1. Two-fifths of the caps in a box are red, one-fourth are blue, and the rest are green. What is the ratio of the green caps to the blue caps?   5:8   5:7   7:8   8:7   7:5   Hint Hint       2. If c carpenters can make t tables in d days, how many tables can 10 carpenters, working at the same rate, make in 30 days?   tc/(3d)   cd/(300t)   300cd/t   3tc/d   300t/(cd)   Hint       3. The arithmetic mean (average) of 9, 29 and y is 19. What is the value of y?   59   57   19   47   39   Hint       4. An employer wishes to distribute a total of $35,000 among four of his employees. What is the largest amount an employee will get if the money is distributed among them in the ratio of 1:2:3:4?   $3,500   $5,000   $7,000   $14,000   $20,000   Hint       5. If 6y − 4z = 47 and y + 11z = 2, what is the average (arithmetic mean) of y and z?   9   5   7   4.5   3.5   Hint       6. If 12x − 4y = 12, 4y − 11z = 17, and 11z − 4x = 11, what is the value of x?   40   cannot be determined   −8   5   8   Hint       7. Mary bought some eggs on Sunday. She used half of them on Monday. After using 3 more eggs on Tuesday, she was left with exactly one-third of the eggs. How many eggs did Mary buy?   10   12   16   18   24   Hint