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KARACHI

MATHS BOOK
MCQS BANK
TABLE OF CONTENTS
01 SIMPLIFICATION
35 PROPORTION

04 ALGEBRAIC IDENTITIES
38 TIME, SPEED AND DISTANCE

07 INEQUALITY and MODULUS

43 WORK AND TIME

12 Surd and Indices

48 WORD PROBLEM

14 Integers and Numbers

51 PROBABILITY

19 Averages 53 PROBLEM ON NUMBERS

24 FRACTION
62 MEAN, MEDIAN, AND
MODE

28 PERCENTAGE
64 COMBINATION

32 Ratio and Proportion

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ALGEBRAIC WORLD PROBLEMS

Simplification
1. A man has Rs.480 in the denominations of one-rupee notes, five-rupee notes and ten-rupee
notes. The number of notes of each denomination is equal. What is the total number of notes that
he has ?

A. 45
B. 60
C. 75
D. 90

2.There are two examinations rooms A and B. If 10 students are sent from A to B, then the number
of students in each room is the same. If 20 candidates are sent from B to A, then the number of
students in A is double the number of students in B. The number of students in room A is:

A. 20
B. 80
C. 100
D. 200

3. The price of 10 chairs is equal to that of 4 tables. The price of 15 chairs and 2 tables together is Rs.
4000. The total price of 12 chairs and 3 tables is:

A. Rs. 3500
B. Rs. 3750
C. Rs. 3840
D. Rs. 3900

4. If a - b = 3 and a2 + b2 = 29, find the value of ab.

A. 10
B. 12
C. 15
D. 18

5. The price of 2 sarees and 4 shirts is Rs. 1600. With the same money one can buy 1 saree and 6
shirts. If one wants to buy 12 shirts, how much shall he have to pay ?

A. Rs. 1200
B. Rs. 2400
C. Rs. 4800
D. Cannot be determined
E. None of these

6.A sum of Rs. 1360 has been divided among A, B and C such that A gets of what B gets and B gets
of what C gets. B's share is:

A. Rs. 120
B. Rs. 160

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C. Rs. 240
D. Rs. 300

7. One-third of Rahul's savings in National Savings Certificate is equal to one-half of his savings in
Public Provident Fund. If he has Rs. 1,50,000 as total savings, how much has he saved in Public
Provident Fund ?

A. Rs. 30,000
B. Rs. 50,000
C. Rs. 60,000
D. Rs. 90,000

8. A fires 5 shots to B's 3 but A kills only once in 3 shots while B kills once in 2 shots. When B has
missed 27 times, A has killed:

A. 30 birds
B. 60 birds
C. 72 birds
D. 90 birds

9. Eight people are planning to share equally the cost of a rental car. If one person withdraws from
the arrangement and the others share equally the entire cost of the car, then the share of each of
the remaining persons increased by:

A. 1/7
B. 1/8
C. 1\9
D. 7\8

10. To fill a tank, 25 buckets of water is required. How many buckets of water will be required to fill
the same tank if the capacity of the bucket is reduced to two-fifth of its present ?

A. 10
B. 35
C. 62.5
D. Cannot be determined
E. None of these

11. In a regular week, there are 5 working days and for each day, the working hours are 8. A man
gets Rs. 2.40 per hour for regular work and Rs. 3.20 per hours for overtime. If he earns Rs. 432 in 4
weeks, then how many hours does he work for ?

A. 160
B. 175
C. 180

12. Free notebooks were distributed equally among children of a class. The number of notebooks
each child got was one-eighth of the number of children. Had the number of children been half, each
child would have got 16 notebooks. Total how many notebooks were distributed ?

A. 256
B. 432

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C. 512
D. 640

13. A man has some hens and cows. If the number of heads be 48 and the number of feet equals
140, then the number of hens will be:

A. 22
B. 23
C. 24
D. 26

14.David gets on the elevator at the 11th floor of a building and rides up at the rate of 57 floors per
minute. At the same time, Albert gets on an elevator at the 51st floor of the same building and rides
down at the rate of 63 floors per minute. If they continue travelling at these rates, then at which
floor will their paths cross ?

A. 19
B. 28
C. 30
D. 37

15. If x + y = 5 and 3x + 2y = 20, then 3x + y will be equal to

a. 10
b. 15
c. 20
d. 25

16. If 2L+ 3m = 18 and 2L - m = 2, then 2L + m = ?

A) 6
B) 7
C) 10
D) 20

17. If 5y + z = 19 and y - 3z = 7, then y +z =

A) -4

B) -1

C) 3

D4

E) cannot be determined with given information

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Algebraic Identities

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INEQUALITY and MODULUS

1. If x + y = 13 and x < 7, then which of the
following must be true?
7. If 0 < xy and y < 0, which of the following
a) y > 0 statements must be true?
b) y < 13 I. x < 0
c) y = 6 II. x < y
d) y > 6 III. x > 0

2. If x - 1 > 2 and x + 2 <7, which of the a) I only

following could be a value for x? b) III only
a) 1 c) I and II
b) 2 d) II and III
c) 3
8. The number of integers that satisfy the
d) 4
inequality -x2 + 4 > -6x is
3. What are all values of x for which
A) 5
2 2
9 - 10x + 15x > 79 + 5x - 10x ? B) 6
C) 7
I.x> 2
D) None of these
II. x < -1.4
III. -1.4 < x < 2 9. What is the smallest positive integer value
of x for which 2x - 7> 0?
A) I only
B) II only a) 3
C) III only b) 3.5
D) I and ll only c) 4
d) 4.5
4. Which of the following conditions would
make 2x - y < 0? 10. If |x|< 1, which of the following is the
a) 2x = y greatest?
b) x > 0
a) 2
c) y > 0
b) 1 – x
d) 2x < y
c) 1 + x
5. If 5x < 3y and by <72, which of the following
d) 2x
is true?
a) 5x < 7z 11. What is the value of L if |L – 2| = 12
b) 5x > 7z
c) 10x < 7z a) 10
d) 10x = 7z b) 16
c) -10
6. If 3 less than x is a negative number and if d) -14
1 less than x is a positive number, which of
the following could be the value of x? 12. -12x - 2x2 > 20.

a) 3 A) 2 ≤ x ≤6
b) 2 B)-2 ≤ x ≤ 6
c) 1 C) -6 ≥ x ≥ 5
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A) -2
C) -4
13. If|13 - 2yl < 11, which of the following is a
D) -5
possible value of y?
B) -3
a) -6
20. If 2 times an integer x is increased by 5,
b) -4
the result is always greater than 16 and less
c) 5
than 29. What is the inequality that satisfies
d) 10
x?
14. If |15 - 2x I <3, which of the following is a
A) 5.5 < x < 12
possible value of x?
B) x < 5.5
a) 3 C) x > 12
b) 4 D) x < 12
C) 5
21. There are 15 boxes of apples in the
D) 6
storage room. Each box has at least '21apples,
15. If x2 - 36 > 0, what are the possible value and at most 28 apples. Which of the following
of x? could be the total number of apples in the
storage room?
A) x> 6
B) x< 6 a) 200
C) x>-6 b) 250
D) x< -6 or x>6 c) 300
d) 350
16. 33 - x2 ≤8x.
22. If 2x < y < 0, which of the following is the
A) x ≤ -11 , x ≥ 23 greatest?
B)-11 ≤ x ≤ 3
C) -11≤ x ≤ -3 A) - 2x
D) 11 ≥ x ≥ 3 B) - (2x + y)
C) 2x
17. If y - 3x > 21, y > 1, and y < 4, which of the D) For no value of x
following is a possible value of x?
1
23. If 2 lal = 1 and [b] = a + 1, then b2 could be
A) -27
B)-5 a) 2
C)3 b) 3
D) -6 c) 4
d) 9

18. 6x – x2 ≥ 0. 24. If |13 - 2y| < 11, which of the following is

a possible value of y?
A) x ≥ 6
B) x ≥ 0 a) -6
C) 0≤ x ≤6 b)-4
D) x ≤ 6 C5
d) 10
19. What is the smallest integer that satisfies
the inequality equation x2+ 2x -8 <0? 25. 3|x|+2<17, how many integer values of x
are there?

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A) 9 31. If x is an integer, how many possible

B) 10 values for x are there that satisfy the
C) 11 inequality |12 - x |<-5?
D) 12
A) Zero

B) Eight
26. If |5 - 2x I<3, which of the following is a
C) Nine
possible value of x?
D) Eleven
a) 3
b) 4 32. If x is a positive number and 4|x| + 3 < 11,
c) 5 then which of the following must be true?
d)6
A) x>-2
27. If |x – 16| ≤ 4 and | y – 6| ≤ 2, what is the B) x< 2
greatest possible value of x - y? C) 0<x< 2
D) -2 <x< 2
a) 12
b) 8 33. The solution set of the equation
c) 16
d) 18 |x – 14|= |X + 14| is

28. If|W| < 25 then A) {0}

A) W <25 B) {14}

B) W> -25 C) {-14}

C) W <25 and W> -25 D) {7}

D) W ≥-25 34. If|x1 < 1, which of the following is the

greatest?
a) 2
b) 1 – x
29. Solve for x, if - 2x + 5 ≤ 10
c) 1 + x
5 d) 2x
a) x ≤ 2
5
b) x ≥ - 2
35. If b< 0 and |b| = 4b + 15, then what is the
C) x ≥ 2 value of b?
30. What values of x make the following A) 3
statement true? |x-3|<9
B) -5
A) -6 < x < 12
C) -3
B) 6 < x < 12
D) -4
C) x <6, x > 12
E) None of these
D) x <-6, x > 12
36. The solution set of the equation

|X-24| = 15 is

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A) {(15,24)} C) Il only

B) {(9,39)} B) I only

C){(9,24)) D) and II only

D) {(39,54)} E) II and III only

37. IF |2x + 5|= 7 and |5y – 3| = 6, which of 41. If-1 <n<1, all of the following could be true
the following EXCEPT:

is not a possible value of 2x + 5y? A) n²<2n

A) 11 B) n2<n

C) 15 C) | n2-1|>1

D) -3 D) 16 n2-1=0

B)-15 42. What is the value of L if IL -2I = 12

38. If I x – 4| > 6, which of the following could a) 10

be the value of x? b) 16
c) -10
1. 10
d) -14
II. 11

III. -2
43. Which of the following inequalities is
A) I only equivalent to -

B) II only 3<x< 11?

C) MI only A) |x – 7| <4

D) I and II only B) |x – 4|<7

39. If|x| > x and x2 + x = 6, then x + 9 = C) |x + 7| <4

A) 6 D) |x + 4| < 7

B) -6 44. In a certain green house for plants, the

Fahrenheit temperature, F, is controlled so
C) 11 that it does not vary from 79. by more than 7.
D) -11 Which of the following best expresses the
possible range in Fahrenheit temperature of
40.If|x| > |y|, which of the following options the greenhouse?
is always
A) |F -79|≤7
true? B) |F -79|> 7
I. |x| + x ≥ 0 C) |F -7|≤ 79
D) |F -79| > 79
II. x < y
45. If 3 less than x is a negative number and if
III. x > y 1 less than x is a positive number, which of
the following could be the value of x?
A) None

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a) 3
b) 2
c) 1
d) 0

46. For pumpkin craving John will not use

pumpkins that weigh less than 2 pounds or
more than 10 pounds. If x represents the
weight of a pumpkin, in pounds, he will not
use, which of the following inequalities
represents all possible values of x?

A) |x - 2|> 10
B) |x - 4| > 6
C) |x - 5| > 5
D) |x - 6| > 4

d) none of above

47. For a spaghetti, Nasir will not use chicken

that weigh less than 2 pounds or more than
10 pounds. If x represents the weight of
chicken in pounds, he will not use which of
the following inequalities presents all possible
values of x?

a) |x – 2| > 10

b) |x – 4| > 6

c) |x – 5| > 5

d) |x - 6 |> 4

e) |x – 10| > 2

48. The scores of a math class midterm are

between 75 and 93. Which of the following
inequalities can be used to determine the
range of a student's midterm score,
represented by h in this class?

a) |h – 75| < 18
b) |h – 93|< 18
c) |h – 84| < 18
d) |h - 84| < 9

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Surd and Indices

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 Integers and Numbers
1. If -a3 + b2 = -a3 + 9, then b could be equal
which of the following?

A) -9 B)-√9

D) 3 C) √9

2. If abcd = 3 and abce = 0, which of the

following must be true?

A) e = 0 B) c = 0

C) a > 0 D) b>0
2𝑥+4 4
3. If = 𝑥−3 = 3then what is the value of x?

A)-12 B) -3
C) -2 D) 3

4. If b> a>0, which of the following is less than

𝑎
?
𝑏
𝑏
A)2 B) 𝑎
1 𝑎
c) 𝑎 D)
2𝑏
𝑏

5
5. If q= st, what is the value of t when s = 2
4
and q = 50?

A) 2.5 B) 20

C) 35 D) 40

6. If a < b < 0<c, which of the following must

be true?

I. -b>-a

II. a+c < b+c

III. a+b< c

A) I only B) II only

C) III only D) II and III only

7. If 6a = 48 and ab = 1, what is the value of b?

1 1
A) 48 B) 8
1
C) 6 D)6

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8. The value of 3x + 9 is how much more than
the value of 3x-2?
15. What are the values of x for which (x - 2)
A) 7 B) 11 (x + 5) = 0?

C) 3x + 7 D) 3x + 11 A) -5 B)-2
C) 2 and -5 D) -2 and 5
9. If 3a + 3(b + 1) = c, what is b + 1 in terms of
a and c? 16. If a is a nonzero integer and b is not an
𝑐 𝑐 integer, which of the following could be an
A) B) -a integer?
9𝑎 3
𝑐 𝑐
C) 3+3 D) 3 - 3a A) a+b B) a-b
C) ab D) 2a-b
10. If r = -2 and s = 5, what is the value of
17. If 3x + 2 = 14, what is the value of 5x - 6?
r² (2r + s)? A)-1 B) 14
A) -36 B)-28 C) 19 D) 26

C) -4 D) 4 18. The least integer of a set of consecutive

even integer is -30. If the sum of these
11. If a is an odd negative number and b is a integers is 66, how many integers are in the
positive even 34 number, which of the set?
following must be even and positive?
A) 12 B) 14
A) a+b B) -ab C) 30 D) 33
C) ab D) b/a
19. If 35 = x, which of the following
12. Set C is made up of a series of consecutive expressions is equal to 311?
integers whose sum is positive even number.
If the smallest number in the set is - 2, what is A) 243x B) 3x²
the least possible number of integers that C) 9x4 D) 27x3
could be in the set?
20. If 4c + 3d = 37 and d = c + 3, what is the
A) 8 B) 5 values of c?
C) 6 D) 7
A) 2 B) 4
13. If you add some number j to 50, and then C) 5 D) 3
divide this sum by j, the result is 3. What is
the value of j? 21. If x² - 49 = 0, which of the following could
be value of x?
A) 5 B) 10
C) 15 D) 25 A) -7 B) -3
C) 0 D) 4
14. Which of the following is an equation
equivalent to the statement "12 less than the 22. The sum of 5 consecutive integers is 500.
product of three and b is 9"? What is the value of the median of these
integers?
A) 3(b- 12) = 9
A) 120 B) 130
B) 12-3b = 9 C) 100 D) 140
C) 3b-12=9 23. If a = 3n + 4 and b = 7 + 9n², what is b in
D) 12b-3-9 terms of a?

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A) a² +8a + 23 C) 5 D) 9
B) a²-8a + 23
32. If 0 < x + y and y < 0, which the following
C) 9a²- 108a + 144
statement must be true?
D) 9a²- 108a + 148
E) 9a² + 108a + 148 I. x < 0
24. If 2x-8, x + 4, and 3x - 13 are all integers, II. x <-y
and x + 4 is the median of these integers,
which of the following could be a value of x? III. 0<x-y

A) 6 B) 8 A) I only B) II only
C) III only D) I and II
C) 11 D) 13
33. When the sum of the odd integers from 5
25. If 4x + 2 = 26, then 4 x + 8 =? to 27 inclusive, is subtracted from the sum of
the even integers from 8 to 30, inclusive, the
A) 32 B) 34
result is
C) 36 D) 38
A) 1 B) 3
26. If x² + y² = 153 and xy = 36, what is the
value of (x - y)²? c) 30 D) 36
A) 81 B) 117 34. How many different positive two-digit
C) 153 D) 189 integers are there such that the tens digit is
greater than 5 and the units digit is odd?
27. What is the greatest of 5 consecutive
integers, if the sum of these integers equals A) 10 B) 12
185? C) 15 D) 20
B) 54 A) 45 35. If a and b are integers and 2a + 5b = 15,
C) 34 D) 39 which of the following CANNOT be a value of
b?
28. If s= 3q and q = 4, what is the value of 3s?
A) -1 B) 1
A) 3 B) 4
C) 2 D) 3
C)12 D) 36
36. A "factor-rich" integer is defined as one
29. If a and b are positive integers, what is a for which the sum of its positive factors, not
percent of b percent of 200? including itself, is greater than itself. Which of
𝑎𝑏 𝑎𝑏
the following is "factor-rich" integer?
A) 100 B) 50
A) 6 B) 8
C) ab D) 50 ab C) 9 D) 12
30. If a, b and c are positive numbers and 37. If-1<y <0 which of the following is the
greater?
abc = b², which of the following must equal b?
A) y² B) 1-y
A) ac C) bc
C) 1 + y D) 2y
B) ab D)a/c
38. If 4(x + 5) = 24, then what is the value of
31. If 5a-b=9 and 3a + b = 15, then a + b =
x?
A) -3 B) 3
A) 1 B)19/4

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C) 6 D) 29/4 46. If x represents an odd integer, which of
the following the next odd integer greater
39. If d is a positive odd integer, than
than x?
(d - 1)(d - 2) could equal which of the
following? A) x-1 B) x + 1
C) x + 2 D) x + 3
A) 12 B) 13
E) 2x - 1
C) 15 D) 16
47. If (x + y)² = 100 and (x - y)² = 16, what is
40. If y = x - 5 and 20y - 5x= -10. What is the
the value of xy?
value of x?
A) 6 B) 10
A) 6 B) 9
C) 21 D) 25
C) 12 D) 15
48. How many integers in the set of all
41. When 20 is divided by the positive integer integers from 1 to 100, inclusive, are not the
x, the remainder is 2. For how many different square of an integer?
values of x is this true?
A) 19 B) 50
A) 1 B) 2
C) 81 D) 90
C) 3 D) 4
49. If n is a positive integer and 2n + 2n+1 = k,
42. How many three-digits integers less than
what is 2n+2 in terms of k?
400 are there such that the sum of the
hundred and units digits is equal to the square 𝑘−1 4𝑘
A) 2
B) 3
of the tens digit?
C) 2k D) 2k + 1
A) 4 B) 5 50. If 6x + 4 = 7, what is the value of 6x - 4?
C) 6 D) 7
A) -7 B) -1
43. If the sum of the consecutive integers C) 1 D) 7
from - 22 to x, inclusive, is 72, what is the E) 8
value of x?
51. If t>w, how much greater is the sum of s
A) 23 B) 25 and t than the sum of s and w?
C) 50 D) 75
A) s-t B) 2s – w
44. If b > ¾ and 2a + b = 1, what is one C) t-w D) t+ w
possible value for a?
t²-k² <6
A) 2 B) 1 t+k>4
c) 0 D) -1 52. Ift and k are positive integers in the
45. If x and y are different positive integers inequalities above and t> k. What is the value
and 3x + y = 17, the difference between the of t?
largest possible value of y and the smallest A) 1 B) 2
possible value of y is
C) 3 D) 4
A) 16 B) 13 E) 5
C) 12 D) 4
53. If n = 3p, for what value of p is n = p?
E) 3
A) 0 B) 1/3
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54. If a and b are positive integers and
a² - b²= 7, what is the value of a?

A) 3 B) 4
C) 5 D) 6
E) 7

55. If t represents an odd integer, which of

the following expressions are even integer?

A)t + 2 B) 2 t-1

C) 3t-2 D) 5t+1

56. How many positive three-digit integers

have the hundred digits equal to 3 and the
unit (ones digit) equal to 4?

A) 10 B) 19

C) 20 D) 190

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Averages
1. The average weight of 8 person's increases by 2.5 kg when a new person comes in place of
one of them weighing 65 kg. What might be the weight of the new person?
a) 76 kg
b)76.5 kg
c) 85kh
d) None of these

2. The captain of a cricket team of 11 members is 26 years old and the wicket keeper is 3 years
older. If the ages of these two are excluded, the average age of the remaining players is one
year less than the average age of the whole team. What is the average age of the team?
a) 23 years
b) 24 years
c) 25 years
d) 26 years

3. Set C is made up of a series of consecutive integers whose sum is positive even number. If the
smallest number in the set is - 2, what is the least possible number of integers that could be in the
set?

A) 4
B) 5
C) 6
D) 7

4. In Arun's opinion, his weight is greater than 65 kg but less than 72 kg. His brother doest not
agree with Arun and he thinks that Arun's weight is greater than 60 kg but less than 70 kg. His
mother's view is that his weight cannot be greater than 68 kg. If all are them are correct in their
estimation, what is the average of different probable weights of Arun?
a) 67 kg
b) 68 kg
c) 69 kg
d) 70 kg

5. The average of 50 numbers is 38. If the numbers 45 and 55 are discarded, then the average of the
remaining numbers is-

A. 36.5
B. 37
C. 37.5
D. 37.52

6. A pupil's marks were wrongly entered as 83 instead of 63. Due to that the average marks for
the class got increased by half (1/2). The number of pupils in the class is:
a) 10
b) 20
c) 40
d) 70

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7. The average daily income of 7 men, 11 women and 2 boys is Rs. 257.50. If the average daily
income of the men is Rs. 10 more than that of women and the average daily income of the women is
Rs. 10 more than that of boys the average daily income of a man is -

A. Rs. 277.50
B. Rs. 250
C. Rs. 265
D. Rs. 257

8. The temperature of a city during a week was 35° C, 36°C, 34°C, 38°C, 40°C, 39°C and 44°C.What
was the average daily temperature of the town for the week?

A) 35
B) 32
C) 38
D) 40

9. The average of 20 numbers is 12. The average of the first 12 numbers is 11 and that of the next 7
numbers is 10. The last number is?

A. 40
B. 38
C. 48
D. 50

10. 22. The average attendance of the boys in a school on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday is 140
and on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 144. If there are 130 boys present on Thursday the
number of boys present on Monday is:

A) 118
B) 128
C) 138
D) 98

11. The least integer of a set of consecutive even integer is - 30. If the sum of these integers is 66,
how many integers are in the set?

A) 12
B) 14
C) 30
D) 33

12. A school has 4 sections of chemistry in Class X having 40, 35, 45 and 42 students. The mean
marks obtained in Chemistry test are 50, 60,55 and 45 respectively for the 4 sections. Determine the
overall average of marks per student

A. 50.25
B. 51.25
C. 52.25
D. 53.25

13. If the average (arithmetic mean) of 7 numbers is greater than 25 and less than 30, which of the
following could be the sum of the 7 numbers?

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a) 150
b) 170
c) 190
d) 210

14. The median of a set of 13 consecutive integers is 35. What is the greatest of these 13 integers?

A) 37
B) 38
C) 40
D) 41

15. What is the mode of the following numbers? 1, 1, 2, 4, 6, 4, 4, 6, 7, 19, 21, 22, 22

A) 1
B) 6
C) 4
D) 22

16. The average age of a group of 10 students was 20. The average age increased by 2 years
when two new students joined the group. What is the average age of the two new students who
joined the group?

A) 22 years
B) 30 years
C) 44 years
D) 32 years

1. Two classes took a test. Class A averaged 80 and class B averaged 90. The two classes
together averaged about 83. Which class has more students?

A) Class A
B) Class B
C) Both have equal
D) cannot be determined

17. The average of a set of 4 numbers is 40. If three numbers are 38, 32, and 46, what is the
value of the largest number in the set?

A) 42
B) 44
C) 46
D) 48

18. Shahzaib tried to compute the average of his 7 test scores. He mistakenly divided the correct
sum of all his test scores by 6, which yielded 84. What is Shahzaib's correct average test score?

A) 70
B) 72
C) 84
D) 96

19. Five groups of women, 10 women in each group, have following average ages: 36,42, 32, 34, 40.
What is the sum of the ages of all 50 women.

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A) 1860
B) 1850
C) 1845
D) 1840

20. A plane flies from New York to Chicago (a distance of 1,600 miles) at 400 mph. Returning from
Chicago to New York; it flies into a headwind and averages only 320 mph. How many hours in total?

A) 3 hours
B) 5 hours
C) 7 hours
D) 9 hours

21. Which of the following sets of numbers has an average (arithmetic mean) that is equal to its
median?

a) (-2,-1, 1)
b) (-2,-1, 1, 2, 3]
c) {1,2,3,6}
d) {1,2,3,4,5)

22. A After removing the highest and lower scores from the set, the average of the remaining 22
exam scores is 89. What is the sum of the scores of the 2 exams were removed?

a) 150
b) 152
C) 154
d) 156

23. The average of 20 numbers is 46. The average of eight of those numbers is 40. What is the
average of the remaining numbers?

A) 30
B) 40
C) 50
D) 60

24. The sum of three consecutive integers is 165. What is the smallest number?

A) 55
B) 65
C) 54
D) 53

25. The sum of three consecutive odd integers 141. What are the three integers?

A) 47, 48, 49

B) 45, 47,49

C) 47,49,51

D) None of these

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26. The average score of John's 5 math tests is 75. If the teacher decides not to count his lowest
score, which is 55, what will be John's new average score?

a) 78
b) 79
c) 80
d) 81

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 FRACTION
1. A team played 30 games of which it won 3
10. If 5 a class that includes 10 girls are boys,
24. What part of the games played did it lose? how many students are in the class?
A) 4/5 B) ¼ A) 15 C) 21
c) 1/5 D) 3/4 B) 20 D) 25
2. If Germaine earns $X a week, and he saves 11. An oil tank with a capacity of 200 gallons
$Y, what part of his weekly salary does he contain 50 gallons of oil. What fraction of the
spend? tank is full?
𝑋−𝑌
A) X/Y B) 𝑋 A) 1/3 B) ¼
𝑋−𝑌 𝑌−𝑋 C) 1/5 D) None of these
c) 𝑌
D) 𝑋

3. What part of an hour elapses between 12. Allison had $55. She spent 35 of it and
11:50 AM and 12:14 P.M2 then saved the rest. How much money did
Allison save?
A) 2/5 B) 7/30
C) 17/30 D) 1/6 A) 33 D) 20
C) 22 D) 24
4. A FACTORY employs M men and W
women. What part of its employees are 13. Three apples cost 37 cents. What would
women? be the price of 1 dozen apples?

𝑊 𝑊+𝑀 A. 444 cents B. 148 cents

A) 𝑀 B) 𝑀 C. 259 cents D. 297 cents
𝑊 𝑀
C) 𝑊+𝑀 D) 𝑊+𝑀
14. A man spends 1/10 of his rupees, then 3/5
5. What part of a gallon is one quart? of the remaining rupees. Given that he has
Rs.72 left, how many rupees did he start
A) ½ B) ¼ with?
C) 2/3 D) 1/3
A) 300 B 200
6. 12 is 3/4 of what number? C) 250 D 400
A) 16 B) 9 15. Mrs. Chen bought some eggs. She used
D) 20 C) 36 1/2 of them to make tarts and 1/4 of the
7. What is 3/4 of 12/9 ?? remainder to make a cake. She had 9 eggs
left. How many eggs did she buy?
A) 27/48 B) 1
C) 36 D) None of these A) 24 B) 27
C) 30 D) 36
8. If one-third of one-fourth of a number is 15,
then three-tenth of that number is 16. In IBA, there are 1,600 computers out of
which 3/4 are Windows. 1/3 of those
A) 35 B) 36 Windows are replaced by MacBooks and 300
C) 45 D) 54 additional MacBooks are installed. What
𝑋 𝑌 fraction of the phones are Windows?
9. If 25( ) = 4, what is the value of 100( )?
𝑌 𝑋
A) 8/19 B) 7/16
A) 6257 C) 1000
B) 25 D) 4 C) 11/19 D) 25/57

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17. Jack's height is 2/3 of Leslie's height.
Leslie's height is 3/4 of Lindsay's height. If
23. Hailey had $40 in total when going to the
Lindsay is 160 cm tall, find Jack's height and
store. She spent 1/4 of her money on produce
Leslie's height?
and 2/4 of her money on dry goods. How
A) 100 and 60 B) 120 and 60 much money did she spend in total?

C) 80 and 100 D) None of these A) $30 B) $100

C) $34 D) All of The Money
18. In the process of making BBQ, 1/4 of the
BBQ is chicken tikka and rest are beef. 3/5 of 24. Ella has 3/4 beads out of her bracelet
the beefs are Ribs and the rest is ground beef. making kit. All the bracelet kits have 34 beads.
What fraction of the BBQ is ground? Her mom buys 6 more kits. How many beads
in a fraction does she have?
A) 9/20 B) 3/20
C) 3/10 D) 11/20 1 1
A) 243 B) 43
18 9
19. During an orientation week, OB worker C) 24 D) 16
spent 1/4 of his time preparing costumes, 3/8
of his time working on ground, and the rest of 25.3/5 of a certain class left on a field trip. 1/3
the time creating props. If she worked 48 of the students who stayed behind did not
hours during the orientation week, how many want to go on the field trip (all the others did
did she spend on creating props? want to go). When another vehicle was
located, 1/2 of the students who did want to
A 8 hours B) 18 hours go on the field trip but had been left behind
C) 12 hours D) 24 hours were able to join. What fraction of the class
ended up going on the field trip?
20. A man owns 2/3 of the market research
beauro business and sells 3/4 of his shares for A) 1/2 B) 2/3
Rs.75000. What is the value of Business? C) 11/15 D) 23/30
A) 150000 B) 13000 26. John's front lawn is 1/3 the size of his back
C) 240000 D) 34000 lawn. If John mows 1/2 of his front lawn and
21. If 1 is subtracted from the numerator of a 2/3 of his back lawn, what fraction of his lawn
fraction, the value of a resulting fraction is is left un-mowed?
1/2. However, if 7 is added to the A) 1/6 B) 1/3
denominator of the original fraction, the value C) 3/8 D) 12
of the resulting fraction is 1/3. Find the
original fraction 27. If ½ of the air in a tank is removed with
each stroke of a vacuum pump, what fraction
A) 8/5 B) 8/3 of the original amount of air has been
c) 2/7 d) 5/8 removed after 4 strokes?
22. Six students ran for class president in a A) 15/16 B) 7/8
school election. One candidate received 2/3
of the votes. The remaining votes were C) ¼ D) 1/8
distributed equally among the other 5 28. If one third of the liquid contents of a can
candidates. What fraction of the total votes evaporates on the first day and three-fourths
did each of the other 5 candidates receive? of the
A) 2/ 15 B) 1/15
C) 10/3 D) 1/18

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remainder evaporates on the second day the find the value of the entire estate if each sons
fractional part of the original contents receives $4,000 as his share?
remaining at the close of the second day is?
A) $6000 B) $12000
A) 1/6 B) 1/4
C) $16000 D) $18000
C) 5/12 D) 1/2
35.A population of a town was 54,000 in the
29. Aslam, Ashraf and Akram are employed to last census. Since then it has increased by 2/3.
do a piece of work for Rs. 529. Aslam and What is its population now.
Ashraf together were supposed to do 19/23 of
A. 26,000 C. 72,000
the work. So Akram should be paid:
B. 48,000 D. 90,000
A) Rs. 69 B) Rs. 92
36. A vertical pole 6 feet high casts a shadow
C) Rs. 161 D) Rs. 437 4 feet long. At the same time a tree casts a
shadow 64 feet long. What is the height of the
30. A car has 1/8 of its tank full. It is filled to
tree?
capacity by putting in 14 gallons. What is the
tanks full capacity A. 44 B. 72
C. 192 D. 96
A. 14 gal B. 16 gal
37. Arain starts full of passengers. At the first
C. 18 gal D. 20 ga!
station it drops 1/3 of these and takes in 80
31. A gasoline tank that is 1/2 full has 8 more, at the next station it drops 14 of the
gallons removed. The tank is then 1/10 full. new total and takes in 44 more. On reaching
What is the capacity of the tank in gallons? the station there are found to be 437 left. The
number of passengers in the beginning were:
A.2.5 B. 6.4
A) 300 B) 1,650
C. 15.8 D.20
C)1,600 D) 666
32.David received his allowance on Sunday.
He spends 1/4 of his allowance on Monday 38.The indicator of an oil tank shows 1/5 full.
and 2/3 of the remainder on Tuesday. What After a truck delivers 165 gallons of oil, the
part of his allowance is left for the rest of the indicator shows 4/5 full. What is the capacity
week? in gallons of the tank?

A) 1/3 B) 1/12 A) 55 B) 105

C) ¼ D) 1/2 C) 140 D) 275

33. I read 3/8 of a book on one day and 4/5 of 39.An oil tanker contained 5500 liters of oil.
the remaining on another day. If there now Three-fifth the remaining was delivered to
were 30 pages unread, how many pages did another customer. of the oil was delivered to
the book contain? a customer and two-fiboi The number of liters
of oil that remains in the tanker is:
A) 120 B) 340
A) 0 B) 440
C) 240 D) 400
C) 880 D) 1320
34. A man leaves his estate to his wife and
two sons. If the wife receives 1/3 of the estate 40. 2/3rd of a faculty of a high school is
and each sons receives 1 of the remainder, women. 12 of the men of the faculty are
unmarried, while 3/5th of the male teachers

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are married. The total number of faculty
members is?
A. 50 C. 72
B.60 D. 90,

41.A glass full of milk weighs one kilogram

and the glass half-full milk weighs 94 kg. What
is the weight of the glass?

A) 1/4 kg C) 1/8 kg

D) 1/3 kg B) 1/2 kg

42. Eggs cost 90 cents a dozen. Peppers cost

20 cents each. One omelet consists of 3 eggs
& 1/4 of A pepper. How much will the
ingredients for 8 omelets cost

A. $130 B. $190

C. $210 D. $220

43. There are 45 pupils in a certain physics

class. If 2/3 Of the pupil are boys are 1/2 of
the boys are blue eyed, how many blue-eyed
boys are there in the class.

A. 15 B. 30

C. 34 D.38

44. A and B contributed Rs. 1000 and Rs. 2000

for 4 months and 6 months respectively. How
much should A get from a profit of Rs. 600?

A. 150 B. 100

C. 400 D.500

45. IF a number is added to both the

numerator and denominator of 4/7, the result
is 8/9, what is the number?

A. 2 B.9

C.18 D.20

46. Orange paint is made using 2 parts of red

to 1 part of yellow. Green is made using 1
parts of blue to 11 part of yellow. If equal
amounts of orange and green are mixed, what
ratio of the total mixture is yellow?

A. 11/15 B.2/15

C. 11/30 D. 5/8

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PERCENTAGE
1.Raman's salary is increased by 5% this year. bank. If after 1 year he gets Rs.840 from the
If his present salary is Rs. 1806, the last year's bank, Find his total savings.
salary was
A. 25000
A. Rs. 1720 B 20000
B.Rs. 1620 C. 18000
C.Rs. 1520 D. 16000
D.Rs. 1801
7.If radius of a circle is increased by 5%, then
2.If 80% of A = 50% of B and B = x% of A, then the increase in it's area is :
the value of x is :
A.10.25%
A.400 B.5.75%
B.300 C.10%
C.160 D.5%
D.150
8.What is 20% of 25% of 300 ?
3.If 120 is 20% of a number, then 120% of that
A.150
number will be :
B.60
A.20 C.45
B.120 D.15
C.480
9.The tax imposed on an article is decreased
D.720
by 10% and its consumption is increased by
10%. Find the percentage change in revenue
from it.
4. 498 is 17% less than a number then the
number is : A.10% increase
B.2% decrease
A.610
C.1% decrease
B.580
D.11% increase
C.600
D.620 10.The price of an article was first increased
by 10% and then again by 20%. If the last
5. A trader mixes 26 kg of rice at Rs. 20 per kg
increased price was Rs. 33, the original price
with 30 kg of rice of other variety at Rs. 36 per
was :
kg and sells the mixture at Rs. 30 per kg. His
profit percent is: A.Rs. 30
B.Rs. 27.50
A. No profit, no loss
C.Rs. 26.50
B. 5%
D.Rs. 25
C. 8%
D. 10% 11.The price of a commodity rises from Rs. 6
per kg to Rs. 7.50 per kg. If the expenditure
cannot increase, the percentage of reduction
6. A man invests 30% of his savings in real in consumption is :
estate and 40% of the remainder in the stock
A.15%
market. The rest he invests at 10% in the
B.20%

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C.25% 17. In a recent town election, 75 percent of

D.30% the 16,000 people voted. Of the voting
people, 60 percent voted for current mayor
and 120 votes were invalid. How many people
12.What % of a day is 30 minutes ? voted for other candidates?

A.2.83 A) 4680
B.2.083 B) 7200
C.2.09 C) 12000
D.2.075 D) 16000

13.In an examination a candidate must secure

40% marks to pass. A candidate, who gets 220 1
marks, fails by 20 marks. Find the maximum 18)'A man spends 122% of his money and
marks for the examination? after spending 75% of the remainder he had
Rs. 175 left. The money he had at first was:
A.1200
B.300 A) Rs. 2.000
C.600 B) Rs. 1,750
D.450 C) Rs.700
D). Rs. 800
14. If John earns $3,000 a month and he saves
$600 out of his salary, what percent of John's 19.The length of a rectangle is increased by
earnings is his monthly savings? 10% and breadth decreased by 10% Then the
A) 15% area of the new rectangle is :
B) 20% A. Neither decreased nor increased
C) 25% B. Increased by 1%
D) 30% C. Decreased by 1%
15. Two students appeared at an D. Decreased 10%
examination. One of them secured 9 marks 20. When a plot is sold for Rs. 18,700, the
more than the other and his marks was 56% owner loses 15%. At what price must that plot
of the sum of their marks. The marks obtained be sold in order to gain 15%?
by them are:
A. Rs. 21,000
A) 39,30 B. Rs. 22,500
B) 41.32 C. Rs. 25,300
C) 42,33 D. Rs. 25,800
D) 43,34
21. The price of rice falls by 20%. How much
16. The price of Toyota Aqua rises by 30 rice can be bought now with the money that
percent while the sales of the car come down was sufficient to buy 20 kg of rice previously?
by 20%. What is the percentage change in the
total revenue? A. 5 kg
B. 15 kg
A. - 4% C. 25 kg
B. - 2% D. 30 kg

C. + 4% 22. Out of the total production of iron from

hematite, an ore of Iron, 20% of the ore gets
D. + 2% wasted, and out of the remaining iron, only

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25% is pure iron. If the pure iron obtained in a 27. In an election where there are only 2
year from a mine of hematite was 80,000 kg, candidates one who gets 33% of the votes is
then the quantity of hematite mined from rejected by a majority of 510 votes. The total
that mine in the year is number of votes polled is?
A. 5,00,000 kg
A) 1500
B. 4,00,000 kg
C. 4,50,000 kg B) 1000
D. None of these
C) 600
23. If I gain 20% by selling oranges at 30 for a
dollar, how many oranges must I sell for a D) None of these
dollar to gain 50%? 28. In an election between two candidates,
A. 20 one got 55% of the total votes and wins by a
B.28 majority of 210 votes. Find the total number
C. 24 of votes.
D.18 A) 2100
24.A woman has a certain number of B) 3000
mangoes of which 14% are bad. She gives 80% C) 4200
of the remainder in charity. Then she has 258 D) 5500
left. How many had she at first? 29. In an election contested by 2, the winner
A) 1,500 mangos secures 60% of the valid votes and wins by a
B) 1,000 mangoes majority of 684 votes. If 95% of the votes
C)1,250 mangoes were valid. What was the number of invalid
D) 1,2000 mangoes votes?

25. The price of a pair of shoes was first A) 36

increased by 10 percent and then decreased B) 72
by 25 percent. The final price was what C) 90
percent of the original price? D)180

A) 80% 30. A number is increased by 25% and the

B) 82.5% resulting number is then decreased by 20%.
C) 85% The final number is what percent of the
D) 87.5% original number?

A) 90%

26.A school sent up 80 candidates for a B) 95%

certain examination and the result was 60% C) 100%
pass. Find out how many were to be detailed
so than the pass percentage would have been D) 105%
80%? 31. John's weight dropped from 168 pounds
A) 20 to 147 pounds by what percent did John's
B) 15 weight drop?
C) 17 1
A) 122 %
D) 25
B) 14 %

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C) 21% A) 17

D) 25% B) 20

32. A salesman has the basic monthly salary of C) 23

Rs. 6000 and he gets a 30% commission on his
D) 26
sales. If his total sales amount to Rs. 20000,
find his total salary. 37. In a school in which 40% of the enrolled
students are boys, 80% of the boys are
A) 26000
present on a certain day. If 1152 boys are
B) 21800
present, the total School enrollment is:
C) 12000
D) 10000 A) 1420
B) 33600
33. Qasim can make Rs. 24000 a month if he
C) 2880
takes home a basic salary of Rs. 10,000 and
D 4600
gets commission on his sales of Rs. 200,000.
What is the rate of commission?

A. 5 %
B. 14%
C. 9%

D.7%

34. A Company has 8 departments, each with

10-16 bureaus. In each bureaus there are at
least 40 hut no more than 60 workers. If 10%
of the workers in each bureau are typists,
what is the minimum number of typists in the
company?

A. 40
B.65
C. 96
D.320

35. If w is 10 percent less than x, and y is 30

percent less than z, then wy is what percent
less than xz?

A) 10%

B) 20%

C) 37%

D) 40%

36. There are 50 students in a class, 2/5th of

them are boys & 25% of the boys are black. If
there are 15 black students in the class, then
how many girls are white?

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Ratio and Proportion

1. If a : b : c = 3 : 4 : 7,then the ratio (a + b + c) 8.The present ratio of ages of A and B is 4 : 5.
c is equal to 18 years ago, this ratio was 11 : 16. Find the
A.2 : 1 B.14 : 3 sum total of their present ages.
C.7 : 2 D.1 : 2
A.90 years B.105 years
2.What is the ratio in Rs. 2.80 and 40 paise? C.110 years D.80 years

A.1 : 7 B.2 : 7 9.A dishonest milk man mixed 1 liter of water

for every 3 liters of milk and thus made up 36
C.7 : 1 D.1 : 14
liters of milk. If he now adds 15 liters of milk
3.What is the ratio whose terms differ by 40 to mixture, find the ratio of milk and water in
and the measure of which is 2/7 the new mixture:

A.6 : 56 A12 : 5 B.14 : 3

B.14 : 56 C.7 : 2 D.9 : 4

C.16 : 56 10.If the ratio of the ages of Maya and Chhaya

is 6 : 5 at present, and fifteen years from now,
D.16 : 72 the ratio will get changed to 9 : 8, then find
4.Two numbers x and y are in the ratio 5 : 7 Maya's present age.
and their sum is 36. Then x is - A.24 years B.30 years
A.12 B.15 C.18 years D.33 years
C.18 D.19 11.The number of oranges in three basket are
5.Two natural numbers are in the ratio 3 : 5 in the ratio 3 : 4 : 5. In which ratio the no. of
and their product is 2160. The smaller of the oranges in first two basket must be increased
numbers is - so that the new ratio becomes 5 : 4 : 3 ?

A.12 B.18 A.3 : 4 B.2 : 3

C.24 D.36 C.1 : 3 D.2 : 1

6.A box has 210 coins of denominations one- 12.A track covers a distance of 550 metres in
rupee and fifty paise only. The ratio of their 1 minute whereas a bus covers a distance of
respective values is 13 : 11. The number of 33 kms in 45 minute. The ratio of their speeds
one-rupee coin is is:

A. 65 B.66 A.4 : 3 B.3 : 5

C. 77 D.78 C.3 : 4 D.50 : 3
7.If A and B are in the ratio 3 : 4, and B and C 13.The milk and water in a mixture are in the
in the ratio 12 : 13, then A and C will be in the ratio 7 : 5. When 15 liters of water are added
ratio to it, the ratio of milk and water in the new
A. 3 : 13 B.9 : 13 mixture becomes 7 : 8. The total quantity of
water in the new mixture is:
C. 36 : 13 D.13 : 9
A.35 litres B.40 litres

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C.60 litres D.96 litres

14.Tom is chasing Jerry. In the same interval 20.If 40% of a number is equal to two-third of
of time Tom jumps 8 times while Jerry jumps another number, what is the ratio of first
6 times. But the distance covered by Tom in 7 number to the second number?
Jumps is equal to the distance covered by
A.2 : 5 B.3 : 7
Jerry in 5 Jumps. The ratio of speed of Tom
and Jerry is: C.5 : 3 D.7 : 3
A.48 : 35 B.28 : 15 21.The ratio of boys and girls in a club is 3 : 2.
Which of the following could be the actual
C.24 : 20 D.20 : 21
number of members ?
15.Two numbers are respectively 20% and
A.16 B.18
50% more than a third number. The ratio of
the two numbers is: C.24 D.25
A.2 : 5 B.3 : 5 22.How many sides does a regular polygon
have whose interior and exterior angle are in
C.4 : 5 D.6 : 7
the ratio 2 : 1 ?
16.A sum of money is to be distributed among
A.3 B.5
A, B, C, D in the proportion of 5 : 2 : 4 : 3. If C
gets Rs. 1000 more than D, what is B's share? C.6 D.12
A.Rs. 500 B.Rs. 1500 23.In a mixture of 25 litres the ratio of acid to
C.Rs. 2000 D.None of these water is 4 : 1. Another 3 litres of water of
water is added to the mixture. The ratio of
17.In a mixture 60 litres, the ratio of milk and
acid to water in the new mixture is = ?
water 2 : 1. If this ratio is to be 1 : 2, then the
quanity of water to be further added is: A.5 : 2 B.2 : 5
A.20 litres B.30 litres C.3 : 5 D.5 : 3
C.40 litres D.60 litres 24.The ratio of weekly income of A and B is 9 :
7 and the the ratio of their expenditure is 4 :
18.Salaries of Ravi and Sumit are in the ratio
3. If each saves Rs. 200 per week, then the
2:3. If the salary of each is increased by Rs.
sum of their weekly income is = ?
4000, the new ratio becomes 40 : 57. What is
Sumit's salary? A.Rs. 3600 B.Rs. 3200
A.Rs. 17,000 C.Rs. 4800 D.Rs. 5600
B.Rs. 20,000
C.Rs. 25,500 25.The ratio of urea and potash in a mixed
D.Rs. 38,000 fertilizer is 7 : 3. Express the quantity of urea
present as percentage of the total amount of
19.The sum of three numbers is 98. If the fertilizer.
ratio of the first to second is 2 :3 and that of
the second to the third is 5 : 8, then the A.20% B.50%
second number is: C.60% D.70%
A.20` B.30 26.Two numbers are respectively 20 percent
C.48 D.58 and 50 percent more than a third number.
These two numbers are in the ratio.

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A.2 : 5 B.3 : 5

C.4 : 5 D.6 : 7

27.A mixture contains milk and water in the

ratio 5 : 1. On adding 5 litres of water, the
ratio of milk and water becomes 5 : 2. The
quantity of milk in the mixture is = ?

A.16 litres B.25 litres

C.32.5 litres D.22.75 litres

28.Three numbers are in the ratio 1 : 2 : 3. By

adding 5 to each of them, the new numbers
are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4. The numbers are = ?

A.10, 20, 30

B.15, 30, 45

C.1, 2, 3

D.5, 10, 15

29.A box contains 420 coins of 1 rupee, 50

paise and 20 paise coins. The ratio of their
values is 13 : 11 : 7. The number of 50 paise
coins is = ?

A.42 B.78

C.66 D.132

30.If two number are in the ratio 2 : 3 and the

ratio becomes 3 : 4 when 8 is added to both
the numbers, then the sum of the two
numbers is = ?

A.90 B.50

C.60 D.40

31A.The ratio of milk to water in 80 litres of a

mixture is 7 : 3. The water (in litres) to be
added to it to make the ratio 2 : 1 is -

A.4 B.5

C.6 D.8

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 PROPORTION
1. The ratio of A to B is a: 8, and the ratio of B C) 42 D) 54
to C is 12: c. If the ratio of A to C is 2:1, what is
8.39 persons can repair a road in 12 days
the ratio of a to c?
working 5 hours a day. In how many days will
(A) 2:3 (B) 3:2 30 persons, working 6 hours a day, complete
the work?
(C) 4:3 (D) 3:4
A) 10 B) 13
2. If an object travels at 15 feet per minute,
C) 14 D) 15
how many feet does it travel in 1.5 seconds?
9. Rachel has either blue or black pens in her
A) 22.5 B) 1
pencil case. If the ratio of the number of blue
1
C) 0.1 D)3/8 pens to the number of black pens is 4, Rachel
3. How many pounds of flour are needed to could have the following number of pens In
make 15 rolls of bread if 20 pounds of flour her pencil case EXCEPT?
are needed to make 100 rolls of bread? A) 8 B) 15
A) 3 B) 4 C) 20 D) 30
C5 D) 3.5 10. If 7 spiders make 7 webs in 7 days, then 1
4. At a pet's store, if the ratio of cats to dogs is spider will make 1 web in how many days?
12 to 5, which of the following could be the A) 1 B)7/2
total number of cats and dogs?
C) 7 D) 49
A) 70 B) 75
C) 80 D) 85 11. For a certain type of heater, the increase
in gas bills is directly proportional to the
5).3 pumps, working 8 hours a day, can empty temperature setting (in Fahrenheit). If the gas
a tank in 2 days. How many hours a day must bills increased by $20 when the temperature
4 pumps work to empty the tank in 1 day? setting is increased by 4 degrees Fahrenheit,
A) 9 B) 10 by how much will expenses increase when the
temperature setting is increased by 10
C) 11 D) 12 degrees Fahrenheit?
6. If Y is inversely proportional to x and y is A) $35 B) $40
equal to 12 when x is equal to 8, what is the
value of y when x = 24? C) $50 D) $60

A)1/6 B)1/4 12. If Y is directly proportional to x and y is

equal to 40 when x is equal to 6. what is the
C) 4 D) 2 value of y when x = 97
7. A fort had provision of food for 150 men for A) 60 B) 55
45 days. After 10 days, 25 men left the fort. C) 50 D) 45
The number of days for which the remaining
food will last, is: 13. The number of cats is inversely
proportional to the number of mice in the city
1 1
A) 295 B) 374 park. One year ago, there were 20 cats and 70

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mice in the park. How many cats are in the of the numbers of pears to apples is 3:4 and
park if there are 140 mice in the park today? the ratio of the numbers of pears to oranges
is 2:5. Find the ratio of the numbers of apples
A) 10 B) 20
to oranges?
C) 30 D) 40
A) 3:10 B) 8:15
14. square root of x varies inversely as the
C) 10:3 D) 15:8
cube root of y. if x is 27 and y is 64, then find y
when x is 144. 20. If 0.75: :: 5:8, then x is equal to:

A) 3V3(square root on 3 ) B) 9 A) 1.12 B) 1.2

C) 105 D) None of these. C) 1.25 D) 1.30

15. The ratio of students to teachers at a 21. If A: 8 = 4:7 and B: C = 5:9 then A:B:C is:
certain school is 28 to 3. The ratio of teachers
A) 20:35:63 B) 35:36:63
to cafeteria workers is 9 to 2. What is the ratio
of cafeteria workers to students? C) 30:35: 65 D) 25:34: 68
A) 1 to 42 B) 2 to 28 22. A recipe of a cake for 8 people requires
1.2 pounds of flour. Assuming the amount of
C) 59 3 to 37 D) 9 to 56
flour needed is directly proportional to the
16. To make fruit punch, grapefruit juice, number of people eating the cake, how many
orange juice, and lemonade are mixed in with pounds of flour are required to make a big
a ratio of 5:3:2 by volume, respectively. In cake for 240 people?
order to make 5 liters of this drink, how much
A) 20 B) 25
orange juice, in liters, is needed?
C) 30 D) 36
A) 1 B) 1.5
23. Y varies directly as the cube of x. when x is
C) 2 D) 2.5
0.5, y =2.5, then what is x when y=540.
17. Sean needs to finish reading his book in
1 A) -33 B) 3
four days. He read 3of the book on the first
1 1 C)-9 D) -3
day 4, of the book on the second day 5, of the
book on the third day. If he has 13 pages to 24. If y varies directly as x and y = 24 when x =
finish on the fourth day, how many pages are 2, then y will have a value of ___when x = 10
there in the book?
A) 26 B) 10
A) 40 B) 50
C)120 D) 8
C) 60 D) 70

18. The square root of x varies inversely as the

25. If y varies directly as x and y is equal to 24
cube root of y. If x=27 when y = 64, find y
when x = 2, then y=? when x = 10.
when x = 144
A) 26 B) 10
A) 33 B) 9
C) 120 D) 8
C) 105 D) None of these
26.1f 15% of A is the same as 20% of B.then
19. The fruits provided in the student lounge
A:B is:
contain pears, apples, and oranges. The ratio

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A) 3:4 B) 4:3

C) 17:16 D) 16:

27. The ratio of A to B is a : 8, and the ratio of

B to C is 12:c. If the ratio of A to C is 2:1, what
is the ratio of a to c?

A) 2:3 B) 3:2

C) 4:3 D) 3:4

28.The cube root of x varies inversely as the

square of y. If x = 27 when y = 4, find the
values of x when y= 6

A) 18 B)64/27

C) 27/4 D) 4/27

29. If m: n = 3:4 and n: p = 8:9, then m:pis:

A) 1:3 B) 3:2

C) 2;3

30 In a company 10% of male staff are same

in number as 1/4th of the female staff. What
is the ratio of male staff to female staff is:

A) 3:2 B) 5:2

C) 2:1 D) 4:3

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TIME, SPEED AND DISTANCE

1. An athlete runs 200 meters race in 24 6. A man crosses a road 250 metres wide in 75
seconds. His speed in km/h is seconds. His speed in km/hr is :

A. 20 A. 10 km/hr

B. 24 B. 12 km/hr

C. 28.5 C. 12.5 km/hr

D. 30 D. 15 km/hr

2. The speed of 90 km per hour is same as : 7. A train is 250 m long. If the train takes 50
second to cross a tree by the railway line,
A. 9 m/s
then the speed of the train on Km /hr is :
B. 20 m/s
A. 9 km/hr
C. 25 m/s
B. 5 km/hr
D. 28 m/s
C. 18 km/hr
3. Between 5 am and 5 pm of a particular day
D. 10 km/hr
for how many times are the minute and the
hour hands together? 8. The wheel of an engine of 300 cm in
circumference makes 10 revolutions in 6
A. 11
seconds. What is the speed of the wheel (in
B. 22 km/h)?

C. 33 A. 18

D. 10 B. 20

4. A train 100 m long is running at the speed C. 27

of 30 km/hr. The time (in second) in which it
D. 36
passes a man standing near the railway line is
9. A, B and C start together from the same
A. 10 seconds
place to walk round a circular path of length
B. 11 seconds 12km. A walks at the rate of 4 km/h, B 3 km/h
and C 3/2 km/h. They will meet together at
C. 12 seconds the starting place at the end of:
D. 15 seconds A. 10 hours
5. The speed of a bus is 72 km /hr. The B. 12 hours
distance covered by the bus in 5 seconds is :
C. 15 hours
A. 100 metres
D. 24 hours
B. 60 metres
10. A man covers half of his journey at 6 km/h
C. 50 metres and the remaining half at 3 km/h. His average
D. 74.5 metres speed is

A. 9 km/h

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B. 4.5 km/h 15. If a 250 m long train crosses a platform of

same length as that of the train in 25 seconds,
C 4 km/h
then the speed of the train is:
D. 3 km/h
A. 150 m/sec
11.Excluding stoppages, the speed of a bus is
B. 200 m/sec
54 kmph and including stoppages, it is 45
kmph. For how many minutes does the bus C. 20 km/h
stop per hour?
D. 72 km/h
A. 9 minutes
16. A postman goes with a speed of 36 km/h
B. 10 minutes what is the speed of postman in m/s?

C. 12 minutes A. 4.5 m/s

D. 20 minutes B. 6 m/s

C. 5 m/s

12. The ratio of speeds of A and B is 2 : 3 and D. 10 m/s

therefore A takes 20 minutes more time than
17. A person crosses a 600 m long street in 5
B. What is the ratio of time taken by A and B?
minutes. What is his speed in km per hour?
A. 2:3
A. 3.6 km/hr
B. 2:5
B. 7.2 km/hr
C. 3:2
C. 8.4 km/hr
D. 3:5
D. 10 km/hr
13. Running at 5/4 of his usual speed, an
18. A 75 metres long train is moving at 20
athlete improves his timing by 5 minutes. The
kmph. It will cross a man standing on the
time he usually takes to run the same distance
platform in :
is:
A. 12 seconds
A. 30 min.
B. 14 seconds
B. 28 min.
C. 13.5 seconds
C. 25 min.
D. 15.5 seconds
D. 23 min.
19. A runs twice as fast as B and B runs thrice
14. In a race of 1000m, A can beat B by 100m.
as fast as C. The distance covered by C in 72
In a 400m, B beats C by 40m. In a race of
minutes, will be covered by A in:
500m. A will beat C by
A. 18 minutes
A. 95m
B. 24 minutes
B. 50m
C. 16 minutes
C. 45m
D. 12 minutes
D. 60m

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20. A monkey climbs a 60 m high pole. In first A. 80m

minute he climbs 6 m and slips down 3 m in
B. 90m
the next minute. How much time is required
by it to reach the top? C. 200m
A. 35 minutes D. 150m
B. 33 minutes 25. In a race of 200 meters, B can gives a start
of 10 meters to A, and C can gives a start of 20
C. 37 minutes
meters to B. The starts that C can gives to A,
D. 40 minutes in the same race is:

21. Two trains started at the same time, one A. 30 meters

from A to B and other from B to A. if they
B. 25 meters
arrived at B and A respectively in 4 hours and
9 hours after they passed each other, the C. 29 meters
ratio of the speeds of the two trains was:
D. 27 meters
A. 2:1
26. An individual is cycling at a speed of 25 km
B. 3:2 per hour. He catches his predecessor who had
started earlier in two hours. What is the
C. 4:3
speed of his predecessor who had started 3
D. 5:4 hours earlier ?

22. Two trains 105 meters and 90 meters A. 15 kmph

long, run at the speeds of 45 kmph and 72
B. 12 kmph
kmph respectively, in opposite directions on
parallel tracks. The time which they take to C. 10 kmph
cross each other, is:
D. 8 kmph
A. 8 seconds
27. A tiger is 50 of its own leaps behinds a
B. 6 seconds deer. The tiger takes 5 leaps and per minutes
to the deer's 4. If the tiger and the deer cover
C. 7 seconds
8 m and 5 m per leap respectively, what
D. 5 seconds distance will the tiger have to run before it
caches the deer?
23. A train passes two persons walking in the
same direction at a speed of 3 kmph and 5 A. 600 m
kmph respectively in 10 seconds and 11
B. 700 m
seconds respectively. The speed of the train is
C. 800 m
A. 28 kmph
D. 1000 m
B. 27 kmph
28. A man reduces his speed from 20 kmph to
C. 25 kmph
18 kmph. So, he takes 10 minutes more than
D. 24 kmph the normal time. what is the distance traveled
by him.
24. A train passes two bridges of length 800 m
and 400 m in 100 seconds and 60 seconds A. 30 km
respectively. The length of the train is:

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B. 25 km D. 150 meters

C. 50 km 33. An aeroplane covers a certain distance at

a speed of 240 kmph in 5 hours. To cover the
D. 36 km 2
same distance in 1 3 hours, it must travel at a
29. A certain distance is covered at a certain speed of:
speed. If half of this distance is covered in
double the time, the ratio of the two speed is A. 300 kmph
: B. 360 kmph
A. 1 : 16 C. 600 kmph
B. 4:1 D. 720 kmph
C. 2:1

D. 1:4 34. If a person walks at 14 km/hr instead of 10

. km/hr, he would have walked 20 km more.
The actual distance travelled by him is:
30. A is twice fast as B and B is thrice fast as C.
The journey covered by C in 78 minutes will A. 50 km
be covered by A in : B. 56 km
A. 13 min C. 70 km
B. 15.5 min D. 80 km
C. 17 min 35. A train is 125 m long. If the train takes 30
D. 12 min sec to cross a tree by the railway line, then
the speed of the train is :

A. 14 km/hr
31. Roorkee express normally reaches its
destination at 50 km/h in 30 hours. Find the B. 15 km/hr
speed at which it travels to reduce the time by C. 16 km/hr
10 hours?
D. 12 km/hr
A. 38 km/h
36. A gun is fired at a distance of 1.7 km from
B. 76 km/h Ram and he hears the sound after 25 seconds.
C. 75 km/h The speed of sound in meter per second is

D. 60 km/h A. 60 m/s

32. A train 350 m long is running at the speed B. 62 m/s

of 36 km/h. If it crosses a tunnel in 1 minute, C. 64 m/s
the length of the tunnel in metres:
D. 68 m/s
A. 200 meters
37.A man walk a certain distance and rides
B. 250 meters back in 4 hours 30 minutes. He could ride
C. 300 meters both ways in 3 hours. The time required by
the man to walk both ways is :

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A. 4 hours 30 minutes

B. 4 hours 45 minutes

C. 5 hours

D. 6 hours

38. Two men start together to walk a certain

distance, one at 4 km/hr and another at 3
km/hr. The former arrives half an hour before
the latter. Find the distance :

A. 8 km

B. 7 km

C. 6 km

D. 9 km

39. A moving train passes a platform 50 m

long in 14 seconds and a lamp post in 10
seconds. The speed of the train (in km/hr) is :

A. 24 km/hr

B. 36 km/hr

C. 40 km/hr

D. 45 km/hr

40. P and Q are 27 km away. Two trains with

speed of 24 km/hr and 18 km/hr respectively
start simultaneously from P and Q and travel
in the same direction. They meet at a point R
beyond Q. Distance QR is :

A. 126 km

B. 81 km

C. 48 km

D. 36 km

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WORK AND TIME

1.If A and B together can complete a piece of 5. There is a group of 5 boys and 2 girls. The
work in 15 days and B alone in 20 days, in how two groups working together can do four
many days can A alone complete the work? times as much work as a boy and a girl. Ratio
of working capacities of a boy and a girl is:
A. 60
A. 2:1
B. 45
B. 2:3
C. 40
C. 1:3
D. 30
D. 1:2
2. A and B together can complete a work in 3
days. They start together but after 2 days, B 6. Subhash can copy 50 pages in 10 hours;
left the work. If the work is completed after Subhash and Prakash together can copy 300
two more days, B alone could do the work in pages in 40 hours. In how much time can
Prakash copy 30 pages?
A. 5 days
A. 13 hour
B. 6 days
B. 12 hour
C. 9 days
C. 11 hour
D. 10 days
D. 9 hour
3. A boy and a girl together fill a cistern with
water. The boy pours 4 liters of water every 3 7. There is provision of food in fort for 1200
minutes and girl pours 3 litres every 4 soldiers for 60 days. After 15 days, 200
minutes. How much time will it take to fill 100 soldiers leave the fort. Remaining food will
litres of water in the cistern? last for how many days?

A. 36 minute A. 56 days

B. 42 minutes B. 50 days

C. 48 minutes C. 54 days

D. 44 minutes D. 48 days

4. A man and a boy received Rs. 800 as wages 8.If 10 persons can do a job in 20 days, then
for 5 days for the work they did together. The 20 person with twice the efficiency can do the
man's efficiency in the work was thrice times same job in:
that of the boy. What are the daily wages of
A. 5 days
the boy?
B. 40 days
A. Rs. 76
C. 10 days
B. Rs. 56
D. 20 days
C. Rs. 44
9. If 2 men or 3 women or 4 boys can do a
D. Rs. 40
piece of work in 52 days, then the same piece

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of work will be done by 1 man, 1 woman and D. 20 days

1 boy in:
14. If 3 men or 4 women can plough a field in
A. 48 days 43 days, how long will 7 men and 5 women
take to plough it?
B. 36 days
A. 10 days
C. 45 days
B. 11 days
D. 50 days
C. 9 days
10. If one pipe A can fill a tank in 20 minutes,
then 5 pipes, each of 20% efficiency of A, can D. 12 days
fill the tank in:
15. To complete a piece of work A and B take
A. 80 min 8 days, B and C 12 days. A, B and C take 6
days. A and C will take :
B. 100 min
A. 7 Days
C. 20 min
B. 7.5 Days
D. 25 min
C. 8 Days
11. A and B completed a work together in 5
days. had A worked at twice the speed and B D. 8.5 Days
at half the speed, it would have taken them
16. A and B working separately can do a piece
four days to complete the job. How much
of work in 9 and 15 days respectively. If they
time would it take for A alone to do the work?
work for a day alternately, with A beginning,
A. 10 days then the work will be completed in:

B. 20 days A. 9 days

C. 25 days B. 10 days

D. 15 days C. 11 days

12 women can do a piece of work in 18 days, D. 12 days

How many women would be required do the
17.A does half as much work as B in one -sixth
same work in 21 days.
of the time.If together they take 10 days to
A. 35 complete a work, how much time shall B take
to do it alone?
B. 36
A. 13.33 days
C. 37
B. 20 days
D. 38
C. 30 days
13. A is thrice good a workman as B and
therefore is able to finish a job in 40 days less D. 40 days
than B. Working together they can do it in:
18.A can do a certain work in the same time in
A. 15 days which B and C together can do it. If A and B
together could do it in 10 days and C alone in
B. 16 days
50 days, then B alone could do it in:
C. 18 days
A. 15 days

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B. 20 days D. 15 days

C. 25 days 23. A can do a piece of work in 4 hours, B and

C together in 3 hours, and A and C together in
D. 30 days
2 hours. How long will B alone take to do it ?
19. A can do a piece of work in 12 days. When
A. 8 hours
he had worked for 3 days. B joined him. If
they complete the work in 3 more days, in B. 10 hours
how many days can B alone finish the work ?
C. 12 hours
A. 6 days
D. 24 hours
B. 12 days
24. A job can be complete by 12 men in 12
C. 4 days days. How many extra days will be needed to
complete the job if 6 men leave after working
D. 8 days
for 6 days ?

A. 3 days
20. A can finish a work in 18 days and B can
B. 6 days
do the same work in 15 days. B worked for 10
days and left the job. In how many days, A C. 12 days
alone can finish the remaining work?
D. 24 days
A. 5
25. A and B can do a piece of work in 12 days,
B. 9 B and C in 8 days and C and A in 6 days. How
long would B take to do the same work alone
?
C. 6
A. 24 days
D. 8
B. 32 days
21. 4 men and 6 women can complete a work
C. 40 days
in 8 days, while 3 men and 7 women can
complete it in 10 days. In how many days will D. 48 days
10 women complete it?
26. A is twice as good a workman as B. If they
A. 35 work together, they can complete a job in 18
days. If A alone does the job, in how many
B. 40
days he will complete the job ?
C. 45
A. 27 days
D. 50
B. 36 days
22. 3 men or 5 women can do a work in 12
C. 40 days
days. How long will 6 men and 5 women take
to finish the work ? D. 54 days

A. 20 days 27. If the work done by (x - 1) men in (x + 1)

days and the work done by (x + 2) men in (x -
B. 10 days
1) days are in the ratio 9 : 10, then the value
C. 4 days of x is equal to ?

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A. 5 D. 10 days

B. 6 32. A does half as much work as B in one-sixth

of the time. If together they take 10 days to
C. 7
complete a work. How much time shall B
D. 8 alone take to do it ?

A. 30 days

28. A can do a piece of work in 70 days and B B. 40 days

is 40% more efficient then A. Then the
C. 50 days
number of days taken by B to do the same
work is = ? D. 70 days

A. 40 dayd 33. Some carpenters promised to do a job in 9

days but 5 of them were absent and
B. 60 days
remaining men did the job in 12 day. The
C. 50 days original number of carpenters was ?

D. 45 days A. 24

29. Kamal can do a work in 15 days. Bimal is B. 20

50% more efficient then Kamal. The number
C. 16
of days, Bimal will take to do the same piece
of work, is = ? D. 18

A. 7½ 34. If 4 men or 6 women can do a piece of

work in 12 days working 7 hours a day, how
B. 10
many days will it take to complete a work
C. 12 twice as large with 10 men and 3 women
working together 8 hours a day ?
D. 14
A. 6 days
30.A does 20% less work than B. If A can
complete a piece of work in 7 ½ hours, then B. 7 days
B can do it in ?
C. 8 days
A. 5 hours
D. 10 days
B. 4 hours
35. A can complete a piece of work in 10 days,
C. 6 hours B in 15 days and C in 20 days. A and C
together for 2 days and A was replaced by B.
D. 7 hours In how many days, altogether, was the work
31. A can do a piece of work in 15 days, which complete ?
B can do it in 10 days. B worked at it for 8 A. 6 days
days. A can finish the remaining work in?
B. 8 days
A. 2 days
C. 15 days
B. 3 days
D. 16 days
C. 5 days

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36. Two men can do a piece of work in x days.

But y women can do that in 3 days. Then the
ratio of the work done by 1 man and 1 woman
is ?

A. 3y : 2x

B. 2x : 3y

C. x:y

D. 2y : 3x

37. If 12 carpenters working 6 hours a day can

make 460 chairs in 240 days, then number of
chairs made by 18 carpenters in 360 days
each working 8 hours a day ?

A. 1320

B. 1380

C. 1260

D. 920

38. If 20 women can lay a road of length 100m

in 10 days. 10 women can lay the same road
of length 50m in = ?

A. 5 days

B. 15 days

C 10 days

D 20 days

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WORD PROBLEMS
AGE 9 respectively. What is Anand's present age in
years?

A. 24 B. 27

C. 40 D. None of the

6.A man is 24 years older than his son. In two

years, his age will be twice the age of his son.
The present age of his son is:

A. 14 years B. 18 years

C. 20 years D. 22 years

8. The sum of the present ages of a father and

1.The sum of ages of 5 children born at the his son is 60 years. Six years ago, father's age
intervals of 3 years each is 50 years. What is was five times the age of the son. After 6
the age of the youngest child? years, son's age will be:

A. 4 years B. 8 years A. 12 years B. 14 years

C. 10 years D. None of these C. 18 years D. 20 years

2.A father said to his son, "I was as old as you 9.Sachin is younger than Rahul by 7 years. If
are at the present at the time of your birth". If their ages are in the respective ratio of 7 : 9,
the father's age is 38 years now, the son's age how old is Sachin?
five years back was: A. 16 years B. 18 years
A. 14 yearsB. 19 years C. 28 years D. 24.5 years
C. 33 years D. 38 years 10.A person's present age is two-fifth of the
3.A is two years older than B who is twice as age of his mother. After 8 years, he will be
old as C. If the total of the ages of A, B and C one-half of the age of his mother. How old is
be 27, then how old is B? the mother at present?

A. 7 B. 8 A. 32 years B. 36 years

C. 9 D. 10 C. 40 years D. 48 years

4.Sachin is younger than Rahul by 7 years. If 11.The age of father 10 years ago was thrice
their ages are in the respective ratio of 7 : 9, the age of his son. Ten years hence, father's
how old is Sachin? age will be twice that of his son. The ratio of
their present ages is
A. 16 years B. 18 years
A. 5:2 B. 7:3
C. 28 years D. 24.5 years
C. 9:2 D. 13 : 4
5.Present ages of Sameer and Anand are in
the ratio of 5 : 4 respectively. Three years 12.The average of the ages of a man and his
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their ages four years from now is 14 : 5,what PROFIT AND LOSS
is daughter's present age ?
17.The cost price of 20 articles is the same as
A. 10 years B.12 years the selling price of x articles. If the profit is
25%, then the value of x is:
C. 18 years D.None of these
A. 15 B. 16
13.The ages of Samina and Suhana are in the
ratio of 7 : 3 respectively. After 6 years, the C. 18 D. 25
ratio of their ages will be 5 : 3. What is the
18.If selling price is doubled, the profit triples.
difference in their ages?
Find the profit percent.
A. 6 years B. 8 years
A. 66 B. 100
C. 10 years D 12 years
C. 105 D. 120
14.The present age of son is half of the
19.A man buys a watch for Rs. 1950 in cash
present age of his mother. Ten years ago, his
and sells it for Rs. 2200 at a credit of 1 year. If
mother's age was thrice the age of her son.
the rate of interest is 10% per annum, the
What is the present age of the son ?
man:
A. 20 years B. 25 years
A. gains Rs. 55 B. gains Rs. 50
C. 30 years D. 40 years
C. loses Rs. 30 D. gains Rs. 30
15.Rahul is as much younger than Sagar as he
20.The percentage profit earned by selling an
is older than Purav. If the sum of the ages of
article for Rs. 1920 is equal to the percentage
Purav and Sagar is 66 years, and Sagar's age is
loss incurred by selling the same article for Rs.
48 years, then what is the difference between
1280. At what price should the article be sold
Rahul and Purav's age ? ( in years)
to make 25% profit?
A. 18 B. 15
A. Rs. 2000 B. Rs. 2200
C. 16 D. 20
C. Rs. 2400 D. none
16.The sum of present ages of a father and his
21.A man buys a cycle for Rs. 1400 and sells it
son is 8 years more than the present age of
at a loss of 15%. What is the selling price of
the mother. The mother is 22 years older than
the cycle?
the son. What will be the age of the father
after 4 years? A. Rs. 1090 B. Rs. 1160
A. 34 years B. 36 years C. Rs. 1190 D. Rs. 1202
C. 40 years D. 38 years 22.On selling 17 balls at Rs. 720, there is a loss
equal to the cost price of 5 balls. The cost
price of a ball is:

A. Rs. 45 B. Rs. 50

C. Rs. 55 D. Rs. 60

23.A trader mixes 26 kg of rice at Rs. 20 per kg

with 30 kg of rice of other variety at Rs. 36 per
kg and sells the mixture at Rs. 30 per kg. His
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A. No profit, no loss B. 5% C. 5% D. 2%

C. 8% D. 10% 31.The cost price of 20 articles is the same as

the selling price of x articles. If the profit is
24.The marked price of a radio is 20% more
25%, then the value of x is:
than its cost price. If a discount of 10% is
given on the marked price, the gain per cent A. 15 B. 16
is:
C. 18 D. 25
A. 15 B. 12
32.A man buys a cycle for Rs. 1400 and sells it
C. 10 D. 8 at a loss of 15%. What is the selling price of
the cycle?
25.The cost price of an article is 80% of its
marked price for sale. How much per cent A. Rs. 1090 B. Rs. 1160
does the tradesman gain after allowing a
C. Rs. 1190 D. Rs. 1202
discount of 12%?
33. The ratio of the cost price and selling price
A. 20% B. 12%
is 5 : 4, the loss percent is = ?
C. 10% D. 8%
A. 20% B. 25%
26.Two successive discount of 10% and 20%
C. 40% D. 50%
are equivalent to a single discount of:
34.A man purchased a cow for Rs. 3000 and
A. 30% B. 28%
sold it the same day for Rs. 3600, allowing the
C. 26% D. 25% buyer a credit of 2 years. If the rate of interest
be 10% per annum, then the man has a gain
27.A retailer increase the selling price by 25%
of:
due to which his profit percentage increase
from 20% to 25%. What is the percentage A. 0% B. 5%
increase in cost price ?
C. 7.5% D. 10%
A. 20% B. 30%

C. 25% D. 50%

28.A watch costing Rs. 120 was sold at a loss

of 15%. At what price was it sold?

A. Rs. 112 B. Rs.102

C. Rs. 135 D. Rs. 110

29.Arun bought toffees at 6 for a rupee. How

many for a rupee he should sell to gain 20%?

A. 2 B. 3

C. 4 D. 5

30.A trader marks his goods 40% above cost

price and allows a discount of 25%. The profit
he makes is:

A. 15% B. 10%

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PROBABILITY
1. What is the probability of getting a sum 9 8.In a simultaneous throw of two dice, what is
from two throws of a dice? the probability of getting a total of 10 or 11?

A. 1/6 B. 1/8 A. 1/4 B. 1/6

C. 1/9 D. 1/12 C. 7/12 D. 5/36

2.In a throw of dice what is the probability of 9.From a pack of 52 cards, one card is drawn
getting number greater than 5 at random. What is the probability that the
card drawn is a ten or a spade?
A. 1/2 B. 1/4
A. 4/13 B. 1/4
C. 1/6 D. 1/8
C. 1/13 D. 1/26
3.In a throw of coin what is the probability of
getting head. 10.In a simultaneous throw of two dice, what
is the probability of getting a total of 7?
A. 0 B. 1
A. 1/6 B. 1/4
C. 2 D. 1/2
C. 2/3 D. 3/4
4.Three unbiased coins are tossed. What is
the probability of getting at most two heads? 11.Four persons are chosen at random from a
group of 3 men, 2 women and 4 children. The
A. ¾ B. 1/4
chance that exactly 2 of them are children, is-
C. 3/8 D. 7/8
A. 1/9 B. 1/5
5.Three unbiased coins are tossed. What is
C. 1/12 D. 10/21
the probability of getting at least 2 heads?
12.A committee of 3 members is to be
A. ¼ B. 1/2
selected out of 3 men and 2 women. What is
C. 1/3 D. 1/8 the probability that the committee has at
least 1 woman ?
6.A card is drawn from a pack of 52 cards. The
probability of getting a queen of club or a king A. 1/10 B. 9/20
of heart is-
C. 1/20 D. 9/10
A. 1/13 B. 2/13
13.A speaks truth in 75% cases and B in 80%
C. 1/26 D. 1/52 of the cases. In what percentage of cases are
they likely to contradict each other, in
7.A bag contains 3 blue, 2 green and 5 red narrating the same incident ?
balls. If four balls are picked at random, what
is the probability that two are green and two A. 5% B. 15%
are blue?
C. 35% D. 45%
A. 1/18 B. 1/70
14.A basket contains 4 red, 5 blue and 3 green
C. 3/5 D. ½ marbles. If 2 marbles are drawn at random
from the basket, What is the probability that
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A. 3/7 B. 1/2 21. The probability of success changes from

trial to trial in
C. 1/11 D. 1/6
A. Sampling distribution
15.Two dice are thrown simultaneously. What
is the probability of getting the sum of the B. Binomial distribution
face number is odd?
C. Hypergeometric distribution
A. 1/2 B. 2/3
D. Geometric distribution
C. 3/4 D. 1/3
22. Successive trials in binomial distribution
16.In a box, there are 8 red, 7 blue and 6 are
green balls. One ball is picked up randomly.
A. Dependent B. Independent
What is the probability that it is neither blue
nor green? C. Equally Likely D. Mutually
A. 2/3 B. 3/7 23. In special rule of addition of probability,
the events are always
C. 8/21 D. 9/22
A. Bayesian B. Empirical
17.Bag contain 10 black and 20 white balls,
One ball is drawn at random. What is the C. Independent events D. Mutually
probability that ball is white
24.The variance of binomial distribution is
A. 1/3 B. 2/3 always
C. 1/2 D. 4/3 A. Less than mean
18.Two dice are thrown simultaneously. What B. Equal to mean
is the probability of getting the sum of the
face number is at least 10? C. Greater than mean

A. 1/3 B. 1/6 D. Equal to standard deviation

C. 2/3 D. 5/6 25. Hypergeometric distribution has

parameters
19.Each trial in Binomial distribution has
A. 1 B. 2
A. One Outcome
B. Two Outcome C. 3 D. 4
C. Three Outcome
D. Four Outcome

20. In a Poisson probability distribution

A. It always contains a contingency table

B. The number of trials is always less than 5

C. The probability of success is always greater

than 5

D. The mean and variance of the distribution

are same (equal)

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1. If one-third of one-fourth of a number is C. 96
15, then three-tenth of that number is:
D. Cannot be determined
A. 35 B. 36
E. None of these
C. 45 D. 54
7. The sum of the squares of three numbers is
2. Three times the first of three consecutive
138, while the sum of their products taken
odd integers is 3 more than twice the third.
two at a time is 131. Their sum is:
The third integer is:
A. 20 B. 30
A. 9 B. 11
C. 40 D. None of these
C. 13 D. 15
8. A number consists of two digits. If the digits
3. The difference between a two-digit number
interchange places and the new number is
and the number obtained by interchanging
added to the original number, then the
the positions of its digits is 36. What is the
resulting number will be divisible by:
difference between the two digits of that
number? A. 3 B. 5
A. 3 B. 4 C. 9 D. 11
C. 9 9. In a two-digit, if it is known that its unit's
D. Cannot be determined digit exceeds its ten's digit by 2 and that the
E. None of these product of the given number and the sum of
its digits is equal to 144, then the number is:
4. The difference between a two-digit number
and the number obtained by interchanging A. 24 B. 26
the digits is 36. What is the difference
between the sum and the difference of the C. 42 D. 46
digits of the number if the ratio between the 10. Find a positive number which when
digits of the number is 1 : 2 ? increased by 17 is equal to 60 times the
A. 4 B. 8 reciprocal of the number.

C. 16 D. None of these A. 3 B. 10

5. A two-digit number is such that the product C. 17 D. 20

of the digits is 8. When 18 is added to the 11. The product of two numbers is 9375 and
number, then the digits are reversed. The the quotient, when the larger one is divided
number is: by the smaller, is 15. The sum of the numbers
A. 18 B. 24 is:

C. 42 D. 81

6. The sum of the digits of a two-digit number A. 380 B. 395

is 15 and the difference between the digits is C. 400 D. 425
3. What is the two-digit number?

A. 69 B. 78

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12. The product of two numbers is 120 and A. 23 B. 27
the sum of their squares is 289. The sum of
C. 32 D. 72
the number is:
20. Find the whole number which when
A. 20 B. 23
increased by 20 is equal to 69 times the
C. 169 D. None of these reciprocal of the number.

13. A number consists of 3 digits whose sum is A. 2.5 B. 3

10. The middle digit is equal to the sum of the
C. 5 D. 7
other two and the number will be increased
by 99 if its digits are reversed. The number is: 21.If a number is multiplied by two-third of
itself the value so obtained is 864. What is the
A. 145 B. 253
number ?
C. 370 D. 352
A. 34 B. 36
14. The sum of two number is 25 and their
C. 38 D. 44
difference is 13. Find their product
22.If the product of three consecutive
A. 104 B. 114
integers is 120, then the sum of the integers is
C. 315 D. 325
A. 9 B. 12
15. What is the sum of two consecutive even
C. 14 D. 15
numbers, the difference of whose squares is
84? 23.A number when multiplied by 13 is
increased by 180. The number is :
A. 34 B. 38
A. 5 B. 12
C. 42 D. 46
C. 15 D. 45
16.The difference between a number and its
three-fifths is 50, What is the number ? 24.A positive number when decreased by 4 is
equal to 21 times the reciprocal of the
A. 75 B. 100
number. The number is ?
C. 125 D.None of these
A. 3 B. 5
17.The difference between two integers is 5.
C. 7 D. 9
Their product is 500. Find the numbers.
25.The sum of two numbers is 37 and the
A. 15, 20 B. 20, 25
difference of their squares is 185, then the
C. 30, 25 D. 21, 26 difference between the two numbers is :

18. What is the sum of two consecutive even A. 10 B. 4

numbers, the difference of whose squares is
C. 5 D. 3
84 ?
26.A number is double and 9 is added. If the
A. 34 B. 38
resultant is trebled, it becomes 75. What is
C. 42 D. 46 that number ?

19.A certain number of two digits is three A. 3.5 B. 6

times the sum of its digits and if 45 be added
C. 8 D.None of these
to it, the digits are reversed. The number is ?

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27. The sum of two numbers is 75 and their 34. The sum of two numbers is 25 and their
difference is 25. The product of the two difference is 13. Find their product :
numbers is :
A. 104 B. 114
A. 1350 B. 1250
C. 315 D. 325
C. 125 D. 1000
35.If the sum of numbers is 33 and their
28.Three-forth of a number is 60 more than difference is 15, the smaller number is ?
its one-third. The number is :
A. 9 B. 12
A. 84 B. 108
C. 15 D. 18
C. 144 D.None of these
36.If the sum of a number and its square is
29.The sum of the squares of two numbers is 182, what is the number ?
3341 and the difference of their squares is
A. 15 B. 26
891. The numbers are :
C. 28 D. 13
A. 25, 36 B. 25, 46
37.The sum of three consecutive odd
C. 35, 46 D.None of these
numbers is 20 more than the first of these
30.The difference between two positive numbers. What is the middle number ?
integers is 3. If the sum of their squares is
A. 7 B. 9
369, then the sum of the numbers is :
C. 11 D. 10
A. 25 B. 27
38. Three times the first of three consecutive
C. 33 D. 81
odd integers is 3 more than twice the third.
31.The difference of two numbers is 20% of The integer is :
the larger number. If the smaller number is
A. 9 B. 11
12, the larger one is :
C. 13 D. 15
A. 15 B. 16

C. 18 D. 20 LCM And HCF

32.Out of six consecutive natural numbers if 1.Find the greatest number that will divide 43,
the sum of first three is 27, what is the sum of 91 and 183 so as to leave the same remainder
the other three ? in each case.
A. 24 B. 25 A. 4 B. 7
C. 35 D. 36 C. 9 D. 13

2. The H.C.F. of two numbers is 23 and the

other two factors of their L.C.M. are 13 and
33.If 50 is subtracted from two-third of
14. The larger of the two numbers is:
number, the result is equal to sum of 40 and
one-fourth of that number. What is the A. 276 B. 299
number ?
C. 322 D. 345
A. 174 B. 216
3.Six bells commence tolling together and toll
C. 246 D. 336 at intervals of 2, 4, 6, 8 10 and 12 seconds

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respectively. In 30 minutes, how many times 11.A, B and C start at the same time in the
do they toll together ? same direction to run around a circular
stadium. A completes a round in 252 seconds,
A. 4 B. 10
B in 308 seconds and c in 198 seconds, all
C. 15 D. 16 starting at the same point. After what time
will they again at the starting point ?
4. Let N be the greatest number that will
divide 1305, 4665 and 6905, leaving the same A. 26 minutes and 18 seconds
remainder in each case. Then sum of the B. 42 minutes and 36 seconds
digits in N is: C. 45 minutes
D. 46 minutes and 12 seconds
A. 4 B. 5
12.Three numbers which are co-prime to each
C. 6 D. 8 other are such that the product of the first
5. The greatest number of four digits which is two is 551 and that of the last two is 1073.
divisible by 15, 25, 40 and 75 is: The sum of the three numbers is:

A. 9000 B. 9400 A. 75 B. 81

C. 9600 D. 9800 C. 85 D. 89

6.The product of two numbers is 4107. If the 13.The HCF and LCM of two numbers are 8
H.C.F. of these numbers is 37, then the and 48 respectively. If one of the number is
greater number is: 24, then the other number is = ?

A. 101 B. 107 A. 48 B. 36

C. 111 D. 185 C. 24 D. 16

7. Three number are in the ratio of 3 : 4 : 5 14.The LCM of two numbers is 1820 and their
and their L.C.M. is 2400. Their H.C.F. is: HCF is 26. If one number is 130 then the other
number is ?
A. 40 B. 80
A. 70 B. 1690
C. 120 D. 200
C. 364 D. 1264
8. The G.C.D. of 1.08, 0.36 and 0.9 is:
15.A milkman has 75 litres milk in one cane
A. 0.03 B. 0.9 and 45 litres in another. The maximum
C. 0.18 D. 0.108 capacity of container which can measure milk
of either container exact number ?
9. The product of two numbers is 2028 and
their H.C.F. is 13. The number of such pairs is: A. 1 litre B. 5 litres

A. 1 B. 2 C. 15 litres D. 25 litres\

C. 3 D. 4 16.The least number which when divided by

4, 6, 8 and 9 leave zero remainder in each
10. The least multiple of 7, which leaves a case and when divided by 13 leaves a
remainder of 4, when divided by 6, 9, 15 and remainder of 7 is
18 is:
A. 144 B. 72
A. 74 B. 94 C. 36 D. 85
C. 184 D. 364

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1.How many perfect squares lie between 120 C. 6 D. 8

and 300 ? 9.How many perfect squares lie between 120
A. 5 B. 6 and 300 ?

C. 7 D. 8 A. 5 B. 6

2.The number of perfect square numbers C. 7 D. 8

between 50 and 1000 is = ? 10.The least number by which 294 must be
A. 21 B. 22 multiplied to make it a perfect square, is = ?

C. 23 D. 24 A. 2 B. 3

3.The cube root of .000216 is: C. 6 D. 24

A. .6 B. .06 11.The least perfect square number divisible

by 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8 is = ?
C. 77 D. 87
A. 900 B. 1200
4.The least perfect square, which is divisible
by each of 21, 36 and 66 is: C. 2500 D. 3600

A. 213444 B. 214344

C. 214434 D. 231444

5.A group of students decided to collect as

many paise from each member of group as is
the number of members. If the total collection
amounts to Rs. 59.29, the number of the
member is the group is:

A. 57 B. 67

C. 77 D. 87

6.How many two-digit numbers satisfy this

property.: The last digit (unit's digit) of the
square of the two-digit number is 8 ?

A. 1 B. 2

C. 3 D. not possible

7.The square root of 64009 is:

A. 253 B. 347

C. 363 D. 803

8.The digit in the unit's place in the square

root of 15876 is = ?

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PRACTICE SAT QUESTIONS

1. The average (arithmetic mean) of three numbers is 5. How many points did Ed score during the fourth
90. The sum of two of the numbers is 150. What is game?
the value of the third number? A. 12
A. 90 B. 11
B. 100 C. 10
C. 110 D. 9
D. 120 E. 8
E. 130
6. Say that Ed scored 16 points in the fourth game.
2. Using the data set, {30,70,40,50,90,40,60}, which of What should be added to Jay’s median score to equal
the following statements is correct? the median of Ed’s scores?
A. Median <mean <mode
B. Mode <mean <median 7. Blaire, Chen, Erin, Liz, and Mauro all participate in
C. Mode <median <mean a 1-mile race. The average (arithmetic mean) for the
D. Mean <mode <median times of all girls is 6.5 minutes. If the average time
E. Median <mean <mode for Blaire, Chen, and Erin is 6.7 minutes, what is
the average time for Liz and Mauro?
3. The average (arithmetic mean) of four numbers is 50. A. 6.1 minutes
Two of the numbers are 30 and 60. What is the aver- B. 6.2 minutes
age of the other two numbers? C. 6.3 minutes
A. 70 D. 6.4 minutes
B. 65 E. 6.5 minutes
C. 60
D. 55 8. What is the median of the modes in the dataset {−5,
E. 50 4, 3, 7, 2, 1, 3, 4, 5, −1, 7, 8, −4, 2, 6}?
A. 2
4. The average (arithmetic mean) of four consecutive B. 2.5
even integers is 5. What is the median of these four C. 3
numbers? D. 3.5
E. 4
The tables below show the points scored by two dif-
ferent basketball players, Jay and Ed. Ed’s average 9. The average of x and y is 7, and z = 3x + 2. What is
(arithmetic mean) for 4 games is 2 less than Jay’s the average of y and z?
average for 5 games. A. 2x + 8
B. 2x − 16
Use these data for Question 5 and Question 6. C. 2x + 16
D. x − 8
Jay’s points Ed’s points E. x + 8

20 15 10. The average of a set of n numbers is x. If each num-

ber is increased by y, then what is the average of the
16 21 new set of numbers?
25 A. x
17
15 B. y
C. n(x + y)
14 D. x + y
x+y
E.
n

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11. Mr. Jones administered a test to the students in each 14. If the average of 6 evenly spaced numbers is x, what
of his three Algebra II classes. The average (arith- is the median of the 6 numbers?
metic mean) of all the students in his classes was A. x
82.8. What is the average for his Period 8 class? B. 2x
x
C.
2
Period 1 Period 7 Period 8
D. 6x
Number of x
E.
students 16 19 15 6
Class average 85 80 ?
15. a, b, and c are all positive integers such that a + b +
c = 150, and none of these values are equal to each
other. What is the smallest possible value for the
A. 80
median of a, b, and c?
B. 81
C. 82 A. 5
D. 83 B. 4
E. 84 C. 3
D. 2
a+b+c+d E. 1
12. = 12 . If the average of a, b, c, d, and
4
16. s and t are positive integers whose average (arith-
e is 14, what is the value of e?
metic mean) is 9. If s < t, what is the median of all
A. 14 possible values of s?
B. 16
A. 6.5
C. 18
B. 6
D. 20
C. 5.5
E. 22
D. 5
E. 4.5
13. Frank took 4 history tests. Frank earned an 85, 92,
and 89 on the first three tests. If Frank’s average
17. The modes of a set of 9 numbers are x, y, and z, and
(arithmetic mean) for all 4 tests is 91, what did he
the average (arithmetic mean) of the 9 numbers is 20.
earn on his last test?
Three of the 9 numbers are 2x + 5, 2y, and 2z − 3.
A. 100 What is the value of 4(x + y + z)?
B. 99
A. 178
C. 98
B. 179
D. 97
C. 180
E. 96
D. 181
E. 182

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 Combinations
Diagnostic Test on Combinations
1. A party has 12 boys and 15 girls. How
many different dancing pairs can be 4. With reference to Problem 3, how many
formed? members belong to group I only?
(A) 60 (D) 300 (A) 9 (D) 16
(B) 180 (E) 250 (B) 22 (E) 11
(C) 150 (C) 19

2. A combination lock has 12 numbers on 5. Fifty people joined clubs. 30 joined

the dial. If a combination of two num- club A and 25 joined club B. How many
bers is needed to open the lock, how joined both clubs?
many possible combinations are there? (A) 15 (D) 3
(A) 24 (D) 144 (B) 4 (E) 9
(B) 256 (E) 194 (C) 5
(C) 96

3. There are 14 members in group I and 27

members in group II. If 5 people belong
to both groups, how many people are
there in the two groups altogether?
(A) 30 (D) 36
(B) 31 (E) 26
(C) 29

Solutions for Diagnostic Test

1. (B) Each boy can form a pair with each 4. (A) Number in I only 5 Number in I 2
of the 15 girls. 12(15) or 180 pairs can Number in both
be formed. (2-35) Number in I only 5 14 2 5 5 9 (2-36)

2. (D) The total number of combinations 5. (C) Since 30 joined A and 25 joined B,
is (12)(12) 5 144. (2-35) the number that joined both must be 30
1 25 2 50 5 5. (2-36)
3. (D) Number of people (total) 5
Number in I 1 Number in II 2 Number
in both
Total number 5 14 1 27 2 5 5 36.
(2-36)

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Instructional Material on Combinations

2-35 Number of ways of doing a job

Suppose that a job has 2 different parts. There are m different ways of doing the first
part and n different ways of doing the second part. The problem is to find the number
of ways of doing the entire job. For each way of doing the first part of the job, there
are n ways of doing the second part. Since there are m ways of doing the first part,
the total number of ways of doing the entire job is m 3 n. The formula that can be
used is
Number of ways 5 m 3 n
For any problem which involves 2 actions or 2 objects, each with a number of
choices, and asks for the number of combinations, the formula can be used. For
example: A man wants a sandwich and a drink for lunch. If a restaurant has 4 choices
of sandwiches and 3 choices of drinks, how many different ways can he order his
lunch?
Since there are 4 choices of sandwiches and 3 choices of drinks, using the formula
Number of ways 5 4(3)
5 12
Therefore, the man can order his lunch 12 different ways.

Practice Exercises for 2-35 2. How many different 2-digit numbers

(e.g., 10, 25, 76, 91) can be made?
1. A man has 4 different shirts and 6 dif- 3. Harry can buy a #2 pencil or a #4 pencil.
ferent pairs of pants. How many differ- Both pencils come in an orange or red
ent ways can the man dress with pants color. How many different pencils can
and shirts? Harry buy?

4. How many different sheets of paper are there if paper comes in three sizes and each size
comes in either a red, green or white color?

2-36 Number of members belonging to groups

Suppose there are two groups, each with a certain number of members. Some mem-
bers of one group also belong to the other group. The problem is to find how many
members there are in the 2 groups altogether. To find the numbers of members
altogether, use the following formula:

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Total number of members 5 Number of members in group I

              1 Number of members in group II
            2 Number of members common to both groups

For example: In one class, 18 students received As for English and 10 students
received As in math. If 5 students received As in both English and math, how many
students received at least one A?
In this case, let the students who received As in English be in group I and let those
who received As in math be in group II.
Using the formula:
Number of students who received at least one A
        5 Number in group I 1 Number in group II 2 Number in both
        5 18 1 10 2 5 5 23
Therefore, there are 23 students who received at least one A.

In combination problems such as those on the preceding page,

the problems do not always ask for the total number. They may ask
for any of the four numbers in the formula while the other three are
given. In any case, to solve the problems, use the formula.

Practice Exercises for 2-36

1. 100 people joined clubs. 20 joined Club A, and 115 joined Club B. How
many people joined both clubs?

2. 75 people joined Club A and 50 people joined Club B. If 30 people

joined both clubs, how many people joined clubs?

3. 65 people were members of group I. 40 people were members of

group II. If one-half as many people belong to both groups, as the total
number of members, how many people belong to both groups?

4. Twice as many people belong to group I as those who belong to group

II. If 25 people belong to both groups and the total number of mem-
bers is 200, how many members belong to group I? To group II?

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