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Tom saves $750 a year. Bill saves $60 a month. How much more does Tom save a
year than Bill? - 60
If an airplane flies at an average speed of 7.5 miles per minute, in 1 1/2 hours it will
have flown - 675
A carpenter uses 12 nails for each board. If there are 48 nails in a pound, how many
pounds would be used for 100 boards? - 48
A boy has 10 cookies. His sister has 2.5 times as many. How many does the sister
have? - 25
A used car costs $2,200 cash, or $600 down and $100 a month for 20 months. How
much money do you save by paying cash? - 400
At 8 AM the temperature was 3 degrees below zero. By 9 AM the temperature had gone
up 6 degrees, but by 10 AM it had gone down again 4 degrees. What was the
temperature at 10 AM? - -1
A plane left Atlanta at 4:50 and arrived at Boston in 3 hours and 15 minutes. When did it
arrive in Boston? - 8:05
During a sale, 20-cent candy bars were sold at 3 for 50 cents. How much is saved on 9
bars? - $0.30
It is 90 ft from home plate to first base on a baseball diamond. How long will it take a
batter to reach first base if the batter runs at a rate of 15 ft/sec? - 6 seconds
Mick Jagger is a man who measures up to the role. He is continually in the center. All
questions and answers are conveyed to and through him. If he is not directly in the
heart of a discussion, people automatically fill him in on what is being said. Without any
noticeable ceremony, doors are opened for him. People let him walk in front of them.
Not just because he's a star, but because Jagger has this notion about himself which
has a powerful impact on every moment of his life; that he is special.
Which of the following statements is true, according to the passage? - Jagger slips in
and out of his 'star' role
Halfway houses are special community residences in which individuals are participating,
decision-making residents. Most residents of these increasingly common facilities use
them as a transition point between their stay in a mental hospital and their return home;
they usually leave within a year.
In this way, halfway houses: - Save patients the effort and worry of making decisions.
, Studies have shown that the amount of income people earn is directly related to the
amount of education they have received, with the higher level of education, the higher
the average annual income. For this reason education, though it cannot solve the
immediate needs of employment, housing, medical care, and legal advice, is essential
in solving the long-range problem of poverty.
According to this paragraph, which one of the following statements is true? - There is a
direct relationship between amount of education and income.
One of the most important areas of learning is the continual development of attitudes.
Emotional reactions as well as logical thought processes effectively change the
behavior of most people throughout the course of their lives.
The burnt child fears the fire is just one example that points to the fact that attitudes
stem from: - Logic
Just as two colors will, when carefully mixed, form a third and different color (yellow and
blue, for example, produce green), so too it is sometimes possible to see in the
cooperative efforts of living things a resultant accomplishment that defies description on
the basis of the characteristics of the creatures involved. A description of the traits and
performances of the individual members of a hive of honeybees or a championship
athletic team hardly serves to describe the results of their joint efforts.
Which of the following sentences best describes this paragraph? - The race goes to the
swift.
It is easy to distinguish between education and propaganda. The former aims at
independence of judgment the latter supplies ready-made judgments for the unthinking.
Education is a slow process of development, but propaganda aims at quick responses.
One strives to produce individual responsibility and an open mind while the other, using
mass effects, strives to produce a closed one. - education tells people what to think and
propaganda teaches them how to think
If a doctor gives 100 patients who complain of pain a simple sugar pill, he can be sure
that 33 of them will feel better. Pain experts have known for a long time that people who
respond to placebos also get more relief from narcotics than do those who don't show
the 'placebo effect'. Now research is being done to determine whether the placebo
response is all in the head or whether the inert pills have physical effects after all. -
Placebos may have more than just psychological effects
Irked meaning - Annoyed
Savory Meaning - Tasty
Pillar meaning - Column
Utter meaning - Complete
Periodic meaning - Recurring