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1 January,
2 March,
3 July,
4 December,
5 October
5 degrade
1 January,
3 Wednesday,
2 August,
4 October,
5 December
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YES or NO - Does RS.V.P. mean "reply not necessary"?
5. In the following set of words, which word is different from the others?
6. USUAL is the opposite of
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2 release.
3 risk.
4 venture,
2. CAPTIJRE is the opposite of
1 place,
3. Most of the items below resemble each other. Which one is least like the others?
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4 pack, 5 group
3 regular, 4 staunch,
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5 always
2 habitual,
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8. Look at the row of numbers. What number should come next?
9. CUENT
CUSTOMER - Do these words
1 have similar meanings,
~ have contradictory
10. Which word is related to smell as chew is to teeth?
11. AUI11MN is the opposite of
1 vacation,
8
4
2 stink,
3 spring,
2 summer,
1
3 mean
meanings,
1 sweet.
2
1/2
1/4
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neither the same nor opposite?
3 odor,
4 winter,
4 nose,
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5 clean
5 fall
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These boys are normal children. All normal children are active. These boys are active
1 secluded.
2 near,
3 far.
4 hasty,
5 exact
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2 false,
not certain?
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John is the same age as Sally. Sally is younger than BilL John is younger than Bill
eggs
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brackets; if false, put an (F) in the brackets.
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18. A boy is 5 years old and his sister is twice as old. When the boy is 8 years old, what will be the age of his sister?
19. IT'S
ITS - Do these words
1 have similar meanings,
2 have contradictory meanings,
20. Assume that the first 2 statements are true. Is the final statement
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15. Lemon candies sell at 3 for 10 cent:;. How much will11/2 dozen cost?
16. How many of the five items listed below are exact duplicates of each other?
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12. A plane travels 300 feet in 1/2 second. At this same speed, how many feet will it travel in 10 seconds?
13. Assume the first 2 statements are true. Is the final one:
1 true,
2 false,
not certain?
14. REMOTE is the opposite of
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23. Two of the following proverbs have the same meaning. Which ones are they?
1. Many a good cow hath a bad calf.
2. Uke father. like son ..
3. A miss is as good as a mne.
4. A person is known by the company he keeps.
5. They are seeds out of the same bowl.
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24. A watch lost 1 minute 18 seconds in 39 days. How many seconds did it lose per day?
25. CANVASS
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26. Assume the first 2 statements are true. Is the fina1 one:
meanings,
1 true,
3
mean neither the same nor opposite?
2 false,
not certain?
3
All students take tests. Some of the people in this room are students. Some of the people in this room take tests
27. In 30 days a boy saved $1.00. What was his average daily savings?
28. INGENIOUS
INGENUOUS - Do these words
. ·1 have similar meanings, .. 2 have contradictory
meanings,
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3 mean
neither the same nor opposite?
29. Two men caught 36 fish; X caught-5 times as many as Y. How many fish did Y catch?
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30.. A rectangular bin, completely filled, holds 800 cubic feet of grain. If the bin is 8 feet wide and 10 feet long, how deep is it?
31. One number in the following series does not fit in with the pattern set by the others. What should that number be?
1/2 1/4 1/6 1/8 1/9 1/12
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32. Answer this question by printing YES or NO. Does P.M. mean post merilJiem?
33. CREDITABLE
CREDULOUS - Do these words
1have similar
meanings,
2 have contradictory
34. A skirt requires 2 1/4 yards of material
3 mean
meanings,
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neither the same nor opposite?
.
How many can be cut from 45 yards?
.
35. A clock was exactly on time at noon on Monday. At 2 P.M. on Wednesday, it was 25 seconds slow. At that
same rate, how much did it lose in
1/2 hour?
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36. Our baseball team lost 9 games this season. This was 3/8 of all they played. How many games did they play this season?
37.
What is the next number in this series?
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make a perfect square. Draw such a line by joining two of the numbers. Then write the numbers as the answer
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39. Are the meanings of the followmg sentences
A new broom ~eeps
1 similar,
3 neither
2 contradictory,
similar nor contradictory?
clean. Old shoes are easiest
40. How many of the five items listed below are exact duplicates of each other?
Rexford,]. D.
Rockford,]. D.
Singleton, M. O.
Simbleten, M. O.
Richards, W. E.
Richard, W. E.
Siege~ A. B.
Seigel, A B.
Wood, A. O.
Wood, A. O.
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1. You cannot make a silk purse out of a sows ear.
2. He that steals an egg will steal an ox.
3. Aroning stone gathers no moss.
4. You cannot damage a wrecked ship.
5. It is the impossible that happens.
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44. Are the meanings of the following sentences
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t:Qesmallest amount?
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No honest person ever apologized for their honesty. Honesty is praised and starves.
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sells them. At what price per dozen must she sell the good ones to gain
1/3 of the
whole cost?
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2 companion,
3 covey, 4 crew, 5 conste11ati0!l ..:
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1 true,
2 f31se,
3 not certain?
41. Assume that the first 2 statements are true. Is the final one:
Great people are ridiculed. I am ridiculed. I am a great person
48. Three individuals form a partnership
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and agree to divide the profits equally. X invests $4,500, Y invests $3,500 and
Z invests $2,000. If the profits are $1,500, how much less does X receive than if the profits were divided in
proportion to the amount invested? ...............................................................................•..............................................................................
49. Four of the following 5 parts can be fitted together in such a way as to make a triangle. Which 4 are they?
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SO. In printing an article of 30,000 words, a printer decides to use two sizes of type. Using the larger type, a printed
page contains 1,200 words. Using the smaller type, a page contains 1,500 words. The article is allotted 22 pages
in a magazine. How many pages must be in the smaller type?
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