BUP MATH:

If s is the product of the integers from 100 to 200 inclusive, and if t is the product of the integers
from 100 to 201 inclusive, what is 1/s + 1/t in terms of t?

A. 201^2/t
B. 202*201/t
C. 201/t
D. 202/t
E. 202*201/t^2

If the perimeter of square region S and the perimeter of rectangular region R are equal and the
sides of R are in the ratio 2:3 then the ratio of the area of R to the area of S

A. 25:16
B. 24:25
C. 5:6
D. 4:5
E. 4:9

There are 4 card-processing machines in an office. The fastest of these machines processes x
cards in 7 hours and the slowest processes x cards in 8 hours. Which of the following could NOT
be the average time per machine for each of the 4 machines to process x cards?

(A) 7.2
(B) 7.3
(C) 7.5
(D) 7.6
(E) 7.7

If 12 men and 16 women can do a piece of work in 5 days and 13 men and 24 women can do it in
4 days, how long will 7 men and 10 women take to do it?

(A) 4.2 days

A paint crew gets a rush order to paint 80 houses in a new development. They paint the first y
houses at a rate of x houses per week. Realizing that they'll be late at this rate, they bring in some
more painters and paint the rest of the houses at the rate of 1.25x houses per week. The total time
it takes them to paint all the houses under this scenario is what fraction of the time it would have
taken if they had painted all the houses at their original rate of x houses per week?

(A) 0.8(80 – y)
(B) 0.8 + 0.0025y
(C) 80/y – 1.25
(D) 80/1.25y
(E) 80 – 0.25y

Of the 800 employees of Company X, 70 percent have been with the company for at least ten
years. If y of these "long-term" members were to retire and no other employee changes were to
occur, what value of y would reduce the percent of "long-term" employees in the company to 60
percent ?

A. 200
B. 160
C. 112
D. 80
E. 56

A manufacturer makes and sells 2 products, P and Q. The revenue from the sale of each unit of P
is $20.00 and the revenue from the sale of each unit of Q is $17.00. Last year the manufacturer
sold twice as many units of Q as P. What was the manufacturer’s average (arithmetic mean)
revenue per unit sold of these 2 products last year?

A. $28.50
B. $27.00
C. $19.00
D. $18.50
E. $18.00

How many integers from 0 to 50, inclusive, have a remainder of 1 when divided by 3 ?

A. 15
B. 16
C. 17
D. 18
E. 19

If x is to be chosen at random from the set {1, 2, 3, 4} and y is to be chosen at random from the
set {5, 6, 7}, what is the probability that xy will be even?

(A) 1/6
(B) 1/3
(C) 1/2
(D) 2/3
(E) ⅚
In a survey of 248 people, 156 are married, 70 are self-employed and 25% of those who are
married are self-employed. If a person is to be randomly selected from those surveyed, what is
the probability that the person selected will be self-employed but not married?

A. 1/8
B. 4/31
C. 117/248
D. 1/4
E. 31/117

If a coin has an equal probability of landing heads up or tails up each time it is flipped, what is
the probability that the coin will land heads up exactly twice in 3 consecutive flips?

(A) 0.125
(B) 0.25
(C) 0.375
(D) 0.50
(E) 0.666

In Town X, 64 percent of the population are employed, and 48 percent of the population are
employed males. What percent of the employed people in Town X are females?

(A) 16%
(B) 25%
(C) 32%
(D) 40%
(E) 52%

M = {-6, -5, -4, -3, -2}

If an integer is to be randomly selected from set M above and an integer is to be randomly

A. 0
B. 1/3
C. 2/5
D. 1/2
E. ⅗

In a certain region, the number of children who have been vaccinated against rubella is twice the
number who have been vaccinated against mumps. The number who have been vaccinated
against both is twice the number who have been vaccinated only against mumps. If 5,000 have
been vaccinated against both, how many have been vaccinated only against rubella?
A. 2,500
B. 7,500
C. 10,000
D. 15,000
E. 17,500

On a certain road 10% of the motorists exceed the posted speed limit and receive speeding
tickets, but 20% of the motorists who exceed the posted speed limit do not receive speeding
tickets. What percent of the motorists on the road exceed the posted speed limit?

A. 10.5%
B. 12.5%
C. 15%
D. 22%
E. 30%

The probability that a candidate secures the passing bar in each section is 30%. If three
candidates sit for the test, what is the probability that exactly two will pass the test?

A) 0.343
B) 0.147
C) 0.189
D) 0.063
E) 0.027

@ is defined for all integers a and b by a@b = a + b - ab, which of the following statements must
be true for all integers a, b and c?

I. a@b = b@a
II. a@0 = a
III. (a@b)@c = a@(b@c)

(A) I only
(B) II only
(C) I and II only
(D) I and III only
(E) I, II and III

If x and y are different prime numbers, each greater than 2, which of the following must be true?

I. x + y ≠ 91
II. x - y is an even integer
III. x/y is not an integer

(A) II only
(B) I and II only
(C) I and III only
(D) II and III only
(E) I, II, and III

If is n is multiple of 5, and n=p^2*q where p and q are prime, which of the following must be a
multiple of 25?

A. p^2
B. q^2
C. pq
D. p^2*q^2
E. p^3*q

A point on the edge of a fan blade that is rotating in a plane is 10 centimeters from the center of
the fan. WHat is the distance traveled, in centimeters, by this point in 15 seconds when the fan
runs at the rate of 300 revolutions per minutes?

A. 750pi
B. 1500pi
C. 1875pi
D. 3000pi
E. 7500pi

If 10^50–74 is written as an integer, what is the sum of the digits in that integer?

A. 424
B. 433
C. 440
D. 449
E. 467

In the coordinate plane, a circle has center (2, -3) and passes through the point (5, 0). What is the
area of the circle?

A. 3π
B. 3√2π
C. 3√3π
D. 9π
E. 18π

Five pieces of wood have an average (arithmetic mean) length of 124 centimeters and a median
length of 140 centimeters. What is the maximum possible length, in centimeters, of the shortest
piece of wood?
A. 90
B. 100
C. 110
D. 130
E. 140

A contest will consist of n questions, each of which is to be answered with "True" or "False".
Anyone who answers all n questions correctly will be a winner. What is the least value of n for
which the probability is less than 1/1000 that a person who randomly guesses the answer to each
question will be a winner?

A. 5
B. 10
C. 50
D. 100
E. 1000

The ratio, by volume, of soap to alcohol to water in a certain solution is 2:50:100. The solution
will be altered so that the ratio of soap to alcohol is doubled while the ratio of soap to water is
halved. If the altered solution will contain 100 cubic centimeters of alcohol, how many cubic
centimeters of water will it contain?

A. 50
B. 200
C. 400
D. 625
E. 800

A certain brand of house paint must be purchased either in quarts at $12 each or in gallons at $18
each. A painter needs a 3-gallon mixture of the paint consisting of 3 parts blue and 2 parts white.
What is the least amount of money needed to purchase sufficient quantities of the two colors to
make the mixture? (4 quarts = 1 gallon)

A. $54
B. $60
C. $66
D. $90
E. $144

How many positive integers less than 100 are neither multiples of 2 nor 3?

A. 30
B. 31
C. 32
D. 33
E. 34­
Rahat's grade was 90th percentile of the 80 grades for her class. Of the 100 grades from another
class, 19 were higher than Rahat’s, and the rest were lower. If no other grade was the same as
Rahat’s grade, then his grade was what percentile of the grades of the two classes of two classes
combined?

A. 72nd
B. 80th
C. 81st
D. 85th
E. 92nd

Club X has more than 10 but fewer than 40 members. Sometimes the members sit at tables with
3 members at one table and 4 members at each of the other tables, and sometimes they sit at
tables with 3 members at one table and 5 members at each of the other tables. If they sit at tables
with 6 members at each table except one and fewer than 6 members at that one table, how many
members will be at the table that has fewer than 6 members?

(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4
(E) 5

If n=33^43+43^33, then what is the unit digit of n?

A. 0
B. 2
C. 4
D. 6
E. 8

Each of the 30 boxes in a certain shipment weighs either 10 pounds or 20 pounds, and the
average (arithmetic mean) weight of the boxes in the shipment is 18 pounds. If the average
weight of the boxes in the shipment is to be reduced to 14 pounds by removing some of the
20-pound boxes, how many 20-pound boxes must be removed?

A. 4
B. 6
C. 10
D. 20
E. 24

15 workers can paint 3 fences in 2 hours. Assuming each worker works at the same rate, how
long will 5 workers take to paint 6 fences?
(A) 3 hrs

(B) 6 hrs

(C) 7.5 hrs

(D) 9 hrs

(E) 12 hrs

If Junayen gives half of her books in a 1: 2 ratio to Jerin and Zubair, respectively, then Jerin will
have one fourth as many books as will Zubair, who will in turn have twice as many books as will
Junayen. If Jerin currently has 2 books, then how many more books does Junayen currently have
than Zubair?

A. 8

B. 12

C. 20

D. 22

E. 24

A car traveled 462 miles per tankful of gasoline on the highway and 336 miles per tankful of
gasoline in the city. If the car traveled 6 fewer miles per gallon in the city than on the highway,
how many miles per gallon did the car travel in the city?

(A) 14

(B) 16

(C) 21

(D) 22

(E) 27

Points A, B and C having coordinates (2, 4), (5, 3) & (k, 1), respectively, are collinear. What is
the value of k?

A. 1

B. 5
C. 9

D. 11

E. 12

Mahir starts from Dhaka at 9:00 am and reaches Chittagong at 1:00 pm. Taskin starts from
Chittagong at 10:00 am and reaches Dhaka at 4 pm. At what time do the two meet?

A. 11:42 am.
B. 11:46 am.
C. 11:48 am.
D. 11:50 am.
E. 11:52 am.

The average mark in English of Rayeed, Rayat, Subha, Tayeba, and Zareen is 12. If Zareen is
excluded, the average of their score is decreased by 0.6. What is the mark of Zareen?

(A) 14.2
(B) 14.4
(C) 16.2
(D) 19.6
(E) 20.2

Shuvro, Layla, Maisha, Zahra, and Totinee took a test where their average score was 55. The
median score is equal to the mean. Shuvro, who scored the highest, achieved a score that is 20
more than three times the lowest score. What is the maximum possible score Shuvro could have
obtained?

A. 78
B. 77 1/5
C. 66 1/7
D. 55 1/7
E. 52