:Q 1. A job can be completed by 12 men in 9 days. How many additional men would be needed to complete the job in 6 days? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 9 (d) 6 (e) 18 :RCD :Q 2. A pair of earrings costs a merchant $.69 At what price should he sell in order to make 40% profit on the selling price? (a) $.97 (b) $1.09 (c) $1.15 (d) $1.19 (e) $1.00 :RCC :Q 3. What single discount is equivalent to successive discounts of 30% and 10%. (a) 40% (b) 27% (c) 3% (d) 37% (e) 23% :RCD :Q 4. A new machine can do a certain job in 6 hrs. When an older machine is pressed into service, both machines can do the job in 4 hrs. How long would it take the older machine to do the job alone? (a) 2 hrs. (b) 4 hrs. (c) 10 hrs. (d) 11 hrs. (e) 12 hrs. :RCE :Q 5. An article is priced at $100 in two different stores. In store A, you get successive discounts of 20% and 20%. In store B, you get discounts of 35% and 3%. In which store do you save and how much? (a) A, $2 (b) A, 2% (c) B, $2 (d) B, $.95 (e) B, 3% :RCD :Q 6. In order to make a 30% profit, a dealer sells an article for $260. What did it cost? (a) $200 (b) $182 (c) $230 (d) $140 (e) $166 :RCA :Q 7. A certain type of toy costs a wholesaler $4.00 each. He sells these toys to a retailer at a 25% profit. When the retailer finds that he cannot sell these toys, he returns them to the wholesaler at a 25% loss. What does the wholesaler have to pay per toy? (a) $4.00 (b) $3.00 (c) $4.25 (d) $3.75 (e) $3.50 :RCD :Q 8. A plumber can install a sink in 2 hours. His apprentice can install the same sink in 3 hours. In how many hours can they install the sink working together? (a) 5 (b) 2 1/2 (c) 1 1/5 (d) 1 1/6 (e) 1 :RCC :Q 9. It takes 4 painters 12 days to paint a suite of offices. How many days would it take 6 painters to do the job? (a) 18 (b) 14 (c) 10 (d) 8 (e) 9 :RCD :Q 10. Three tractors can plow a certain field in 12, 20 and 24 hrs. respectively. How long would it take to plow the field if all the tractors were used at the same time? (a) 46 hrs. (b) 18 2/3 hrs. (c) 5 5/7 hrs. (d) 5 1/8 hrs. (e) 1 hrs. :RCC :ET :ET Copyright ARROW INSTRUCTIONAL SYSTEMS July 1983
