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An investor bought two shares of stock, which he sold for $48 each. If he had a profit of 20% on one of the shares and a loss of 20% on the other share, then on the sale of both shares combined, the investor had: |
How many times are the hands of a clock at right angle in a day? |
What is the remainder when (63)(65) is divided by 8? |
Tara bought 19 cartons of ice cream and 4 cartons of yoghurt. Each carton of ice cream cost $7 and each carton of yoghurt cost $1. How much more did Tara spend on ice cream than on yoghurt? |
If k and w are the dimensions of a rectangle that has area 21, and if k and w are integers such that k > w, what is the total number of possible values of k? |
Find the invalid no.from the following series 2,3,12,37,86,166,288 |
An empty fuel tank with a capacity of 200 gallons was filled partially with fuel A and then to capacity with fuel B. Fuel A contains 12% ethanol by volume and fuel B contains 16% ethanol by volume. If the full fuel tank contains 20 gallons of ethanol, how many gallons of fuel A were added? |
When 2/9 of the votes on a certain resolution have been counted, 3/4 of those counted are in favor of the resolution. What fraction e of the remaining votes must be against the resolution so that the total count will result in a vote of 2 to 1 against the resolution? |
Of 60 children, 30 are happy, 10 are sad, and 20 are neither happy nor sad. There are 18 boys and 42 girls. If there are 6 happy boys and 4 sad girls, how many boys are neither happy nor sad? |
A man can row 4.5 km/hr in still water and he finds that it takes him twice as long to row up as to row down the river. Find the rate of the stream. |
Which of the following is closest to (7!-6!)/(7!+6!)? |
Sum of 3 consecutive even no.'s is 26 more than the 1st no. of the series. Find the middle no.? |
One year ago the ratio between Laxman's and Gopal's salary was 3:4. The ratio's of their individual salaries between last year's and this year's salaries are 4:5 and 2:3 respectively. At present the total of their salary is Rs.4290. The salary of Laxman now is : |
The distance between 2 cities A and B is 1000km. A train starts from A at 9 a.m. and travels towards B at 100 km/hr. Another starts from B at 10 a.m. and travels towards A at 150 km/hr. At what time do they meet? |
To mail a package, the rate is 10 cents for the first pound and 5 cents for each additional pound. Two packages weighing 3 pounds and 5 pounds, respectively can be mailed seperately or combined as one package. Which method is cheaper and how much money is saved? |
From the given equation find the value of z: z² + 5z + 6 |
A Bell Curve (Normal Distribution) has a mean of − 1 and a standard deviation of 1/8 . How many integer values Z are within three standard deviations of the mean? |
In 10 years, A will be twice as old5as B was 10 years ago. If A is now 9 years older than B, the present age of B is |
In Smithtown, the ratio of right-handed people to left-handed people is 3 to 1 and the ratio of men to women is 3 to 2. If the number of right-handed men is maximized, then what percent Z of all the people in Smithtown are left-handed women? |
The average age of 11 boys is 50, if the average age of first six boys is 49 and that of the last six is 52. Find the boy age? |
in how many ways can six members be selected from a group of ten members? |
A rectangular room has the rectangular shaped rug shown as above figure such that the rug’s area is 220 square feet and its length is 12 feet longer than its width. If the uniform width between the rug and room is 12 feet, what is the area of the region uncovered by the rug (shaded region), in square feet? |
A bank offers 5% C.I. calculated on half-yearly basis . A customer deposits Rs. 1600 each on 1st January and 1st July of a year. At the end of the year, the amount he would have gained by way of interest is? |
If x + (1/x) = 5, what is the value of T= x^2 + (1/x)^2? |
In how many ways can an answer key for a quiz be written if the quiz contains 4 true-false questions followed by 2 multiples-choice questions with 4 answer choices each, if the correct answers to all true-false questions cannot be the same? |
In a class of 94 students 41 are taking French, 22 are taking German. Of the students taking French or German, 9 are taking both courses. How many students are not enrolled in either course? |
If the product of two positive integers is 50, which of the following could be the LCM and HCF of the two numbers?
1. LCM 10 : HCF 5
2. LCM 25 : HCF 2
3. LCM 18 : HCF 4 |
A trained covered x km at 40 kmph and another 2x km at 20 kmph. Find the average speed of the train in covering the entire 3x km. |
The amount of time that three people worked on a special project was in the ratio of 2 to 3 to 4. If the project took 90 hours, how many more hours did the hardest working person work than the person who worked the least? |
Find the quotient: 0.63 / 9 |
In a dairy farm, 20 cows eat 10 bags of husk in 40 days. In how many days one cow will eat one bag of husk? |
At a certain laboratory, chemical substance are identified by an unordered combination of three different colors. If no chemical may be assigned the same three colors as any other, what is the maximum number of substances that can be identified using nine colors? |
HCF of two numbers is 15 and their LCM is 180. If their sum is 105, then the numbers are |
Anna and Carol buy CDs and tapes at a music store that sells each of its CDs for a certain price and each of its tapes for a certain price. Anna spends twice as much as Carol spends, buying three times as many CDs and the same number of tapes. If Carol spends $60.00 on four CDs and five tapes, how much does one tape cost? |
A certain stock exchange designates each stock with a 1, 2 or 3 letter code, where each letter is selected from the 12 letters of the alphabet. If the letters may be repeated and if the same letters used in a different order, constitute a different code, how many diff stocks is it possible to designate with these codes? |
A number exceeds by 25 from its 3/8 part. Then the number is? |
one out of five employees are capable of doing a certain task. 50 percent of the five employees, including the one who are capable, are assigned to a project involving this task. what percentage of employees assigned to the project are not capable? |
A man spends Rs. 1600 per month on an average for the first three months, Rs 1550 for next four months and Rs. 1800 per month for the last five months and saves Rs . 4000 a year. What is his average monthly income? |
At 1:00 PM, Train X departed from Station A on the road to Station B. At 1:10 PM, Train Y departed Station B on the same road for Station A. If Station A and Station B are p miles apart, Train X’s speed is r miles per hour, and Train Y’s speed is s miles per hour, how many hours after 1:00 PM, in terms of p, r, and s, do the two trains pass each other? |
The average age of 17 students of a class is 17 years. Out of these, the average age of 5 students is 14 years and that of the other 9 students is 16 years, The age of the 17th student is |
If the consumer price index for a sample of goods and services purchased in Dallas rose from 100 at the end of 1967 to x at the end of 1985, what was the average Y (arithmetic mean) annual increase in the index over this period? |
If 1,000 microns = 1 decimeter, and 1,000,000 angstroms = 1 decimeter, how many angstroms equal 1 micron? |
Kate and Danny each have $10. Together, they flip a fair coin 5 times. Every time the coin lands on heads, Kate gives Danny $1. Every time the coin lands on tails, Danny gives Kate $1. After the five coin flips, what is the probability M that Kate has more than $10 but less than $15? |
A cyclist traveled for two days. On the second day the cyclist traveled 4 hours longer and at an average speed 10 mile per hour slower than she traveled on the first day. If during the two days she traveled a total of 280 miles and spent a total of 10 hours traveling, what was her average speed on the second day? |
If we listed all numbers from 100 to 10,000, how many times would the digit 3 be printed? |
The price of rice falls by 20%. How much rice can be bought now with the money that was sufficient to buy 20 kg of rice previously? |
In a group of cows and chickens, the number of legs was 14 more than twice the number of heads. The number of cows was: |
If N = 1000x + 100y + 10z, where x, y, and z are different positive integers less than 4, the remainder when N is divided by 9 is |
Three times a number is 20% more than twice another number when increased by 105. If twice the first number increased by 36 is 20% less than three times of the second number, then what is the first number? |
Ram sold two bicycles, each for Rs.990. If he made 10% profit on the first and 10% loss on the second, what is the total cost of both bicycles? |
A license plate in the country Kerrania consists of four digits followed by two letters. The letters A, B, and C are used only by government vehicles while the letters D through Z are used by non-government vehicles. Kerrania's intelligence agency has recently captured a message from the country Gonzalia indicating that an electronic transmitter has been installed in a Kerrania government vehicle with a license plate starting with 79. If it takes the police 14 minutes to inspect each vehicle, what is the probability that the police will find the transmitter within three hours? |
When a Mobile is sold for Rs. 24000, the owner loses 40%. At what price must that Mobile be sold in order to gain 40%? |
A can empty the tank in 28 hrs, B can fill the tank in 14 hrs, and C takes 7 hrs for filling.
If all three pipes are opened simultaneously ,how long it will take to fill the tank? |
Vijay bought 160 shirts at the rate of Rs. 225 per shirt. The transport expenditure was Rs. 1400. He paid an octroi at the rate of Rs. 1.75 per shirt and labour charges were Rs. 320. What should be the selling price of one shirt, if he wants a profit of 60%? |
If a and b are mixed in 3:5 ration and b and c are mixed in 8:5 ration if the final mixture is 35 liters, find the amount of b? |
The two trains of lengths 400 m, 600 m respectively, running at same directions. The faster train can cross the slower train in 180 sec, the speed of the slower train is 48 km. then find the speed of the faster train? |
The simple interest and the true discount on a certain sum for a given time and at a given rate are Rs. 85 and Rs. 75 respectively. The sum is: |
Ramu bought an old car for Rs. 42000. He spent Rs. 8000 on repairs and sold it for Rs. 64900. What is his profit percent? |
a certain organization has three committees. only two persons are members of all committees, but every pair of committees have three members in common. what is the least possible no of member of members on any one committee? |
A sum of money is borrowed and paid back in two annual installments of Rs. 882 each allowing 5% C.I. The sum borrowed was? |
The present worth of a certain bill due sometime hence is Rs. 400 and the true discount is Rs. 20. What is the banker's discount? |
There are 11 person among whom 2 are brother. The total no.of ways in which these persons can be seated around a round table so that exactly 1 person sit between the brothers, is equal to? |
In how many years will a sum of money doubles itself at 5% per annum on simple interest? |
Two trains 121 meters and 165 meters in length respectively are running in opposite directions, one at the rate of 80 km and the other at the rate of 65 kmph. In what time will they be completely clear of each other from the moment they meet? |
From a total of 7 men and 3 women, how many ways to form a group of 5 men and 2 women ? |
Pipe A usually fills a tank in 2 hours. On account of a leak at the bottom of the tank, it takes pipe A 30 more minutes to fill the tank. How long will the leak take to empty a full tank if pipe A is shut? |
A telephone number contains 10 digit, including a 3-digit area code. Bob remembers the area code and the next 5 digits of the number. He also remembers that the remaining digits are not 1, 6, or 7. If Bob tries to find the number by guessing the remaining digits at random, the probability that he will be able to find the correct number in at most 2 attempts is closest to which of the following? |
5n + 7 > 12 and 7n - 5 < 44; n must be between which numbers? |
A tank is filled in 5 hours by three pipes A, B and C. The pipe C is twice as fast as B and B is twice as fast as A. How much time will pipe A alone take to fill the tank? |
The weight of four dogs is determined to be 25 pounds, 31 pounds, 35 pounds and 33 pounds respectively. The weight of a fifth dog is determined to be y pounds. If the average (arithmetic mean) weight of the first four dogs is the same as that of all five dogs what is the value of y? |
The sum of three consecutive even numbers is 42. Find the middle number of the three? |
200 liters of a mixture contains milk and water in the ratio 4:1. If 20 liters of this mixture be replaced by 20 liters of milk, the ratio of milk to water in the new mixture would be? |
A car dealership has 40 cars on the lot, 30% of which are silver. If the dealership receives a new shipment of 80 cars, 40% of which are not silver, what percentage of total number of cars are silver? |
a, b, c, and d are positive integers where a is a factor of b and c is a factor of d. Which of the following is NOT necessarily an integer? |
Operation#is defined as adding a randomly selected two digit multiple of 14 to a randomly selected two digit prime number and reducing the result by half. If operation#is repeated 10 times, what is the probability that it will yield at least two integers? |
An bus covers a certain distance at aspeed of 180 kmph in 5 hours. To cover the same distance in 1hr, it must travel at a speed of? |
Kim finds a 4-meter tree branch and marks it off in thirds and fifths. She then breaks the branch along all the markings and removes one piece of every distinct length. What fraction of the original branch remains? |
A group of 10 representatives is to be selected out of 12 seniors and 10 juniors. In how many different ways can the group be selected if it should have at least one senior? |
A 750 m long train crosses a platform in 39 sec while it crosses a signal pole in 18 sec. What is the length of the platform? |
The average age of a group of 12 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? |
An design manager has 10patterns of chairs & 10patterns of tables. In how many ways can he make a pair of table & chair? |
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: |
What will be the compound interest on a sum of Rs. 30,000 after 3 years at the rate of 12% p.a.? |
Lionel left his house and walked towards Walt's house, 48 miles away. Two hours later, Walt left his house and ran towards Lionel's house. If Lionel's speed was 3 miles per hour and Walt's 3 miles per hour, how many miles had Lionel walked when he met Walt? |
In a box, there are 12 red, 6 blue and 5 green balls. One ball is picked up randomly. What is the probability that it is neither red nor green? |
A and B can do a piece of work in 18 days; Band C can do it in 24 days A and C can do it in 36 days. In how many days will A, Band C finish it together? |
A, Band C can do a piece of work in 11 days, 20 days and 67 days respectively, working alone. How soon can the work be done if A is assisted by Band C on alternate days? |
After the typist writes 12 letters and addresses 12 envelopes, she inserts the letters randomly into the envelopes (1 letter per envelope). What is the probability that exactly 1 letter is inserted in an improper envelope? |
In an election between two candidates, one got 55% of the total valid votes, 20% of the votes were invalid. If the total number of votes was 7500, the number of valid votes that the other candidate got, was |
The radius of a wheel is 22.4 cm. What is the distance covered by the wheel in making 500 resolutions? |
Victor's job requires him to complete a series of identical jobs. If Victor is supervised at work, he finishes each job three days faster than if he is unsupervised. If Victor works for 144 days and is supervised for half the time, he will finish a total of 36 jobs. How long T would it take Victor to complete 10 jobs without any supervision? |
how many three digit number are thre in which if one digit is 3 then it must be follwed by 7 . repetetion is not allowed |
There are two inlets and one outlet to a cistern. One of the inlets takes 5/2 hours to fill up the cistern and the other inlet takes twice as much time to fill up the same cistern. Both of the inlets are turned on at 9:00 AM with the cistern completely empty, and at 10:00AM, the outlet is turned on and it takes 1 more hour to fill the cistern completely. How much time does the outlet working alone takes to empty the cistern when the cistern is full? |
If 5% more is gained by selling an article for Rs. 420 than by selling it for Rs. 380, the cost of the article is? |
In a 4 person race, medals are awarded to the fastest 3 runners. The first-place runner receives a gold medal, the second-place runner receives a silver medal, and the third-place runner receives a bronze medal. In the event of a tie, the tied runners receive the same color medal. (For example, if there is a two-way tie for first-place, the top two runners receive gold medals, the next-fastest runner receives a silver medal, and no bronze medal is awarded). Assuming that exactly three medals are awarded, and that the three medal winners stand together with their medals to form a victory circle, how many D different victory circles are possible? |
A train moves past a post and a platform 264 m long in 8 seconds and 20 seconds respectively. What is the speed of the train? |
Diana is painting statues. She has 1/2 of a gallon of paint remaining. Each statue requires 1/16 gallon of paint. How many statues can she paint? |
If 50% of x is 25 less than 25% of 2500, then x is? |
The owner of a local jewellery store hired three watchmen to guard his diamonds, but a thief still got in and stole some diamonds. On the way out, the thief met each watchman, one at a time. To each he gave 1/2 of the diamonds he had then, and 2 more besides. He escaped with one diamond. How many did he steal originally? |
Train X crosses a stationary train Y in 60 seconds and a pole in 25 seconds with the same speed. The length of the train X is 300 m. What is the length of the stationary train Y ? |
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