TOEFL Questions

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You have to actually count all the balls in the pyramid.
Simple way is to count the balls in each level.

So lower most level lets say 1st level has 4 x 4 balls; i.e. 16 balls
Similarly 2nd level has 3 x 3 balls; i.e. 9 balls.
3rd level has 2 x 2 balls; i.e. 4 balls.
The top most level has just 1 ball.

So the total number of balls is 16+9+4+1 = 30.

So the image has 30 Balls in all.

The ratio of X and Y ages at present is 4:5. 

Then, the ratio 20 years ago will not be more than the ratio at present.

So, from the options 9:10 is not satifying => its ratio is 0.9 which is greater than presnt ratio of 0.8.

We know that, a folder holds documents in the same way an envelope holds letters.

Hence, Folder : Document :: Envelope : Letter.

9 P in SS  is a short form for 9 Planets i  Solar System.

There are many more of this kind. Some of them are:

1. 7 C in a R        -    7 Colours in a Rainbow

2.  90 D in a R A   -    90 Degrees in a Right Angle

3.  52 W in a Y     -    52 Weeks in a Year

4.  5 C in an OF

5.  12 S of the Z

Any person can have only 1 birthday i.e, the day he was born. And every year we celebrate it's anniversaries.

The letters move two places backward each in the alphabet as given below:

 M→-2K

 P→-2N

Therefore,  D→-2B and G→-2E => BE