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Practice Set

This document contains 22 word problems from various topics including algebra, ratios and proportions, averages, mixtures, etc. The problems require calculating original prices, remainders, percentages, ratios, averages, and other quantitative relationships to determine the answers.

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1. I buy two horses, A and B. A cost Rs. 50 more than B.

I sell A at a profit of 16% and B at a


profit of 7%. My total gain is Rs. 100. What was the original price of B?
a. 300 b. 400 c. 500 d. 600

2. Find the remainder when 4*4! + 5*5! + 6*6! ……+ 19*19! is divided by 64.
a. 32 b. 38 c. 40 d. Cannot be determined.

3. Saritha sells a toy at $39 which had cost her $P.

If she gains P% by selling the toy, what is the cost of the toy ?

a. $28 b. $35 c. $25 d. $30 e. None of these

4. HCF of two numbers is 11 and their LCM is 385. If the numbers do not differ by more
than 50, what is the sum of the two numbers ?
a. 132 b. 35 c. 112 d. 36

5. The numbers from 101 to 150 are written as, 101102103104105…146147148149150.


What will be the remainder when this total number is divided by 9?
a. 0 b. 2 c. 3 d. 5
6. A gambler is broke but he came to realize that the coin changing machine at his
bank has a flaw and he decides to take advantage of it. The machine gives -
Ten ₹ 10 coins if a ₹ 100 note is put in.
Ten ₹ 1 coins if a ₹10 note is put in but gives
Ten ₹ 100 notes when he puts in ₹ 1 coin’
He uses the machine repeatedly till a stage he gets tired and stops.
Which one of the following could be a valid amount that he can have when he
stopped ?

( Assume the machine has infinite supply of notes and coins )

a. 26975 b. 53947 c. 18980 d. 33966

7. The average marks of a Suresh in 10 papers are 80. If the highest and the lowest scores
are not considered, the average is 81. If his highest score is 92, find the lowest?
a. 50 b. 56 c. 60 d. 65
8. When the price of an article is reduced by 30%, the sales increases by 50%. The
percentage change in the total amount of receipts is……….
a. 5 % decrease b. 5% increase c. 2% increase d. None of these

9. The value of a machine depreciates at the rate of 10% every year. It was purchased 3
years ago. If its present value is Rs 8,748, its purchase price was?
a. 10800 b. 12000 c. 12800 d. 14000
b.
10. A 3-digit number 4p3 is added to another 3-digit number 984 to give the four-digit
number 13q7, which is divisible by 11. Then, (p + q) is…….
a. 10 b. 12 c. 13 d. 15
11. A girl multiplies 987 by a certain number and obtains 559981 as her answer. If in the
answer, both 9’s are wrong but the other digits are correct, then the correct answer will
be………
a. 553681 b. 555681 c. 556481 d. 557581
n n
12. (y  - b ) is completely divisible by (y - b), when
a. n is any natural number c. n is any even natural number
b. n is any odd natural number d. n is a prime number
c.
13. The digit in unit’s place of the product 71 × 72 × ..... × 79 is
a. 8 b. 2 c. 0 d. 6
14. The difference between two numbers is 2395. When the larger number is divided by the
smaller one, the quotient is 6 and the remainder is 15. The smaller number is….
a. 120 b. 239 c. 476 d. 523

15. X’s income is 3/4 of Y’s income, and X’s expenditure is 4/5 of Y’s expenditure. If X’s
income is 9/10 of Y’s expenditure, find the ratio of X’s savings to Y’s savings ?
a. 1 : 2 b. 2 : 3 c. 2 : 1 d. 1 : 4

16. Out of the total 390 students studying in a college of Arts and Science, boys and girls are
in the ratio of 7 : 6 respectively and the number of students studying Arts and Science
are in the ratio of 3 : 7 respectively. The boys and girls studying Arts are in the ratio of
4 : 5 respectively. How many boys are studying science?
a. 52 b. 65 c. 115 d. 158

17. A precious stone weighing 35 grams worth Rs. 12,250 is accidentally dropped and gets
broken into two pieces having weights in the ratio of 2 : 5. If the price varies as the
square of the weight then find the loss incurred.
a. 5000 b. 5500 c. 5750 d. 6000
18. There are two alloys made up of copper and aluminium. In the first alloy copper is half
as much as aluminium and in the second alloy copper is thrice as much as aluminium.
How many times the second alloy must be mixed with first alloy to get the new alloy in
which copper is twice as much as aluminium?
a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. 5

19. In a mixture of 45 litres, the ratio of acid to base is 3 : 2. How much base must be added
to make the ratio 9: 11?
a. 10 lit b. 15 lit c. 17 lit d. 20 lit

20. An alloy contains only zinc and copper. One such alloy weighing 15-gm contains zinc and
copper in the ratio of 2: 3 by weight. If 10 gm of zinc is added then find what amount of
copper has to be removed from the alloy such that the final alloy has zinc and copper in
the ratio of 4:1 by weight?
a. 4 gm b. 4.8 gm c. 5 gm d. 6 gm

21. The average salary to be paid to 45 workers is Rs. 10000 and 15 workers is x. The overall
average salary is 15000. Find the average monthly salary of these 15 workers.

22. If I divide the number of biscuits with me into two unequal numbers, 78 times the
difference between the numbers equals difference between squares of the numbers.
How many biscuits do I have?

a. 87 b. 78 c. 70 d. 65

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