Critical Thinking

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A square table can seat one person at each side. If 20 of these tables are pushed together
side by side to make one long narrow table, how many persons can be seated?
Mark bought two baseball cards and then he resold at $1.20 each. According to the cost
of these two baseball cards, he made a 20% profit for one of the cards and a loss of 20%
on the other. Overall, both sales had led to
(A) no net profit
(B) a loss of 4 cents (C) a profit of 4 cents
(D) a loss of 10 cents (E) a profit of 10 cents
a/b is a fraction. If 2 is added to the numerator, the value of the fraction is . If 3 is added
to the denominator, the fraction has a value of 1/3. The value of the sum a+b is
(A) 18 (B) 19 (C) 20 (D) 22 (E) 25
A path which is 1m wide is partly surrounded by a fence shown in the diagram at right.
What is the length of the fence?
(A) 20 m (B) 21 m (C) 22 m (D) 23 m (E) 24 m
A year is palindromic if it reads the same backwards and forwards. How many such years
are there in this millenium?
(A) 1 (B) 5 (C) 9 (D) 10 (E) 12
The floor of a fraction is defined to be the largest integer which is not greater than that
fraction. For example, floor ( 10 / 3 ) = 3. Evaluate floor ( floor ( 1000 / 7 ) / floor ( 71 / 2
) ).
(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 7 (D) 10 (E) 500
A rectangular floor is completely covered with tiles whose size is 1 x 2. If the tiles are not
cut and do not overlap, the size of the floor cannot be
(A) 4 x 9 (B) 8 x 8 (C) 11 x 7 (D) 16 x 5 (E) None of these
A box contains 80 blocks, some of which are made of wood and some of which are made
of plastic. Each block is colored with one of the colors red or green. If 48 of the blocks
are made of wood and if 32 of the blocks are red, what is the largest possible number of
green plastic blocks?
(A) 16 (B) 24 (C) 32 (D) 48 (E) None of these
In the figure below, the surface area of the shaded triangle is 2 3 . If the large triangle
and the small upper triangle are equilateral, what is the value of a?
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(A) 2 (B) 2.5 (C) 3 (D) 6 (E) None of these
How many ways can the number 10 be written as the sum of exactly three positive and
not necessarily different integers if the order in which the sum is written does not matter?
For instance, 10 = 1 + 4 + 5 is one such sum. This sum is the same as 10 = 4 + 1 + 5.
(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 8 (E) 10
Four children find a bag of marbles and divide them among themselves. Each child takes
a different number of marbles and no child has more than twice as many marbles as
anyone else. The smallest possible number of marbles in the bag was
Exactly 100 people live in a village. The oldest person in the village was born in 1900
and everybody in the village was born in a different year, but all on January 1st. In 1999,
the sum of the digits in Julies birth year was equal to her age. How old was she?
The largest possible product of two positive integers whose sum is 9 is
(A) 8 (B) 9 (C) 14 (D) 20 (E) 24
Franois is playing on a ladder. He starts out on the middle step. He then goes up 5 steps,
down 10, up another 7 and up 9 more steps to the top. How many steps are there on the
ladder?
(A) 9 (B) 10 (C) 11 (D) 22 (E) 23
A few years ago, cement drivers were on strike for 46 days. Before the strike, these
drivers earned $7.50 per hour and worked 260 eight-hour days a year. What percentage
increase is needed in yearly income to make up for the lost time within 1 year?
I have a number such that if I multiply the number by 4 and subtract 12, I get twice as
much as when I first subtract 12 and then multiply by 4. The sum of the digits of my
number is
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 7 (E) 9
I noticed that when I interchanged the digits of my fathers age, I got my own age. When
I was born, his age was between twenty and thirty years. What was my fathers age when
I was born?
In the sequence 1, 3, 3, 3, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 7, 7, the 100th number is
A company is designing a package for its product. One part of the package is to be an
open box made from a square piece of aluminium by cutting out a 3 cm square from each
corner and folding up the sides (see Figure). The box is to contain 75 cm3. What are the
dimensions in cm x cm of the square piece of aluminium that must be used?
An inheritance is split among 5 brothers. The first receives half of the inheritance plus $1.
The second receives half of the remainder plus $2. The third receives half of the
remainder plus $3. The fourth receives half of the remainder plus $4. The last brother
receives $500. What is the total amount of the inheritance ?
(A) $7098 (B) $7598 (C) $8098 (D) $8598 (E) $9098
The numbers in the circles are obtained by adding the two numbers in the squares
attached to each circle. Determine the sum of the numbers in the circles.
10
y
7
z
x
How many diagonals does a 12-sided regular polygon have? A regular polygon has sides
of equal length and equal angles where two sides meet. A diagonal is a line which
connects any two corners of the polygon, but which is not a side of the polygon.
(A) 27 (B) 35 (C) 44 (D) 54 (E) 65
If you define the inverse of a two digit integer to be the number obtained by permuting
the two digits (for example, 34 is the inverse of 43), how many two-digit integers will
produce a perfect square when added to their inverse?
How many digits are needed to write all of the integers from 1 to 1000 inclusive? For
example, to write the numbers from 1 to 10 inclusive, one would need 11 digits.
(A) 2889 (B) 2892 (C) 2893 (D) 2899 (E) 2989
How many triangles are contained in this figure?
(A) 16 (B) 17 (C) 25 (D) 26 (E) 27
What is the surface area in cm2 of the solid figure shown if the cubes measure 1 cm on
each side?
How many ways can the value 13 be expressed as the sum of exactly 3 different positive
integers? For example, 13 = 1 + 4 + 8 is one such way. Note that 13 = 4 + 8 + 1 does not
count as a different way since the same integers are involved in the sum.
(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 8 (E) 14
For a visit to the municipal library, a teacher asks her students to form rows of 3 students
per row. Solne, Nadine and Yasmine are in the 5th row starting from the front and the
6th row starting from the back. How many students will visit the library?
(A) 24 (B) 27 (C) 30 (D) 33 (E) 36
A number is composed of 4 digits. The last digit is equal to 4 times the first digit, the
second digit is equal to 6 times the first digit and the third digit is equal to 3 plus the
second digit. What is the sum of this number's digits?
(A) 9 (B) 10 (C) 11 (D) 20 (E) 23
A bus starts off with some passengers. At the first stop,
people get on. At the second stop,
1
of the passengers get off and 8
3
1
of the passengers remaining get off and 2 get on the
2
bus. There are now half as many passengers as started the trip. How many persons started
the trip?
(A) 18 (B) 24 (C) 27 (D) 30 (E) 36
Consider the square ABCD. M is in the middle of AB. If the area of triangle AMD is 4,
find the area of the square ABCD.
(A) 9 (B) 11 (C) 16 (D) 20 (E) None of these answers
On a 100 question test, 9 points are given for each correct answer and 5 points deducted
for each incorrect answer. Questions which are not answered are not included in the total
score. What is the largest number of questions which can be answered to get a total score
of 0?
(A) 84 (B) 90 (C) 98 (D) 99 (E) 100
How many triangles, which have their corners on the perimeter, are there in the figure?
(A) 17 (B) 20 (C) 24 (D) 26 (E) 2
An ant starts at corner A and walks along the edges of a cube visiting every corner of the
cube exactly one time. The ant finishes the walk at corner B. How many edges does the
ant not walk on?
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5 (E) The number depends on the path taken
What is the next number in the sequence: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 7, 16, 9, ...?

(A) 8 (B) 11 (C) 18 (D) 23 (E) 32
The value of the expression 1-2-3+4+5-6-7+8+9+76+77-78-79 is equal to
(A) -98 (B) -80 (C) -60 (D) 40 (E) 80
Maurice wants to multiply together two numbers composed of two digits each.
Unfortunately, he reverses the digits of one of the numbers and obtains a result which is
greater than the exact result by 3015. Which of the following could be one of the
numbers?
(A) 23 (B) 38 (C) 45 (D) 62 (E) 81
In 10 years, Samuel will be
1
1
as old as Roman. Five years ago, Samuel was only
as
2
3
old as Roman. How old is Samuel now?

(A) 16 (B) 18 (C) 20 (D) 22 (E) 24
Water pours into a container at a constant rate of 4 litres per minute. When there are 50
litres of water in the container, a pump begins to pump water out at a rate of 5 litres per
minute. How many minutes will it take to empty the container?
6
The product of two numbers is 84. The first number is divided by 3 and the second
number is multiplied by 4. The product of the two new numbers is then divided by 2.
What is the final result of this calculation?
Suppose that a * b b
(A) 0 (B)
1
. What is the value of (1*2)*3?
a
1
1
(C)
(D) 1 (E) 2
3
2
A student walks from home to school and returns riding on a bus along the same route.
The entire trip takes 40 minutes. If the bus travels 7 times as fast as the student can walk,
how long would it take the student to walk in both directions?
(A) 60 min (B) 70 min (C) 75 min (D) 80 min (E) None of these
What is the smallest positive integer which multiplied by 40 gives a perfect square?
Alice was tested three times. Her second test mark was twice as large as the first and the
third mark was three times as large as the second. The average mark for all three tests
was 60. What was the second mark?
(A) 20 (B) 40 (C) 60 (D) 120 (E) Not enough information
How many different squares are there in the figure shown at right?
(A) 19 (B) 20 (C) 21 (D) 22 (E) 23
How many complete revolutions does a wheel with radius 6 centimetres make in rolling a
distance of 2 metres?
(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 10 (D) 11 (E) 33
In an archery competition, Galen hits the bullseye three times as often as Jason. Jason hits
it four times fewer than Kevin and Eddy hits it one less than twice the number of times
that Kevin does. Nathalie hits the bullseye as many times as Jason and Galen combined.
If Kevin hits the bullseye 9 times, how many times was the bullseye hit?
(A) 24 (B) 42 (C) 54 (D) 60 (E) 66
Jonas takes a two-digit number and subtracts the sum of the digits from it. Which of the
following answers is a possible result of the calculation?
How many triangles are there in the figure shown?
The sum of the first 100 terms of the sequence 1, -2, 3, 4, -5, 6, 7, -8, 9, 10 is 1750.
The sum of the first 100 terms of the sequence 1, 2, -3, 4, 5, -6, 7, 8, -9, 10 is equal to
The area of the given figure is
A word is any sequence of letters. How many words of three letters can we form using
only the letters A, B, B, C, C, C? For example, ACC, CAB, and CCA are three such
words.
(A) 12 (B) 13 (C) 16 (D) 18 (E) 19
The integers from 1 to 9 are each written once in a 3 x 3 table. The totals of the values in
each row and column are given. What number is in the space indicated by the * ?
What is the shaded area in the given figure?

The three squares have sides of length 3, 5, and 7.
(A) 24 m2 (B) 32 m2 (C) 33 m2 (D) 36 m2 (E) None of these
In a class of 25 students, 18 students enjoy mathematics and 22 students enjoy music. If

every student in the class enjoys at least one of these, how many students in the class
enjoy both?
How many cubic millimetres are in a cubic kilometre?
(A) 109 (B) 1012 (C) 1015 (D) 1018 (E) 1021
Starting at 5 and counting by 7s, Samuel counts 5, 12, 19, . A number that will be
counted is (A) 85 (B) 86 (C) 87 (D) 88 (E) 89
How many different numbers can be constructed using the digits 0, 1, 2, 2? All of the
digits must be used each time and no number can begin with 0.
(A) 6 (B) 9 (C) 12 (D) 15 (E) 24
How many squares can be found in the figure shown? The figure is constructed from 16
small squares each having side lengths of 1.
(A) 20 (B) 24 (C) 25 (D) 26 (E) 27
What is the value of the number in the box labelled A? Each of the empty spaces contains
a number.
(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 8 (E) 9
How many different paths are there between A and B? Each path must travel arcs of the
circle only in a clockwise direction. On the straight line segments, the path can go only
from a smaller circle to a larger circle. No arc or line segment can be travelled more than
once in the same path.
(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 7 (E) 10
Three planets are in straight line as in the diagram below. Planet A makes a complete
revolution around the Sun S in 2 years. Planet B makes its revolution in 4 years and
Planet C in 6 years. What is the least number of years before all three planets will once
again be on the same line?
(A) 6 years (B) 8 years (C) 9 years (D) 12 years (E) 24 years
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What is the next number in the sequence 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 13, 19, 28, ?

(A) 37 (B) 39 (C) 41 (D) 43 (E) 47
Using coins with values of 1, 5, 10 and 25, what is the smallest number of coins
needed to be able to exactly make each total from 1 to $1.00?
Find the largest number among these :
(A) 22004 (B) 20042 (C) 20004 (D) 42000 (E) 2420002004
E, F, G and H are the midpoints of the sides of rectangle ABCD and K is the midpoint of
segment HE. If the rectangle ABCD has an area of 12 m2, what is the area of the triangle
KFG ?
(A) 2m2 (B) 3m2 (C) 4m2 (D) 6m2 (E) Not enough information
When 5 new girls joined the class, the percentage of girl students increased from 40% to
50%. How many boys students are in the class?
(A) 5 (B) 10 (C) 12 (D) 15 (E) 20
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If the distance is measured between any two of the points in the array given, how many
distinct distances are possible? Adjacent points horizontally and vertically are the same
distance apart.
Paul bought some candies and gave the storekeeper $1. He received 4 coins in change.
The cost of the candies could not be
(A) 30 (B) 39 (C) 65 (D) 74 (E) The cost could be each of these.
If the vertex of right angle must be on one of the points, how many right triangles does it
have?
There are x dime and y nickels in bag A, and x nickels and y dimes in bag B. If the value
of coins is the same in both bags, the combined number of coins in two bags can not be
(A) 30 (B) 40 (C) 60 (D) 80 (E) 100
Amanda wants to jog counterclockwise a circular track for an hour. She starts from point
A and reach point B in 10 minutes. Then she doubles her speed and continues on the
same speed. Which point will she reach at the end of an hour?
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13
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The graph of f(x) is a parabola as shown. For how many values of x is f(x) = x?
Which of following equations represents two parallel lines?

(A) x 2y = 3 and x 2y = 7
(B) x + y = 1 and x + y = -2
(C) x + y = 3 and 2x + 2y = 6
(D) x + y = 3 and x y = 5
(E) x y = 7 and x y = -14
For any value of x, | x 5 | =

(A) x 5
(B) | 5 x | (C) | x + 5 |
(D) 5 x
(E) | - ( x + 5 ) |
The table indicates some values of the functions f and g. What is g(f (2))?
x
f (x)
g(x)
1
2
3
2
4
5
3
1
4
4
3
2
5
5
6
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Which of followings will make the equation: ( a + b )2 = a2 + b2, always true? ( a and b
are real number)
(I)
a+b=0
(II)
ab = 0
(III) a2 + b2 = 0
(A) I only
(B) II only (C) III only (D) I and III only
(E) II and III only
Two poles, p feet and q feet in length are placed x feet apart. Lines are drawn from the top
of each pole to the bottom of the other. The two lines will intersect at how many feet
above the ground? Assume the poles are perpendicular to a piece of level ground. Let the
height of the point of intersection be h and express h, as a single fraction, in terms of only
p and q.
Vijay hits the golf ball further than Brad, but not as far as Mike. Tiger hits the golf ball
somewhat further than Mike, but not as far as John. Who is the third longest hitter of the
bunch?
If the length and width of a rectangle were each increased by 1, the area would be
84. The area would be 48 if the length and width were each diminished by 1.
Find the perimeter of the original rectangle.
Given a right triangle with sides of length a,b,and c and area, a2 + b2 - c2. Find the ratio,
c/b, the ratio of the legs of the right triangle.
Find the sum of all positive proper fractions whose denominators are less than or equal to
100 (Include unreduced fractions in the sum.).
Let g(x) = ax7 + bx3 + cx - 7 , where a,b, and c are constants. If g(-5) = 5, then find the
value of g(5).
A rectangle has dimensions of (x + 2) and (3x + 3). Determine the exact value of x so that
the perimeter and area of the rectangle will have the same numerical value.
A palindrome is a number which reads the same when its digits are written in reverse
order. A cars odometer reads 15,951 miles. Find the least number of miles required for
the next palindrome to appear.
What is the sum of the numbers of the faces, edges, and vertices of a cube?
ABCD is a parallelogram with sides of lengths 8 and 14 and a 60 angle, as shown. If M
is the midpoint of diagonal BD and MQ AB at Q, find MQ.
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The area of a rectangle is 6 square inches. One side has length

Compute the exact perimeter.
3 2 2 3
inches.
Albert is A years old and John is J years old. How many years ago was John C times as
old as Albert?
The formula W 5.5 d 8gives the normal weight W in pounds of a person who is d
inches more than 4 feet tall. What then should be the weight, in pounds, of a person who
is 5 feet, 6 inches tall ? [one foot = 12 inches]
1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+10+11+12=78. Write all other ways which express 78 as the sum
of consecutive positive integers.
There are 120 five digit numbers that can be formed using all 5 digits l,2,3,4,and 5. Let
these 120 numbers be arranged in increasing order. What is the 76th number in this
order?
The first 27 numbers in the sequence 3, 33, 333, 3333, 33333, are added together. What is
the digit in the thousands place in their sum?
Let a non-prime positive integer be written as the product of its prime factors. The
number is a Wocomal number if the sum of those prime factors is a perfect square.
The smallest Wocomal number is 4 because 4 = 2 x 2 and 2+2 is a perfect square.
What is the next smallest Wocomal number?
We can devise a shorthand notation for large positive integers by letting dn stand
for the occurrence of the digit d, n consecutive times. For example, 14958362
denotes 11119999988866. Find x, y, and z if 2x3y5z + 3z5x2y = 5372835173
Find the 18th term of the arithmetic progression x, x + 3a, x + 6 a , . . .
How many positive integers less than 100 are the product of 2 or 3 consecutive integers?
How many positive integers less than 100 are the sum of 2 or 3 consecutive integers?
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Find the answer when you multiply the medians of A and B and then subtract the product
of the mode of C and the mean of D for these data sets.
How many integers between 1 and 100,000 are divisible by all of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,7, and 11?
One rajah says to another," If you will give me one camel, then we will have an equal
number of camels". The other replies, "No, if you give me one camel, then I will have
double the number you have". How many does each have?
You cut a 3 x 3 square from a calendar page. If the sum of the 9 dates is divisible by 13,
what is the number in the lower left corner of the square?
Continuing the pattern in the diagram to the right, how many right triangles can be made
before overlapping begins? Include the four shown.
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Critical Thinking - 2

What is the next number in the sequence: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 7, 16, 9, ...?

old as Roman. How old is Samuel now?

What is the shaded area in the given figure?

In a class of 25 students, 18 students enjoy mathematics and 22 students enjoy music. If

What is the next number in the sequence 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 13, 19, 28, ?

Which of following equations represents two parallel lines?

For any value of x, | x 5 | =

The area of a rectangle is 6 square inches. One side has length

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