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If population of certain city increases at the rate of 5%. If population in 1981 was 277830, then population in 1978 was?
There is an unlimited stock of blue, red, white, and grey coloured balls. What is the number of ways of selecting 12 balls from the stocks?
There are 4 more women than there are men on a local co-ed softball team. If there are a total of 20 players on the team, what is the ratio of men to women?
The vertex of a rectangle are (1, 0), (5, 0), (1, 2) and (5, 2) respectively. If line L passes through the origin and divided the rectangle into two identical quadrilaterals, what is the slope of line L?
The value of land increases by r% during June and decreases by s% during July. If the value of the land is the same at the end of July as at the beginning of June, what is s in terms of r?
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. 19.36, the number of the member is the group is:
Jayant opened a shop investing Rs. 30,000. Madhu joined him 2 months later, investing Rs. 45,000. They earned a profit of Rs. 54,000 after completion of one year. What will be Madhu's share of profit?
If ‘MANIPUR’ is coded as ‘DAEIGCI', then ‘MIZORAM’ is coded as
Jack purchased two chairs at a discount of 50%. Sally purchased a table at a discount of 80%. Jack spent more on his two chairs than Sally did on her table. If Jack had purchased his two chairs at a discount of 60%, he would have spent less than Sally. If z represents the undiscounted price of Sally's table, which of t...
In measuring the sides of a rectangle, one side is taken 5% in excess and the other 4% in deficit. Find the error percent in the area, calculate from the those measurements.
The ratio of the earnings of P and Q is 9 : 10. If the earnings of P increases by one-fourth and the earnings of Q decreases by one-fourth, then find the new ratio of their earnings?
When x is divided by 2, the quotient is y and the remainder is 1. When x is divided by 5, the quotient is z and the remainder is 6. Which of the following is the value of y in terms of z?
A lighting store is stocked with 410 fixtures. Some of the fixtures are floor lamps and the rest are table lamps. If 5% of the floor lamps and 30% of the table lamps are imported, what is the smallest possible number R of imported lamps stocked at the store?
In February Wilson’s earnings were 40 percent of his family’s total income. In March Wilson earned 25 percent less than in February. If the rest of his family’s income was the same in both months, then, in March, Wilson’s earnings were approximately what percent X of his family’s total income?
If a > 1, which of the following is equal to (2a + 4)/(a^2 + 2a - 3)?
If you write down all the numbers from 1 to 100, then how many multiples of 3 ?
What is the CP of Rs 100 stock at 7 discount, with 1/5% brokerage?
If a fair die is rolled five times, what is the probability that a 3 occurs on at least one roll?
A train crosses a platform of 120 m in 15 sec, same train crosses another platform of length 180 m in 18 sec. then find the length of the train?
Simran started a software business by investing Rs. 50,000. After six months, Nanda joined her with a capital of Rs. 80,000. After 3 years, they earned a profit of Rs. 24,500. What was Simran's share in the profit ?
3 men and 8 women complete a task in same time as 6 men and 2 women do. How much fraction of work will be finished in same time if 2 men and 2 women will do that task.
What is the probability for a family with three children to have a girl and two boys (assuming the probability of having a boy or a girl is equal)?
Which of the following fractions is greater than 1/2 and less than 9/10? 1. 1/2 2. 9/10 3. 1/3 4. 1/9 5. 3/4 6. 1/10
The difference between the squares of two consecutive odd integers is a square<1000 whose root equals the combined sum of the digits of the two integers. What is the sum of the digits of the larger integer?
P , Q and R started a business by investing Rs 120000 , Rs 135000 & Rs 150000 respectively. Find the share of each, out of the annual profit of Rs 56700
The arithmetic mean and standard deviation of a certain normal distribution are 15.5 and 1.5, respectively. What value is exactly 2 standard deviations less than the mean?
A bookseller has two display windows. She plans to display 5 new fiction books in the left window, and 3 new non-fiction books in the right window. Assuming she can put the three fiction books in any order, and separately, the three non-fiction books in any order, how many total configurations will there be for the two...
A student multiplied a number by 3/5 instead of 5/3, What is the percentage error in the calculation ?
Jo's collection contains US, Indian and British stamps. If the ratio of US to Indian stamps is 4 to 2 and the ratio of Indian to British stamps is 5 to 1, what is the ratio of US to British stamps?
If A speaks the truth 20% of the times, B speaks the truth 80% of the times. What is the probability that at least one will tell the truth
A man saved $2.50 in buying some lumber on sale. If he spent $25 for the lumber, which of the following is closest to the percentage he saved?
If a student loses 6 kilograms, he will weigh twice as much as his sister. Together they now weigh 126 kilograms. What is the student's present weight in kilograms?
If (x + 1) times (2x + 1) is an odd integer, then x must be
A certain sum of money doubles itself in 15 years in how much many years will it trible itself at the same rate?
If a·b·c·d=330, where a, b, c and d are positive integers, and a<b<c<d, which of the following could be the value of d−a?
Evaluate: 983 x 207 - 983 x 107
Caleb and Kyle built completed the construction of a shed in 10 and half days. If they were to work separately, how long will it take each for each of them to build the shed, if it will take Caleb 2 day earlier than Kyle?
A & B started a partnership business. A's investment was thrice the investment of B and the period of his investment was two times the period of investments of B. If B received Rs 6000 as profit , what is their total profit?
In one hour, a boat goes 9 km along the stream and 5 km against the stream. The speed of the boat in still water (in km/hr) is:
Mahesh marks an article 15% above the cost price of Rs. 540. What must be his discount percentage if he sells it at Rs. 496.80?
In the last set of tests, a student scored marks in each of 5 subjects in the ratio 4:5:6:7:8 and got an overall score of 72%. If a mark of 50% in a subject is a pass and the maximum marks of each subject is the same, how many subjects did the student pass?
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What annual installment will discharge a debt of Rs. 1428 due in 3 years at 12% simple interest?
A sells a Cricket Bat to B at a profit of 20%. B sells it to C at a profit of 25%. If C pays $228 for it, the cost price of the Cricket Bat for A is:
What profit percent is made by selling an article at a certain price, if by selling at 2/3rd of that price, there would be a loss of 14%?
An investment E gained an interest payment of $250 each month when the annual interest rate was 8%, how much more should we invest annually if we want to gain 12% more per month with a new annual interest rate of 7.5% ?
A is a working partner and B is a sleeping partner in a business. A puts in 50,000 and B 60,000. A gets 12.5% of the profit for managing the business, and the rest is divided in proportion to their capitals. Find the share of A in profit of 8800.
The average weight of 8 persons increases by 4.5 kg when a new person comes in place of one of them weighing 65 kg. What might be the weight of the new person ?
If it takes 12 identical printing presses exactly 5 hours to print 12,000 newspapers, how long would it take 6 of these presses to print 8,000 newspapers?
The volumes of two cones are in the ratio 1 : 20 and the radii of the cones are in the ratio of 1 : 2. What is the ratio of their heights?
A man swims downstream 30 km and upstream 18 km taking 3 hours each time, what is the speed of the man in still water?
A certain junior class has 100 students and a certain senior class has 80 students. Among these students, there are 6 siblings pairs each consisting of 1 junior and 1 senior. If 1 student is to be selected at random from each class, what is the probability that the 2 students selected will be a sibling pair?
A train sets off at 2 p.m. at the speed of 50 kmph. Another train starts at 3:30 p.m. in the same direction at the rate of 75 kmph. At what time the trains will meet?
In a recent election, Geoff received 0.5 percent of the 6,000 votes cast. To win the election, a candidate needed to receive more than x% of the vote. If Geoff needed exactly 3,000 more votes to win the election, what is the value of x ?
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In a class of 32 students, 2 students did not borrow any books from the library, 12 students each borrowed 1 book, 10 students each borrowed 2 books, and the rest borrowed at least 3 books. If the average number of books per student was 2, what is the maximum number of books any single student could have borrowed?
A and B invest in a business in the ratio 3 : 2. If 5% of the total profit goes to charity and A's share is Rs. 855, the total profit is:
A circular jogging track forms the edge of a circular lake that has a diameter of 2 miles. Johanna walked once around the track at the average speed of 2 miles per hour. If t represents the number of hours it took Johanna to walk completely around the lake, which of the following is a correct statement?
From the numbers given below select the √11?
When tossed, a certain six-sided die has an equal probability of landing on any of the six sides. If the die is tossed 2 times, what is the probability that it will land on the same side each time?
Eight years ago, Rhea was half of Rick in age. If the ratio of their present ages is 3:4, what is the total of their present ages?
You are standing in one of the biggest palaces in the world "Hofburg Palace, Vienna". In palace five commando are staying. Each commando has allotted five big rooms and each room contains five huge Tigers. Each huge tiger has five small tigers. We all know a tiger has 4 legs. So how many legs are there in the palace ?
John's age is 86 years. If he is 4 more than twice the age of his son, find the age of his son.
The L.C.M of two numbers is 48. The numbers are in the ratio 2:3. The sum of numbers is:
Veena ranks 73rd from the top in a class of 182. What is her rank from the bottom if 22 students have failed the examination?
How many 3-letter words with or without meaning, can be formed out of the letters of the word, 'LOGARITHMS', if repetition of letters is not allowed?
If a man lost 4% by selling oranges at the rate of 16 a rupee at how many a rupee must he sell them to gain 28%?
Stock / Number of shares V ------------ 68 W ---------- 112 X ------------ 56 Y ------------ 94 Z ------------ 45 The table shows the number of shares of each of the 5 stocks owned by Mr Sami. If Mr. Sami was to sell 20 shares of Stock X and buy 22 shares of stock Y, what would be the increase in the range of the numbe...
A boy is travelling from his home to school at 3 km/hr and reached 7 min late. Next day he traveled at 12 km/hr and reached 8 min early. Distance between home and school?
The average of five results is 46 and that of the first four is 45. The fifth result is?
For covering 88km a wheel revolve 1000 times.what is the radius of wheel?
A chair is bought for Rs.600/- and sold at a loss of 10% find its selling price
A florist has 2 azaleas, 4 buttercups, and 5 petunias. The florist puts two flowers together at random in a bouquet. However, the customer calls and says that she does not want two of the same flower. What is the probability that the florist does not have to change the bouquet?
The H.C.F. of two numbers is 38 and the other two factors of their L.C.M. are 12 and 10. The larger of the two numbers is:
In one alloy there is 12% chromium while in another alloy it is 8%. 10 kg of the first alloy was melted together with 30 kg of the second one to form a third alloy. Find the percentage of chromium in the new alloy.
The length of a side of a hexagon is 7 inches. What is the perimeter?
How much is 80% of 40 is greater than 4/5 of 25?
A chemical lab is scheduled to go through two air ventilation systems, a basic system and a more advanced system that takes forty minutes and 3 hours respectively to fully ventilate the room. If both ventilation systems were to operate at the same time with their respective constant rates, how many hours would it take ...
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?
Of the goose eggs laid at a certain pond, 2/3 hatched and 3/4 of the geese that hatched from those eggs survived the first month. Of the geese that survived the first month, 3/5 did not survive the first year. If 110 geese survived the first year and if no more than one goose hatched from each egg, how many goose eggs ...
In February Wilson’s earnings were 40 percent of his family’s total income. In March Wilson earned 25 percent less than in February. If the rest of his family’s income was the same in both months, then, in March, Wilson’s earnings were approximately what percent W of his family’s total income?
To mail a package, the rate is 20 cents for the first pound and 5 cents for each additional pound. Two packages weighing 4 pounds and 6 pounds, respectively can be mailed seperately or combined as one package. Which method is cheaper and how much money is saved?
is two years older than B who is twice as old as C. If the total of the ages of A, B and C be 27, then how old is B?
{-10, -6, -5, -4, -2.5, -1, 0, 2.5, 4, 6, 7, 10} A number is to be selected at random from the set above. What is the probability that the number selected will be a solution of the equation (x+5)(x+10)(2x-5) = 0?
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For any positive integer Y, the sum of the first Y positive integers equals Y(Y+1)/2 . If X and Y are positive integers and X > Y, what is the sum of all the integers between X and Y, inclusive?
Rectangular tile each of size 60cm by 56cm must be laid horizontally on a rectangular floor of size 560cm by 240cm,such that the tiles do not overlap and they are placed with edges jutting against each other on all edges. A tile can be placed in any orientation so long as its edges are parallel to the edges of floor. N...
The length of a rectangular landscape is 4times its breadth. There is a playground in it whose area is 1200 square mtr & which is 1/3rd of the total landscape. What is the length of the landscape?
Let f(x) = x^2 + bx + c. If f(1) = 0 and f(-8) = 0, then f(x) crosses the y-axis at what y-coordinate?
A man can swim in still water at 1.5 km/h, but takes twice as long to swim upstream than downstream. The speed of the stream is?
In the xy-coordinate system, what is the slope of the line that goes through point (2, 4) and is equidistant from the two points P = (9, 3) and Q = (5, 9)?
A can do a half of certain work in 70 days and B one third of the same in 35 days. They together will do the whole work in?
45 men can complete a work in 16days. Six days after they started working, 30 more men joined them. How many days will they now take to complete the remaining work?
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?
A large box contains 17 small boxes and each small box contains 26 chocolate bars. How many chocolate bars are in the large box?
A shopkeeper sold an article offering a discount of 5% and earned a profit of 34.9%. What would have been the percentage of profit earned if no discount had been offered?
The ages of Raju and Biju are in the ratio 3:1. Fifteen years hence, the ratio will be 2:1. Their present ages are:
The sum of money will be thrice itself in 15 years and simple interest find rate of interest?