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20SamplequestiontypesonPLI
Belowisasetof20questionsthatarelikethosethatappearonthePLI.Ifyouwanttoseewhatyou
wouldscore,setatimerto5minutesandanswerthequestionsasquicklyaspossible.
Writeeachoftheanswersdownonasheetofpapersoyoucancomparethemwiththeanswerkey(link
atthebottom.)
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Lookattherowofnumbersbelow.Whatnumbershouldcomenext?
20SamplequestiontypesonPLI
Assumethefirst2statementsaretrue.Isthefinalone:TheboyplaysfortheTigers.Allthe
playersontheTigerswearwhitesneakers.Theboywearswhitesneakers.
Papersellsfor21centsperpad.Whatwill5padscost?
Howmanyofthesixpairsofitemslistedbelowareexactduplicates?
PRESENT,RESENTDothesewords
Atraintravels20feetin1/5seconds.Atthisexactspeed,howmanyfeetwillittravelinthree
seconds?
Whenropeissellingat$.10afoot,howmanyfeetcanyoubuyforsixtycents?
Theeighthmonthoftheyearis:
Whichnumberinthefollowinggroupofnumbersrepresentsthesmallestamount?
Inprintinganarticleof48,000words,aprinterdecidestousetwosizesoftype.Usingthelarger
type,aprintedpagecontains1,800words.Usingsmallertype,apagecontains2,400words.The
articleisallotted21fullpagesinamagazine.Howmanypagesmustbeinsmallertype?
Threeindividualsformapartnershipandagreetodivideallprofitsequally.Xinvests$9,000,Y
invests$7,000andZinvests$4,000.Iftheprofitsare$4,800,howmuchlessdoesXreceivethan
iftheprofitsweredividedinproportiontotheamountinvested?
Assumethefirst2statementsaretrue.Isthefinalone:BengreetedBeth.BethgreetedBob.Ben
didnotgreetBob.
Aboyis16yearsoldandhissisteristwiceasold.Whentheboyis22yearsold,whatwillbethe
ageofhissister?
Oneofthenumberedfiguresinthefollowingdrawingismostdifferentfromtheothers.What
numberisthatfigure?
ThehoursofdaylightanddarknessinSEPTEMBERarenearestequaltothehoursofdaylight
anddarknessin:
Whatnumberisnextinthefollowingsequence:
Whichofthefollowingnumbersisleastliketheothers?
Whichletterismissingfromthegroupbelow?
InatypicalcityintheSouthernHemisphere,whichofthefollowingmonthsseesthemost
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FLAMMABLE,INFLAMMABLEDothesewords
SampleTestAnswerKey
1.1/27.Everynumberisdividedby3inthesequence.
2.1True.AllTigerswearwhitesneakersandtheboyisaTiger.
3.$1.05.21centsx5=105cents=$1.05.
4.One.LookcloselytheIandEareswitchedinthefirsttheGbecomesaCinthesecondthe
commaafterHoffisreplacedwithaperiodinthethirdtheRinWarnerbecomesanNinthe
fourthandPinoisPinainthefifth.Thesixthisidentical.
5.3Meanneitherthesamenoropposite.Lookthewordsupinthedictionary.Nothingalike.
6.300feet.20feetin1/5secondsbecomes100feetinonesecond(20x5=100.)So,100feetin
onesecondis300inthree(100x3=300.)
7.6feet.10centsafoot,20centsfor2feet,30centsfor3feet,etc.
8.August.TheeighthmonthoftheyearisAugust.
9..25.Theclosestnumbertozerointhegroupis.25.
10.17.Wewanttomaximizethesmallertypepagesbecauseusingthelargertypewouldusetoo
manypages.So,tryusingallsmalltype.Thatwouldbe2,400wordsx21pages=50,400words,
whichwouldleavetoomuchwhitespace.BecausetheLCDbetween1,800and2,400is7,200,
takeout4pagesforuseofthelargertype(1,800x4=7,200).Thatleaves17smallertype
pages17x2,400=40,800.Add7,200tothat(fromthelargertype)andyouget48,000words.
Hardestquestiononthistest.
11.$560.Iftheprofitsaresplitequally,eachguygets$4,800/3=$1,600.Iftheprofitsaresplit
proportionally,Xwouldreceive45percent($9,000/($9,000+$7,000+$4,000).So,45percentof
$4,800is.45x$4,800=$2,160.Justsubtract$1,600from$2,160andyouget$560.
12.3Notcertain.JustbecauseBenmetBeth,andBethmetBob,wedontknowifBeneven
knowsBob.
13.38.Ifthesisteristwiceasold,shes32.Theboywillbe22sixyearsfromnow,so32+6=38.
14.3.Allofthefigureshavefoursides,withtheexceptionofNo.3.
15.March.MarchandSeptemberhaveequalamountsofsunlightanddarknessonthe21stofeach
month.
16.17.321=31.312=29.293=26.264=22.So,thenextthingyousubtractis5.225=17.
17.10.Alloftheothernumbersareodd.
18.H.ReplaceAwith1,Bwith2,Cwith3,etc.Multiplythefirstcolumnbythesecondcolumntoget
thethird.D=4andB=2,so42=8.TheeighthletterofthealphabetisH.
19.August.TheSouthernHemisphereisoppositeoftheNorthern,sooursummeristheirwinter.
Augustistheonlymonthlistedremotelyclosetooursummer.
20.1Havesimilarmeanings.Flammableandinflammablemeantheexactsamething.

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