Quarantine Olympics Wonderlic Exam Questions and Answers Already Passed
1. A physical education class has three times as many girls as boys. During a class basketball game, the
girls average 18 points each, and the class as a whole averages 17 points per person. How many points
does each boy score on average? - Answers 1. Answer: 14. Since the class has three times as many girls
as boys, the class is composed of 75% girls and 25% boys. To find the number of points each boy scores
on average, we solve the following equation: 0.75*18 + 0.25*X = 17, where X is the number of points
each boy scores on average. Solving for X gives X = 14, so the boys average 14 points per game.
2. Randolph has 8 ties, 6 pairs of pants, and 4 dress shirts. How many days could he possibly go without
wearing the same combination of these three items? - Answers 2. Answer: 192 days. There are 48
different combinations of ties and shirts (8 different ties for each of the 6 pairs of pants), and then four
different shirts for each of these combinations. In numerical form: 8 x 6 x 4 = 192.
3. John is a mechanic. He makes $8.50 an hour, plus $3 extra for every oil change he performs. Last
week he worked 36 hours and performed 17 oil changes. How much money did he make? - Answers 3.
Answer: $357. John's base wage can be figured by multiplying his pay per hour by the number of hours
he worked: $8.50 x 36 = 306. His bonus for oil changes is calculated by multiplying the payment per oil
change by the number of oil changes performed: 17 x 3 = 51. These two products can then be added
together.
4. A box of staples has a length of 6 cm, a width of 7 cm, and a volume of 378 cm cubed. What is the
height of the box? - Answers 4. Answer: 9 cm. Volume is calculated as the product of length, width, and
height, so if height is set as Y: 6 x 7 x Y = 378. This can be rearranged to = Y = 9.
5. What is the average of all of the integers from 13 to 37? - Answers 5. Answer: 25. This kind of problem
can be easily solved by simply finding the average of the two extremes in the range: (13 + 37) / 2 = 25.
6. A basketball player averaged 20 points a game over the course of six games. His scores in five of those
games were 23, 18, 16, 24, and 27. How many points did he score in the sixth game? - Answers 6.
Answer: 12 points.
7. Arnold is about to go on a 500-mile car trip. His mechanic recommends that he buy a special highway
engine oil that will save him 50 cents in gas for every 25 miles of the trip. This new oil, however, will cost
$20. Is it worthwhile for Arnold to buy the oil if he has a coupon for $4 dollars off the price? - Answers 7.
Answer: No. Arnold will only save $10 by using the oil (.5 x ()), and this is still $6 less than the
cost of the oil.
If a cup of pancake mix makes 2 pancakes, how many pancakes can be made with 3 cups of pancake
mix? - Answers 6 pancakes
3 cups X 2 pancakes= 6
An airplane travels 100 miles per hour. How long will the airplane take to travel 300 miles? - Answers 3
hours
, 100/300= 3
A gallon of gas costs $2.50. How many gallons of gas can be purchased with $5? - Answers 2 gallons
2.50/5=2
A 10 year old Ford truck has 100,000 miles on the engine when the transmission fails on the truck. There
are two replacements available- one transmission will last for 20 years, or 50,000 miles, and the other
transmission will last for 8 years, or 75,000 miles. Given the current average yearly mileage on this truck,
which transmission would last the longest? - Answers The 8 year lifespan transmission will last the
longest, assuming that the mileage per year rate does not change.
A rocket engine that takes off from earth burns 10,000 pounds of fuel in 15 minutes, and is able to lift
20,000 pounds total for that time period (including the rocket fuel itself). If a payload that weighs20,000
pounds is needed to be transported for one hour, and unused rocket engines are dropped in stages after
their fuel has been exhausted, how many rocket engines must be used to transport the payload for that
time period? - Answers 30 rocket engines are required.
The first stage consists of 16 rockets, the second stage is 8 rockets, the third stage is 4 rockets, and the
final stage is 2 rockets
How many of the five pairs listed below are exact duplicates?
Bologna AND Balogna
Malicious AND Malicious
Firearm AND Fiream
Space Shuttle AND Space Huttle
Gray AND Green - Answers 1 match
malicious
months of the year have 31 days, and 4 have 30 days. What month has only 28 days? - Answers February
Do the words retire and inspire have?
opposite meanings,
similar meanings,
