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JOHN and ANDREW can finish the work 9 days if they work together. They worked together for 6 days and then ANDREW left. JOHN finished the remaining work in another 6 days. In how many days JOHN alone can finish the work? |
A man can row 7 kmph in still water. When the river is running at 1.2 kmph, it takes him 1 hour to row to a place and back. What is the total distance traveled by the man? |
A train 150 m long is running at the speed of 30 km / hr. Find the time taken by it to pass a man standing near the railway line in seconds |
The perimeter of a rectangle is equal to 280 meters. The ratio of its length to its width is 5:2. Find the area of the rectangle. |
A sum of Rs.1440 is divided into 13 students so that each boy gets Rs.120 while each girl gets Rs.100. Find the number of boys and number of girls |
Ages of two persons differ by 18 years. If 4 years ago, the elder one was 4 times as old the younger one, find their present age |
For which of the following does h(a)−h(b)=h(a−b) for all values of a and b? |
A teacher wants to label folders with numbers using digit stickers only. If the teacher uses 501 stickers, how many folders have been numbered? (The numbers of the folders are consecutive and the number of the first folder is 1). |
There were two candidates in an election. Winner candidate received 65% of votes and won the election by 300 votes. Find the number of votes casted to the winning candidate? |
If twice of a number divided by 3d gives 20 as the remainder, and five times of the same number gives 32 as the remainder. What will be the value of d? |
Of the 60 electronics components that a factory must manufacture, 80 percent would be most e¢ ciently manufactured by Machine A and the remaining 20 percent would be most efficiently manufactured by Machine B, though either machine could manufacture any of the 60 components. If 40 percent of the components were manufac... |
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 difference between x and y is equal to the sum of the interior angles of what geometric shape? |
If k is an integer and 121 < k^2 < 225, then k can have at most how many values? |
If each term in the sum a1+ a2+a3+.....+an is either 7 or 77 and the sum equals 350, which of the following could be equal to n? |
If C.P. of 23 books is equal to S.P of 30 books , then your gain or loss is ? |
A sales staff is composed of a sales manager and two sales people, all of whom earn commission as a percentage of sales. Each sales person earns 5% commission on sales. In a given week, the sales staff earned a total of $1,750 in commissions on $5,000 worth of sales. What commission rate did the sales manager earn duri... |
If a, b, c are consecutive positive integers and a<b<c, which of the following must be true?
I. b-a=1
II. abc is an even integer
III. (a+b+c)/3 is an integer |
A can run a kilometer race in 4 1/2 min while B can run same race in 5 min. How many meters start can A give B in a kilometer race, so that the race mat end in a dead heat? |
A person is saving money to purchase a car. He earns £4000 per month and saves £500 to buy the car. If he needs £45000 to buy his dream car. How much money he will earn, before he saves enough money to buy the car? |
The average of 7 results is 45. The average of first three results is 47 and average of last three results is 42. What is the fourth result? |
Given positive integer X, which of the following CAN NOT be evenly divisible by X? |
Solve for x and check: - 12x = 72 |
A can do a work in 2 days. B can do the same work in 3days. Both A&B together will finish the work and they got $500 from that work. Find their shares? |
In an exam, W scored 60 percent, X scored 100 percent and Y 80 percent. The maximum score awarded in the exam is 1000. Find the average mark scored by all the three candidates? |
A train running at the speed of 60 km/hr crosses a pole in 9 seconds. What is the length of the train? |
A committee has 5 men and 6 women. What are the number of ways of selecting a group of eight persons? |
On Monday morning, Chris receives tickets to a baseball game that will be played at 7pm on the next evening that it does not rain. However, Chris is only in town until Wednesday morning, at which point he must fly to another city. If there is a 20% chance of rain each of the next two evenings, what is the probability t... |
Sum of a rational number and its reciprocal is 13/6. Find the number |
We have 4 people and 1 chairs. In how many ways chairs can be occupy? |
The digit in the units place of a number is equal to the digit in the tens place of half of that number and the digit in the tens place of that number is less than the digit in units place of half of the number by 1. If the sum of the digits of the number is seven, then what is the number? |
A box contains one dozen donuts. Four of the donuts are chocolate, four are glazed, and four are jelly. If two donuts are randomly selected from the box, one after the other, what is the probability that both will be jelly donuts? |
A bag contains five white and four red balls. Two balls are picked at random from the bag. What is the probability that they both are different color? |
The National Gross Product (NGP) of Andalasia had decreased by 25 percent. Due to the ongoing war with Actasia, the NGP has decreased by an additional 10 percent. By approximately what percent would the NGP now have to be increased in order to restore it to its original amount? |
The botanic garden is planting bulbs for the spring flower show. The head gardener is trying to decide how to place three Tulips bulbs, three Daffodil bulbs, and three Crocus bulbs along the front row. How many different arrangements can he make of these bulbs in the front row? |
In a shop 40% of the articles are sold at a profit of 30% and the remaining at a loss of 15%.what is the overall profit/loss? |
If w, x, and y are consecutive even positive integers and w < x < y, which of the following could be equal to w - x - y ? |
Two numbers have a H.C.F of 12 and a product of two numbers is 2460. Find the L.C.M of the two numbers? |
12 men complete a work in 18 days. Six days after they had started working, 4 men joined them. How many days will all of them take to complete the remaining work ? |
Taps A and B can fill a bucket in 10 minutes each. If both are opened and A is closed after 3 minutes, how much further time would it take for B to fill the bucket? |
The perimeters of 2 squares are 40cm and 32cm. Find the perimeter of a third square whose area is equal to the difference of the areas of the two squares? |
The number of sequences in which 7 players can throw a ball, so that the youngest player may not be the last is -. |
The length of a rectangle is 3 times its width. If the width of the rectangle is 4 inches, what is the rectangle's area, in square inches? |
Two trains of equal length, running with the speeds of 60 and 40 kmph, take 50 seconds to cross each other while they are running in the same direction. What time will they take to cross each other if they are running in opposite directions? |
Ratio between two numbers is 3: 4 and their sum is 420. Find the smaller number? |
Two trains of equal length are running on parallel lines in the same directions at 46km/hr. and 36km/hr. The faster trains pass the slower train in 72 seconds. The length of each train is: |
The current in a river is 8 mph. A boat can travel 20 mph in still water. How far up the river can the boat travel if the round trip is to take 10 hours? |
The measures of the 2 acute angles of a triangle are in the ratio of 4 : 5. What arethe measures of the 2 angles? |
What should be added to 4529 so that it may become a perfect square? |
A man swims downstream 45 km and upstream 18 km taking 3 hours each time, what is the speed of the man in still water? |
A money lender finds that due to a fall in the annual rate of interest from 8% to 7 3/4 % his yearly income diminishes by Rs. 61.50, his capital is? |
Lloyd normally works 7.5 hours per day and earns $4.50 per hour. For each hour he works in excess of 7.5 hours on a given day, he is paid 2.5 times his regular rate. If Lloyd works 10.5 hours on a given day, how much does he earn for that day? |
In a lottery there are 10 prizes and 25 blanks. A lottery is drawn at random. What is the probability of getting a prize? |
Birbal is a witty trader who trade of a mystical fruit grown far in north. He travels from one place to another with three sacks which can hold 30 fruits each. None of the sack can hold more than 30 fruits. On his way, he has to pass through thirty check points and at each check point, he has to give one fruit for each... |
In a basketball game, Tim scored 20 points more than Joe, but only half as many points as Ken. If the three players scored a combined total of 100 points, how many points did Tim score? |
If xy+z = x(y+2z), which of the following must be true? |
When 2/9 of the votes on a certain resolution have been counted, 3/4 of those counted are in favor of the resolution. What fraction q of the remaining votes must be against the resolution so that the total count will result in a vote of 2 to 1 against the resolution? |
A train 550 m long is running with a speed of 60 km/hr. In what time will it pass a man who is running at 6 km/hr in the direction opposite to that in which the train is going? |
George does 3/5th of a piece of work in 9 days.He then calls in Paul and they finish the work in 4 days.How long would Paul take to do the work by himself? |
If -3/(a - 3) = 3/(a + 2), then a = ? |
Three times the first of three consecutive odd integers is 3 more than twice the third. The third integer is: |
Find the 5th and 7th term of the series 1, 4, 7, 10,...? And their ratio is? |
A sum is divided among P, Q and R in such a way that for each rupee P gets, Q gets 25 paisa and R gets 15 paisa. If the share of P is RS. 70, what is the total amount? |
The maximum number of student amoung them 1020 pens and 860 pencils can be distributed in such a way that each student gets the same number of pens and same number of pencils is : |
Angela has 15 pairs of matched socks. If she loses 5 individual socks, which of the following is NOT a possible number of matched pairs she has left? |
The sum of a number and the two numbers preceding it is equal to 30. Find the number: |
Shop Offered 20% offer for every Shirt, Smith bought a shirt at Rs. 780. and What was the shop's original selling Price? |
A car traveled 281 miles in 4 hours 41 minutes. What was the average speed of the car in miles per hour? |
Three numbers are in the ratio 1.5:2:3.5 and their H.C.F is 18. The numbers are: |
An inspector rejects 15% of the meters as defective. How many will he examine to reject 10? |
If the price of a certain computer increased 30 percent from y dollars to 351 dollars, then 2y = |
Cars P and Q are approaching each other on the same highway. Car P is moving at 48 mph northbound and Car Q is moving at 52 mph southbound. At 2:00 pm, they are approaching each other and 190 miles apart. Eventually they pass each other. At what clock time are they moving away from each other and 35 miles apart? |
Aarti can do a piece of work in 3 days. In how many days will she complete four time of work of same type? |
A batsman in his 17th innings makes a score of 85 and their by increasing his average by 3. What is his average after the 17thinnings? |
One day Eesha started 30 min late from home and reached her office 50 min late while driving 25% slower than her usual speed. How much time in min does eesha usually take to reach her office from home? |
8, 27, 64, 100, 125, 216, 343 |
Rajan borrowed Rs.4000 at 5% p.a compound interest. After 2 years, he repaid Rs.2210 and after 2 more year, the balance with interest. What was the total amount that he paid as interest? |
Bag A contains red, white and blue marbles such that the red to white marble ratio is 1:3 and the white to blue marble ratio is 2:3. Bag B contains red and white marbles in the ratio of 1:4. Together, the two bags contain 48 white marbles. How many red marbles could be in bag A? |
The Shopkeeper increased the price of a product by 25% so that customer finds it difficult to purchase the required amount. But somehow the customer managed to purchase only 75% of the required amount. What is the net difference in the expenditure on that product? |
A developer has land that has x feet of lake frontage. The land is to be subdivided into lots, each of which is to have either 60 feet or 100 feet of lake frontage. If 1/9 of the lots are to have 60 feet of frontage each and the remaining 40 lots are to have 100 feet of frontage each, what is the value of x ? |
What is the ratio of y to x if (x + 3y) / ( x - y) = 3/5? |
The number 7490xy is divisible by 90. Find out (x+y). |
A man was employed on the promise that he will be paid the highest wages per day. The contract money to be paid was Rs. 1189. Finally he was paid only Rs. 1073. For how many days did he actually work? |
Ross has 160 shirts, 3/4 of the shirts are green and 1/10 is without buttons. Therefore Ross has between ___ and ___ shirts with buttons that are not green. |
What is the sum of the numbers between 1 and 5, inclusive? |
Working alone at its constant rate, machine A produces x boxes in 10 minutes and working alone at its constant rate, machine B produces 3x boxes in 5 minutes. How many minutes does it take machines A and B, working simultaneously at their respective constant rates, to produce 3x boxes? |
if the ratio of age of x and y is 5:7.and the sum of the ages are 48.calculate the age of X. |
A trader mixes 26 kg of rice at Rs. 20 per kg with 30 kg of rice of other variety at Rs. 36 per kg and sells the mixture at Rs. 30 per kg. His profit percent is: |
Someone on a skateboard is traveling 10 miles per hour. How many feet does she travel in 20 seconds? (1 mile = 5280 feet) |
The present ages of three persons in proportions 2 : 4 : 6. Eight years ago, the sum of their ages was 36. Find their present ages (in years). |
From 2000 onwards, till 2003 the price of computers increased every year by 10%. After that due to government subsidy the price of computers decreases every year by 10%. The price of a computer in 2006 will be approx. how much per cent less than the price in 2000 if the same pattern of price is continued : |
x, y, and z are all unique numbers. If x is chosen randomly from the set {8, 9, 10, 11} and y and z are chosen randomly from the set {20, 21, 22, 23}, what is the probability that x and y are prime and z is not? |
In a covering a certain distance, the speeds of A and B are in the ratio of 3:4. A takes 30 minutes more than B to reach the destination. The time taken by A to reach the destination is? |
The H.C.F. of two numbers is 12 and their L.C.M. is 600. If one of the number is 120, find the other? |
Two brother X and Y appeared for an exam. The probability of selection of X is 1/3 and that of B is 2/5. Find the probability that both of them are selected. |
Nandesh sold half of his cloth at 10% profit, half of the remaining at 10% loss and the rest was sold at the cost price. In the transaction, his gain or loss will be : |
A person buys an article at Rs.575. At what price should he sell the article so as to make a profit of 15%? |
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? |
How many halves are there in seven-fourth? |
(1^2+2^2+3^2+.....+8^2)=? |
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? |
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