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ve possi
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s,one ofwhich i
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ect
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onont heatt
achedanswersheet .

1.Acert
ainani
malhasconsumed39kgoffoodinsi
xdays.I
fitcont
inuest
oeatatt
he
samer
ate,i
nhowmanymor edayswi
ll
itst
otal
consumpt
ionbe04kg?
'
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A)oday
s B)10day
s C)2day
s D)4day
s E)8day
s

2.Asum ofmoneydeposit
edatcompoundinter
estamount
st oBi
rr8820i
ntwoy
ear
s
andBi
rr9261i
n3year
sfindther
ateofi
nter
estcompoundedannual
l
y

A)6% B)10.
5% C)4.
5% D)5% E)10%

3. St oreowneri
spacki
ngsmal lr
adiosi
ntol
argerboxesthatmeasur
e25in.by42in.
by60in.Ift
hemeasurementofeachradi
ois7in.by6in.by5in.
,thenhowmanyradi
os
canbeplacedi
nthebox?

A)300 B)
200 C)
400 D)
150 E)
none

4. Asinkcont
ainsexact
ly12l
iter
sofwater
.Ifwateri
sdrai
nedfr
om t
hesinkunti
lit
hol
dsexactl
y6liter
sofwaterl
essthant
hequanti
tydrai
nedaway
,how manyli
ter
sof
waterwer
edrai
nedaway?

A)6l
i
ter
s B)9l
i
ter
s C)2l
i
ter
s D)3l
i
ter
s E)none
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v
:
.5.Astor
eowner
-deci
dedtorai
set
hepri
ceofapar
ti
cul
arit
em byexact
ly10%.Whi
chof
fol
lowi
ngisNOTt
henewpr i
ce?
A)Bi
rr1.
10 B)Bi r
r8.80 C)Bi
rr11.
00 D)Birr57.
70 E)Bi rr78.
10

6. Thescaleusedfordrawingamapstat
esthatt
heactual
distanceof50km is
Represent
edby1cm ont hemap.IfAddisAbabais15.14cm awayf rom Nazar
ethont
hemap
thenaccordi
ngtothescalewhatwi
l
lbetheactual
dist
ancebetweenAddisAbabaandNazar
eth?
'

A)75.
7km B)757cm C)758cm D)75km E)none

7. I
fa+b=10anda-b=20,
thenwhatwi
l
lbet
hev
alue ofa/
b?

A)10/20 8)1/3 C)-

1/3 D)-3 E)3
8. In-
acl assof52st udents31aret aki
ngmanagementcourse,12ar
et aki
ngmat
hemati
cs
cour
se.Oft hestudent
st akingmanagementormat hemat
ics,3aretaki
ngbothcour
ses.How
manystudentsar
enotr egist
eredi
neithercour
se?

A)6 B.
)12C)9D)17E)3

9. A piece ofworki
sdonebyAst
eri
n10day s.Thesamepiece ofwork i sdoneby
Al
emuin15day s,
inhowmanydayswil
lAst
erandAl emufi
nishthesameamountofwor
kift
hey
workt
ogether
?

A)10day
sB)8day
sC)12.
5day
s0)
13day
sF.
)None

fa-b= 3anda2-b2=36,
10.I thenf
indt
hesum ofbot
hthev
ari
abl
es ’
a'and *
b\

A)33 B)39C)12D)9E)
15

11. Whi
choft
hef
oll
owi
ngi
sgr
eat
ert
han14?

A)10/
20 B)5/
7 C)3/
9 D)2/
5E)none

12. 240 +240+240+240= A)8160 0)840C)242D)

240E)236

13. 64- 2% =A)46/8 8)3%C)3%D)4%E)none

14. I
fthesimpleint
er estonasum ofmoneyf
or2year
sat5%perannum i
sBir
r.50,
whatist
he
compoundint
erestont hesamesum ofmoneyatt
hesamerat
eannual
lyf
orthesametime

A)Bi
rr50 B)Bi
rr100 C)Bi
rr25 D)Bi
rr62.
5 E)none .
 15.nisani egerchosenatr
nt andom f
rom t
heset{
3,5,
7}pi
schosenatr
andom f
rom t
heset
{
2,4,6,
8,}Whatist
heprobabi
li
tythatn+p=9?

A)0.
2B)0.
25C)0.
33D)0.
45E)none

16. Adressonsal
einashopi smar kedatBirrY.Duri
ngthedi
scountsaleit
spri
ceisreduced
by20%.Staf
fsar
eallowedaf ur
ther10%r educti
onont hedi
scountedpri
ce.Ifast
affmember
buy
sthedresswhatwil
lshehavetopayintermsofY?
A)72%Y B)70% Y C)75%Y D)85%Y E)none

17.Di
vi
detheamountBir
r850amongAbebe,Bekel
eandChal
tusucht
hatAbeberecei
ves1/3ofthe
amountwhatBekel
erecei
vesandBekel
erecei
ves2/
3oftheamountwhatChalt
urecei
ves.The
amountr
ecei
vedbyBekeleis

A.Bi
rr108.
33 B)Bi
rr240 C)Bi
rr200 D)Bi
rr300 E)none

18.I
nwhatpropor
ti
onshouldwemi xt
hewheatofBir
r2.50perkgwi
tht
hewheatofBi
rr3.
50perkg
sucht
hattheresul
tantmi
xtur
eofwheatcost
sBirr3.
00perkg?
i

A)1:
1 B)1:
2 C)2:
1 D)1:
1.5 E)1.
5:1
, —

19. Pai
ntneedst
obet hinned.
toarat
ioof2partspaintt
o1.5part
swater
.Thepaint
erhas.
by
mist
akeaddedwatersothathehas6li
tersofpai
ntwhichi
shalfwat
erandhal
fpai
ntwhatmust
headdtomaketheproporti
onsoft
hemi xt
urecor
rect
?

A)1l
i
terpai
ntB)1l
i
terwat
er C)'
Ali
terwat
erandonel
i
terpai
nt

D)>2l
i
terpai
ntandonel
i
terwat
er E)1/l
i
terpai
nt

20. Whenawomenwei ghi

ng65kgisrepl
acedbyanotherwomen,t
hentheaver
agewei
ghtofa
groupof10womenisf
oundt obei
ncr
easedby1kg.Findoutthe;
weightoft
henewwomant hat
i
saddedt ot
hegr
oup.

A)65kg B)75kg C)85kg D)60kg E)none

21.Abankoff
ers5%compoundint
erestcal
cul
atedonhalf
-year
lybasi
s.Acustomerdeposi
tsBi
rr
st st
1600eachon1 Januaryand1 Julyofayear.Theamountofint
eresthewoul
dearnatthe
endoftheendofthey
earwil
lbe

A)120 B)121 C)160 D)240 E)none

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Quest
ions22-24ref
ertot
hefol
lowi
ngl
i
nechar twhichshowsannualpr
oduct
ionoft
hree
i
temsinthousandsofuni
tsdur
ingt
heyear2001-2004ofacert
aincompany

22. Ifi
tispr
edi
ctedt
hatproduct
ionofit
em Cincr
easesby25%f
rom 2004t
o2005whatwoul
dbe
thenumberofpr
oduct
ionofi
tem Aduri
ng2005?
Numberofi
temspr
oduceddur
ing2001-
2004

—■$— I
tem A

—SS—I
tem B

—5&—l
tem C

2001 2002 2003 2004

A)5025 B)6250 C)5250 D)6000 E)
none
23.
Whati
stheper
cent
agedecr
easei
nthepr
oduct
ionofi
tem Af
rom 2001t
o2002?

A)50% B)20% C)75% D)25% E)30%

24.
Whatwast
her
ati
oofpr
oduct
ionoft
hehi
ghestt
othel
owestpr
oduct
iondur
ing2003?

4
 A)3:
2 B)5:
3 C)7:
4 D)9:
5 E)none

25.
Todayi
sSundayaf
ter26day
sitwi
l
lbe,

A)Tuesday B)Sunday C)Monday D)Fr

iday E)can’
tdet
ermi
ne