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The edges of three iron cubes are 6cm; 8cm; 10cm respectively. A new cube was made by melting them. Find the edge of the new cube? |
Dick and Jane each saved $3,000 in 1989. In 1990 Dick saved 8 percent more than in 1989, and together he and Jane saved a total of $5,000. Approximately what percent less did Jane save in 1990 than in 1989? |
A candidate got 10% of the votes polled and he lost to his rival by 16000 votes. How many votes were cast? |
In a certain pond, 80 fish were caught, tagged, and returned to the pond. A few days later, 50 fish were caught again, of which 2 were found to have been tagged. If the percent of tagged fish in the second catch approximates the percent of tagged fish in the pond, what is the approximate number of fish in the pond? |
The second of two numbers is two less than three times the first. Find the numbers if there sum is
42. |
O(x) represents the least odd integer greater than x, whereas o(x) represents the greatest odd integer less than x. Likewise, E(x) represents the least even integer greater than x, whereas e(x) represents the greatest even integer less than x. According to these definitions, the value of O(8.3) + E(–8.7) + o(–7.3) + e(... |
Two hoses are pouring water into an empty pool. Hose 1 alone would fill up the pool in 6 hours. Hose 2 alone would fill up the pool in 8 hours. How long would it take for both hoses to fill up two-thirds of the pool? |
A room is 20 meters long, 15 meters wide 10 meters in height. The longest possible rod which can be placed in the room is |
Find the odd man out. 49, 65, 81, 144, 169, 225, 441 |
Three bells commence tolling together and toll at intervals of 1, 3 and 5 seconds respectively. In 10 minutes, how many times do they toll together ? |
The true-discount on Rs.2480 due after a certain period at 5% is Rs.80. Find the
due period. |
In the coordinate plane a slope of the line K is 4 times the x-intercept of the line K. What is the y-intercept of the line K? |
If a certain number X is divided by 82, the reminder is 5. what is the reminder when X+7 is divided by 41? |
David invested certain amount in three different schemes A, B and C with the rate of interest 10% p.a., 12% p.a. and 15% p.a. respectively. If the the total interest accrued in one year was 3200 and the amount invested in Scheme C was 150% of the amount invested in Scheme A and 240% of the amount invested in Scheme B, ... |
A train 240 m long, running with a speed of 108 km/hr will pass a tree in? |
A box contains 15 items. Six of the items are Pen, five are pencil, and five are eraser. If two items are randomly selected from the box, one after the other, what is the probability that both will be pen? |
When positive integer x is divided by 11, the quotient is y and the remainder is 4. When 2x is divided by 8, the quotient is 3y and the remainder is 3. What is the value of 13y – x ? |
The radius of a semi circle is 6.3 cm then its perimeter is? |
Which of the following fractions is greater than 23/50? |
A, B and C started a partnership business by investing Rs.30000, Rs.45000, Rs.50000 respectively. At the end of the year , the profit were distributed among them. If C's share of profit is 36000, What is the total profit? |
What is the value of √16% ? |
If 'a' is a positive integer exactly divisible by 3 or 5 but not divisible by 6.What could possibly be the value of 'a' ? |
A sum of money lent out at S.I. amounts to a total of $600 after 2 years and to $850 after a further period of 5 years. What was the initial sum of money that was invested? |
A bike covers a certain distance at the speed of 68km/h in 8 hrs. If the bike was to cover the same distance in approximately 6 hrs, at what approximate speed should the bike travel? |
A company that ships boxes to a total of 12 sales centers uses color coding to identify each center. If either a single color or a pair of two different colors is chosen to represent each center and if each center is uniquely represented by that choice of one or two colors, what is the minimum number of colors needed f... |
Ratio and proportion
215:474::537:? |
If 75 percent of a class answered the first question on a certain test correctly, 65 percent answered the second question on the test correctly, and 20 percent answered neither of the questions correctly, what percent answered both correctly? |
Two friends phil and andrew started running simultaneously from a point P in the same direction along a straight running track. The ratio of speeds of phil and andrew was 2:5. Two hours later, andrew turned back and started running running backwards at one-fifth of his original speed. He met phil at a distance of 10 km... |
Ana is a girl and has the same number of brothers as sisters. Andrew is a boy and has twice as many sisters as brothers. Ana and Andrew are the children of Emma. How many children does Emma have? |
The G.C.D of 1.08, 0.36 and 1.2 is |
A, B and C have a few coins with them. 7 times the number of coins that A has is equal to 5 times the number of coins B has while 6 times the number of coins B has is equal to 11 times the number of coins C has. What is the minimum number of coins with A, B and C put together? |
If a certain toy store's revenue in November was 4/5 of its revenue in December and its revenue in January was 3/4 of its revenue in November, then the store's revenue in December was how many times the average (arithmetic mean) of its revenues in November and January? |
In a 4 person race, medals are awarded to the fastest 3 runners. The first-place runner receives a gold medal, the second-place runner receives a silver medal, and the third-place runner receives a bronze medal. In the event of a tie, the tied runners receive the same color medal. (For example, if there is a two-way ti... |
For the positive integers x, x + 2, x + 4, x + 7, and x + 32, the mean is how much greater than the median? |
In right triangle ABC, AC is the hypotenuse. If AC is 10 and AB + BC = 20, what is the area of the triangle ABC? |
Car A runs at the speed of 50 km/hr and reaches its destination in 8 hours. Car B runs at the speed of 60 km/h and reaches its destination in 4 hours. What is the ratio of distances covered by Car A and Car B? |
If ‘DELHI’ is coded as ‘15’, ‘RAJASTHAN’ is coded as ’45’, then ‘MUMBAI’ is coded as ? |
A father said to his son, "I was as old as you are at present at the time of your birth." If the father's age is 68 years now, the son's age five years back was? |
If 36 men can do a piece of work in 25 hours, in how many hours will 15 men
do it ? |
At what time between 2 and 3 o'clock will the hands of a clock be together? |
X completes a work in 12 days and Y complete the same work in 24 days. If both of them work together, then the number of days required to complete the work will be? |
The average of 6 no.'s is 3.95. The average of 2of them is 3.4, while the average of theother 2 is 3.85. What is the average of the remaining 2 no's? |
A necklace is made by stringing N individual beads together in the repeating pattern blue bead, green bead, white bead, brown bead, and orange bead. If the necklace design begins with a blue bead and ends with a white bead, then N could equal |
An = 2An-1 + 4 and Qn = 4Qn-1 + 8 for all n > 1. If A5 = Q4 and A7 = 316, what is the first value of n for which Qn is an integer? |
The number of singles that a baseball player hit increased 12 percent from her first season to her second season, and the number of doubles that she hit in the same time period decreased by 2 percent. If the total number of singles and doubles that she hit increased 2 percent from her first season to her second season,... |
If x/y = 3 and (2a - x)/(3b - y) = 3, then the value of a/b is? |
If Greg buys 3 shirts, 6 trousers and 4 ties, the total cost is $80. If Greg buys 7 shirts, 2 trousers and 4 ties, the total cost is $80. How much will it cost him to buy 5 trousers, 4 shirts and 4 ties? |
A tradesman by means of his false balance defrauds to the extent of 22%? in buying goods as well as by selling the goods. What percent does he gain on his outlay? |
Jack got paid today for his part-time job as a juggler, and noticed that 20% of his paycheck went to taxes. Jack wants to spend 80% of what's left on a new bike, and put the rest into savings. If Jack puts $20 into savings, how much was his original paycheck before taxes? |
In the number 11,0AB, A and B represent the tens and units digits, respectively. If 11,0AB is divisible by 45, what is the greatest possible value of B × A? |
The average of first ten prime numbers which are odd is? |
The duplicate ratio of 3:4 is? |
Find the value of 3 + 2 • (5 – 3) |
The charge for a single room at Hotel P is 25 percent less than the charge for a single room at Hotel R and 20 percent less than the charge for a single room at Hotel G. The charge for a single room at Hotel R is what percent greater than the charge for a single room at Hotel G ? |
If you are rolling 2 dice, what is the probability of rolling a 11? |
An electric motor makes 3,000 revolutions per minutes. How many degrees does it rotate in one second? |
If $5,000,000 is the initial amount placed in an account that collects 7% annual interest, which of the following compounding rates would produce the largest total amount after two years? |
If the speed of X meters per second is equivalent to the speed of Y meters per hour, what is Y in terms of X? (1 kilometer=1000 meters) |
if 11 oranges bought 10 r and 10 oranges sold 11 r .what is the profit |
What is the maximum number of slices can you obtain by cutting a cake with only 4 cuts? |
Raman covers 1 km in 8 min while suman covers the same distance in 10 min. By what distance does Raman beat Suman ? |
How much 60% of 50 is greater than 40% of 30? |
If 16 machine can finish a job in 45 days, then how many more machines would be needed to finish the job in one -third less time? |
A cubical rectangular bar has the dimensions with the ratio 5 : 4 : 3. Its volume is 7500. What
is the surface area of the bar? |
In a certain company, the ratio of the number of managers to the number of non-managers in any department must always be greater than 7 : 32. In the company, what is the maximum number of non-managers in a department that has 8 managers? |
1/2 + [(2/3 * 3/8)*4] - 9/16 = |
If a positive odd integer N has p positive factors, how many positive factors will 2N have ? |
What is the remainder when 1234 * 6789 * 1111 is divided by 19 |
Aaron will jog from home at 3 miles per hour and then walk back home by the same route at 6 miles per hour. How many miles from home can Aaron jog so that he spends a total of 3 hours jogging and walking? |
Integer x is equal to the product of all even numbers from 2 to 60, inclusive. If C is the smallest prime number that is also a factor of x-1, then which of the following expressions must be true? |
The price of Darjeeling tea (in rupees per kilogram) is 100 + 0.10 n, on the nth day of 2007 (n = 1, 2, ..., 100), and then remains constant. On the other hand, the price of Ooty tea (in rupees per kilogram) is 89 + 0.15n, on the nth day of 2007 (n = 1, 2, ..., 365). On which date in 2007 will the prices of these two v... |
Average monthly income of a family of 4 earning members was Rs. 735. One of the earning members died and therefore, the average income came down to Rs 650. The income of the deceased was? |
he time taken by a man to row his boat upstream is twice the time taken by him to row the same distance downstream. If the speed of the boat in still water is 42 kmph, find the speed of the stream? |
A and B put in Rs.300 and Rs.400 respectively into a business. A reinvests into the business his share of the first year's profit of Rs.210 where as B does not. In what ratio should they divide the second year's profit? |
What percentage of numbers from 1 to 70 have 1 or 9 in the unit's digit? |
If 2x + 3y = 70; 2y + z = 19 and x + 2z = 29, what is the value of x + y + z ? |
Two trains of length 160 m and 320 m are running towards each other on parallel lines at 42 kmph and 30 kmph respectively. In what time will they be clear of each other from the moment they meet? |
Which is a tool that helps RBI to stabilize money supply and prices of Government securities? |
A bag contains an equal number of one rupee, 50 paise and 25 paise coins respectively. If the total value is 140, how many coins of each type are there? |
Two pipes can fill a tank in 18 minutes and 15 minutes. An outlet pipe can empty the tank in 45 minutes. If all the pipes are opened when the tank is empty, then how many minutes will it take to fill the tank? |
What is the rate percent when the simple interest on Rs.800 amount to Rs.200 in 4 Years? |
Jane spent $42 for shoes. This was $14 less than twice what she spent for a blouse. How much was the blouse? |
Sri travels the first 6 hours of his journey at 40 mph speed and the remaining 3 hours at 20mph speed. What is the average speed of Sri's travel in mph? |
How much time will take for an amount of Rs. 300 to yield Rs. 81 as interest at 4.5% per annum of simple interest? |
A rope of which a calf is tied is increased from 15 m to 18m, how much additional grassy ground shall it graze? |
At the time of marriage, a man was 6 years elder to his wife. 6 years after their marriage, his age is 8/7 times the age of his wife. What was wife's age at the time of marriage ? Choose one answer. |
In a house a hall is 20 m long, 15m wide and 5m high. Its interior has to be covered with mat. What will be the total expenditure if it costs Rs. 60 per square m? |
A dealer purchased an article at 3/4 of its list price and sold 50% more than the list price. Find his gain percent? |
Two employees A and B are paid a total of Rs. 580 per week by their employer. If A is paid 150 percent of the sum paid to B, how much is B paid per week? |
The train travels at an average speed of 25km/h, to the top of the hill where the midpoint of the trip is. Going down hill, train travels at an average speed of 5km/h. Which of the following is the closest approximation of train's average speed, in kilometers per hour, for the round trip? |
A shopkeeper sold an article offering a discount of 5% and earned a profit of 27.3%. What would have been the percentage of profit earned if no discount had been offered? |
A pharmaceutical company received $6 million in royalties on the first $20 million in sales of the generic equivalent of one of its products and then $9 million in royalties on the next $108 million in sales. By approximately what percent did the ratio of royalties to sales decrease from the first $20 million in sales ... |
X and Y walk around a circular track. They start at 10 a.m from the same point in the opposite directions. X and Y walk at a speed of 6 rounds per hour and 7 rounds per hour respectively. How many times shall they cross each other before 3 p.m |
Sahil purchased a machine at Rs 14000, then got it repaired at Rs 5000, then gave its transportation charges Rs 1000. Then he sold it with 50% of profit. At what price he actually sold it. |
John's marks wrongly entered as 82 instead of 62. Due to that the average marks for the class got increased by half (1/2). The number of John in the class is? |
Three pipes A, B and C can fill a tank in 6 hours. After working at it together for 2 hours, C is closed and A and B can fill the remaining part in 7 hours. The number of hours taken by C alone to fill the tank is: |
The present worth of Rs.169 due in 2 years at 4% per annum compound interest is |
A tailor trims 6 feet from opposite edges of a square piece of cloth, and 5 feet from the other two edges. If 120 square feet of cloth remain, what was the length of a side of the original piece of cloth? |
If a*b=2a-3b+ab,then3*5+5*3 is equal to |
A, B and C can do a piece of work in 5 days, 10 days and 15 days respectively. How long will they taken, if all the three work together? |
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