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A developer has land that has x feet of lake frontage. The land is to be subdivided into lots, each of which is to have either 80 feet or 100 feet of lake frontage. If 1/9 of the lots are to have 80 feet of frontage each and the remaining 64 lots are to have 100 feet of frontage each, what is the value of x ?
Rice weighing 25/2 pounds was divided equally and placed in 4 containers. How many ounces of rice were in each container? (Note that 1 pound = 16 ounces)
A certain sum is invested at simple interest at 18% p.a. for two years instead of investing at 12% p.a. for the same time period. Therefore the interest received is more by Rs. 480. Find the sum?
If a new town has 150 residents, and the population doubles every 10 years, what will be its population after 75 years?
The tax on a commodity is diminished by 20% but its consumption is increased by 5%. Find the decrease percent in the revenue derived from it?
A room contains 180 people, 15 percent of whom are women. A group of people, 30 percent of whom are women, leaves the room. Of the people remaining in the room, 10 percent are women. How many people left the room?
The length of a rectangle is two - fifths of the radius of a circle. The radius of the circle is equal to the side of the square, whose area is 2025 sq.units. What is the area (in sq.units) of the rectangle if the rectangle if the breadth is 10 units?
A bus started its journey from Mumbai and reached Pune in 65 min with its average speed of 60km/hr. If the average speed of the bus is increased by 5 km/hr, how much time will it take to cover the same distance?
Shawn and Raquel want to have gardens that are the same size. Shawn plants a garden 25 feet by 24 feet. Raquel wants one side of his garden to be 30 feet. How long should the other side be?
The average of 11 numbers is 10.9. If the average of first six is 10.5 and that of the last six is 11.4 the sixth number is?
There are ten pair of socks in a cupboard from which 4 individual socks are picked at random. The probability that there is at least one pair is
A list of numbers has six positive integers. Three of those integers are known: 4, 5 and 24 and three of those are unknown: x, y and z. The three unknowns are known to be distinct. It is also known that the mean of the list is 10 and the median lies between 7 and 8 (exclusive). Which of the following CANNOT be the value of any one of the unknowns?
If the sum of five numbers is between 100,000 and 101,000, then the average (arithmetic mean) of the five numbers could be which of the following?
A watch was sold at a loss of 10%. If it was sold for Rs.210 more, there would have been a gain of 4%. What is the cost price?
What is the 4 digit number in which the 1st digit is 1/3 of the second, the 3rd is the sum of the 1st and 2nd, & the last is three times the second?
A woman is 4 times as old as her daughter. In 3 years she will be 3 times as old as her daughter. How old is the woman now?
If P is a prime number greater than 3, find the remainder when P^2 + 15 is divided by 12.
A boat can travel with a speed of 16 km/hr in still water. If the rate of stream is 5 km/hr, then find the time taken by the boat to cover distance of 84 km downstream.
The U.S. Defense Department has decided that the Pentagon is an obsolete building and that it must be replaced with an upgraded version: the Hexagon. The Secretary of Defense wants a building that is exactly 70 feet high and 200 feet on a side, and that has a hexagonal bull's-eye cutout in the center (somewhat like the current one) that is 60 feet on a side. What will be the volume of the new building in cubic feet?
Abhishek starts to paint a fence on one day. On the second day, two more friends of Abhishek join him. On the third day 3 more friends of him join him and so on. If the fence is completely painted this way in exactly 20 days, then find the number of days in which 10 girls painting together can paint the fence completely, given that every girl can paint twice as fast as Abhishek and his friends(Boys)? (Assume that the friends of Abhishek are all boys).
If the sum of two numbers is 22 and the sum of their squares is 460, then the product of the numbers is
Henry eats X scones in X percent of the time it takes Rachel to eat Y scones. If Rachel eats four scones in ten minutes, then the number of minutes it takes Henry to eat 10 scones must be equal to which of the following?
A man buys an article and sells it at a profit of 20%. If he had bought it at 20% less and sold it for Rs.75 less, he could have gained 25%. What is the cost price?
Every year an amount increases by 1/8th of itself. How much will it be after two years if its present value is Rs.62000?
A train 110 m long is running with a speed of 80 km/h. In how many seconds will the train pass a man who is running at 8 km/h in the direction opposite to that in which the train is going?
The arithmetic mean and standard deviation of a certain normal distribution are 14.5 and 1.5, respectively. What value is exactly 2 standard deviations less than the mean?
An company has 6 employees; there are 5 female employees and 1 male employee. In how many ways can a 3-person committee be created if the committee must include the male employee?
A person takes 5hrs 45 min in walking to a place and ridingback. He would have gained 2hrs by riding both ways. The time he would take to walk both ways is?
How many different three letter words can be formed (the words need not be meaningful) using the letters of the word MEDITERRANEAN such that the first letter is E and the last letter is R?
The cost of carpeting a room 18m long with a carpet 75cm wide at 45 paise per meter is Rs.81. The breadth of the room is:
A bus has 40 seats and the passengers agree to share the total bus fare among themselves equally. If the total fair is 80.67 , find the total no of the seats unoccupied
Eighty percent of the lights at Hotel California are on at 8 p.m. a certain evening. However, forty percent of the lights that are supposed to be off are actually on and ten percent of the lights that are supposed to be on are actually off. What percent Z of the lights that are on are supposed to be off?
Ferrari S.P.A is an Italian sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy. Founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1928 as Scuderia Ferrari, the company sponsored drivers and manufactured race cars before moving into production of street-legal vehicles in 1947 as Ferrari S.P.A. Throughout its history, the company has been noted for its continued participation in racing, especially in Formula One where it has employed great success. Rohit once bought a Ferrari. It could go 4 times as fast as Mohan’s old Mercedes. If the speed of Mohan’s Mercedes is 35 km/hr and the distance traveled by the Ferrari is 490 km, find the total time taken for Rohit to drive that distance.
A, B and C invested Rs.6300, Rs.4200 and Rs.10500 respectively, in a partnership business. Find the share of A in profit of Rs.12100 after a year?
The table below shows how many coaches work with each of the major sports teams at Kristensen School. Although no single coach works with all three teams, 3 coaches work with both the Track and Tennis teams, 2 coaches work with both the Track and Baseball teams, and 1 coach works with both the Tennis and Baseball teams. How many different coaches work with these three teams? Sports No of coaches Track 9 Tennis 5 Baseball 4
How many quarters are equal to 3 dollars?
There are 13 South American countries, Annry has won a ticket to fly from Denver to one South American country and then directly to another South American Country before returning home to Denver again. Assuming there are four airports in each country, how many flights paths can Annry choose from?
In how many years does a sum of Rs. 5000 yield a simple interest of Rs. 16500 at 15% p.a.?
Joanna buys an article for rs.13.00 and sells it for rs.14.00. Find her gain %.
A confectioner decides to sell all of his pastry due to the coming holiday. His pastry goods are equally divided among a group of 15 regular customers. If only 49 customers come to the bakery, each one will receive 6 less pastry goods. How much pastry does the confectioner needs to sell?
The sequence x1, x2, x3,..., is such that Xn = 1/n - (1/(n+1)). What is the sum of the first 10 terms of the sequence?
A person can swim in still water at 4 km/h. If the speed of water 2 km/h, how many hours will the man take to swim back against the current for 6km?
Two trains are running in opposite directions with the same speed. If the length of each train is 180 m and they cross each other in 12 sec, then the speed of each train is?
A began a business with Rs. 85,000. He was joined afterwards by B with Ks. 42,500. For how much period does B join, if the profits at the end of the year are divided in the ratio of 3 : 1 ?
If (1-x)y=y, which of the following must be true?
The average (arithmetic mean) of eight numbers is 41.5. If the sum of half of these numbers is 154.4, what is the average of the other half?
Find a sum for 1st 9 prime number's?
There r 4 prime numbers in ascending order. The multiplication of first 3 is 385 and that of last 3is 1001. what is the last number is
In Town X, 64 percent of the population are employed, and 44 percent of the population are employed males. What percent of the employed people in Town X are females?
Find out the wrong number in the series. 6, 12, 48, 100, 384, 768, 3072
John and Amanda stand at opposite ends of a straight road and start running towards each other at the same moment. Their rates are randomly selected in advance so that John runs at a constant rate of 3, 4, or 5 miles per hour and Amanda runs at a constant rate of 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7 miles per hour. What is the probability that John has traveled farther than Amanda by the time they meet?
70 is increased by 50%. Find the final number.
A certain sum of money doubles itself in 10 years in how much many years will it trible itself at the same rate?
The product Z of two prime numbers is between 16 and 40. If one of the prime numbers is greater than 2 but less than 6 and the other is greater than 12 but less than 30 then what is Z?
If SAGE is coded as 4657 and COT is coded as 333. How is GATE coded?
It is required to seat 4 boys and 4 girls in a row so that the girls occupy the even places. How many such arrangements are possible?
Two trains are running in opposite directions with the same speed. If the length of each train is 120 m and they cross each other in 12 sec, then the speed of each train is?
In a box, there are 8 red, 7 blue and 6 green balls. One ball is picked up randomly. What is the probability that it is neither red nor green?
In each series, look for the degree and direction of change between the numbers. In other words, do the numbers increase or decrease, and by how much Look at this series: 1.5, 2.3, 3.1, 3.9, ... What number should come next?
If a = x/(x - 1) and b = 1/(x - 1), then
Ben is driving on the highway at z miles per hour. (One mile equals 5,280 feet.) Ben's tires have a circumference of y feet. Which of the following expressions gives the number of revolutions each wheel turns in one hour?
The grade point average of one third of the classroom is 15; the grade point average of the rest is 18. What is the grade point average of the whole class?
The percentage profit earned by selling an article for Rs. 1920 is equal to the percentage loss incurred by selling the same article for Rs. 1280. At what price should the article be sold to make 15% profit?
Company C produces toy trucks at a cost of $5.00 each for the first 100 trucks and $3.50 for each additional truck. If 500 toy trucks were produced by Company C and sold for $12.00 each, what was Company C’s gross profit?
People standing in a straight line are wearing alternating colored shirts. The pattern of shirts begins with red, followed by green, blue, white and yellow. This pattern continues (red, green, blue, white and yellow) until it ends with a green shirt. If there are more than 5 people in line, which of the following cannot be the number of people in the line?
The total of company C's assets in 1994 was 300% greater than the total in 1993, which in turn was 500% greater than the total in 1992. If the total of company C's assets in in 1992 was N dollars, which one of the following represents company C's assets in 1994:
A sum of money amounts to Rs. 9800 after 5 years and Rs. 12005 after 8 years at the same rate of simple interest. The rate of interest per annum is:
A 25 cm wide path is to be made around a circular garden having a diameter of 4 meters. Approximate area of the path is square meters is
On a certain day, orangeade was made by mixing a certain amount of orange juice with an equal amount of water. On the next day, orangeade was made by mixing the same amount of orange juice with twice the amount of water. On both days, all the orangeade that was made was sold. If the revenue from selling the orangeade was the same for both days and if the orangeade was sold at $0.60 per glass on the first day, what was the price W per glass on the second day?
If the length and breadth of a rectangular room are each increased by 1 m, then the area of floor is increased by 21 sq. m. If the length is creased by 1 m and breadth is decreased by 1m, then the area is decreased by 5 sq. m. The perimeter of the floor is:
A dealer purchased an article at 3/4 of its list price and sold 50% more than the list price. Find his gain percent?
A 6 litre sol is 35% alcohol .How many litres of pure alcohol must be added to produce a sol that is 50% alcohol ?
The sale price of an article including the sales tax is Rs. 616. The rate of sales tax is 10%. If the shopkeeper has made a profit of 12%, then the cost price of the article is:
How many squares are there on a chess board ???
Find the average of the series :115,125,135,145,155 ?
James took a 3-hour bike ride. In the second hour he travlled 24 miles, which was 20 percent farther than he traveled the first hour. If he traveled 25 percent farther in the third hour than he did in the second hour, how many miles did jose travel during the entire ride?
A sum of money place at compound interest doubles itself in 10 years. In how many years will it amount to eight times itself?
In an election between two candidates, the first candidate got 80% of the votes and the second candidate got 240 votes. What was the total number of votes?
A can do a piece of work in 10 days and B can do it in 15 days and C can do it 20 days. They started the work together and A leaves after 2 days and B leaves after 4 days from the beginning. How long will work lost?
If q is the smallest positive integer that is not prime and not a factor of 50!, what is the sum of the factors of q?
A rectangular-shaped carpet that measures x feet by y feet is priced at $35. What is the cost of the carpet, in dollars per square yard? (1 square yard = 9 square feet)
If x and b are integers and (15^x + 15^(x+1))/4^b = 15^b what is the value of x?
Out of 6 fruits in a basket, 2 are rotten. If two fruits are drawn at random from the basket, the probability of both being rotten is
What is the difference between the banker's discount and the true discount on Rs.8100 for 3 months at 5%
A worker is paid a regular rate of Rs.30 for completing a survey. The worker completes 100 surveys per week. For any survey involving the use of her cellphone, she is paid at a rate of that is 20% higher than her regular rate. If she completed 50 surveys involving the use of her cellphone, how much did she get that week?
There are 24 students in a class one of them who is 18 years old left the class and a new comer filled his place. If the avg age of the class was there by lowered by one month . The age of new comer is
The manager of a produce market purchased a quantity of tomatoes for $0.80 per pound. Due to improper handling, 10 percent of the tomatoes, by weight, were ruined and discarded. At what price per pound should the manager sell the remaining tomatoes if she wishes to make a profit on the sale of the tomatoes equal to 8 percent of the cost of the tomatoes.
A and B can do a piece of work in 6 2/3 days and 5 days respectively. They work together for 2 days and then A leaves. In how many days after that B will complete the work alone.
If 40% of a number is equal to two-third of another number, what is the ratio of first number to the second number?
Find the principle on a certain sum of money at 5% per annum for 3 1/5 years if the amount being Rs.2030?
If the cost of 12 books is equal to the selling price of 10 books, the profit per cent in the transaction is
For which of the following values of s is (40+s)/s an integer?
A basket contains one dozen flowers. 7 of the flowers are Roses, three are sunflowers, and two are jasmine. If two flowers are randomly selected from the basket, one after the other, what is the probability that both will be rose flower?
Tom and Jerry enter into a partnership by investing $700 and $300 respectively. At the end of one year, they divided their profits such that a third of the profit is divided equally for the efforts they have put into the business and the remaining amount of profit is divided in the ratio of the investments they made in the business. If Tom received $800 more than Jerry did, what was the profit made by their business in that year?
5555 × 9999 = ?
A train 350 m long, running with a speed of 63 km/hr will pass a tree in?
A, B and C can do a piece of work in 20, 30 and 60 days respectively. In how many days can A do the work if he is assisted by B and C on every third day?
The average age of students of a class is 15.8 years. The average age of boys in the class is 16.4 years and that of the girls is 15.4 years, The ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls in the class is
A box contains 3 blue marbles, 4 red, 6 green marbles and 2 yellow marbles. If three marbles are drawn what is the probability that one is yellow and two are red?
If a man lost 4% by selling oranges at the rate of 12 a rupee at how many a rupee must he sell them to gain 44%?

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