EMPOWER Aptitude Test

John buys 100 shares of stock at $100 per share. The price goes up by 10% and he sells 50 shares. Then, prices dropped by 10% and he sells his remaining 50 shares. How much did he get for the last 50?
5000
5500
4900
5050
4950
A teacher has 3 hours to grade all the papers submitted by the 35 students in her class. She gets through the first 5 papers in 30 minutes. How much faster does she have to work to grade the remaining papers in the allotted time?
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
A satellite in a circular orbit rotates around the Earth every 120 minutes. If the Earth’s radius is 4000 miles at sea level, and the satellite’s orbit is 400 miles above sea level, approximately what distance does the satellite travel in 40 minutes?
1400 miles
9210 miles
4400 miles
4120 miles
8000 miles
Sheila, Janice, and Karen, working together at the same rate, can complete a job in 3 1/3 days. Working at the same rate, how much of the job could Janice and Karen do in one day?
1/5
1/4
1/3
1/9
1/8
A box of laundry detergent contains 16.5 oz of product. What is the maximum number of loads that can be washed if each load requires a minimum of 3/4 oz of detergent?
10
50
22
18
16.5
A blouse normally sells for $138, but is on sale for 25% off. What is the cost of the blouse?
67
103.50
34.50
113
125
A crane raises one end of a 3300 lb steel beam. The other end rests upon the ground. If the crane supports 30% of the beam’s weight, how many pounds does it support?
330 lbs
990 lbs
700 lbs
1100 lbs
2310 lbs
A taxi service charges $5.50 for the first 1/5th of a mile, $1.50 for each additional 1/5th of a mile, and 20 cents per minute of waiting time. Joan took a cab from her place to a flower shop 8 miles away, where she bought a bouquet, then another 3.6 miles to her mother’s place. The driver had to wait 9 minutes while she bought the bouquet. What was the fare?
$20
120.20
$92.80
$91
$90
In a certain recipe that produces enough for 8 servings, 1/2 cup of sugar is required. If you were asked to expand this recipe so that it could serve 26 people, how much sugar would be required?
1 5/8 cups
6 1/2 cups
2 cups
3 1/4 cups
none of the above
A certain company sells tea in loose leaf and bagged form, and in five flavors: Darjeeling, earl grey, chamomile, peppermint, and orange pekoe. The company packages the tea in boxes that contain either 8 ounces of tea of the same flavor and the same form, or 8 ounces of tea of 4 different flavors and the same form. If the order in which the flavors are packed does not matter, how many different types of packages are possible?
12
15
20
25
30
Karen sold her house at a loss of 25 percent of the price that she originally paid for the house, and then bought another house at a price of 30 percent less than the price she originally paid for her first house. If she sold the first house for $225,000, what was her net gain, in dollars, for the two transactions?
$15 000
$25 000
$60 000
$75 000
$90 000
A certain pet store sells only dogs and cats. In March, the store sold twice as many dogs as cats. In April, the store sold twice the number of dogs that it sold in March, and three times the number of cats that it sold in March. If the total number of pets the store sold in March and April combined was 500, how many dogs did the store sell in March?
80
100
120
160
180
Each month, Renaldo earns a commission of 10.5% of his total sales for the month, plus a salary of $2,500. If Renaldo earns $3,025 in a certain month, what were his total sales?
5000
4500
6200
5500
5900
A piece of wire, 536 cm long is cut into two parts such that the longer part is 3 times as long as the shorter part. What are the lengths, in cm, of the two parts?
134 cm and 402 cm
144cm & 392cm
128cm and 408cm
124cm and 412cm
none of the above
On Monday, students saw 15 birds at the feeder. On other days they saw, 12, 13, 19, and 20 birds. They saw fewer birds on Wednesday than on Monday. Friday they saw the most birds. How many birds did they see Thursday?
12
13
14
19
20
Yoko read four books. Emily read two more than twice the number of books that Yoko read. Mia read one less than the number Yoko read. How many books did each person read?
Yoko-5, Emily-10, Mia-7
Yoko-4, Emily-10, Mia-3
Yoko-4, Emily-7, Mia-10
Yoko-5, Emily-8, Mia-9
Yoko-4, Emily-10, Mia-8
At the office supply store, a box of 25 pens costs $7.19, a box of 50 pens costs $10.78, a box of 75 pens costs $14.53, a box of 100 pens costs $22.50, and a box of 125 pens costs $26.25. Which box has the cheapest per pen cost?
Box of 25
Box of 50
Box of 75
Box of 100
Box of 125
What is the next-highest prime number after 67?
68
69
71
73
76
James is able to sell 15 of Product A and 16 of Product B a week, Sally is able to sell 25 of Product A and 10 of Product B a week, and Andre is able to sell 18 of Product A and 13 of Product B a week. If Product A sells for $35.75 each and Product B sells for $42.25 each, what is the difference in the amount of money earned between the most profitable and the least profitable seller?
$91.00
$97.50
$104.00
$119.50
$123.50
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