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If d=1/(2^3*5^8) is expressed as a terminating decimal, how many nonzero digits will d have?
If W is the set of all the integers between 39 and 99, inclusive, that are either multiples of 3 or multiples of 2 or multiples of both, then W contains how many numbers?
Heinz produces tomato puree by boiling tomato juice. The tomato puree has only 20% water while the tomato juice has 90% water. How many litres of tomato puree will be obtained from 20 litres of tomato juice?
A can do a job in 15days and B in 30days. If they work on it together for 4 days, then the fraction of the work that is left is?
A professional janitor can clean a certain high school in 480 minutes, working at a constant rate. A student sentenced to detention can clean that same high school in 20 hours, also working at a constant rate. If the student is paid $7 total per hour and the janitor is paid $21 per hour, how much more would it cost the school to pay the janitor to do the job himself than it would to pay the student and the janitor to do the job together?
A smartphone manufacturer sold 20 thousand low end smartphone at $100 each within a given period. The company also sold 12 thousand mid range smartphones at $220 each and 5 thousand high end smartphones at $649 each within the same period. What percentage of the company's revenue came from mid range and high end smartphones?
What is the least whole number that should be added to 784839 if it is to be divisible by 10?
In Orange County, one fourth of the people are gathering mushrooms and one seventh of the people are collecting apples. What can be the number of people in Orange County?
An item is being sold for $10 each. However, if a customer will “buy at least 3” they have a promo discount of 15%. Also, if a customer will “buy at least 10” items they will deduct an additional 28% to their “buy at least 3” promo price. If Sam buys 10 pcs of that item how much should he pay?
A cistern 12 meters long and 4 meters wide contains water up to a depth of 1 meter 25 cm. What is the total area of the wet surface?
The charge for a single room at Hotel P is 40 percent less than the charge for a single room at Hotel R and 10 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?
In how many ways can 16 different gifts be divided among four children such that each child receives exactly two gifts?
189. The inside dimensions of a rectangular wooden box are 4 inches by 6 inches by 8inches. A cylindrical canister is to be placed inside the box so that it stands upright when the closed box rests on one of its six faces. Of all such canisters that could be used, what is the radius, in inches, of the one that has maximum volume?
If s and t are positive integers such that s/t = 64.15, which of the following could be the remainder when s is divided by t?
B and C started a business investing Rs. 72,000 and Rs. 45,000 respectively. In what ratio the profit earned after 7 years be divided between B and C respectively?
Which one the following fractions has the biggest value?
Train E leaves New York at 7:00 am traveling to Boston at 80mph. Train B leaves Boston at 7:45 am traveling to New York at 70 mph on a parallel track. If the distance between New York and Boston is 210 miles, at what time will the two trains pass each other?
A alone can finish a work in 20 days. And B alone can finish same work in 25 days.both together work for 5 days.after that B leave that work.in how many days A alone can finish remaining work?
In Town P, 70 percent of the population are employed, and 42 percent of the population are employed males. What percent of the employed people in Town P are females?
The ratio of boarders to day scholars at a school is 7 to 16. However, after a few new students join the initial 560 boarders, the ratio changed to 1 to 2, respectively. If no boarders became day scholars and vice versa, and no students left the school, how many boarders joined the school?
The value of x + x(xx) when x = 3
On average, Machine A will produce a completed item once every 2 minutes, and Machine B will produce a completed item once every nine minutes. The number of items Machine A produces in a 24-hour period is approximately what percent greater than the number of items Machine B would produce in that same period?
A restaurant meal cost $39.50 and there was no tax. If the tip was more than 10 percent but less than 15 percent of the cost of the meal, then the total amount paid must have been between
What number is 76 more than one-fourth of itself?
There are 3 persons Sudhir, Arvind, and Gauri. Sudhir lent cars to Arvind and Gauri as many as they had already. After some time Arvind gave as many cars to Sudhir and Gauri as many as they have. After sometime Gauri did the same thing. At the end of this transaction each one of them had 24. Find the cars each originally had.
33 1/3% OF 390?
4 people are sitting in a 4 seat row watching a football game. At halftime they all get up. When they return, they each randomly sit down on one of the 6 chairs. What is the likelihood that none of the 4 end up sitting in the same chair that they sat in during the first half?
Cindy has her eye on a sundress but thinks it is too expensive. It goes on sale for 15% less than the original price. Before Cindy can buy the dress, however, the store raises the new price by 25%. If the dress cost $71.4 after it went on sale for 15% off, what is the difference between the original price and the final price?
In how many ways can 2 men & 4 women can be made from a gang of 4 men & 7 women ?
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?
Joe has a bunch of change in his pocket? Which of the following choices is the correct amount of change?
How much interest can a person get on Rs. 8600 at 17.5% p.a. simple interest for a period of two years and six months?
A shirt goes on sale for 80% of its original price. One week later, the sale price is marked down 20%. The final price is what percent of the original price?
Excluding stoppages, the speed of a train is 54 kmph and including stoppages it is 36 kmph. Of how many minutes does the train stop per hour?
Insert the missing number. 12, 25, 49, 99, 197, 395, (...)
If 3 persons can do 3 times of a particular work in 3 days, then, 7 persons can do 7 times of that work in
If Rs. 510 be divided among A, B, C in such a way that A gets 2/3 of what B gets and B gets 1/4 of what C gets, then their shares are respectively?
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. 63.50, his capital is?
When running a mile during a recent track meet, Nuria was initially credited with a final time of 6 minutes, 44 seconds. Shortly after her run, officials realized that the timing mechanism malfunctioned. The stopwatch did not begin timing her until 11/25 of a minute after she began to run. If the time was otherwise correct, how long did it actually take Nuria to run the mile?
A cycle is bought for Rs.900 and sold for Rs.1440, find the gain percent?
IF A fair coin with sides marked heads and tails is to be tossed eight times. What is the probability that the coin will land tails side up more than five times?
If rupee one produces rupees nine over a period of 40 years, find the rate of simple interest?
If a = (1/2)b and c = 5a, then which of the following represents the average (arithmetic mean) of a, b, and c, in terms of a ?
In how many ways can 4 arts and 5 science students be arranged in a row so that the arts and the science students are placed alternately?
In a recent survey 40% houses contained two or more people. Of those houses containing only one person 25% were having only a male. What is the percentage of all houses which contain exactly one female and no males?
What is the next number of the following sequence 1,3,4,5,6,7,1,9,16,25,36,...
A certain list consists of 21 different numbers. If n is in the list and n is 6 times the average (arithmetic mean) of the other 20 numbers in the list, then n is what fraction of the sum of the 21 numbers in the list?
S = { 1,2,3,5,6} T = { 2,3,6,7 } what is the probability that x chosen from S and y chosen from T will result x*y = even
What percentage of numbers from 1 to 70 have 1 or 9 in the unit's digit?
Three different containers contain 496 litres, 403 litres and 713 litres of mixture of milk and water respectively. What is the biggest measure can measure all the different quantities exactly ?
A train running at the speed of 60 km/hr crosses a pole in 15 seconds. Find the length of the train?
In a race with 30 runners where 4 trophies will be given to the top 6 runners (the trophies are distinct: first place, second place, etc), how many ways can this be done?
A student read 40 pages per day on average in a 10 days period. How many pages must the student read on the next day to increase the average to 45 pages per day?
If the area of a square with sides of length 3 centimeters is equal to the area of a rectangle with a width of 3 centimeters, what is the length of the rectangle, in centimeters?
A certain league has three divisions. The respective divisions had 8, 10, and 11 teams qualify for the playoffs. Each division held its own double-elimination tournament -- where a team is eliminated from the tournament upon losing two games -- in order to determine its champion. The four division champions then played in a single-elimination tournament -- where a team is eliminated upon losing one game -- in order to determine the overall league champion. Assuming that there were no ties and no forfeits, what is the maximum number of games that could have been played in order to determine the overall league champion?
Some times small town drivers can be very rude. One taxi driver I had the occasion to travel with was particularly lacking in courtesy, and so I asked for his number. The driver gave me a sardonical smile and said. 'Well, if you divide my number by 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 you will find there is always 1 remaining. But if you divide it by 11 there is no remainder. Do you want to know something more? There is no other cabby in this town with a lower number than---who can say the same.,' and he drove off, while I stood there completely baffled. What was the man's number?
If a tap could fill entire tank in 18 hrs due to leakage, then in how much time tank can be emptied by leakage if tap can fill entire tank in 14 hrs without leakage
What will come in place of the x in the following Number series? 11, 14, 19, 22, 27, 30,35,38 x
A camera lens filter kit containing 5 filters sells for $67.50. If the filters are purchased individually, 2 of them are priced at $7.45 each, 2 at $10.05 each, 1 at $14.50. The amount saved by purchasing the kit is what percent of the total price of the 5 filters purchased individually?
The equation (M )/63 = (p )/21 relates two temperature scales, where M is the number of degrees on one scale and P is the number of degrees on the other scale. Which of the following equations can be used to convert temperatures from the P scale to the M scale?
what is the unit digit in [(6273)^1793x(625)^317x(341)^491]?
A and B start a business with Rs.6000 and Rs.8000 respectively. Hoe should they share their profits at the end of one year?
Andrew has a certain number of coins in his pocket. He has three times as many dimes as quarters and six times as many nickels as dimes. A nickel is worth $0.05, a dime is worth $0.10 and a quarter is worth $0.5. If he has a total of $10.15, then which of the following represents the number of dimes in Andrew’s pocket?
A sum was put at simple interest at certain rate for 3 years. Had it been put at 1% higher rate it would have fetched Rs. 66 more. The sum is: A. Rs. 2,400 B. Rs. 2,100 C. Rs. 2,200 D.Rs. 2,480
A property decreases in value every year at the rate of 6 1/4% of its value at the beginning of the year its value at the end of 3 years was Rs.21093. Find its value at the beginning of the first year?
When working alone, painter W can paint a room in 2 hours, and working alone, painter X can paint the same room in e hours. When the two painters work together and independently, they can paint the room in 3/4 of an hour. What is the value of e?
A new apartment complex purchased 60 toilets and 20 shower heads. If the price of a toilet is three times the price of a shower head, what percent of the total cost was the cost of all the shower heads?
The L.C.M. of two numbers is 48. The numbers are in the ratio 2 : 3. Then sum of the number is:
In a division sum, the divisor is ten times the quotient and five times the remainder. If the remainder is 48, the dividend is?
Point (e,f) is on the circle represented by e^2+f^2=10, and e, f are integers. How many such points are possible?
In a graduating class, 40 percent of the students are male. In this class, 40 percent of the male students and 20 percent of the female students are 25 years old or older. If one student in the class is randomly selected, approximately what is the probability that he or she will be less than 25 years old?
What will come in place of the x in the following Number series? 2, 2, 4, 12, 48, 240, x
Two good train each 500 m long, are running in opposite directions on parallel tracks. Their speeds are 45 km / hr and 30 km /hr respectively. Find the time taken by the slower train to pass the driver of the faster one.
2x + y = 14 |y| <= 14 For how many ordered pairs (x , y) that are solutions of the system above are x and y both integers?
Due to 10% decrease in the price of sugar and John can buy 5kg more sugar in Rs.100, then find the CP of sugar?
A 70 cm long wire is to be cut into two pieces so that one piece will be 2/5th of the other, how many centimeters will the shorter piece be?
A grocer has a sale of Rs. 6435, Rs. 6927, Rs. 6855, Rs. 7230 and Rs. 6562 for 5 consecutive months. How much sale must he have in the sixth month so that he gets an average sale of Rs. 6500?
With out any halt a train travels a certain distance with an average speed of 40 km ph , and with halts it covers the same distance at an average speed of 25 kmph. When it is traveling with halts, how many minutes/per hour does the train halt on an average ?
A milkman sells his milk at CP but he mixes it with water and thereby gains 25%. What is the % of water in the mixture?
A person has four iron bars whose lengths are 24 m, 36 m, 48 m and 72 m respectively. This person wants to cut pieces of same length from each of four bars. What is the least number of total pieces if he is to cut without any wastage?
165 liters of a mixture of milk and water contains in the ratio 3:2. How much water should now be added so that the ratio of milk and water becomes 3:4?
The present worth of Rs.338 due in 2 years at 4% per annum compound interest is
How many numbers between 100 and 600 are divisible by 2, 3, and 7 together?
A 270 m long train running at the speed of 120 km/hr crosses another train running in opposite direction at the speed of 80 km/hr in 9 sec. What is the length of the other train?
Which one of the given numbers is divisible by 11?
If a certain toy store's revenue in November was 3/5 of its revenue in December and its revenue in January was 1/6 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?
Divide Rs.32000 in the ratio 3:7?
The three digits of a number add up to 17. The number is divisible by 5. The leftmost digit is double the middle digit. What is the product of the three digits?
Peter's One tap, working alone at its maximum constant rate, can fill a certain sink in 220 seconds. A second tap, working alone at its maximum constant rate, can fill the same sink in 224 seconds. If both taps work together at their respective maximum constant rates, the time it will take to fill the sink is closest to
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 52 years now, the son's age five years back was?
A college has classes from 10:00 AM until 2:00 PM. In this duration, there are five periods. If 5 minutes are provided between each period to leave one class and enter the next class, how many minutes long is each period?
Lokesh started a business with Rs.30,000 and Ramesh joined him afterwards with Rs.30,000. If profits of both are same after one year then for how many months did Ramesh invest his money?
A boat goes 100 km downstream in 10 hours, and 75 m upstream in 15 hours. The speed of the stream is?
The average of first six multiples of 3 is
x varies inversely as square of y. Given that y = 2 for x = 1. The value of x for y = 6 will be equal to?
What is the approximate value of b in the following equation? 18% of 4514 + 25% of 3415 = b
A certain sum amounts to Rs.1725 in 3 years and Rs.1875 in 5 years. Find the rate % per annum?
John bought a shirt on sale for 25% off the original price and another 25 % off the discounted price. If the final price was $16, what was the price before the first discount?
When the positive integer x is divided by the positive integer y, the quotient is 3 and the remainder is z. When z is divided by y, the remainder is 2. Which of the following could be the value of x? I. 5 II. 8 III. 32
The C.P of 15 books is equal to the S.P of 18 books. Find his gain% or loss%?