Math Aptitude Test #2
Answer Key



  1. December and January.
  2. good.

  3. They did not play each other.
  4. There were just three women -- grandmother, mother, daughter.

  5. Neither is correct -- 9 + 5 = 14.
  6. 5 1/3

  7. Ohio, Iowa.
  8. One.

  9. House Numbers.
  10. 2 or 14, depending on the type of clock that he has.

  11. All animals -- houses can't jump.
  12. Find the area of a triangle whose sides are 13, 18, and 31 inches.

  13. Wrong.
  14. ONE WORD.

  15. Colors of the Rainbow.
    Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet.
  16. B A N A N A (Cross out the letters: S I X L E T T E R S)

  17. They were triplets.
  18. The match.

  19. Because the poor didn't have any money.
  20. They are the first names.

  21. Eskimo is at the North Pole; Penquins are at the South Pole.
  22. They don't exist.

  23. 8.
  24. Both are correct (but they have different meanings):
    (A) Susie loves Elvis more than she loves me.
    (B) Susie loves Elvis more than I love Elvis.

  25. 4, 5, and 6 = 15.
  26. (B) si

  27. You don't bury the survivors.
  28. A L B U M E N (NOT yolk! -- that's the yellow part!)

  29. 8.
  30. They were facing each other.

  31. 60. Calling a cow a horse doesn't make it a horse.
  32. When they meet, they are the same distance from St. Louis.

  33. Just one. After that, his stomach isn't empty.




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