question: Let us say that a table tennis tournament was going on with knock out terms which means the one who loses the match is out of the tournament. 55 players took part in that tournament. How many matches were played?
Options:
(A) 90 matches
(B) 95 matches
(C) 99 matches
(D) 85 matches
(E) 87 matches
answer: Stream of consciousness: A 54 matches. The number of matches will always sum up to one less than the number of players in a knock out tournament. You may calculate it in any manner. Thus 54 matches were played. The answer is (A).


q: Twenty percent of Country Y's yearly exports come from fruit exports. One-sixth of all fruit exports from Country Y are orange exports. If country Y generates $3 million from its orange exports, how much money does it generate from its yearly total of exports?
Options:
(A) $21.25m
(B) $25.5m
(C) $90m
(D) $127.5m
(E) $153m
a: Stream of consciousness: 2/10*1/6*(total) = 3
1/30*(total) = 3
(total) = 3*30 = 90 The answer is (C).


question: If rupee one produces rupees nine over a period of 42 years, find the rate of simple interest?
Options:
(A) 22 1/7 %
(B) 22 3/2 %
(C) 21 3/7 %
(D) 22 1/2 %
(E) 22 1/2 %
answer: Stream of consciousness: 9 = (1*42*R)/100
R = 21 3/7 % The answer is (C).


q: In how many different number of ways 6 men and 2 women can sit on a shopa which can accommodate persons?
Options:
(A) 200
(B) 1680
(C) 240
(D) 250
(E) 260
a: Stream of consciousness: 8p4 = 8 X 7 Ã— 6 Ã— 5 = 1680 The answer is (B).


question: Find the number of zeroes in the expression 15*32*25*22*40*75*98*112*125
Options:
(A) 9
(B) 8
(C) 7
(D) 6
(E) 5
answer: Stream of consciousness: Maximum power of 5 in the above expression can be calculated like this. Count all the powers of 5 in the above expression. So number of zeroes are 9. The answer is (A).


question: A women purchased 3 towels @ Rs.100 each, 5 towels @ Rs.150 each and two towels at a certain rate which is now slipped off from his memory. But she remembers that the average price of the towels was Rs.155. Find the unknown rate of two towels?
Options:
(A) A) 400
(B) B) 450
(C) C) 500
(D) D) 550
(E) E) 600
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: 10 * 155 = 1550
3 * 100 + 5 * 150 = 1050
1550 – 1050 = 500 The answer is (C).