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Question 1143606: The Fibonacci sequence involves taking two previous numbers and adding them together to get the next. If the first two Fibonacci numbers are 0 and 1, what is the mean of the first five Fibonacci numbers?
A)5/6
B)7/6
C)7/5
D)1
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Question 1143605: Sara is stuck in a circular field , she knows that the area of the circular field is 100 square meters. She walks at a speed of 10 meters per minute. How long will it take her to walk from one end of the circular field to the other end assuming she must cross through the center?
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Question 1143604: A circle is inscribed in a square. What is the probability that a penny, if thrown, will fall in the shaded region?
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Question 1143604: A circle is inscribed in a square. What is the probability that a penny, if thrown, will fall in the shaded region?
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Question 1143603: The wheels of a car have a diameter of 10meters. If the speed of the car is 50 meters per hour, hoe many revolutions does one whelk make in one hour?

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Question 1143602: If the average of 11 numbers is 15, then what is the sum of these 11 numbers?
A)26
B)121
C)165
D)225
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Question 1143607: If
1 slack = x vaks
9 vaks= 12 hips
How many slacks are in 24 hips?
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Question 1143598: A trapezoid has a base length in the ratio of 2:6. If the area of the of the trapezoid is 260 and the altitude is 5, then what is the length of the longer base?
A)20
B)26
C)65
D)78
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Question 1143628: If I increase the size of a ball by 50% two times in a row, what is the percent increase assuming that the initial size of the ball was 20?
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Question 1143630: For how many values of x is the function not equal to 1?
F(x)= (x-3) / (x-3)
A)0
B)1
C)2
D)3
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Question 1143632: A rectangle is drawn on a coordinate plane. I have the coordinates of one corner of the rectangle is (0,-5) and the coordinates of the opposite corner is (7,3), Then what is the area of the rectangle
A)-21
B)21
C)56
D)105
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Question 1143631: An octagon, a triangle and a circle all have the same distance around That's perimeter for the octagon and triangle, and circumference for the circle). Which is true of the areas of these shapes. (O=area of octagon, T= area of triangle and c= area of circle)
E) O < C < T
F) O = T = C
G) C > T = C
H) C > O > T
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Question 1143629: The least common multiple of two numbers x and y can be represented by: LCM(x,y)
If we can find integers, a and b for both x and y respectively such that ax=by=LCM(x,y),then ax or by is the least common multiple of x and y.
What is the least common multiple of √2 • ▢?
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Question 1143711: If a fish tank holds 6912 in.³ of water, how many cubic feet of water are there in the Fishtank ?
A)3
B)3.25
C)4
D)576
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Question 1143714: S=( 11,12,13,14,15). The median of the set S is equal to the mean of the set T, which consists of 11 consecutive positive integers. What is the largest integer of the set T?
A)19
B)18
C)17
D)16
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Question 1143712: In a period of 2 hours, Dan can make 60 charms , While in the same amount of time Carvil can make 80. If Dan works alone, how many hours will it take to him to make 140 charms?
A)4 hours
B)4hr 20 min
C)4hr 40 min
D)5 hrs 20 min
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Question 1143713: A trapezoid And a rectangle have the same area and the same height H, if the bases of the trapezoid are A and (A + 10), what is the width of the rectangle in terms of A?
A)A+3
B) A+5
C)A+10
D)A+12
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Question 1143710: Ann has a piggy bank with 48 coins, all of which are dimes and nickels. The total amount of money in the piggy bank is $3.90. How many more dimes are there than Nickles?
A)20
B)18
C)14
D)12a
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Question 1143708: The average of a set of 6 numbers is 3.5. If the number is 4.2 is added to the set , what is the average of the new set of numbers?
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Question 1143708: The average of a set of 6 numbers is 3.5. If the number is 4.2 is added to the set , what is the average of the new set of numbers?
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Question 1143707: If M is 20% less than N, what is the ratio of M to N?
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Question 1143707: If M is 20% less than N, what is the ratio of M to N?
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Question 1143706: a square consists of 25 equal size blue square tiles. if we need to make a border around the square using white tiles of the same size how many white times will we need?
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Question 1143718: |2p+4|<3
What is the smallest integer p that will make this inequality true?
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Question 1143726: Mr. Allen needs 100 mL of a solution that is 30% vinegar, 15% lemon juice, and 55% water. How much of solution A will Mr. Allen need to make his cleaning solution?
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Question 1143739: A box contains 7 red cards, 2 blue cards, 3 green cards. What is the he smallest number of cards we must take from the box to make sure that we have 2 red cards?
A)2
B)4
C)5
D)7
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Question 1143740: A is a two digit positive integer and B is a three digit positive integer. What is the largest possible difference between B and A?
A)999
B)998
C)989
D)988
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Question 1143738: A circle is divided into 20 equal sectors. What is the degree measure of the central angle is each sector?
A)10
B)16
C)18
D)20
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Question 1143741: A pie Is cut in such a way that one piece, which is 1/4 of the pie, is twice as large as each of the other pieces. How many pieces of pie are there?
A)4
B)5
C)6
D)7
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Question 1143742: How many boys are there in a group of 27 students if there are four-fifths as many girls as there are boys?
A)8
B)10
C)12
D)15
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Question 1143742: How many boys are there in a group of 27 students if there are four-fifths as many girls as there are boys?
A)8
B)10
C)12
D)15
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Question 1143742: How many boys are there in a group of 27 students if there are four-fifths as many girls as there are boys?
A)8
B)10
C)12
D)15
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Question 1143743: A group of workers produce 2000 lamps per month. Their output was increased by 10% which demanded a production increase of 40 lamps per worker. How many workers are there in the group?
A)4
B)5
C)6
D)more than 10
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Question 1143735: My favorite number is 26 less than 3 times my favorite number. What is my favorite number?
A)17
B)13
C)10
D)7
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Question 1143737: If | x-2 | >0, which of the following cannot be true?
A)x>2y
B)x<2y
C) x=2y
D)x=17
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Question 1143737: If | x-2 | >0, which of the following cannot be true?
A)x>2y
B)x<2y
C) x=2y
D)x=17
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Question 1143744: It was 2:15 on Annie’s watch when she left her house to go to the library. While at the library she adjusted her watch by setting it forward from 2:40 to 2:49. It was 3:09 on her watch when she returned home. For how many minutes was Annie away from home?
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Question 1143736: A rectangle (not shown) has a perimeter of 24 inches. If 1 in.² squares are cut out of each corner of the rectangle, what is the perimeter of the resulting figure?
A)20
B)24
C)26
D628
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