Quantity A
Quantity B
(30)(2)
(15)(4)
Or, just use a bit of logic: 30 million times 2 million is 60 million
million
, and
15 million times 4 million is also 60 million
million
. (A “million million” is a
trillion, but this doesn’t matter as long as you’re sure that each Quantity will
have the same number of zeros.)
9.
147.
There are several patterns in the grid, depending on whether you look
by row or by column. Within each row, there are positive and negative terms
at the beginning that cancel each other. For example, in the first row, you have
–2 + 2 = 0 and –1 + 1 = 0. The only terms in the first row that contribute to
the sum are 3 and 4, in the far-right columns. The same is true for the other
rows.
Thus, the sum of the grid is equal to the sum of only the two far-right
columns. The sum in the first row in those columns is 3 + 4 = 7; the sum in
the next row is 6 + 8 = 14, etc. The sum in the final row is 18 + 24 = 42. Add
7 + 14 + 21 + 28 + 35 + 42 in your calculator to get 147.
10.
$2,575.
At the end of the first two weeks, Molly received $160. At the end
of the fourth week, she received $1, plus $160 for the total she had been paid
up to that point, for a total of $161. At the end of the sixth week, she received
$1, plus ($160 + $161), or $321, for the total she had been paid up to that
point, making the sixth week total $322. To keep track, put these values in a
table:
Week
#
Paid This
Week($)
Cumulative Pay Including This Week
($)
2
160
160
4
160 + 1 = 161
160 + 161 = 321
6
321 + 1 = 322
321 + 322 = 643
8
643 + 1 = 644
643 + 644 = 1,287
10
1,287 + 1 = 1,288
1,287 + 1,288 = 2,575
11.
(B).
In Quantity A,
= 0.0003, or 0.03 cents per word. In
Quantity B,
= 0.001, or 0.1 cents per word. Quantity B is greater.
Note that the calculation was not strictly necessary—it would have been more
efficient to notice that the book costs 24 times the story but has 80 times the
words. (Then remember to choose the greater number!)
12.
(A).
The ticket for the 4-year-old in Quantity B costs $0 (children under
age 5 attend free).
Quantity A: The price for tickets at the Natural History Museum on a
weekday for one 12-year-old and one 39-year-old = $7 + $14 = $21.
Quantity B: The price for tickets at the Natural History Museum on a
weekend for one 4-year-old, two 8-year-olds, and one senior over 65 years
old, after applying a coupon for $10 off the total cost is equal to ($0 + $9 + $9
+ $10) – $10 = $18.
Quantity A is greater.
13.
(D).
Even though the range of costs ($44 to $50) is fairly small, there is
still more than one possibility. A good way to work this out is to start with the
simplest scenario: 3 adults and 3 children. Their tickets would cost 3(9) + 3(6)
= $45. That’s in the range, so it’s one possibility.
Since children’s tickets are cheaper, you don’t want to add more children to
the mix (4 children, 2 adults will give you too small a total), but try switching
out 1 child for 1 adult.
For 4 adults and 2 children, tickets would cost 4(9) + 2(6) = $48. Thus,
Quantity A and Quantity B could be equal, or Quantity B could be greater, so
the relationship cannot be determined from the information given.
14.
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