Nethravathi Career Training Institute

Quantitative Aptitude Handout

(Numbers, Averages and Counting Techniques)
Ref: AATPAPT001

Directions for questions 1 to 30: Select the correct alternative from the given choices.

1. Which of the following is a perfect 6 8 13 14 7

9. If the fractions , , , and are
square? 5 7 11 13 2
(a) 1266 (b) 1444 (c) 2022 arranged in ascending order of their
(d) 4034 (e) 8122 values, find the fourth number from the
start.
2. If 912 is added to the square of a natural 6 8 13 14
number, the result is 18482. Find the (a) (b) (c) (d)
5 7 11 13
number. (e) None of these
(a) 99 (b) 101 (c) 10 (d) 9
(e) None of these 10. What is smallest number which is a
perfect square and has 162 as a factor?
3. What should be the least value of X so that
(a) 1296 (b) 324 (c) 8100 (d) 90
the five digit number 143X5 is divisible
(e) None of these
by 9?
(a) 9 (b) 5 (c) 7 (d) 4
11. Find the LCM of 15, 24, 30 and 40?
(e) None of these
(a) 60 (b) 120 (c) 180 (d) 160
(e) None of these
4. Which of the following numbers is exactly
divisible by 11?
12. The LCM of two numbers is 20 and their
(a) 817634 (b) 99136
product is 80. The HCF of the numbers is
(c) 1361781 (d) 768031429
(a) 8 (b) 10 (c) 4 (d) 20
(e) None of these
(e) None of these
5. 7 is added to a certain number; the sum is
13. Which of the following numbers is exactly
multiplied by 5; the product is divided by
divisible by 33?
9 and 3 is subtracted from the quotient.
(a) 356974 (b) 548672 (c) 237698
The remainder left is 12. The number is:
(d) 568722 (e) None of these
(a) 20 (b) 30 (c) 40 (d) 60
(e) None of these
14. What must be subtracted from 39468 to
make it a perfect square?
6. In a group, there are 53 persons. The
members of the group contributed equally (a) 461 (b) 375 (c) 555 (d) 264
for a charity programme. They contributed (e) None of these
a total `2,07,813. Find the amount
contributed by each person. 15. In a canteen, 812 bananas are required
(a) `3129 (b) `3219 (c) ` 3921 each week. Find its total requirement for
(d) `3291 (e) None of these the months of July, August and
September, 2010.
7. When 293 is subtracted from the square of
(a) 10512 (b) 10584 (c) 10614
a natural number, the result is 1532. Find
(d) 10672 (e) None of these
the number.
(a) 159 (b) 157 (c) 161 (d) 16
16. The product of two consecutive odd
(e) None of these
numbers is 14883. What is the square root
8. What is the least number that is to be of the smaller number?
subtracted from 7000 to make it a perfect (a) 11 (b) 9 (c) 13 (d) 12
square? (e) None of these
(a) 11 (b) 56 (c) 111 (d) 276
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17. What is the unit digit in {(6374) x 24. The average score of a cricketer in a
(625) 317 491
x (341 )}? certain number of innings is 30 runs.
(a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5 When he scored 90 runs in the next
(e) None of these innings, his average increased to 31 runs.
How many innings has he played
18. If 37a + 37 b = 3478, what is the average including the recent one?
of a and b? (a) 54 (b) 60 (c) 61 (d) 63
(a) 47 (b) 37 (c) 32 (d) 42 (e) None of these
(e) None of these
25. In a class, the average age of 30 boys is 13
19. The average of twenty numbers written in years and the average of 20 girls is 12
ascending order is 40. The average of last years. What is the average age of the
19 numbers is 42. Find the first number. whole class?
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 6 (a) 12.5 Yrs (b) 14.2 Yrs (c) 12.3
(e) None of these Yrs (d) 12.6 Yrs (e) None of these

20. Average of five consecutive even numbers
is 46. Find the greatest number in these
five numbers?
(a) 31 (b) 33 (c) 39 (d) 50 (e) None
of these
21. The average weight of a group of boys is
30 kg. After a boy of weight 35 kg joins
the group, the average weight of the group
goes up by 1 kg. Find the number of boys
in the group originally.
(a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 7
(e) None of these
22. The average age of 25 student s is 16
years. Find the average age, if a teacher
aged 42 years is included.
(a) 16 (b) 20 (c) 18 (d) 19
(e) None of these
26. The average of seven numbers is 18. The
average of first three numbers is 14 and
the average of last three numbers is 19.
What is the middle number?
(a) 42 (b) 57 (c) 27 (d) 33 (e)
None of these
27. The average marks of a student was
calculated as 75, when the marks in the
two subjects, 69 and 78 were misread as
65 and 70. Find his correct average if the
total number of subjects is 6.
(a) 76 (b) 75.5 (c) 77 (d) 78
(e) None of these
28. In how many ways can the letters of the
word “LEADER” be arranged?
(a) 72 (b) 144 (c) 360
(d) 720 (e) None of these

23. The average monthly income of an
employee for a year is ` 2,500. If the
average monthly income from March to
October is ` 2,000, then find the average
income for the remaining months.
(a) 2,800 (b) 3,000 (c) 3,200
(d) 3,500 (e) None of these
29. In how many ways can the letters of the
word “SUCCESS” be arranged?
(a) 840 (b) 420 (c) 5040 (d) 1260
(e) None of these
30. In how many ways can the letters of the
word LEADING be arranged such that all
the vowels are together?
(a) 360 (b) 480 (c) 720 (d) 50
(e) None of these

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