1. A password on Mr. Wallace's briefcase consists of 5 digits.

What is the probability that the password

contains exactly three digit 6?

A. 860/90,000
B. 810/100,000
C. 858/100,000
D. 860/100,000
E. 1530/100,000

Total # of 5 digit codes is 10^5, notice that it's not 9*10^4, since in a code we can have zero as the first digit.

# of passwords with three digit 6 is : each out of two other digits (not 6) has 9 choices, thus

we have 9*9 and is ways to choose which 3 digits will be 6's out of 5 digits we have.

Answer: B.

2. If , then y is NOT divisible by which of the following?

A. 6^4
B. 62^2
C. 65^2
D. 15^4
E. 52^4

Now, if you analyze each option you'll see that only is not a factor of , since the power
of 13 in it is higher than the power of 13 in .

Answer: E.
3. For the past k days the average (arithmetic mean) cupcakes per day that Liv baked was 55. Today Bibi
joined and together with Liv they baked 100 cupcakes, which raises the average to 60 cupcakes per day.
What is the value of k?
A. 6
B. 8
C. 9
D. 10
E. 12

Total cupcakes for k days was 55k, which means that total cupcakes for k+1 days was 55k+100. The new
average is (55k+100)/(k+1)=60 --> 55k+100=60k+60 --> k=8

Answer: B.
4. What is the smallest positive integer such that is the square of a positive integer?
A. 14
B. 36
C. 144
D. 196
E. 441

, so in order to be a square of an integer must complete the powers of 2 and

7 to even number, so the least value of must equal to 2*7=14, which makes the leas value of equal
to 14^2=196.

Answer: D.
5. There are 7 red and 5 blue marbles in a jar. In how many ways 8 marbles can be selected from the jar so
that at least one red marble and at least one blue marble to remain in the jar?
A. 460
B. 490
C. 493
D. 455
E. 445

Total ways to select 8 marbles out of 7+5=12 is ;

Ways to select 8 marbles so that zero red marbles is left in the jar is ;

Ways to select 8 marbles so that zero blue marbles is left in the jar is ;

Hence ways to select 8 marbles so that at least one red marble and at least one blue marble to remain the

jar is .

Answer: D.
6. A pool has two water pumps A and B and one drain C. Pump A alone can fill the whole pool in x hours, and
pump B alone can fill the whole pool in y hours. The drain can empty the whole pool in z hours, where z>x.
With pumps A and B both running and the drain C unstopped till the pool is filled, which of the following
represents the amount of water in terms of the fraction of the pool which pump A pumped into the pool?

A.

B.

C.

D.

E.
 With pumps A and B both running and the drain unstopped the pool will be filled in a

rate pool/hour. So, the pool will be filled in hours (time is

reciprocal of rate).

In hours A will pump amount of the water into the pool.

Answer: B.
7. Metropolis Corporation has 4 shareholders: Fritz, Luis, Alfred and Werner. Number of shares that Fritz
owns is 2/3 rd of number of the shares of the other three shareholders, number of the shares that Luis
owns is 3/7 th of number of the shares of the other three shareholders and number of the shares that
Alfred owns is 4/11 th of number of the shares of the other three shareholders. If dividends of $3,600,000
were distributed among the 4 shareholders, how much of this amount did Werner receive?
A. $60,000
B. $90,000
C. $100,000
D. $120,000
E. $180,000

Fritz owns is rd of the shares of the other three shareholders --> Fritz owns th of all shares;

Luis owns is th of the shares of the other three shareholders --> Luis owns th of all shares;

Alfred owns is th of the shares of the other three shareholders --> Alfred owns th of all
shares;

Together those three own th of all shares, which means that Werner owns .

Hence from $3,600,000 Werner gets .

Answer: D.
8. A set A consists of 7 consecutive odd integers. If the sum of 5 largest integers of set A is -185 what is the
sum of the 5 smallest integers of set A?
A. -165
B. -175
C. -195
D. -205
E. -215

Say 7 consecutive odd integers are: , , , , , , .

Question:

Given: --
> --> --
>
 Answer: D.

9. If x and y are negative numbers, what is the value of ?

A. 1+y
B. 1-y
C. -1-y
D. y-1
E. x-y

Note that . Next, since and then and .

So,

Answer: D.
10. If x^2<81 and y^2<25, what is the largest prime number that can be equal to x-2y?
A. 7
B. 11
C. 13
D. 17
E. 19

Notice that we are not told that and are integers.

means that and means that . Now, since the largest value of is
almost 9 and the largest value of is almost 10 (for example if ), then the largest value
of is almost 9+10=19, so the actual value is less than 19, which means that the largest prime that
can be equal to is 17. For example: and .

Answer: D.
11. In an infinite sequence 1, 3, 9, 27, ... each term after the first is three times the previous term. What is the
difference between the sum of 13th and 15th terms and the sum of 12th and 14th terms of the sequence?
A. 10*3^11
B. 20*3^11
C. 10*3^12
D. 40*3^11
E. 20*3^12

You don't need to know geometric progression formula to solve this question. All you need is to find the
pattern:

;
;
;
;
 ...
;

Answer: B.
12. x, y and z are positive integers such that when x is divided by y the remainder is 3 and when y is divided by
z the remainder is 8. What is the smallest possible value of x+y+z?
A. 12
B. 20
C. 24
D. 29
E. 33

Given , where is a quotient, an integer . Which means that the least value of is
when , in that case . This basically means that is less than . For example 3 divided by 4
yields remainder of 3.

Thus we have that:

is divided by the remainder is 3 --> minimum value of is 3;
is divided by the remainder is 8 --> minimum value of is 8 and minimum value of is one more
than 8, so 9 (8 divided by 9 yields the remainder of 8);

So, the smallest possible value of is 3+8+9=20.

Answer: B.

13. If , what is the product of the tens and the units digits of ?
A. 0
B. 6
C. 7
D. 12
E. 14

Apply : .

Next, .

Now, since has 2 and 5 as its multiples, then it will have 0 as the units digit, so will have two zeros in the

end, which means that will have 00-38=62 as the last digits: 6*2=12.

Answer: D.