question: There are 3 teams each with 6 basket players. How many combinations are there if we were to pick 2 players from the 3 teams such that no team was picked twice?
Options:
(A) 50
(B) 23
(C) 108
(D) 28
(E) 45
answer: Stream of consciousness: There are altogether three arrangements, which are we can select two members each from team A and B, each from team A and C, and each from team B and C. For each arrangement, there are altogether 36 possibilities (6*6) since each team has 6 players. So there are a total of 108 possibilities (36*3). I hope this method is easier for you to understand. The answer is (C).


q: If a man can cover 32 metres in one second, how many kilometres can he cover in 3 hours 45 minutes?
Options:
(A) 118 km
(B) 162 km
(C) 1767 km
(D) 432 km
(E) 177 km
a: Stream of consciousness: 32 m/s = 32 * 18/5 kmph
3 hours 45 minutes = 3 3/4 hours = 15/4 hours
Distance = speed * time = 32 * 18/5 * 15/4 km = 432 km. The answer is (D).


question: You are filling up your car with gas. Your tank can hold 19 gallons. Your car started with x gallons in it. You paid $20 in gas. What was the cost of gas per gallon?
Options:
(A) 19/20
(B) x/20
(C) (19-x) /20
(D) x-19) /20
(E) 19+20/x
answer: Stream of consciousness: Amount of gas you added to your car: 19-x
Price per gallon: (19-x)/20 The answer is (C).


q: Find the largest 4 digit number which isexactly divisible by 88?
Options:
(A) 7890
(B) 8900
(C) 9944
(D) 9976
(E) 10000
a: Stream of consciousness: Largest 4 digit number is 9999
After doing 9999 ÷ 88 we get remainder 55
Hence largest 4 digit number exactly divisible by 88 = 9999 - 55 = 9944 The answer is (C).


question: The edge of a cube is 3a cm. Find its surface?
Options:
(A) 24a8
(B) 24a4
(C) 24a1
(D) 54a2
(E) 24a7
answer: Stream of consciousness: 6a2 = 6 * 3a * 3a = 54a2 The answer is (D).


question: What is theleast number should be added to 1056, so the sum of the number is completely divisible by 23?
Options:
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 5
(D) 6
(E) 8
answer:

Show your work and conclude with the exact phrasing "Therefore, the final answer is [answer]." where [answer] is just the final number or expression that solves the problem.
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Stream of consciousness: (1056 / 23) gives remainder 21
21 + 2 = 23, So we need to add 2 The answer is (B).