Arithmetic Revision

Q.1.

A student took five papers in an examination, where the full marks were the same for
each paper. His marks in these papers were in the proportion of 6: 7: 8: 9: 10. In all
papers together, the candidate obtained 60% of the total marks. Then the number of
papers in which he got more than 50% marks is
(a) 2

Q.2.

(b) 3

(c) Rs.400

(d) Rs.500

(b) Rs.41

(c) 21

(d)

cannot

be

The owner of an art shop conducts his business in the following manner. Every once in a
while he raises his prices by X% , then a while later he reduces all the new prices by X%
After one such up-down cycle, the price of a painting decreased by Rs.441. After a
second up-down cycle the painting was sold for Rs.1944.81. What was the original price
of the painting?
(a) 2756.25

Q.5.

(b) Rs.250

At a certain fast food restaurant, Brian can buy 3 burgers, 7 shakes, and one order of fries
for Rs.120 exactly. At the same place it would cost Rs.164.5 for 4 burgers, 10 shakes, and
one order of fries. How much would it cost for an ordinary meal of one burgers one
shake, and one order of fries?
(a) Rs.31
determined

Q.4.

(d) 5

A college has raised 75% of the amount it needs for a new building by receiving an
average donation of Rs.600 from the people already solicited. The people already
solicited represent 60% of the people the college will ask for donations. If the college is
to raise exactly the amount needed for the new building, what should be the average
donation from the remaining people to be solicited?
(a) Rs.300

Q.3.

(c) 4

(b) 2256.25

(c) 2500

(d) 2000

Davji Shop sells samosas in boxes of different sizes. The samosas are priced at Rs.2 per
samosa up to 200 samosas . For every additional 20 samosas, the price of the whole lot
gores down by 10 paisa per samosa. What should be the maximum size of the box that
would maximize the revenue?
(a) 240

(b) 300

(c) 400

(d) None of these

Q.6.

Mayank, Mirza, Little and jaspal bought a motorbike for $60.00. Mayank paid one half of
the sum of the amounts paid by the others boys, Mirza paid one third of the sum of the
amounts paid by the other boys; and Little paid one fourth of the sum of the amounts paid
by the other boys. How much did jaspal have to pay?
(a) 15

Q.7.

(b) 13

(c) 17

(d) None of these

At the end of year 1998, Shepard bought nine dozen goats. Henceforth, every year he
added p% of the goats at the beginning of the year and sold q% of the goats at the end of
the year where P>O and q>O. If Shepard had nine dozen goats at the end of year 2002
after making the sales for that year, which of the following is true
(a) p=q

(b) p<q

(c) p>q

(d) p=q/2

Q:8 and 9A certain perfume is available at a duty-free shop at the Bangkok international airport. It
is priced in the Thai currency baht but other currency is also acceptable. In particular, the
shop accepts Euro and US Dollar at the following rates of exchange:
US Dollar 1= 41 Bahts, Euro 1= 46 Bahts
The perfume priced at 520 Bahts per bottle. After one bottle is purchased, subsequent
bottles are available at a discount of 30%. There friends S, R and M together purchase
three bottles of the perfume, agreeing to share the cost equally. R pays2 Euros. M pays 4
Euros and 27 Thai baths and S pays the remaining amount in US Dollars.

Q.8.

Q.9.

How much does R owe to S in Thai Baht

(a) 428
(b) 416

(c) 334

(d) 324

How much does M owe to S in US DOLLARS?

(a) 3
(b) 4

(c) 5

(d) 6

Q.10. Three friends, returning from a movie, stopped to eat at a restaurant. After dinner, they
paid their bill and noticed a bowl of mints at the front counter. Sita took 1/3 of the mints,
but returned four because she had a momentary pang of guilt. Fatima then took of what
was left but returned three for similar reasons. Eswari then took half of the remainder but
threw two back into the bowl. The bowl had only 17 mints lift when the raid was over.
How many mints were originally in the bowl?
(a) 38

(b) 31

(c) 41

(d) None

Q.11. Three pieces of cakes of weight 4

1
3
1
Ibs, 6
Ibs and 7 Ibs respectively are to be
2
4
5

divided into parts of equal weights. Further, each part must be as heavy as possible. If one
such part is served to each guest, then what is the maximum number of guests that could
be entertained?
(a) 54
(b) 72
(c) 20
(d) None of these

Q.12. Using only 2, 5, 10, 25 and 50 paisa coins, what will be the minimum number of coins
required paying exactly 78 paisa, 69 paisa, and Re. 1.01 to three different persons?
(a) 19

(b) 20

(c) 17

(d) 18

Q.13. In a coastal village, every year floods destroy exactly half of the huts. After the flood
water recedes, twice the numbers of huts destroyed are rebuilt. The floods occurred
consecutively in the last three years namely 2001, 2002 and 2003. If floods are again
expected in 2004, the number of huts expected to be destroyed is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

Less than the number of huts existing at the beginning of 2001

Less than the total number of huts destroyed by floods in 2001 and 2003
Less than the total number of huts destroyed by floods in 2002 and 2003
More than the total number of huts built in 2001 and 2002

Q.14. A car rental agency has following terms, If a car is rented for 5 hours of less the charge is
Rs.60 per hour or Rs.12 per kilometer whichever is more. On the other hand, if the car is
rented for more than 5 hours, the charge is Rs.50 per hour or Rs.7.50 per kilometer
whichever is more. Akil rented a car form this agency, drove it for30 kilometers and
ended up paying Rs.300. For how many hours did he rented the Car?
(a) 4

(b) 5

(c) 6

(d) None of these

Q. 15. The speed of a railway engine is 42 kmph when no compartment is attached, and
the reduction in speed is directly proportional to the square root of the number of
compartments attached. If the speed of the train carried by this engine is 24 kmph when 9
compartments are attached, the maximum number of compartments that can be carried by
the engine is
a. 49
b. 48
c. 46
d. 47

16. A dishonest seller uses a weight of 800 g in place of 1 kg and adds 20% impurities in
sugar. What would be his profit percentage if he claims to be selling at cost price?
a. 50%
b. 40%
c. 45.5%
d. None of these
17. A foreign tourist bought a cycle for Rs. 200 with a travellers cheque for Rs. 300. the
cycle dealer got a big shop next door to encash the cheque for him, and the foreigner
having received Rs. 100 rode off, never to be seen again. Later the cheque was found to
be forged and hence worthless. Thus, the cycle dealer had to pay the big shop the amount
of the cycle. The dealer had himself paid Rs. 100 for the cycle. How much did he lose in
all?
a. Nothing
b. Rs. 100
c. Rs. 200
d. Rs. 300

18. Maddy is engaged in two transactions, where he earns same amount as profit in each case.
He makes a 25% profit in the first transaction and a 20% gain in the second. If the same
amount is earned as the profit, and the two transactions are combined, his profit becomes
22.22%. the sale price in the combined transaction is
a. 20
b. 22
c. 25
d. Cannot be determined
19. The ratio of incomes of Princy and Kunjumol is 1:2 and the ration of their expenditures is
1:5. Who does save more? (You again have to assume that these girls do not take any loan
from anywhere).
a. Princy
b. Kunjumol
c. Cannot be determined
d. None of these

20. A trader marks up his goods by 25% and prepares a tag of 898. he forgets to put rupees in
front and by mistake puts this tag on goods, in a inverted position. He gives a discount of 10%.
What is his profit or loss percentage?
a. 8.5% loss b. 12.5% profit
c. 28.6% loss d. 8.7% profit