Question 1
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Sturdy
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Round
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Cheap
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Little
Question 2
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Acquire
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Live in
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Forbid
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Belong to
Question 3
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Healthful
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Helpful
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Tasty
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Clean
Question 4
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Translate
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Scatter
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Wipe out
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Clame
Question 5
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Agreement
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Firmness
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Possibility
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Undercision
Question 6
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Gadget
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Priest
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bursemaid
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Beginner
Question 7
Question 8
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Empty
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Indistinct
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inexplicable
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nebulous
Question 9
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Accuse
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Insulant
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Offend
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injure
Question 10
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Start
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Change
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Continue
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Stop
Question 11
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Swelling
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Commotion
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Grease
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Anger
Question 12
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Tough
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Careful
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Cowardly
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Foolhardy
Question 13
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Direct
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Improve
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Weaken
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Stimulate
Question 14
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Devastate
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Clarify
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Scold
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Flatter
Question 15
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Foolish
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Informed
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Revealing
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Secretive
Question 16
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Confounding
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Imposing
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Sensational
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Enduring
Question 17
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Counsel Expertly
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Make young
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Scold
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Season
Question 18
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The wind is "VARIABLE" today
Answer
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Shifting
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Chilling
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Steady
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Mild
Question 19
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1. Two automobiles start together from the same place and travel along the same route. The first averages 40 miles per hour, the second 55 miles per hour. How many miles further along the route is the second auto at the end of 5 hours?
Answer
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55 x 5
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55 – 40
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55 x 5 – 40 x 5
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55/5 – 40/5
Question 20
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2.Find the total thickness of two pieces of wood that carpenter glued together if one is 5/16 inch thick and the other is 7/8 inch thick.
Answer
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1 ¼ inches
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1 3/16 inches
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1 1/8 inches
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1 5/8 inches
Question 21
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3.An average tub bath uses 8 gallons of water, and an average shower uses 6 gallons. To provide baths for 60 people, how much more water will be needed if tubs are used instead of showers?
Answer
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30 gallons
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120 gallons
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360 gallons
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480 gallons
Question 22
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4. A carpenter cut three 4’6” shelves from a 14” board. How long a piece was left over?
Question 23
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5. A father walks 36 miles in 12 hours while his son covers the same distance on a bicycle at twice the fathers rate of speed. at this rate, how many miles would the bicycle rider trave?
Answer
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54 miles
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52 ½ miles
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49 ½ miles
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48 miles
Question 24
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6. Out of 20 attempts, a basketball player scored 8 times. What is the percent of his chances did he score?
Question 25
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7. How many 36 passenger busses will it take to carry 144 people?
Question 26
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8. If 12 people are needed to run 4 machines, how many people are needed to run 20 machines?
Question 27
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9. A pole 24 feet high has a shadow 8 feet long. A nearby pole is 72 feet tall. How long is its Shadow?
Answer
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16 feet
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24 feet
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32 feet
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56 feet
Question 28
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10. John is paid $26.00 for 8 hours of work. How much should he be paid for working 37 hours at the same hourly wages?
Answer
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$127.00
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$135.25
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$120.25
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$118.50
Question 29
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11. Soup ordinarily priced at 2 cans for 33 cents may be purchased in lots of one dozen for $1.74. What is the savings per can when purchased this way.
Answer
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2/3 cents
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2 cents
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8 cents
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9 ½ cents
Question 30
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12. It costs John $13.50 to take Mary out for the evening. Sixty percent of this total was for theater tickets. What was the cost of each ticket?
Question 31
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13. If the following series will continue in the same pattern, what is the next number in the series: 1, 10, 7, 16 __ ?
Question 32
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14. Mary worked a total of 16 ½ during 5 days of the past week. What was her average work day?
Answer
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3 hours
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3 hrs, 15 mnts
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3 hrs, 18 mnts
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. 3 hrs, 25 mnts
Question 33
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1. The duty of the lighthouse keeper is to keep the light burning no matter what happens, so that ships will be warned of the presence of dangerous rocks. If a shipwreck should occur near the lighthouse, even though he would like to aid in the rescue off its crew and passengers the lighthouse keeper must…
Answer
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stay at his light.
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rush to their aid
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turn out the light
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quickly sound the siren
Question 34
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2. In certain areas, water is so scarce that every attempt is made to conserve it. For instance, on one oasis in the Sahara Desert, the amount of wáter necessary for each date pal is carefully determined. How much wáter is each tree given?
Question 35
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3. Twenty-five percent of all household burglaries can be attributed to unlocked doors or windows. Crime is the result of opportunity plus desire. To prevent crime, it is each individual’s responsibility to……
Answer
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Provide the opportunity
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provide the desire
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prevent the opportunity
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prevent the desire
Question 36
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4. From a building designer’s standpoint, three things that make a home livable are the client, the building site, and the amount of money the client has no spend. According to the passage, to make a home livable….
Answer
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the prospective piece of land make little difference.
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it can be built on any piece of land.
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the design must fit the owner’s income and site.
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the design must fit the designer’s income.
Question 37
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5. A business letter has a six parts instead of five. The extra part is called the inside address. It is placed just above the salutation. The other five parts as just the same as for the friendly letter. What is the extra part of a business letter?
Question 38
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6. When writing a letter you should use correct spelling, punctuation, capitalization, letter form, and paragraphing. When you have finished, read your letter through and rewrite it if you are not satisfied with any part of it. When should you rewrite your letter?
Answer
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when it's sounds good.
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when you use correct spelling
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if you are satisfied with all parts of it.
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if you are not satisfied with any parts of it.
Question 39
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7. Mineral-rich Zaire is one of the world’s most important sources of uranium. It also is a source of copper, tin, diamonds (mainly industrial) gold,cobalt, and zinc. Agricultural products include palm oil, and kernels, cottonseed, rubber, cotton lint, coffee, peanuts, sweet potatoes and yams and cassava. How Many cotton products does Zaire produce?
Question 40
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8. The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two senators fro each state, chosen by the people there of, for six years; each Senator shall have one vote. Immediately after the shall be divided as equally as may be divided into three classes. The seats of senators of the first class shall be vacant at the expiration of the four year, and of the third class at the expiration of the six year, that one third may be chosen every second year. The purpose of three classes is to….
Answer
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keep the senate at an equal level
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keep their term at six years
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so that one third may be chosen every second year
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provide the senators with one vote
Question 41
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1.When the temperature is 20 degrees Celsius ©, what is it on the Fahrenheit (F) scale? Use the following formula. F= (9/5 X C) + 32
Answer
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93 3/5 degrees
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78 degrees
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62 3/5 degrees
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68 degrees
Question 42
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2. The perimeter of a rectangle is 38 inches. If the length is 3 inches more than the width, find the width.
Answer
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17 ½ inches
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8 inches
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11 inches
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9.4 inches
Question 43
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3. Find the square root of 85 correct to the nearest tenth.
Question 44
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4. If 5x=30, then x is equal to:
Question 45
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5. What is the product of
(a-5) and (a+3)?
Answer
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a – 15
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a + 2ª – 15
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a – 2a-15
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a-2
Question 46
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6. Solve for z: 3z – 5 + 2z = 25 – 5z
Answer
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z =0
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z =3
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no solution
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z = -3