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| 1. | A dieter has portioned out the day's calories into five small meals. For the first meal he eats one third of the total calories. For the next meal he eats a quarter of what is left. For the third meal he eats two fifths of the remaining calories. For the fourth meal he eats half of what he has left. He now has 180 calories remaining. How many calories has he eaten? |
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1020 (1200 → 800 → 600 → 360 → 180) | |
| 2. | Chang was introduced at a special offer price. 20 bottles were sold at 44 baht each, and after the special offer finished, a further 52 were sold at the regular price. The average amount paid for Chang was 70 baht. What was the regular price of Chang? |
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80 baht ((52+20)×70=5040, 20×44=880, (5040-880)=4160, 4160÷52=80) | |
| 3. | In a child’s bedroom there is a row of seven cuddly toys. The Toad is between the Elephant and the Fox. The Dog is at the beginning of the row. The Bear is before the Rabbit, and the Monkey is between the Elephant and the Dog. What is the order of the seven toys? |
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Dog, Monkey, Elephant, Toad, Fox, Bear, Rabbit. | |
| 4. | What single 3-letter word goes after tar, and before gent to make one 6-letter and one 7-letter word? |
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Tan (Tartan/Tangent) | |
| 5. | Each letter is related to its preceding digits. What number and letter continues this sequence? 12 T 17 E 22 F 27 N ? ? |
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32 F (The numbers increase by five. The letters are the first letter of the number found by adding the two digits together.) | |
| 6. | Bus timetable: What time does the bus to Songkhla depart? Krabi - 11:18 Lampang - 12:01 Phuket - 16:08 Rayong - 18:01 Songkhla - |
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19:15 (The alphabetical value of the first letter gives the hour and the alphabetical value of the second letter gives the minutes.) | |
| 7. | If 11 + 3 = 2, 12 + 1 = 1, 6 + 4 = 10, and 9 + 7 = 4, what does 7 + 6 = ? |
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1 (on a clock) | |
| 8. | Santa prefers candy cane to mixed nuts, apple pie to fruitcake, roast turkey to Beef Wellington. Will he prefer mince pies, Dundee cake, or Christmas pudding? |
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Dundee cake (He prefers things with three syllables) | |
| 9. | Only one of these three statements is true. In which box is the car? |
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2 (If in box 1, then 1 and 2 are correct. If in box 3, then 2 and 3 are correct. If in box 2, only 3 is correct.) | |
| 10. | One portion of king prawns and three portions of fried rice costs 410 baht. Two curry sauce and two portions of fried rice costs 360 baht. One portion of king prawns, two portions of fried rice and a curry sauce costs 430 baht. What are the individual prices for each portion of prawns, curry sauce, and fried rice? |
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Prawns - 170, Curry sauce - 100, Fried rice - 80. | |
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