Gary has only forty-eight dollars. If he borrows fifty-seven dollars from Jane and fifteen dollars from Jill, he can buy a bicycle that costs one hundred twenty dollars, (disregarding tax.)

Greg buys a bicycle for £2000.Greg pays a deposit for the bicycle and pays the rest of the cost in 6 equal payments of £250.Work out the ratio of deposit paid to the total cost of the bicycle.Give your answer in its simplest form.

A bicycle has a listed price of $508.95 before tax. If the sales tax rate is 8.25%, find the total cost of the bicycle with sales tax included.Round your answer to the nearest cent, as necessary.

Question 1Jill’s little brother Tom also wants to work in the shop, but her father says he is too young. Jill’s fatheris four times Tom’s age, and Jill is 7 years older than Tom. In 20 years, Jill’s father will only be twiceTom’s age. How old are they all?A. 9, 16 and 39B. 10, 17 and 40C. 15, 17 and 40D. 15, 17 and 45E. 15, 17 and 60Question 2A customer comes in and asks for change for a dollar. Jill has the largest number of coins possible tohave without them being enough to make up a full dollar. How many coins does she have?A. 1B. 2C. 4D. 18E. 19Question 3At the start of the day, she had seven blue shirts in stock. Over the course of the day she sold all butfive of them. How many blue shirts were left?A. 2B. 3C. 5D. 6E. 7Question 4A customer wants to buy a pair of cufflinks. The shop has eight pairs of silver cufflinks and eight pairsof mother of pearl cufflinks in a drawer, but they are all mixed-up. If the customer takes them out oneat a time without seeing inside of the drawer, how many will she have to take out before she has amatching pair?A. 2B. 3C. 4D. 5E. 6Time Allowed: 30 minTime Allowed: 30 minYear 8 Simulation Test - Verbal ReasoningYear 8 Simulation Test – Verbal Reasoning © JAC COM Victoria Page2Question 5Jill finds helping customers gratifying and finds restocking and shelving monotonous.Which one does she prefer?A. Helping customersB. Restocking and shelvingC. BothD. NeitherE. Impossible to sayQuestion 6Jill is meant to go home at 3.30pm, when one of her father’s part-time employees comes in. But theemployee is late, and she leaves at 3.51.The store’s clock is digital and in 24 hour time. If you turned his clock upside down, what time would itsay?A. 1530B. 1280C. 1580D. 1551E. 1221

Jack and Jill are saving for a rainy day and decide to put $50 away in their local bank every year for the next twenty-five years. The local Up-the-Hill Bank will pay them 7% on their account.  If Jack and Jill put the money in the account faithfully at the end of every year, how much will they have in it at the end of twenty-five years? Round your answer to the nearest dollar. (NOTE, do NOT include the dollar sign in your answer.)

Tina walks into Ted’s sporting goods store and buys a punching bag for $100. That $100 payment counts as _______________ for Tina and _______________ for Ted.  multiple choiceRents; profits.Expenditure; income.Value added; multiple counting.Income; expenditure.