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Helen went to the stationers and bought things worth Euro 25, out of which 30 paise went on sales tax on taxable purchases. If the tax rate was 6%, then what was the cost of the tax free items?
(786×74) ÷ ? = 1817.6
A train has a length of 150 meters . it is passing a man who is moving at 5 km/hr in the same direction of the train, in 3 seconds. Find out the speed of the train.
A set of numbers has the property that for any number t in the set, t + 2 is in the set. If -1 is in the set, which of the following must also be in the set? I. 5 II. 1 III. -4
A tap can fill a tank in 12 hours. After half the tank is filled, three more similar taps are opened. What is the total time taken to fill the tank completely?
The radius of a cylindrical vessel is 7cm and height is 5cm. Find the whole surface of the cylinder?
By selling 300 apples a seller gains the selling price of 60 apples. The gain percent of the seller is
There are 4 people of different heights standing in order of increasing height. The difference is 2 inches between the first person and the second person, and also between the second person and the third person. The difference between the third person and the fourth person is 6 inches and the average height is 76. How ...
Tough and Tricky questions: Combinations. Seven contestants representing four different countries advance to the finals of a fencing championship. Assuming all competitors have an equal chance of winning, how many possibilities are there with respect to how a first-place and second-place medal can be awarded?
A man started his journey from Lucknow to Kolkata, which is 200 km, at the speed of 40 kmph then he went to Banglore which is 300 km, at the speed of 20 kmph. Further he went to Ahmedabad which is 500 km, at the speed of 10 kmph. The average speed of the man is :
Sixteen telegenic contestants with a variety of personality disorders are to be divided into two “tribes” of three members each, tribe A and tribe B, for a competition. How many distinct groupings of two tribes are possible?
Three medical experts, working together at the same constant rate, can write an anatomy textbook in 32 days. How many additional experts, working together at this same constant rate, are needed to write the textbook in 24 days?
If x and y are different prime numbers, each greater than 10, which of the following must be true? I. x+y is an even integer II. xy is an odd integer III. (x/y) is not an integer
[(7/2 ÷ 1/2 × 7/2)]/[(7/2 × 1/2 ÷ 7/2)] = ?
How much water must be added to 60 litres of milk at 1.5 litres for Rs. 20 So as to have a mixture worth Rs.32/3 a litre?
Can you replace the question mark with the number to complete the series, provided the pair of numbers exhibits a similar relationship? ? : 4623 :: 9 : 647
A cyclist covers a distance of 750 m in 2 min 30 sec. What is the speed in km/hr of the cyclist?
Find the annual dividend received by Nishita from 1200 preferred shares and 3000 common shares both of par value Rs. 50 each if the dividend paid on preferred shares is 10% and semi-annual dividend of 3½ % is declared on common shares.
If n is not equal to zero, and n+1/n = 10, then what is the value of n^4 + (1/n)^4?
A person saved $10 in buying an item on sale. If he spent $500 for the item, approximately how much percent he saved in the transaction?
How many figures are required to number the pages the pages of a book containing 2200 pages?
If g(x) = ax^5 + bx^3 + 4, and g(5) = 10, then g(–5) =?
A salesman’s terms were changed from a flat commission of 5% on all his sales to a fixed salary of Rs.1000 plus 2.5% commission on all sales exceeding Rs. 4,000. If his remuneration as per new scheme was Rs. 750 more than that by the previous schema, his sales were worth?
How much interest can a person get on Rs. 5000 at 18% p.a. simple interest for a period of three years and six months?
The average age of a group of persons going for picnic is years. Fifteen new persons with an average age of 15 years join the group on the spot due to which their average age becomes 15.5 years. The number of persons initially going for picnic is
If a farmer sells 20 of his chickens, his stock of feed will last for 3 more days than planned, but if he buys 15 more chickens, he will run out of feed 4 days earlier than planned. If no chickens are sold or bought, the farmer will be exactly on schedule. How many chickens does the farmer have?
A boy agrees to work at the rate of one rupee on the first day, two rupees on the second day, and four rupees on third day and so on. How much will the boy get if he started working on the 1st of February and finishes on the 20th of February?
If BEAT is coded as 4657 and NOT is coded as 328. How is NOTE coded?
If books bought at prices ranging from Rs. 200 to Rs. 350 are sold at prices ranging from Rs. 300 to Rs. 425, what is the greatest possible profit that might be made in selling ten books ?
A store’s selling price of $2240 for a certain printer would yield a profit of 40 percent of the store’s cost for the printer. What selling price would yield a profit of 50 percent of the printer’s cost?
a man spends $2.6 for parking and $34.4 for petrol to travel in car from monday to friday.if he travel by public transport it costs $1.06,find the percentage of savings?
A password for a computer uses three digits from 0 to 9, inclusive. What is the probability that the digits of the password solely consist of prime numbers or zero?
Of the 90 house in a development, 50 have a two-car garage, 40 have an in-the-ground swimming pool, and 35 have both a two-car garage and an in-the-ground swimming pool. How many houses in the development have neither a two-car garage nor an in-the-ground swimming pool?
If a is a positive integer, then 2^a + 2^(a + 1)+ 2^(a + 2)+ 2^(a + 3)+ 2^(a + 4)+ 2^(a + 5)+ 2^(a + 6) =
According to the direction on a can of frozen orange juice concentrate is to be mixed with 3 cans of water to make orange juice . How many 20 - ounce cans of the concentrate are required to prepare 200 6-ounce servings of orange juice?
40 is subtracted from 60% of a number, the result is 50. Find the number?
The average salaryper head of all the workers in a workshop is Rs.850, if the average salary/head of 7technician is Rs.1000 and the average salary/head of the rest is Rs.780, the totalno.of workers in the work-shop is ?
It will take 18 days for Cameron to complete a certain task alone. He worked for 9 days before she was joined by Sandra. both of them completed the remaining task in 3 and half days. how many days will it take both of them to complete the entire job?
Two trains are running at 40 km/hr and 20 km/hr respectively in the same direction. Fast train completely passes a man sitting in the slower train in 4 seconds. What is the length of the fast train?
Two trains travelling in the same direction at 40 and 22 kmph completely pass off another in 1 minute. If the length of the first train is 125 m, what is the length of the second train?
If a/b = 4/5, Then (5a - 3b) / (5a + 3b) = ?
A man sells an article at a gain 15%. If he had bought it at 10% less and sold it for 4 less, he would have gained 25%. Find the cost price of the article.
What percent of 60 is 70?
The dividend is 126, the quotient is 3 and the remainder is 2. What is the divisor?
What will come in place of the x in the following Number series? 11, 14, 19, 22, 27, 30, 35, 38, 43, x
Stacy and Heather are 10 miles apart and walk towards each other along the same route. Stacy walks at constant rate that is 1 mile per hour fast than heather's constant rate of 5 miles/hour. If Heather starts her journey 24 minutes after Stacy, how far from the original destination has Heather walked when the two meet?...
In a km race, A beats Bby 28 metres or 7 seconds. Find A's timeoverthe course
At a monthly meeting, 1/3 of the attendees were males and 4/5 of the male attendees arrived on time. If 5/6 of the female attendees arrived on time, what fraction of the attendees at the monthly meeting did not arrive on time?
If Scott has earned 364 dollars by working 4 hrs/day a week at a constant daily rate for 1 weeks, which of the following represents his daily wage?
Of the people who responded to a market survey, 360 preferred Brand X and the rest preferred Brand Y. If the respondents indicated a preference for Brand X over Brand Y by ratio of 9 to 1, how many people responded to the survey?
In a group of 5 boys and 3 girls, four children are to be selected. In how many different ways can they be selected such that at least one boy should be there?
By investing Rs. 1620 in 8% stock, Michael earns Rs. 135. The stock is then quoted at
A train crosses a platform of 150 m in 15 sec, same train crosses another platform of length 250 m in 20 sec. then find the length of the train?
The area of a square is equal to five times the area of a rectangle of dimensions 125 cm * 64 cm. What is the perimeter of the square?
A car traveled the first quarter of a certain distance at thrice the speed it traveled the remaining distance. What proportion of the total time traveled, was the time taken to travel the first quarter of the distance?
In how many ways can 7 identical beads be stung into a ring?
On Teacher's Day, sweets were to be equally distributed among 190 children in a school. Actually, on the Teacher's day, 70 children were absent and therefore each child got 14 sweets extra. How many sweets did each child get on that day?
The probabilities of solving a question by 3students A, B & C are 1/2,1/3 &1/4, respectively. The probability that the problem will be solved is?
In a department store prize box, 40% of the notes give the winner a dreamy vacation; the other notes are blank. What is the approximate probability that 3 out of 5 people that draw the notes one after the other, and immediately return their note into the box get a dreamy vacation?
A is 7/2 times as fast as B. If A gives B a start of 80 m, how long should the race course be so that both of them reach at the same time?
If x represents the sum of the interior angles of a triangle and y represents the sum of the interior angles of a regular pentagon, then the addition x and y is equal to the sum of the interior angles of what geometric shape?
A dog is tied to a tree by a long nylon cord. If the dog runs from the due North side of the tree to the due South side of the tree with the cord extended to its full length at all items, and the dog ran approximately 30 feet, what was the approximate length of the nylon cord W, in feet?
There are two circles, one circle is inscribed and another circle is circumscribed over a square. What is the ratio of area of inner to outer circle?
In how many ways a hockey team of eleven can be elected from 16 players?
The average age of an adult class is 40 years. 2 new students with an avg age of 32 years join the class. Therefore decreasing the average by 4 year. Find what was the original strength of class?
A cyclist rides a bicycle over a route which is 1/3 uphill, 1/3 level, and 1/3 downhill. If the cyclist covers the uphill part of the route at the rate of 8 km per hour and the level part at the rate of 12 km per hour, what rate in km per hour would the cyclist have to travel the downhill part of the route in order to ...
The 30 members of a club decided to play a badminton singles tournament. Every time a member loses a game he is out of the tournament. There are no ties. What is the minimum number of matches that must be played to determine the winner ?
If $120 invested at a certain rate of simple interest amounts to $180 at the end of 3 years,How much will $150 amount to at the same rate of interest in 6 years?
A man purchased 15 pens, 12 books, 10 pencils and 5 erasers. The cost of each pen is Rs.36, each book is Rs.45, each pencil is Rs.8, and the cost of each eraser is Rs.40 less than the combined costs of pen and pencil. Find the total amount spent?
If M is the mean of x,y,z ; then what is the mean of x,z and y
A boy incurs 5% loss by selling a book for Rs. 1000. At what price should the book be sold to earn 5 % profit?
Uncle Bruce is baking chocolate chip cookies. He has 36 ounces of dough (with no chocolate) and 14 ounces of chocolate. How many ounces of chocolate are left over if he uses all the dough but only wants the cookies to consist of 20% chocolate?
Robert is travelling on his cycle andhas calculated to reach point A at 2 PM. if he travels at 10 kmph, he will reach there at 12Pm if he travels at 15 kmph. At what speed musthe travel to reach A at 1 PM?
If $30,000 interest is invested in x percent simple annual interest for 10 years, which of the following represents the total amount of interest, in dollars, that will be earned by this investment in the n years?
A driver took a trip consisting of three segments at three different speeds. The driver drove a distance of (3D) at a speed of (2V), then a distance of (4D) at a speed of (3V), then a distance of D at a speed of (6V). In terms of D and V, what was the total time of the trip?
Qames can eat 25 marshmallows is 20 minutes. Dylan can eat 25 in one hour. In how much time will the two eat 150 marshmallows?
A person incurs loss for by selling a watch for Rs1140.at what price should the watch be sold to earn a 5% profit ?
In a garden, there are 10 rows and 17 columns of mango trees. The distance between the two trees is 2 metres and a distance of one metre is left from all sides of the boundary of the garden. The length of the garden is
A car traveling with 5/75/7 of its actual speed covers 4242 km in 11 hr 4040 min 4848 sec. What is the actual speed of the car?
The average of 45 results is 10. The average of first 22 of them is 16 and that of last 22 is 20. Find the 23 result?
In a class, the average age of 30 boys is 13 years and the average of 20 girls is 12 years. what is the average age of the whole class?
A car started running at a speed of 30 km/hr and the speed of the car was increased by 2 km/hr at the end of every hour. Find the total distance covered by the car in the first 11 hours of the journey.
F and E are midpoints of AB and AD respectively. If the side of square ABCD is 8, what is the area of triangle CEF?
The cash difference between the selling prices of an article at a profit of 4% and 8% is Rs 3. The ratio of two selling prices is
A walks around a circular field at the rate of one round per hour while B runs around it at the rate of eleven rounds per hour. They start in the same direction from the same point at 7.30 a.m. They shall first cross each other after___ minutes?
A certain characteristic in a large population has a distribution that is symmetric about the mean m. If 68 percent of the distribution lies within one standard deviation d of the mean, what percent F of the distribution is less than m +d ?
Which of the following inequalities is equivalent to −6 < x < 8?
I bought two books; for Rs.480. I sold one at a loss of 15% and other at a gain of 19% and then I found each book was sold at the same price. Find the cost of the book sold at a loss?
Of the 150 employees at company X, 60 are full-time, and 100 have worked at company X for at least a year. There are 20 employees at company X who aren’t full-time and haven’t worked at company X for at least a year. How many full-time employees of company X have worked at the company for at least a year?
Mr Katial buys a house for Rs 1,00,000 and rents it. He puts 12.5% of each month’s rent aside for upkeep and repairs, pays Rs 325 per year as taxes and realizes 5.5% annually on his investment . Find the monthly rent?
On dividing a number by 357, we get 41 as remainder.On dividing the same number by 17, what will be the remainder ?
If (1.001)^1259=3.52 and (1.001)^2062=7.85 then (1.001)^3321=?
s(n) is a n-digit number formed by attaching the first n perfect squares, in order, into one integer. For example, s(1) = 1, s(2) = 14, s(3) = 149, s(4) = 14916, s(5) = 1491625, etc. How many digits Y are in s(99)?
The digit at the ten’s place of a 2 digit no. is twice the digit at the unit’s place. If the sum of this no. and the no. formed by reversing the digits is 66. Find the no.
Find the base K of the number system, if (524)8 = (664)K ?
A die is thrown twice and the sum of the numbers appearing is observed to be 6. find the conditional probability that the number 4 has appeared at least once?
Ray writes a two digit number. He sees that the number exceeds 4 times the sum of its digits by 3. If the number is increased by 18, the result is the same as the number formed by reversing the digits. Find the sum of the digits of the number.
In a shop, 40% socks are white and rest are black. 60% socks are made of cotton and rest are made of wool. 25% white socks are made of cotton and 20 of the black socks are made of wool. How many black socks B are made of cotton?
Indu gave Bindu Rs.3125 on compound interest for 2 years at 4% per annum. How much loss would Indu has suffered had she given it to Bindu for 2 years at 4% per annum simple interest?
A Fruit store sells four varieties of Mangoes. A,B,C & D. IF A Costs 20% less than B, and C costs 25% less than A,and D costs 30% less than C what percent of B's cost is D?