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A train having a length of 240 m passes a post in 24 seconds. How long will it take to pass a platform having a length of 660 m?
A metallic sphere of radius 12 cm is melted and drawn into a wire, whose radius of cross section is 16 cm. What is the length of the wire?
The price of 5 kilograms of premium fertilizer is the same as the price of 14 kilograms of regular fertilizer. If the price of premium fertilizer is y cents per kilogram more than the price of regular fertilizer, what is the price, in cents, per kilogram of premium fertilizer?
Of the 800 employees of Company X, 70 percent have been with the company for at least ten years. If y of theselong-termmembers were to retire and no other employee changes were to occur, what value of y would reduce the percent oflong-termemployees in the company to 50 percent ?
A man can row with a speed of 24 kmph in still water. If the stream flows at 6 kmph, then the speed in downstream is?
The average weight of A, B and C is 43 kg. If the average weight of A and B be 40 kg and that of B and C be 43 kg, then the weight of B is:
Due to 10% decrease in the price of sugar and John can buy 5kg more sugar in Rs100 , then find the CP of sugar?
A basket contains 5 blue, 5 red and 5 yellow marbles. If 5 marbles are extracted from the basket at random, what is the probability that a marble of each color is among the extracted?
The average weight of 8 person's increases by 2.5 kg when a new person comes in place of one of them weighing 65 kg. What might be the weight of the new person?
Two sides of a certain triangle have lengths 3 and 4 respectively, which of the following could be the length of the third side of the triangle? I. 0 II. 10 III. 2
If d is the standard deviation x, y, and z, what is the standard deviation of x + 10, y + 10, z + 10 ?
P and Q are the only two applicants qualified for a short-term research project that pays 540 dollars in total. Candidate P has more experience and, if hired, would be paid 50 percent more per hour than candidate Q would be paid. Candidate Q, if hired, would require 10 hours more than candidate P to do the job. Candida...
When x is even, [x] = x/2 + 1, when x is odd [x] = 2x + 1 then [17]*[4] = ?
10 men and 15 women together can complete a work in 6 days. It takes 100 days for one man alone to complete the same work. How many days will be required for one woman alone to complete the same work?
Rani bought more apples than oranges. She sells apples at ₹23 apiece and makes 15% profit. She sells oranges at ₹10 apiece and makes 25% profit. If she gets ₹653 after selling all the apples and oranges, find her profit percentage Z.
What will come in place of the x in the following Number series? 8, 10, 14, 22, 38, x
Let us say that a table tennis tournament was going on with knock out terms which means the one who loses the match is out of the tournament. 100 players took part in that tournament. How many matches were played?
We bought 85 hats at the store. Blue hats cost $6 and green hats cost $7. The total price was $548. How many green hats did we buy?
In what time will a cart 50 m long cross, if its speed be 36 km/hr?
The average of first 18 natural numbers is?
What is the area of a square field whose sides have a length of 13 meters?
Imagine John has 2 blue balls, 3 green balls, 1 black ball and 4 red balls. How many ways can he arrange the balls lining them up?
Of the total amount that Rose spent on a shopping trip, excluding taxes, she spent 50 percent on clothing, 20 percent on food, and 30 percent on other items. If Rose paid a 4 percent tax on the clothing, no tax on the food, and an 8 percent tax on all other items, then the total tax that she paid was what percent of th...
If two numbers are in the ratio 2:3. If 10 is subtracted from both of the numbers then the ratio becomes 2:4 then find the biggest number?
The area of a parallelogram is 242sq m and its altitude is twice the corresponding base. Then the length of the base is?
(1+0.0001)/(0.04+10000) The value of the expression above is closet to which of the following?
Mr. T has a wrong weighing pan. One arm is lengthier thanother.1 kilogram on left balances 8 melons on right.1 kilogram on rightbalances 2 melons on left. If all melons are equal in weight, what is theweight of a single melon
Let d(n) represent the sum of the digits of the integer n. For example, d(2016) = 2 + 0 + 1 + 6 = 9: For how many positive 3-digit integers k is it true that d(k) > d(k + 1)?
A train starts full of passengers at the first station it drops 1/3 of the passengers and takes 280 more at the second station it drops one half the new total and takes twelve more. On arriving at the third station it is found to have 244 passengers. Find the no of passengers in the beginning?
If two sides of a triangle have lengths 3 and 7, which of the following could be the perimeter of the triangle? I. 9 II. 15 III. 19
The population of locusts in a certain swarm doubles every two hours. If 4 hours ago there were 1,000 locusts in the swarm, in approximately how many hours will the swarm population exceed 512,000 locusts?
The average age of seven persons sitting in a row facing east is 28 years. If the average age of the first three persons is 21 years and the average age of the last three persons is 34 years, then find the age of the person sitting in the middle of the row?
The sides of a square region, measured to the nearest centimeter, are 5 centimeters long. The least possible value of the actual area of the square region is
A bag is filled with pennies and nickels in the ratio of 4 to 3. There are 45 nickles in the bag, how many coins are there in that bag?
A dice is rolled 3times & sum of 3 no.'sappearing on the uppermost face is 15. The chance that the first roll was four is?
If 20,030 + x is a multiple of 3, which of the following could be the value of x?
Working alone, machine X can manufacture 1,000 nails in 12 hours. Working together, machines X and Y can manufacture 1,000 nails in 4 hours. How many hours does it take machine Y to manufacture 1,000 nails working alone?
Two trains travelling in the same direction at 70 and 35 kmph completely pass off another in 144 sec. If the length of the first train is 185 m, what is the length of the second train?
Sixteen years ago, P was half of Q in age. If the ratio of their present ages is 3:4, what will be the total of their present ages
If you throw two dice at a same time. Can you find the probability of getting sum as 10 of the two numbers shown ?
An express traveled at an average speed of 100 km/hr, stopping for 3 min after every 75 kn. How long did it take to reach its destination 600 km from the starting point?
Of the five numbers in a sequence, the first term is 10,000, and each of the following terms is 40% of the previous term. What is the value range of the five numbers?
Josh spends a total of $6.50 buying N items in the convenience store. If each of the items is either a 5 cents single bubblegum, or a 50 cents bubblegum pack, then N may be which of the following?
hall is 15 m long and 12 m broad. If the sum of the areas of the floor and the ceiling is equal to the sum of the areas of four walls, the volume of the hall is:
When the numerator of a fraction is decreased by 25% and its denominator is decreased by 20%, the new fraction obtained is 3/4. Find the original fraction?
What is the probability that two siblings, ages 6 and 8, will have the same birthday, assuming neither was born in a leap year?
When 40 is subtracted from a number, it reduces to seven-twelve of the number. What is the sum of the digit of the number
The reflex angle between the hands of a clock at 10:25 is?
In the above number, A and B represent the tens and units digits, respectively. If the above number is divisible by 45, what is the greatest possible value of B x A?
2,600 has how many positive divisors?
if x^2+4y^2=4xy,then x:y=?
An Italian sausage is 8 inches long. How many pieces of sausage can be cut from the 8-inch piece of sausage if each piece is to be 2/3 of an inch ?
Two persons start running simultaneously around a circular track of length 250 m from the same point at speeds of 20 kmph and 40 kmph. When will they meet for the first time any where on the track if they are moving in the opposite direction ?
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 625 sq.units. What is the area (in sq.units) of the rectangle if the rectangle if the breadth is 10 units?
Anintegratedteam consists of 2 members from the engineering team and 2 members from the design team. If the engineering team has 5 members and the design team has 4 members, how manyintegratedteam formations are possible?
If Jan 1, 2006 was a Saturday, What was the day of the week Jan 1, 2010?
A school has 30% students from Maharashtra .Out of these 20% are Bombey students. Find the total percentage of Bombay?
A dealer sells his goods at cost price 950gm weight for 1kg his gain percentage is
In a two-digit number, the digit in the unit's place is more than twice the digit in ten's place by 1. If the digits in the unit's place and the ten's place are interchanged,difference between the newly formed number and the oiginal number is less than the original number by 1. What is the original number ?
The sum of ages of 5 girls born at the intervals of 3 years each is 50 years. What is the age of the youngest girl?
A group of workers had agreed on a very strange payment schedule. Each of them would get $100 for every day that they had worked, but for every day they did not work will have to return $25. After 30 days they realised they did not earn any money. How many days the workers did not work?
How many multiples of 2 are less than 2400, and also multiples of 8?
How many positive integers less than 22 can be expressed as the sum of a positive multiple of 2 and a positive multiple of 3?
What will be the difference between simple and compound interest at 10% per annum on a sum of Rs. 1000 after 4 years?
The number of arrangements that can be made with the letters of the word MEADOWS so that the starting word is W and 3rd word is O?
There are 9 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 1person sit between the brothers, is equal to?
The salaries of A, B and C are of ratio 2:3:5. If the increments of 15%, 10% and 20% are done to their respective salaries, then find the new ratio of their salaries.
Income and expenditure of a person are in the ratio 5 : 4. If the income of the person is Rs. 18000, then find his savings?
A can do a certain work in 12 days. B is 60% more efficient than A. How many days does B alone take to do the same job ?
If it takes a machine 2⁄5 minute to produce one item, how many items will it produce in 2 hours?
The number 150 can be written as the sum of the squares of 3 different positive integers. What is the sum of these 3 integers?
If x = 1 + √2, then what is the value of x4 - 4x3 + 4x2 ?
Rs.8000 become Rs.9261 in a certain interval of time at the rate of 5% per annum of C.I. Find the time?
Alex deposited x dollars into a new account that earned 6 percent annual interest, compounded annually. One year later Alex deposited an additional x dollars into the account. If there were no other transactions and if the account contained w dollars at the end of two years, which of the following expresses x in terms ...
A metal company's old machine makes bolts at a constant rate of 100 bolts per hour. The company's new machine makes bolts at a constant rate of 150 bolts per hour. If both machines start at the same time and continue making bolts simultaneously, how many minutes will it take the two machines to make a total of 400 bolt...
If T = 5/9 * (K - 32), and if T = 20, then what is the value of K?
If n denotes a number to the left of 0 on the number line such that the square of n is less than 1/16, then the reciprocal of n must be
A certain company employs 8 senior officers and 4 junior officers. If a committee is to be created, that is made up of 3 senior officers and 1 junior officer, how many different committee are possible?
Find the middle 1 when The sum of three consecutive even numbers is 36?
A machine, working at a constant rate, manufactures 40 pencils in 30 minutes. How many pencils does it make in 1 hr 30 min?
The side of a rhombus is 26 m and length of one of its diagonals is 20 m. The area of the rhombus is?
Two taps A and B can fill a tank in 5 hours and 20 hours respectively. If both the taps are open due to a leakage, it took 30 minutes more to fill the tank. If the tank is full, how long will it take for the leakage alone to empty the tank?
What number should replace the question mark? 105, 87, 70, 52, ?
If a van moving at the speed of x km/hr travels a distance of y km, which of the following cannot be equal to the distance traveled?
Excluding stoppages, the speed of a bus is 54 kmph and including stoppages, it is 36 kmph. For how many minutes does the bus stop per hour?
For any integer k > 1, the term “length of an integer” refers to the number of positive prime factors, not necessarily distinct, whose product is equal to k. For example, if k = 24, the length of k is equal to 4, since 24 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3. If x and y are positive integers such that x > 1, y > 1, and x + 3y < 960, what i...
Mike needs 30% to pass. If he scored 212 marks and falls short by 19 marks, what was the maximum marks he could have got?
Indu gave Bindu Rs.1250 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?
In a business school case competition, the top three teams receive cash prizes of $5,000, $3,000, and $2,000, respectively, while the remaining teams are not ranked and do not receive any prizes. There are 6 participating teams, named Team A, Team B, Team C, Team D, Team E, and Team F. If Team A wins one of the prizes,...
Tim and Élan are 180 miles away from one another. They are starting to move towards each other simultaneously, Tim at a speed of 10 Mph and Élan at a speed of 5 Mph. If every hour they double their speeds, what is the distance that Tim will pass until he meets Élan?
A person travels from P to Q a speed of 40 km/hr and returns by increasing his speed by 50%. What is his average speed for both the trips?
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 8 seconds. What is the length of the fast train?
If the roots of the equation 2x2 - 5x + b = 0 are in the ratio of 2:3, then find the value of b?
A bus starts from city X. The number of women in the bus is half of the number of men. In city Y, 10 men leave the bus and five women enter. Now, number of men and women is equal. In the beginning, how many passengers entered the bus ?
If a and b are the roots of the equation x2 - 9x + 20 = 0, find the value of a2 + b2 + ab?
100 oranges are bought at the rate of Rs. 350 and sold at the rate of Rs. 48 per dozen. The percentage of profit
The average weight of 10 men is increased by 2 ½ kg when one of the men who weighs 68 kg is replaced by a new man. What is the weight of the new man?
If (t-8) is a factor of t^2-kt-46, then k=
A train moves past a telegraph post and a bridge 264 m long in 8 seconds and 20 seconds respectively. What is the speed of the train ?
If 6,15 and 24 are factors of T, which of the following is the largest number that must divide evenly into T?