1.

If two numbers are in the ratio 4:13 and their least common multiple is 312, then the
larger number is

2. Ramu spends Rs.3620 for buying pants at the rate of Rs.480 each and shirts at the
rate of Rs.130 each. What will be the ratio of the number of pants to the number of
shirts when maximum number of pants is bought?

3. Rs.79.20 is divided among 7 men, 11 women and 5 boys, so that each woman may
have thrice as much as a boy and a man as much as a woman and a boy together. Find
the share of a man

4. The ratio of marks obtained by Vinod and Basu is 6:5. If the combined average of
their percentage is 68.75 and sum of their marks is 275, find the total marks for which
examination was conducted.

5. The marks scored by a student in three subjects are in the ratio of 4:5:6. If the
candidate scored an overall aggregate of 60% of the sum of the maximum marks and
the maximum marks is the same in all three subjects, in how many subjects did he
score more than 60%?
6. In what ratio two varieties of milk costing Rs.8 and Rs.9 per litre respectively are to
be mixed, so that the mixture costs Rs.8.30 per litre?

7. How many litres of pure alcohol should be added to 10 litres of a 30% alcohol
solution to make it a 44% alcohol solution?

8. A grocer bought two kinds of rice at Rs.38 and Rs.32 per kg respectively. In what
ratio should these be mixed, so that by selling the mixture at Rs.42.5 per kg, 25%
may be gained?
9. In a mixture of 60 litres, the ratio of milk to water is 2:1. If the ratio of the milk to
water is to be 1:2, then the amount of water to be added is
10. A trader mixes ‘Ariel’ detergent costing Rs.64 per kg with ‘Surf Excel’ which costs
Rs.76 per kg in the ratio 1:3. If the cost of ‘Surf excel’ drops to Rs.74 per kg, then in
what ratio should he mix the two to leave the cost of mixture unchanged?
11. A milkman dilutes 36 litres of milk with water. The percentage of milk in the
solution is now 80%. How many litres of water did he add?

12. From a vessel containing only milk, 5 litres are drawn and replaced with water. This
action is repeated once more (i.e. 5 litres of the mixture are drawn and replaced with
water). The ratio of milk to water now is 36:13. How many litres of solution does the
vessel hold?

13. A vessel contains wine solution, wine and water being in the ratio 4:1. How many
litres of water should be added to this solution so that the ratio of wine to water
becomes 3:2 in the resultant solution of 100 litres?
14. The cost price of three kinds of sugar is Rs.5, Rs.6 and Rs.6.80 per bag respectively.
In what ratio should they be mixed so that the price of the mixture is Rs.6.50 per
bag?
15. The ratio of Abhishek’s age 4 years ago and Salman’s age after 4 years is 1 : 1. If at
present, the ratio of their ages is 5 : 3, then find the ratio between Abhishek’s age 4
years hence and Salman’s age 4 years ago
16. 4 years ago, sister’s age was 6 times the age of her brother and the sum of the present
ages of the sister and the brother is 29 years. What will be the age of her brother after
5 years?

17. Father is 3 times more aged than his son. If after 5 years, he would be 3 times of son’s
age, then further after 5 years, how many times he would be of his son’s age?
18. Paviesh is 15 years older than Mohan. If 5 years ago, Paviesh was 3 times as old as
Mohan, then find Paviesh's present age.
19. What is Akshay's present age, if after 20 years his age will be 10 times his age 10
years back?

20. The ratio of Sachin’s age 4 years ago and Dravid’s age after 4 years is 1: 1.
Presently, the ratio of their ages is 5:
3. Find the ratio between Sachin’s age 4 years hence and Dravid’s age 4 years ago.

21. Six years ago Aditi was P times as old as Bhema was. If Aditi is now 17 years old,
how old is Bhema now in terms of P?

22. Sum of present ages of Pooja and Quincy is 41. Age of Pooja 2 year hence is equal to
age of Riya 1 year ago. Age of Pooja, 4 year hence is equal to age of Quincy 1 year
ago and ratio of present age of Pooja and Sruthi is 3 : 4. Find the difference of age of
Riya and Sruthi.
23. The average age of Vijay and Paviu is 24 years. If a new person Uma is also
included, the average age increases by
1.5 years. What is the age of Uma?
24. Arun's present age is 9 years more than that of what Pavi's age will be after five
years. Pavi's present age is seven years more than that of what Vino's age was 4 years
ago. Vino's present age is 19 years. What will be Arun's age after 5 years?
25. Mr. Anand got married 12 years ago to Priya and she became the 7 th member of the
family. Today his mother died and Mrs. Priya gave birth to a girl baby. The average
age of Anand’s family at the time of his marriage was the same as of today. What is
the age of his mother when she died?
26. Find 62.5% of 160.
27. Find 166.66% of 1200.
28. contains 15% water. How much dry fruit will be equivalent to 15 kg of oranges?
29. Hari spends 45% of his income on food, 25% on children's education and 80% of the
remaining on house rent. What percent of his income he is left with?
30. 72% of 180 + 24 % of 210 – x = 420
31. A bag contains 400 coins of 25 p denomination and 600 coins of 50 p denomination.
If 24% of 25 p coins and 12% of 50 p coins are removed, the percentage of coins
removed from the bag is nearly:

32. What is the overall change when 120 is increased by 20% and then decreased by
25%?
33. A new bike costs Rs.85000. The customer was asked to pay 10% for extra accessories
and 5% was added as road tax. Finally, how much did the customer pay?

34. The population of a town was 280000 two years ago. If it increased by 7% & 5%
respectively in the last two years, then the present population is:
Initially, Ramesh has Rs.800 in his phonepe wallet. Then he increased it by 25%.
Once again he increased h i s amount by 20%. The final value of money in his
wallet will be how much percentage greater than the initial amount?

35. The population of a town increased by 10% in the first year, decreased by 20% in the
2nd year and increased by 10% in the next year. If the population of the town was
28500 three years before, then the population of the town at present is
36. What conditions must be suitable for the percentage increase and the subsequent
percentage decrease of a good resulting in no change in the price?
37. The output of a company was increased by 15% to keep up with rising demand. To
handle the holiday rush, this new output was increased by 30%. By approximately
what percentage would the output now have to be decreased in order to restore the
original output?

38. The price of sugar increased by 25%. What should be the percentage decrease in the
consumption of sugar by a family, such that their expenditure on sugar remains the
same?

39. 50 men can do a work in 10 days. If the number of men is decreased by 50%, then by
how much percentage the number of days gets increased?

40. There are two shopkeepers having shops side by side. The first shopkeeper sells
bicycles. He sells a bicycle worth $30 for $45. One day a customer comes and
buys a bicycle. He gives a $50 note to the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper doesn't have
change so he goes to the second shopkeeper, gets the change for $50, and gives $5
and the bicycle to the customer. The customer goes away. The next day the second
shopkeeper comes and tells the first shopkeeper that the $50 note is counterfeit and
takes his $50 back. Now, how much does the first shopkeeper lose?