more bsat questions

Three blind mice have had their tails cut off with a carving knife. Blind Mouse A was clever enough to save the severed end. After reattachment surgery the tail had lost 15% of its original length. If before the operation, the severed end had been 4cm long and the total post-surgical length was 6.8cm, how long was the stump before surgery?

WEEKEND HALL OF FAME QUESTION of the DAY

Today the BSAT asks you to suss out a paranormal Sentence Improvement. This one's for all you precogs out there. Clairvoyance is another fine test-taking strategy, though not if you care about the result.

Fluffy is one of thousands of psychic cats who is ruthlessly exploited by her owner for her power to detect dead mice behind refrigerators.

100,000,000 Zhu Zhu Pets have been sold. Twenty-five percent are the Mr. Squiggles type (pictured below). Unfortunately, the Mr. Squiggles are alleged to contain dangerous levels of toxic antimony, which causes vomiting and diarrhea.  If 5% of little kids eat their Mr. Squiggles, how many end up yawning in technicolor?

Wednesday, November 11's College Board Question of the Day was...surprise!...BORING!!!:

"In a community of 416 people, each person owns a dog or a cat or both. If there are 316 dog owners and 280 cat owners, how many of the dog owners own no cat?" Today, giving credit where it's due, we "repurpose" the question as the BSAT math QoD.

In a certain ethnic restaurant serving 416 people, each dish contains dog, cat or both. If there are 316 customers who like canine and 280 "cat lovers", how many dog-o-philes eat no cat?

BSAT Hall of Fame Question from Oct. 2, 2009

Have you ever taken a Rohrschach test? You just look at an ink blot and say what it reminds you of. Then you get a score between 200 and 800. Today's Sentence Improvement.

Her Siamese cats born gruesomely attached, the psychiatrist should have chosen a different ink blot for Cynthia's Rohrschach test.