SCAT Quantitative 5

Question 1

Column A: The number of factors of 36. Column B: The number of factors of 48. Which is greater?

Accepted Answer

Column B is greater

Answer

Factors of 36: 1,2,3,4,6,9,12,18,36 = 9 factors; factors of 48: 1,2,3,4,6,8,12,16,24,48 = 10 factors; Column B is greater.

Question 2

A store sells apples in bags of 6. If a school needs 138 apples, how many complete bags must they buy?

Accepted Answer

23

Answer

138 ÷ 6 = 23 exactly, so they need 23 complete bags.

Question 3

Column A: (-3)² + 4. Column B: -(3²) + 4. Which is greater?

Accepted Answer

Column A is greater

Answer

Column A: 9 + 4 = 13; Column B: -9 + 4 = -5; Column A (13) is greater.

Question 4

What is the ratio of the area of a triangle with base 10 and height 6 to the area of a triangle with base 8 and height 9?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Answer

Area 1 = ½×10×6 = 30; Area 2 = ½×8×9 = 36; ratio 30:36 = 5:6; all listed forms are equivalent.

Question 5

If the pattern continues: 2, 6, 18, 54, ___, what is the next number?

Accepted Answer

162

Answer

Each term is multiplied by 3: 54 × 3 = 162.

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