Strategies for Women

These are questions that women found significantly more difficult than men, because women tend to rely on a more intuitive approach. However, after learning the strategies in this book, women scored just as high as men on these sections.

Sentence Completion
Choose the word or set of words that when inserted in the sentence best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
 * 1) The most ____ means of transportation in the world is the bicycle; indeed, no powered vehicle requires less energy to move as much mass over the same distance.

A. grandiose

B. infallible

C. efficient

D. engrossing

E. unstable
 * 1) The artistry of cellist Yo Yo Ma is essentially ____; the melodic line rises ____, imbued with feeling and totally lacking in apparent calculation.

A. carefree / stiffly

B. reserved / involuntarily

C. lyrical / passionately

D. detached / carefully

E. deliberate / methodically

Math

 * 1) Carol has twice as many books as Beverly has. After Carol gives Beverly 5 books, she still has 10 more books than Beverly has. How many books did Carol have originally?

A. 20

B. 25

C. 30

D. 35

E. 40
 * 1) 5 Δ 2

x 9

5,2□8

In the correctly computed multiplication problem above, if Δ and □ are different digits, then Δ =

A. 1

B. 5

C. 6

D. 7

E. 8
 * 1) If s equals ½ percent of t, what percent of s is t?

A. 2%

B. 200%

C. 2,000%

D. 20,000%

E. 200,000%

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