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| 151. |
There is food for 760 men for 22 days. How many more men should join after two days so that the same food may last for 19 days more? |
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Answer» 40 men NA |
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| 152. |
In a fraction, if the numerator is increased by 20% and the denominator is decreased by 40%, what will be the ratio of the first fraction to the second ? |
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Answer» 1 : 2 Let the ORIGINAL FRACTION be X/y. |
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| 153. |
The ratio of the two natural numbers is 5 : 6. If a certain number is added to both the numbers, the ratio becomes 7 : 8. If the larger number exceeds the smaller number by 10, find the number added? |
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Answer» 20 Let the two numbers be 5X and 6X. Let the numbers added to both so that their ratio becomes 7 : 8 be k. (5x + k) / (6x + k) = 7/8 => 40x + 8k = 42x + 7K => k = 2x. 6x - 5x = 10 => X = 10 k = 2x = 20. |
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| 154. |
A contractor undertakes to complete the construction of a tunnel 720 meters long in 240 days and employs 60 men for the purpose. After 120 days, he finds that only 240 meters of the tunnel is complete |
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Answer» 60 men In 120days, only 240m of the TUNNEL is constructed by 60 men. |
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| 155. |
The ratio of three numbers is 5:3:4 and their sum is 108. The second number of the three numbers is? |
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Answer» 27 NA |
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| 156. |
Rajeev invested amount of Rs.75000 to start business. After 18 months his friend Suresh joined him with amount of Rs. 90000. At the end of 4 years they earned profit of Rs. 36281. What was the share o |
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Answer» Rs. 15549 he ratio of RAJEEV and Suresh's profit |
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| 157. |
There are two positive numbers in the ratio 5:8. If the larger number exceeds the smaller by 15, then find the smaller number? |
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Answer» 25 Let the two positive numbers be 5x and 8X respectively. |
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| 158. |
In a zoo, there are rabbits and pigeons. If heads are counted, there are 340 heads and if legs are counted there are 1060 legs.How many pigeons are there? |
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Answer» 150 NA |
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| 159. |
The ratio between the present ages of Ram, Rohan and Raj is 3 : 4 : 5. If the average of their present ages is 28 years then what would be the sum of the ages of Ram and Rohan together after 5 years ? |
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Answer» 59 years Let the present ages of RAM,Rohan and Raj be 3x, 4X and 5X years respectively. |
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| 160. |
A fraction bears the same ratio to 1/27 as 3/7 does to 5/9. The fraction is? |
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Answer» 1/35 NA |
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| 161. |
The food in a camp lasts for 30 men for 40 days. If ten more men join, how many days will the food last? |
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Answer» 30 DAYS one man can CONSUME the same food in 30*40 = 1200 days. |
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| 162. |
A sum of Rs.312 was divided among 100 boys and girls in such a way that the boy gets Rs.3.60 and each girl Rs. 2.40 the number of girls is |
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Answer» 40 NA |
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| 163. |
Salaries of Ravi and Sumit are in the ratio 2:3. If the salary of each is increased by Rs. 4000, the new ratio becomes 40:57. What is Sumit's salary? |
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Answer» 38000 NA |
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| 164. |
Find the mean proportional of the following pairs of numbers 50 and 512. |
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| 165. |
Find the mean proportional of the following pairs of numbers 6 and 24. |
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| 166. |
A fort of 2000 soldiers has provisions for 50 days. After 10 days some of them left and the food was now enough for the same period of 50 days as before. How many of them left? |
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Answer» 400 2000 ---- 50 |
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| 167. |
Two numbers are in the ratio 3:5. If 9 is subtracted from each, the new numbers are in the ratio 12:23. The smaller number is: |
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Answer» 33 Let the numbers be 3x and 5x. Then, (3x - 9)/(5x - 9) = 12/23 9x = 99 => x = 11 The smallest number = 3 * 11 = 33. |
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| 168. |
The number of students studying in College A and B are in the ratio of 3 : 4. If 50 more students join College A. and there is no change in the number of students in College B, me ratio becomes 5 : 6 |
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Answer» 600 Suppose total number of students in |
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| 169. |
Rahul scored 12 marks more than Tanvi. If the ratio of the score of Tanvi to that of Rahul is 3 : 4, what is the sum of their scores ? |
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Answer» 84 Let the SCORE of RAHUL be R and that of Tanvi be T. |
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| 170. |
The sum of three numbers is 98. If the ratio of the first to second is 2 : 3 and that of the second to the third is 5 : 8, then the second number is: |
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Answer» 30 NA |
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| 171. |
The ages of three persons A, B and C are in the ratio of 4:7:14 and the ages of B, C and D are in the ratio of 2:4:5. What is the ratio of the ages of A, B, C and D ? |
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Answer» 8:14:28:35
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| 172. |
In a bag, there are coins of 25 p, 10 p and 5 p in the ratio of 1:2:3. If there are Rs. 30 in all, how many 5 p coins are there? |
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Answer» 150 Let the number of 25 p, 10 p and 5 p coins be x, 2x and 3X respectively. Then, sum of their values = [25x/100 + (10 * 2x)/100 + (5 * 3x)/100] = Rs. 60x/100 60x/100 = 30 => x = 50. Hence, the number of 5 p coins = 3 * 50 = 150. |
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| 173. |
A gets 3 times as much money as B gets, B gets only Rs.25 more then what C gets. The three gets Rs.675 in all. Find the share of B? |
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Answer» Rs.140 A+B+C = 675 |
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The total number of students in a school is 3050. If the number of boys in the school is 2250, then what is the ratio of the total number of girls and total number of boys ? |
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Answer» 45 : 16 No. of GIRLS = 3050 - 2250 = 800 |
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| 175. |
The ratio of the incomes of Chetan and Dinesh is 3 : 4. The ratio of their expenditures is 5 : 7. If each of them saves Rs. 200, find the incomes of both ? |
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Answer» Rs. 1800, Rs.2400 Let the incomes of Chetan and Dinesh be 3x and 4x respectively. Let the expenditures of Chetan and Dinesh be 5y and 7y respectively. SAVINGS is defined as (INCOME) -(EXPENDITURE). Hence the savings of Chetan and Dinesh are 3x - 5y and 4x - 7y respectively. 3x - 5y = 200 |
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In an exam, a candidate secured 504 marks our of the maximum mark of M. If the maximum mark M is converted into 800 marks, he would have secured 384 marks. What is the value of M? |
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Answer» NONE of these (504 * 800) / 384 = M M = 1050 |
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Karan starts business by investing Rs. 60,000. 6 months later Shirish joins by investing Rs. 1,00,000. At end of year profit is Rs. 1,51,800. What is the Shirish's share in the profit ? |
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Answer» RS. 69000 RATIO of the profit = Ratio of the EQUIVALENT capital of Karan and Shirish for 1 month |
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| 178. |
Salaries of Ravi and Sumit are in the ratio 2:3. If the salary of each is increased by Rs. 4000, the new ratio becomes 40:57. What is Sumit's present salary? |
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Answer» None of these Let the original SALARIES of Ravi and Sumit be Rs. 2x and Rs. 3x respectively. Then, (2x + 4000)/(3x + 4000) = 40/57 6x = 68000 => 3x = 34000 Sumit's present SALARY = (3x + 4000) = 34000 + 4000 = Rs. 38,000. |
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| 179. |
If two numbers are in the ratio 2:3. If 10 is added to both of the numbers then the ratio becomes 3:4 then find the smallest number? |
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Answer» 20 NA |
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| 180. |
Prices of two products ‘A’ and ‘B’ are in the ratio 5 : 8. If A’s price is increased by 20% and B’s price is reduced by 20%, what will be the new ratio ? |
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Answer» 15 : 16 |
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| 181. |
A sum of Rs. 427 is to be divided among A, B and C such that 3 times A’s share, 4 tunes B’s share and 7 times C’s share are all equal. The share of C is : |
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Answer» 84 NA |
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| 182. |
If 76 is divided into four parts proportional to 7, 5, 3, 4, then the smallest part is: |
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Answer» 12 NA |
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| 183. |
Alloy A contains 40% gold and 60% silver. Alloy B contains 35% gold and 40% silver and 25% copper. Alloys A and B are mixed in the ratio of 1:4 .What is the ratio of gold and silver in the newly form |
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| 184. |
Three numbers are in the ratio 3:5:7. The largest number value is 42. Find difference between Smallest & largest number is? |
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Answer» 24 NA |
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| 185. |
Rs. 1300 is divided into three parts A, B and C. How much A is more than C if their ratio is 1/2:1/3:1/4? |
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Answer» Rs.300 1/2:1/3:1/4 = 6:4:3 |
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In a college, the ratio of the number of boys to girls is 8 : 5. If there are 160 girls, the total number of students in the college is |
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Answer» 416 NA |
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| 187. |
If two numbers are in the ratio 5:3. If 10 is Reduced to both of the numbers then the ratio becomes 2:1 then find the smallest number? |
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Answer» 30 NA |
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| 188. |
The smallest ratio out of 1:1, 2:1, 1:3 and 3:1 is? |
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Answer» 1:3 NA |
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| 189. |
if (x + y)/(2x + y) = 4/5, then find (2x + y)/(3x + y) ? |
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Answer» 5/6 (x + y)/(2X + y) = 4/5 |
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Prince started a business investing Rs 30,000. After 8 months Nitish joined with a capital of Rs 45,000. At the end of the year the total profit earned was Rs 90,000. What is the share of Nitish ? |
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Answer» Rs 30,000 Ratio of their shared in the profit= 30000 X 1: 45000 x 4/12 = 2:1 |
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| 191. |
The ratio of two numbers is 3:4 and their sum is 28. The greater of the two numbers is? |
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Answer» 16 NA |
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Two numbers are in the ratio 1:2. If 7 is added to both, their ratio changes to 3:5. The greatest number is: |
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Answer» 28 Then, (x + 7)/(2x + 7) = 3/5 x = 14 Greatest NUMBER = 2 * 14 = 28. |
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A gardener wants to plant trees in his garden in rows in such a way that the number of trees in each row to be the same. If there are 24 rows the number of trees in each row is 42 if there are 12 more |
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Answer» = 24/36 * 42 = 28. |
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Naresh started a business investing Rs. 32,000. Three months later Satish joined him with Rs. 16,000. In what ratio should the profit they make after a year and a half be distributed between them ? |
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Answer» 12 : 5 Ratio of the EQUIVALENT capitals of NARESH and SATISH for 1 MONTH |
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Seats for Mathematics, Physics and Biology in a school are in the ratio 5:7:8. There is a proposal to increase these seats by 40%, 50% and 75% respectively. What will be the ratio of increased seats ? |
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Answer» 2:3:4 NA |
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If a:b = 4:1, then find (a - 3b)/(2a - b)? |
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Answer» 1/7 a/b = 4/1 => a = 4B |
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Some pens are divided among A, B, C and D. A gets twice the number of pens that B gets. C gets the same number of pens as D gets. If A gets 25 pens more than D and the ratio of the number of pens that |
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Answer» Let the number of PENS that A, B, C and D GET be a, b, c and d respectively. a : b = 2 : 1 a = c + 25 b : c = 2 : 3 a : b : c : d = 4 : 2 : 3 : 3 a,d get 4P, 3p pens => 4p - 3p = 25 (given) p = 25 => D gets 3p = 3 * 25 = 75 pens. |
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In a colony of 70 residents, the ratio of the number of men and women is 4 : 3. Among the women, the ratio of the educated to the uneducated is 1 : 4. If the ratio of the number of educated to uneduca |
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Answer» None of these Number of men in the COLONY = 4/7 * 70 = 40. Number of WOMEN in the colony = 3/7 * 70 = 40. Number educated women in the colony = 1/5 * 30 = 6. Number of uneducated women in the colony = 4/5 * 50 = 24. Number of educated persons in the colony = 8 /35 * 70 = 16. As 6 FEMALES are educated, remaining 10 educated persons must be men. Number of uneducated men in the colony = 40 - 10 = 30. Number of educated men and uneducated men are in the ratio 10 : 30 i.e., 1 : 3. |
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In a class, the number of boys and the number of girls are in the ratio of 4 : 5. If 10 more boys join, the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls becomes 6 : 5 . How many girls are there |
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Answer» Let the NUMBER of boys and girls be 4x and 5x. |
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