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| 51. |
In a city, 40% of the adults are illiterate while 85% of the children are literate. If the ratio of the adults to that of the children is 2 : 3, then what percent of the population is literate ? |
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| 52. |
Five bells begin to toll together and toll respectively at intervals of 6, 5, 7, 10 and 12 seconds. How many times will they toll together in one hour excluding the one at the start ? |
| Answer» L.C.M. of 6, 5, 7, 10 and 12 is 420. So, the bells will toll together after every 420 seconds i.e. 7 minutes. Now, 7 x 8 = 56 and 7 x 9 = 63. Thus, in 1-hour (or 60 minutes), the bells will toll together 8 times, excluding the one at the start. | |
| 53. |
A father is now three times as old as his son. Five years back, he was four times as old as his son. The age of the son (in years) is |
| Answer» Let son's age be x years. Then, father's age = (3x) years. Five years ago, father's age = (3x - 5) years and son's age = (x - 5) years. So, 3x - 5 = 4 (x - 5) 3x - 5 = 4x - 20 x = 15. | |
| 54. |
A waiter's salary consists of his salary and tips. During one week his tips were 5/4 of his salary. What fraction of his income came from tips ? |
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| 55. |
If you write down all the numbers from 1 to 100, then how many times do you write 3 ? |
| Answer» Clearly, from 1 to 100, there are ten numbers with 3 as the unit's digit- 3, 13, 23, 33, 43, 53, 63, 73, 83, 93; and ten numbers with 3 as the ten's digit - 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39. So, required number = 10 + 10 = 20. | |
| 56. |
If 100 cats kill 100 mice in 100 days, then 4 cats would kill 4 mice in how many days ? |
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| 57. |
In a class, there are 18 boys who are over 160 cm tall. If these constitute three-fourths of the boys and the total number of boys is two-thirds of the total number of students in the class, what is the number of girls in the class ? |
| Answer» Let the number of boys be x. Then, (3/4)x = 18 or x = 18 x(4/3) = 24. If total number of students is y, then (2/3) y = 24 or y = 24 x (3/2) = 36. Therefore Number of girls in the class = (36 - 24) = 12. | |
| 58. |
There are deer and peacocks in a zoo. By counting heads they are 80. The number of their legs is 200. How many peacocks are there ? |
| Answer» Let x and y be the number of deer and peacocks in the zoo respectively. Then, x + y = 80 ...(i) and 4x + 2y = 200 or 2x + y = 100 ...(ii) Solving (i) and (ii), we get) x = 20, y = 60. | |
| 59. |
A man wears socks of two colours - Black and brown. He has altogether 20 black socks and 20 brown socks in a drawer. Supposing he has to take out the socks in the dark, how many must he take out to be sure that he has a matching pair ? |
| Answer» Since there are socks of only two colours, so two out of any three socks must always be of the same colour. | |
| 60. |
A motorist knows four different routes from Bristol to Birmingham. From Birmingham to Sheffield he knows three different routes and from Sheffield to Carlisle he knows two different routes. How many routes does he know from Bristol to Carlisle ? |
| Answer» Total number of routes from Bristol to Carlisle = (4 x 3 x 2) = 24. | |
| 61. |
Mac has £ 3 more than Ken, but then Ken wins on the horses and trebles his money, so that he now has £ 2 more than the original amount of money that the two boys had between them. How much money did Mac and Ken have between them before Ken's win ? |
| Answer» Let money with Ken = x. Then, money with Mac = x + £ 3. Now, 3x = (x + x + £ 3) + £ 2 x = £ 5. Therefore Total money with Mac and Ken = 2x + £ 3 = £ 13. | |
| 62. |
In a class of 60 students, the number of boys and girls participating in the annual sports is in the ratio 3 : 2 respectively. The number of girls not participating in the sports is 5 more than the number of boys not participating in the sports. If the number of boys participating in the sports is 15, then how many girls are there in the class ? |
| Answer» Let the number of boys and girls participating in sports be 3x and 2x respectively. Then, 3x = 15 or x = 5. So, number of girls participating in sports = 2x = 10. Number of students not participating in sports = 60 - (15 + 10) = 35. Let number of boys not participating in sports be y. Then, number of girls not participating in sports = (35 -y). Therefore (35 - y) = y + 5 2y 30 y = 15. So, number of girls not participating in sports = (35 - 15) = 20. Hence, total number of girls in the class = (10 + 20) = 30. | |
| 63. |
The 30 members of a club decided to play a badminton singles tournament. Every time a member loses a game he is out of the tournament. There are no ties. What is the minimum number of matches that must be played to determine the winner ? |
| Answer» Clearly, every member except one (i.e. the winner) must lose one game to decide the winner. Thus, minimum number of matches to be played = 30 - 1 = 29. | |
| 64. |
In a garden, there are 10 rows and 12 columns of mango trees. The distance between the two trees is 2 metres and a distance of one metre is left from all sides of the boundary of the garden. The length of the garden is |
| Answer» Each row contains 12 plants. There are 11 gapes between the two corner trees (11 x 2) metres and 1 metre on each side is left. Therefore Length = (22 + 2) m = 24 m. | |
| 65. |
12 year old Manick is three times as old as his brother Rahul. How old will Manick be when he is twice as old as Rahul ? |
| Answer» Manick's present age = 12 years, Rahul's present age = 4 years. Let Manick be twice as old as Rahul after x years from now. Then, 12 + x = 2 (4 + x) 12 + x = 8 + 2x x = 4. Hence, Manick's required age = 12 + x = 16 years. | |
| 66. |
A tailor had a number of shirt pieces to cut from a roll of fabric. He cut each roll of equal length into 10 pieces. He cut at the rate of 45 cuts a minute. How many rolls would be cut in 24 minutes ? |
| Answer» Number of cuts made to cut a roll into 10 pieces = 9. Therefore Required number of rolls = (45 x 24)/9 = 120. | |
| 67. |
A is 3 years older to B and 3 years younger to C, while B and D are twins. How many years older is C to D? |
| Answer» Since B and D are twins, so B = D. Now, A = B + 3 and A = C - 3. Thus, B + 3 = C - 3 D + 3 = C-3 C - D = 6. | |
| 68. |
A man has Rs. 480 in the denominations of one-rupee notes, five-rupee notes and ten-rupee notes. The number of notes of each denomination is equal. What is the total number of notes that he has ? |
| Answer» Let number of notes of each denomination be x. Then, x + 5x + 10x = 480 16x = 480 x = 30. Hence, total number of notes = 3x = 90. | |
| 69. |
What is the product of all the numbers in the dial of a telephone ? |
| Answer» Since one of the numbers on the dial of a telephone is zero, so the product of all the numbers on it is 0. | |
| 70. |
Two bus tickets from city A to B and three tickets from city A to C cost Rs. 77 but three tickets from city A to B and two tickets from city A to C cost Rs. 73. What are the fares for cities B and C from A ? |
| Answer» Let Rs. x be the fare of city B from city A and Rs. y be the fare of city C from city A. Then, 2x + 3y = 77 ...(i) and 3x + 2y = 73 ...(ii) Multiplying (i) by 3 and (ii) by 2 and subtracting, we get: 5y = 85 or y = 17. Putting y = 17 in (i), we get: x = 13. | |
| 71. |
A number of friends decided to go on a picnic and planned to spend Rs. 96 on eatables. Four of them, however, did not turn up. As a consequence, the remaining ones had to contribute Rs. 4 each extra. The number of those who attended the picnic was |
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| 72. |
A, B, C, D and E play a game of cards. A says to B, "If you give me three cards, you will have as many as E has and if I give you three cards, you will have as many as D has." A and B together have 10 cards more than what D and E together have. If B has two cards more than what C has and the total number of cards be 133, how many cards does B have ? |
| Answer» Clearly, we have : B-3 = E ...(i) B + 3 = D ...(ii) A+B = D + E+10 ...(iii) B = C + 2 ...(iv) A+B + C + D + E= 133 ...(v) From (i) and (ii), we have : 2 B = D + E ...(vi) From (iii) and (vi), we have : A = B + 10 ...(vii) Using (iv), (vi) and (vii) in (v), we get: (B + 10) + B + (B - 2) + 2B = 133 5B = 125 B = 25. | |
| 73. |
The total of the ages of Amar, Akbar and Anthony is 80 years. What was the total of their ages three years ago ? |
| Answer» Required sum = (80 - 3 x 3) years = (80 - 9) years = 71 years. | |