WONDERLIC TEST QUESTIONS ANS

WONDERLIC TEST QUESTIONS ANS

CORRECT ANSWERS

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? - Correct Answer: 14

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? - Correct Answer: 192 days

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? - Correct Answer: $357 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? - Correct Answer: 9cm

What is the average of all of the integers from 13 to 37? - Correct Answer: 25

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? - Correct Answer: 12 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? - Correct

Answer: No

Denotation - Correct Answer: the literal or primary meaning of a word

What is the GCF (greatest common factor)? - Correct Answer: the greatest factor that divides two numbers 1 / 2

What does connotation mean? - Correct Answer: Implied meanings or emotions which the word makes you think

What is a noun? - Correct Answer: a person, place or thing

What is a verb? - Correct Answer: An action word..

What is an adjective? - Correct Answer: describes a noun

What is the absolute value of a number? - Correct Answer: a distance from zero, not its value.

castigate - Correct Answer: punish

capitulate - Correct Answer: to surrender or stipulate terms

candor - Correct Answer: the quality of outspokeness

blemish - Correct Answer: a mark that mars beauty

botany - Correct Answer: the science that treats plants

braggart - Correct Answer: a vain boaster

cajole - Correct Answer: to impose or dupe by flattering speech

ameliorate - Correct Answer: to relieve from pain or hardship

amateur - Correct Answer: practicing an art or occupation for the love of it, but not as a profession

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