1. If 2 articles cost 8 cents, how much would 5 articles cost?

A. 4 cents
B. 10 cents
C. 16 cents
* D. 20 cents
E. 40 cents

2. A man was arrested for exceeding the speed limit by 10 miles

an hour. A second man
was charged with exceeding the same limit by twice as much. The
second man was driving
35 miles per hour. What was the speed limit?
A. 10 miles per hour
* B. 15 miles per hour
C. 20 miles per hour
D. 25 miles per hour
E. 30 miles per hour

3. A bookkeeper multiplied a number by three when it should have

been divided by three.
The answer she got was three. What should the answer have been?
* A. 1/3
B. 1
C. 3
D. 9
E. 27

4. A man on a motorcycle rides 110 miles in 330 minutes. What is

his average speed in
miles per hour?
* A. 20
B. 25
C. 30
D. 35
E. 40

5. A stationary engine has enough fuel to move 12 hours when its

tank is 4/5 full, how much hours will it run when the tank is 1/3
full
A. less than 2 hours
B. 2 hours
C. 3 hours
D. 4 hours
* E. 5 hours

6. The centre of a storm shifts 22.5 miles in 1 hour. At the same

rate what time will
it take to move 60 miles?
A. 2 1/3 hours
B. 2 1/2 hours
* C. 2 2/3 hours
D. 2 3/4 hours
E. 3 hours

7. A 3 gallon mixture contains one part S and two parts R. In

order to change it to
mixture containing 25% S, how much R should be added?
A. 1/2 gallon
B. 2/3 gallon
C. 3/4 gallon
* D. 1 gallon
E. 1 1/2 gallon

8. A bus left the station at 8.00 AM, on an outgoing trip that

covers 27 miles. After
a 30-minute stopover, it returned. On the outgoing trip it
averaged 18 miles per hour.
On the return trip, it averaged 50% faster. What time did it
return to the station?
A. 10.40 AM
* B. 11.00 AM
C. 11.20 AM
D. 11.40 AM
E. 12.00 PM
9. A tree grows only 3/5 as fast as the one beside it. In four
years the combined
growth of the two trees is eight feet. How much does the shorter
tree grow in two years

* A. Less than 2 feet

B. 2 feet
C. 2 1/2 feet
D. 3 feet
E. More than 3 feet

10. For a round trip, a car used 4 1/2 gallons of gasoline. If

it used 1/4 more
gasoline going than coming back, how much gasoline was used coming
back?
A. 1 1/4 gallons
B. 1 1/2 gallons
C. 1 3/4 gallons
* D. 2 gallons
E. 2 1/2 gallons
11. An ocean liner L miles from port steams toward port at 11
miles per hour. Another
ship leaves the same port and steams toward the ocean liner at 1
miles per hour. How
many miles away from the port will they meet?

A. 1 or less
B. Between I and J, closer to I
* C. Between I and J, closer to J
D. Exactly I
E. More than J

12. The lowest temperature during the night was only 1/3 than 1/2
high as the highest
temperature during the day. The two temperatures aded together
totaled 100 degrees.
What was the lowest temperature?
A. 30 degrees
* B. 40 degrees
C. 50 degrees
D. 70 degrees
E. 80 degrees

13. A family, planning a weekened top, decided to spend not more

than a total of