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A computer store offers employees a 10% discount off the retail price. If the store purchased a computer from the manufacturer for $800 dollars and marked up the price 10% to the final retail price, how much would an employee save if he purchased the computer at the employee discount (10% off retail price) as opposed t... |
A single discount equivalent to the discount series of 25%, 10% and 5% is? |
If two painters can complete two rooms in two hours, how many painters would it take to do 18 rooms in 6 hours? |
A merchant purchased a jacket for $210 and then determined a selling price that equaled the purchase price of the jacket plus a markup that was 25 percent of the selling price. During a sale, the merchant discounted the selling price by 20 percent and sold the jacket. What was the merchant’s gross profit on this sale? |
Find the odd man out. 18, 16, 12, 24, 11, 34, 46 |
? 370 860 1550 2440 3530 |
The area of a triangle is with base 4m and height 5m? |
The difference between the simple interest received from two different sources on Rs.2000 for 3 years is Rs.13.50. The difference between their rates of interest is |
An urn contains g green marbles and b blue marbles. If 3 green marbles and 6 blue marbles are added, and then one marble is selected at random from the urn, what is the probability that a blue marble will be drawn? |
P is able to do a piece of work in 15 days and Q can do the same work in 20 days. If they can work together for 4 days, what is the fraction of work left? |
12 men can complete a piece of work in 4 days, while 15 women can complete the same work in 4 days. 6 men start working on the job and after working for 2 days, all of them stopped working. How many women should be put on the job to complete the remaining work, if it so to be completed in 3 days? |
There are 12 yes or no questions. How many ways can these be answered? |
How many 4-letter word with or without meaning can be formed out of the letters of the word 'LOGARITHMS' if repetition of letters is not allowed |
A man gains 20% by selling an article for a certain price. If the sells it at double the price, the percentage of profit will be: |
In a class of 10 students, a group of 4 will be selected for a trip. How many different groups are possible, if 2 of those 10 students are a married couple and will only travel together? |
Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 20 and 30 minutes respectively. If both the pipes are used together, then how long will it take to fill the tank? |
Rachel has ribbons that are blue, green, red, orange, and yellow. To identify the plants in her garden, she ties either 1 ribbon, or 2 ribbons of different colors, to each plant. How many different plants can Rachel label in this way without labeling more than one plant the same way? |
Which of the following equations represents a line that is perpendicular to the line described by the equation 4x + 3y = 9? |
at a special sale 5 ticket can be purchased as a price of 3 ticket, if 5 ticket are purchased at the sale, the amount saved will be what % of the original price of the 5 ticket. |
If x is equal to the sum of the integers from 40 to 50, inclusive, and y is the number of EVEN integers from 40 to 50, inclusive, what is the value of x+y ? |
Sumit and Ravi started a business by investing Rs 85000 and 15000 respectively. In what ratio the profit earned after 2 years be divided between Sumit and Ravi respectively. |
Having received his weekly allowance, a student spent 2/5 of his allowance at the arcade. The next day he spent one third of his remaining allowance at the toy store, and then spent his last $1.20 at the candy store. What is this student’s weekly allowance? |
Find the average of all the numbers between 6 and 34 which are divisible by 5. |
Find the total number of prime factors in the expression (4)11 x (7)5 x (11)2. |
Three machines operating independently, simultaneously, and at the same constant rate can fill a certain production order in 44 hours. If one additional machine were used under the same operating conditions, in how manyfewerhours of simultaneous operation could the production order be fulfilled? |
On flipping 3 coins together what is the outcomes for at least four tail? |
In 1970 there were 8,902 women stockbrokers in the United States. By 1978 the number had increased to 22,947. Approximately what was the percent increase? |
(112% of 2348) ÷ 4.98 = ? |
P can do a work in 24 days. Q can do the same work in 9 days and R can do the same in 12 days. Q and R start the work and leave after 3 days. P finishes the remaining work in --- days. |
If xy not equal 0 and x^2*y^2 -xy =56, which of the following could be y in terms of x?
I. 1/2x
II. -8/x
III. 7/x |
12 year old Manick is three times as old as his brother Rahul. How old will Manick be when he is twice as old as Rahul ? |
If A, B and C together can finish a piece of work in 4 days. A alone in 12 days and B in 18 days, then C alone can do it in? |
In a certain company 20% of the men and 40% of the women attended the annual company picnic.If 55% of all the employees are men .What % of all the employee went to the picnic? |
If p and r are positive integers such that (p2)/40=r(p2)/40=r, and p=/=r, then which of the following must also be an integer?
I. r/5r/5
II. r/(2x5)r/(2x5)
III. r/(3x5)r/(3x5) |
The total of company C's assets in 1994 was 300% greater than the total in 1993, which in turn was 400% 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 car covers a distance of 840 km in 8 hours. Find its speed? |
If a code word is defined to be a sequence of different letters chosen from the 10 letters A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, and J, what is the ratio of the number of 7-letter code words to the number of 4-letter code words? |
A cistern has three pipes,A, B and C. The pipes A and B can fill it in 8 and 12 hours respectively and C can empty it in 6 hours. If the pipes are opened in order at 1, 2 and 3 A.M. When will the cistern be empty? |
Sandy is younger than Molly by 18 years. If the ratio of their ages is 7:9, how old is Sandy? |
Two Guys A and B leave point A and point B simultaneously and travel towards Point B and Point A on the same route at their respective constant speeds. They meet along the route and immediately proceed to their respective destinations in 32 minutes and 50 minutes respectively. How long will B take to cover the entire j... |
A trader marks his books 20% more than the cost price. If he allows 20% discount, then find his gain or loss percent? |
A 6-liter solution is 20% alcohol. How many liters of pure alcohol must be added to produce a solution that is 50% alcohol? |
What is the median of a set of consecutive integers if the sum of nth number from the beginning and nth number from the end is 50? |
In the annual Cultural Programme of indra prastha there was this Math Quiz going on.yudhisthir faced this last question that will bring the champion's trophy. What will be thesolution for the given problem?The function f is defined is defined asf(2x+3)= (x-3)(x+4)What is f(29)? |
The cost of an article was Rs.75. The cost was first increased by 20% and later on it was reduced by 20%. The present cost of the article is: |
The probability of having a girl is identical to the probability of having a boy. In a family with two children, what is the probability that all the children are of the same gender? |
The C.P of 15 books is equal to the S.P of 18 books. Find his gain% or loss%? |
A(8, w^2) is the (x, y) coordinate of point located on the parabola Y = X^2 + 17. What is the value of w? |
Paul sold an item for Rs.3600/- and incurred a loss of 40%. At what price should he have sold the item to have gained a profit of 40%? |
A box contains 3 blue marbles, 4 red, 6 green marbles and 2 yellow marbles. If two marbles are picked at random, what is the probability that they are either blue or yellow? |
There are 200 cats in Cat-City. Out of the 200, 70 are street cats and the rest are domestic cats. 110 cats are gray, 40 out of the gray cats are NOT domestic ones. How many domestic cats are there which are not gray in Cat-City? |
One-tenth of the students at a nursery school are 4 years old or older. If 20 students have not yet reached their third birthday, and a total of 25 students are not between 3 years old and 4 years old, how many children are in the nursery school? |
The product of all the prime numbers less than or equal to19 is closest to which of the following powers of 10 ? |
A shopkeeper sells 400 metres of cloth for Rs. 18000 at a loss of Rs.5 per metre. Find his cost price for one metre of cloth? |
Exactly one of the following numbers cannot be written as a3 + b3 where a and b are integers.
Which number is it? |
A, B and C completed a piece of work, A worked for 6 days, B for 9 days and C for 4 days. Their daily wages were in the ratio of 3:4:5. Find the daily wages of C, if their total earning was $1480? |
A side of beef lost 35 percent of its weight in processing. If the side of beef weighed 545 pounds after processing, how many pounds did it weigh before processing? |
How many of the positive factors of 26 , 16 and how many common factors are there in numbers? |
Two pipes A and B together can fill a cistern in 4 hours. Had they been opened separately, then B would have taken 6 hours more than A to fill cistern. How much time will be taken by A to fill the cistern separately? |
The Coen family consists of a father, a mother, two children and a dog. A photographer is about to take the family's picture. How many different arrangements (of standing in a row) does the photographer have, if it is known that the younger child insists of standing by his dog? |
If 2^2n + 2^2n + 2^2n + 2^2n = 4^18, then n = |
If x = 3^27 and x^x = 3^k, what is k? |
Which of the following leads to the correct mathematical solution for the number of ways that the letters of the word BANANA could be arranged to create a six-letter code? |
A car takes 6 hours to cover a distance of 144 Km. how much should the speed in Kmph be maintained to cover the same direction in 3/2th of the previous time? |
A pair of prime numbers that can be expressed in the form {p, (p + 6)} is defined as a pair of “sexy primes.” A “sexy triplet” is a group of three primes that can be expressed in the form {p, (p + 6), (p + 12)}. All of the following prime numbers are the middle term of a sexy triplet EXCEPT |
Listed below are the mean temperatures measured in the Tokharian desert in a certain month. What is the median temperature W in that particular month?
Mean Temp (C°) No. of days
29 --------------------> 5
30 --------------------> 11
31 --------------------> 8
32 --------------------> 6 |
A & B start a business jointly. A invests Rs 16000 for 8 month & B remains in a business for 4 months. Out of total profit, B claims 2/7 of the profit . How much money was contributed by B ? |
Mr. Thomas invested an amount of 13,900 divided in two different schemes A and B at the simple interest rate of 14% p.a. and 11% p.a. respectively. If the total amount of simple interest earned in 2 years be 3508, what was the amount invested in Scheme B? |
A motorist knows eight different routes from Bristol to Birmingham. From Birmingham to Sheffield he knows three different routes and from Sheffield to Carlisle he knows two different routes. How many routes does he know from Bristol to Carlisle ? |
A windmill is taking advantage of strong air currents in order to produce electrical energy. On a typical day the wind speed is around 20 mph and in that speed the windmill produces 900 kw/h (kilowatts per hour). On a stormy day a windmill produces 20% more energy. How much kw/h can three windmills produce in two hours... |
The radius of a circle is increased by 1%. Find how much % does its area increases? |
Foodmart customers regularly buy at least one of the following products: milk, chicken, or apples. 90% of shoppers buy milk, 50% buy chicken, and 35% buy apples. If 10% of the customers buy all 3 products, what percentage of Foodmart customers purchase exactly 2 of the products listed above? |
When 2 no.'s divided by 17, leave remainders 13 and 11 respectively. If the sum of those 2 no.'s is divided by 17, the remainder will be |
In the xy-plane the point (-2 -3) is the centre of a circle, the point (-2, 2) lies inside the circle and the point (4, -3) lies outside the circle. If the radius r of the circle r is an integer then r= |
A certain lab experiments with white and brown mice only. In one experiment, 2/3 of the mice are white. If there are 11 brown mice in the experiment, how many mice in total are in the experiment? |
A room of 6m 44cm long and 3m 00cm broad is to be paved with square tiles. Find the least number of square tiles required to cover the floor. |
In a Function, every person shakes hand with every other person. If there was a total of 28 handshakes in the function, how many persons were present in the Function? |
Sekar started a business investing Rs.25,000 in 1999. In 2000, he invested an additional amount of Rs.10,000 and Rajeev joined him with an amount of Rs.35,000. In 2001, Sekar invested another additional amount of Rs.10,000 and Jatin joined them with an amount of Rs.35,000. What will be Rajeev's share in the profit of R... |
When the positive integer y is divided by 9, the remainder is 5. What is the remainder when 3y is divided by 9? |
the price of a maruti car rises by 30% while the sales of the car came down by 20%. what is the percent change in the total revenue? |
The difference between C.I. and S.I. on an amount of $20,000 for 2 years is $72. What is the rate of interest per annum? |
A father said to his son, "I was as old as you are at the present at the time of your birth". If the father's age is 30 years now, the son's age 2 years back was: |
Excluding stoppages, the average speed of a bus is 60 km/hr and including stoppages, the average speed of the bus is 35 km/hr. For how many minutes does the bus stop per hour? |
There are 20 Kids in a classroom. 12 Kids are wearing socks and 8 are wearing Shoes. 6 Kids are wearing both.
How many are Bare Feet ? |
A train 220 m long is running with a speed of 59 kmph. In what time will it pass a man who is running at 7 kmph in the direction opposite to that in which the train is going? |
A table is bought for Rs.400/- and sold at Rs.600/- find gain or loss percentage |
a, b, c are three distinct integers from 2 to 10 (both inclusive). Exactly one of ab, bc and ca is odd. abc is a multiple of 4. The arithmetic mean of a and b is an integer and so is the arithmetic mean of a, b and c. How many such triplets are possible (unordered triplets)? |
In one year, the population, of a village increased by 5% and in the next year, it decreased by 5%. If at the end of 2nd year, the population was 9975, what was it in the beginning? |
If a and b are positive integers of C such that a/b=2.86, which of the following must be a divisor of a? |
The speed of a boat in still water is 60kmph and the speed of the current is 36kmph. Find the speed downstream and upstream?
A. 35, 25 kmph |
Anand and Deepak started a business investing Rs. 22,500 and Rs. 35,000 respectively. Out of a total profit of Rs. 14,950, Deepak's share is:? |
If the set S is composed of the following numbers {99, 100, 100, 105, 106, 114, 125}, which of the following is largest? |
In X game of billiards, X can give Y 20 points in 60 and he can give Z 30 points in 60. How many points can Y give Z in X game of 120? |
The sum of the squares of the first 15 positive integers (1^2 + 2^2 + 3^2 + . . . + 15^2) is equal to 1260. What is the sum of the squares of the second 15 positive integers (16^2 + 17^2 + 18^2 + . . . + 30^2) ? |
14, 23, 32, 41, 50, 59, …
In the sequence above, each term is 9 more than the previous term. What is the 41st term T of the sequence? |
A decade is defined as a complete set of consecutive nonnegative integers that have identical digits in identical places, except for their units digits, with the first decade consisting of the smallest integers that meet the criteria, the second decade consisting of the next smallest integers, etc. A decade in which th... |
The down stream speed of a boat is 100km/hr and its up stream speed is 50km/hr, then find the speed of stream? |
A garden center sells a certain grass seed in 5-pound bags at $13.80 per bag, 10-pound bags at $20.43 per bag, and 25-pound bags $32.25 per bag. If a customer is to buy at least 65 pounds of the grass seed, but no more than 80 pounds, what is the least possible cost of the grass seed that the customer will buy? |
Machine G and machine B are each used to manufacture 660 sprockets. It takes machine G 10 hours longer to produce 660 sprockets than machine B. Machine B produces 10 percent more sprockets per hour than machine G. How many sprockets per hour does machine G produces? |
Without the use of calculation, can you find how many seconds are there in a year ? |
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