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1. A piece of wire 40 in llong is bent into form of a right triangle, one
whose legs is 15 in long. Determine the lengths of the other two sides.
12. A given alloy contains 10% zinc and 20% copper. How many pounds
of zinc and copper must be melted with 1000 lb of the given alloy to
a. other leg 2, hypotenuse 7ft c. other leg 4ft, hypotenuse 17ft
produce another alloy analyzing 20% zinc and 24% copper?
b. other leg 8ft, hypotenuse 10ft d. other leg 8ft, hypotenuse 17ft
a. 100 lb zinc and 100 lb copper.
b. 150 lb zinc and 150 lb copper
2. The length of a rectangular floor is 8ft greater than its width. If each
c. 150 lb zinc and 100 lb copper
dimension is increased by 2 ft, the area is increased by 60 sq,ft. Find the
d. 100 lb zinc and 150 lb copper
dimensions of the floor.
13. Determine the speed of a motorboat in still water and the speed of the
a. width=8ft, length 16 ft c. width=10ft, length 18 ft
river current, if it takes 3 hr to travel a distance of 45mi upstream and 2 hr
b. width=10ft, length 8 ft d. width=4ft, length 10 ft
to travel 50 mi downstream.
a. Boat 20 mi/hr, River 5mi/hr
3. An excellent solution for cleaning grease stains from cloth or leather
b. Boat 16 mi/hr, River 5mi/hr
consists of the following: carbon tetrachloride 80% ( by volume), ligroin
c. Boat 20 mi/hr, River 6mi/hr
16% and amyl alcohol 4%. How many pints of each should be taken to
d. Boat 16 mi/hr, River 6mi/hr
make 75 pints of solution?
14. When two cars race around a circular mile track starting from the
a. 60, 12, and 3 pints respectively c. 60, 5, and 10 pints respectively
same place and at the same instant, they pass each other every 18
b. 60, 10, and 3 pints respectively d. 50, 22, and 3 pints respectively
seconds when traveling in opposite directions and every 90 seconds
when travelling in the same direction. Find their speeds in mi/hr.
4. A clay contains 45% silica and 10% water. Determine the percentage
a. 125mi/hr and 80 mi/hr. c. 125mi/hr and 85 mi/hr .
of silica in the clay on a dry basis.
b. 120mi/hr and 85 mi/hr. d. 120mi/hr and 80 mi/hr .
a. 20%- Silica c. 50%- Silica
b. 10%- Silica d. 40%- Silica
15. If Dan can paint five rooms in 8 hours and Franz can paint three
rooms in 6 hours, how long will it take them to paint seven rooms working
5. There is available 60 gallons of a 50% solution of glycerin and water.
together?
What volume of water must be added to the solution to reduce the
a. 7 4/9 hrs c. 6 2/9 hrs
glycerin concentration to 12%. All percentage are by volume.
b. 6 7/9 hrs d. 7 1/9 hrs
a. 180 gal c. 190 gal
16. A man and a boy can do a piece of work which would be done by 7
b. 100 gal d. 200 gal
men and 9 boys in 2 days. How long would it take one man to do it
alone?
6. Two motorist start toward each other at 4:30 P.M from towns 255 miles
a. 20 days c. 15 days
apart. If their respective average speeds are 40 and 45 mi/hr, at what
b. 14 days d. 18 days
time will they meet?

a. 6:30 P.M c. 7:30 P.M

17. A parcel of land in the form of a rectangle is 6m longer than its width.
b. 8:30 P.M d. 2:30 P.M
If it were 3m shorter and 2m wider its area would be decreased by 14
sq.m. Find its length.
7. A boat can move at 8 mi/hr in still water. If it can travel 20 miles
a. 26m c. 18m
downstream in it can travel 12 miles upstream, determine the rate of the
b. 16m d. 20m
stream.
a. 4 mi/hr c. 3 mi/hr
18. Letty is 10 years older than Cory who is half as old as Ben. If the total
b. 1 mi/hr d. 2 mi/hr
of their ages is 54 years, find the age of Cory.
a. 8 years c. 10 years
8. How many numbers divisible by 4 lie between 70 and 203?
b. 2 years d. 11 years
a. 23 c. 11
b. 44 d. 33
19. The sum of the digits of a 3 digit number is 14. The hundreds digit
9. Six years ago Bob was four times as old as Mary. In four years he will
being 4 times the unit digit. If 594 is subtracted from the number, the
be twice as old as Mary. How old are they now?
order of the digits will be reversed. Find the ten’s digit of the number
a. Mary is 12 years old Bob is 25 years old.
a. 4 b. 6 c. 8
b. Mary is 12 years old Bob is 26 years old.
d. 2
c. Mary is 11 years old Bob is 25 years old.
d. Mary is 11 years old Bob is 26 years old.
20. Six years ago, Jun was 4 times as old as John. In 4 years, he would
be twice as old as John. How is Jun now?
10. A is eleven times as old as B. In a certain number of years A will be
a. 12 b. 13 c. 21
five times as old as B, and five years after that A will be three times as
d. 26
old as B. How old are they now?
21. A and B can do a piece of work in 42 days, B and C in 31 days and
a. A is 21 years and B is 2 years
A and C in 20 days. Working together, how many days can all of them
b. A is 22 years and B is 3 years
finish the work?
c. A is 21 years and B is 3 years
a. 19.23 days b. 18.87 days c. 15.34 days
d. A is 22 years and B is 2 years
d. 13.56 days
11. Tank A contains 32 gallons of solution which is 25% alcohol by
22. At what time a between 3 PM to 4 PM will the hands of the clock be
volume. Tank B has 50 gal. of solution which is 40% alcohol by volume.
at right angle ?
What volume should be taken from each tank and combined in order to
a. 3 32 8/11 PM b. 3: 33 7/11 c. 3: 32 5/11 d.
make 40 gal of solution containing 30% alcohol by volume.
3:33 5/11
a. 26-2/3 gal from A and 13-1/3 gal from B
b. 13-1/3 gal from A and 26-2/3 gal from B
c. 26-1/3 gal from A and 13-2/3 gal from B
d. 13-2/3 gal from A and 26-1/3 gal from B