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Rules; 20 Questions, 35 Minutes, Section (2 of 4)
1. ab = 0 a
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A. The quantity on the left is greater B. The quantity on the right is greater C. Both are equal D. The relationship cannot be determined without further information 2. -1 < x < 0 x!
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A. The quantity on the left is greater B. The quantity on the right is greater C. Both are equal D. The relationship cannot be determined without further information 3. The average of four numbers is 30. The average of three of these numbers is 20. The value of the fourth number
60
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4. AC > CB > AB b
a
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5. The line containing point A is rotated 90 degrees anticlockwise about the origin, O. The y coordinate of point A before rotation.
The y coordinate of point A after rotation.
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6. Points x and y lie on line l The number of points on line l that are twice as far from x as from y
2
A. The quantity on the left is greater B. The quantity on the right is greater C. Both are equal D. The relationship cannot be determined without further information
7. O is the centre of the circle, and angle POQ is a right angle MN/PQ
2/1
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8. " Total savings on 40 gallons of fuel bought at $1.152 per gallon instead of $1.245
$3.70
A. The quantity on the left is greater B. The quantity on the right is greater C. Both are equal D. The relationship cannot be determined without further information
9. The cost of hiring props for the school play was to be shared by 8 students. 4 more students decide to share the cost. The new cost per person is $2 less. Total cost of hiring props
$50
A. The quantity on the left is greater B. The quantity on the right is greater C. Both are equal D. The relationship cannot be determined without further information
10. A bag contains only red, white and blue balls. One third of the balls are red, one fifth of the balls are white. One ball is to be selected at random. Probability of drawing a white ball
Probability of drawing a blue ball
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11. The sides of a rectangular piece of card are each 10 per cent too long for a particular project. By what percentage is the area too large?
12. Andy, Mark and Sean all have their birthdays today, but Andy is more than twice as old as Mark and Mark is more than four years older than Sean. If Andy is less than 16 years old, what is one possible value for Mark's age in years ?
13. ABCD is a square. Also AP=PQ=QB=BR=RS=SC=CT=TU=UD=DV=VW=WA. The area of the octagon PQRSTUVW is what fraction of the square?
14. Triangle ABC is a right angled triangle. Also AC = 5, CB = 3 and angle ADB is a right angle. What is the length of DB? 15. A football team has won 10 games and lost 5 games. If the team wins the remaining games of the season, it will have won 80 percent of its games. How many games in total will have been played?
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16-20 Use the two charts above 16. Which of the following can be correctly deduced from the data? (Select ALL that apply) A. The total number of Techno magazines printed over the given 6-month period was less than 200,000 B. In May approximately 28,000 copies of Techno magazine were sold C. The average (arithmetic mean) monthly number of copies of Techno printed in this period was less than 30,000 17. Between which two of the months shown was there a twenty percent rise in online advertising revenues? A. January and February B. February and March C. March and April D. April and May E. May and June 18. If in February each magazine printed cost $1.50 to produce, which of the following is closest to the fraction of the production costs that were covered by the advertising revenues from the print version? A. 1/5 B. 2/5 C. 3/5 D. 4/5 E. 9/10 19. The total advertising revenues (printed version + online version) were highest in which of the following months? A. February B. March C. April D. May E. June
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20. During the six-month period shown, the median number of copies printed per month was most nearly A. 30,000 B. 29,000 C. 28,000 D. 25,000 E. 22,000
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