How fast was Betty going? |
| | A) | 25 m/s |
| | B) | 20 m/s |
| | C) | 15 m/s |
| | D) | 12 m/s |
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Dave bought a bag of jelly beans. He gave one more than half of what he had to Suzanne. Then, he gave 2 more than half of what he had left to Anwar. Finally, he gave 3 more than half of what he had left to Murray. He found that he had 12 jelly beans left for himself. How many did he start with?
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| | A) | 130 |
| | B) | 66 |
| | C) | 64 |
| | D) | 34 |
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