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  1. A clock shows 3:15. What is the angle between the hour and minute hands?

    Answer: 7.5°

    At 3:15, the minute hand is at 90° and the hour hand is at 97.5°, giving a difference of 7.5°.

  2. Which figure does NOT belong: Triangle, Rectangle, Pentagon, Cube, Hexagon?

    Answer: Cube

    A cube is a 3-dimensional solid; all others are 2-dimensional plane figures.

  3. If APPLE is coded as BQQMF, what is the code for MANGO?

    Answer: NBOHP

    Each letter is shifted one place forward in the alphabet: M→N, A→B, N→O, G→H, O→P = NBOHP.

  4. A train travels 300 miles in 5 hours. Another train covers the same distance in 4 hours. How much faster (mph) is the second train?

    Answer: 15 mph

    First train: 60 mph; second train: 75 mph; difference = 15 mph.

  5. Three boxes contain apples, oranges, and a mix. All labels are wrong. You pick one fruit from the box labeled 'Mix' and it's an apple. What does the 'Apples' box contain?

    Answer: Mix

    Since the 'Mix' box is mislabeled and holds apples, and 'Apples' must be wrong too, 'Apples' holds the mix.

  6. Which number best continues the series: 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, __?

    Answer: 36

    The series is perfect squares: 1², 2², 3², 4², 5², 6² = 36.

  7. If it takes 5 machines 5 minutes to make 5 widgets, how long does it take 100 machines to make 100 widgets?

    Answer: 5 minutes

    Each machine makes 1 widget in 5 minutes; 100 machines produce 100 widgets simultaneously in 5 minutes.