Time: 70 minutes

You must show your work.  If you use a calculator, you must
state what keys you pressed, *and* what the calculator showed
as the answer.  If you merely state the right answer but show
no work to support it, or your work does not support your answer, 
you will not receive credit.

1. What day is 20 business days after Thursday, Feb. 23, 2006?  
   (Note: For purposes of this problem, a business day is a Monday,
   Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday.  So for instance 5 
   business days after Thursday, Feb. 23 is Thursday, March 2.)  
   Remember that February has 28 days in 2006.

   A. March 14
   B. March 15
   C. March 22
   D. March 23.

2. Which gives better value: a 5-ounce bottle of shampoo that
   costs $2, or an 8-ounce bottle of shampoo that costs $3?
   Do not use a calculator for this problem.

   A. The smaller bottle
   B. The larger bottle

3. What is the fallacy that *best* matches the mistake in reasoning
   displayed by the following argument?  (The ten fallacies discussed
   in the book are: Appeal to Popularity, False Cause, Appeal to
   Ignorance, Hasty Generalization, Limited Choice, Appeal to
   Emotion, Personal Attack, Circular Reasoning, Diversion
   (Red Herring), and Straw Man.)

   "You shouldn't let yourself get addicted to alcohol,
   because you don't want to be an alcoholic."

4. What is the fallacy that *best* matches the mistake in reasoning
   displayed by the following argument?

   "I believe in evolution, because there's no proof that
   people didn't evolve from apes."

5. If a pound of apples costs $1.37, and a British pound
   is worth $1.67, how many pounds of apples can I buy
   for 100 British pounds?  Round your answer to the nearest 
   whole number.

   A. 44
   B. 82
   C. 122
   D. 229

6. How many Canadian dollars can you buy with 100 Euros?
   (1 Euro equals 1.169 U.S. dollars; one U.S. dollar equals 
   1.336 Canadian dollars.)  Read the preceding sentence 
   carefully before you dive in and start doing calculations!
   Round your answer to the nearest whole number.

   A. 64
   B. 88
   C. 114
   D. 156

7. Most soda can contain 12 fluid ounces.  How many cubic
   inches do they contain?  Round your answer to the nearest
   whole number.  (One fluid ounce is 1.805 cubic inches.)

   A. 6
   B. 7
   C. 21
   D. 22

8. If you leave a 100 watt light-bulb burning all the time, how
   much does it cost you in dollars per day?  Assume that the 
   electric company charges you 10 cents per kilowatt-hour.  
   Do not use a calculator for this problem.  (There are 1000 
   watts in a kilowatt, and 24 hours in day.)

   A. 0.24 cents
   B. 2.4 cents
   C. 24 cents
   D. $2.40