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algebra
Question: A cycle is bought for Rs.900 and sold for Rs.1260, find the gain percent? Options: A. 39% B. 20% C. 40% D. 74% E. 83% Answer:
C
13,771
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Question: The weight of four dogs is determined to be 25 pounds, 31 pounds, 32 pounds and 28 pounds respectively. The weight of a fifth dog is determined to be y pounds. If the average (arithmetic mean) weight of the first four dogs is the same as that of all five dogs what is the value of y? Options: A. 31 B. 29 C. 35 D. 37 E. 39 Answer:
B
8,145
algebra
Question: A, B and C completed a piece of work costing Rs.1800. A worked for 6 days, B for 4 days and C for 9 days. If their daily wages are in the ratio 5 : 6 : 4, how much amount will be received by A? Options: A. Rs.800 B. Rs. 600 C. Rs.900 D. Rs.750 E. Rs.850 Answer:
B
2,209
algebra
Question: A train passes a station platform in 36 seconds and a man standing on the platform in 20 seconds. If the speed of the train is 54 km/hr, what is the length of the platform? Options: A. 240 B. 377 C. 2908 D. 287 E. 201 Answer:
A
5,235
algebra
Question: If a function f is defined by f(x)= (1-x)/x for all non zero numbers x. If f(a) = 1 and f(a/b) = 3 then b= ? Options: A. 3 B. 1/3 C. 2 D. 1/2 E. -2 Answer:
C
3,945
algebra
Question: A boat running downstream covers a distance of 20 km in 2 hours while for covering the same distance upstream,it takes 5 hours.What is the speed of the boat in still water ? Options: A. 4 km/hr B. 6 km/hr C. 7 km/hr D. Data inadequate E. None of these Answer:
C
11,817
algebra
Question: If there are 6 seats and 2 students, in how many ways can they be seated? Options: A. 25 B. 30 C. 35 D. 40 E. 45 Answer:
B
9,694
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Question: A tin is full of wine. Out of this tin, 4 gallons of wine are taken out and 4 gallons of water are added. After this 4 gallons of mixture were taken out and again 4 gallons of water were added. Now the ratio of wine and water in the tin becomes 36:13. Find the volume of tin. Options: A. 25 B. 26 C. 27 D. 28 E. 29 Answer:
D
2,164
algebra
Question: The C.P of 10 pens is equal to the S.P of 12 pens. Find his gain % or loss%? Options: A. 16 2/8% B. 16 8/3% C. 16 2/3% D. 16 4/3% E. 16 6/3% Answer:
C
2,886
algebra
Question: Indu gave Bindu Rs.1250 on compound interest for 2 years at 4% per annum. How much loss would Indu has suffered had she given it to Bindu for 2 years at 4% per annum simple interest? Options: A. 7 B. 2 C. 9 D. 5 E. 4 Answer:
B
7,852
algebra
Question: If P(A) = 3/5 and P (B) = 2/5, find P (A n B) if A and B are independent events. Options: A. 6/25 B. 3/25 C. 8/25 D. 2/13 E. 3/17 Answer:
A
10,820
algebra
Question: A family has two children. find the probability that both the children are girls given that at least one of them is a girl? Options: A. 1/2 B. 1by3 C. 3/5 D. 3/7 E. 3/11 Answer:
B
14,906
algebra
Question: If the ratio of a to b is 2 to 3 and the ratio of b to c is 1 to 5, what is the ratio of a to c? Options: A. 4/15 B. 1/3 C. 2/15 D. 4/5 E. 7/6 Answer:
C
516
algebra
Question: The C.P of 15 books is equal to the S.P of 19 books. Find his gain% or loss%? Options: A. 16 2/3% B. 16 2/8% C. 16 2/5% D. 21 1/19% E. 16 1/3% Answer:
D
11,667
algebra
Question: A jar contains 6 black and 2 white balls. If you pick two balls at the same time, what's the probability that one ball is black and one is white? Options: A. 2/7 B. 5/7 C. 4/7 D. 3/15 E. 3/14 Answer:
E
12,143
algebra
Question: A family consists of grandparents, parents and three grand children. The average age of the grandparents is 67 years, that of the parents is 35 years and that of the grandchildren is 6 years. What is the average age of the family? Options: A. 28 4⁄7 years B. 31 5⁄7 years C. 32 1⁄7 years D. 27 1⁄2 years E. None of these Answer:
B
5,666
algebra
Question: A certain school principal must choose 5 students to attend a field trip out of a group of 11 students. In addition, out of the 5 chosen students, the principal must select a note-taker and a treasurer. How many different ways are there for the principal to select the 5 students and then select the treasurer and the note-taker? Options: A. 1,260 B. 2,520 C. 9,240 D. 6,020 E. 10,080 Answer:
C
172
algebra
Question: 12^3+12^3+12^3=? Options: A. a. 72^3 B. b. 72^4 C. c. 72^5 D. d. 72^6 E. e. 72^2 Answer:
E
639
algebra
Question: In a certain company 20% of the men and 40% of the women attended the annual company picnic.If 50% of all the employees are men .What % of all the employee went to the picnic? Options: A. 30% B. 34% C. 35% D. 36% E. 37% Answer:
A
9,863
algebra
Question: If the price of sugar rises from Rs. 10 per kg to Rs. 13 per kg, a person, to have no increase in the expenditure on sugar, will have to reduce his consumption of sugar by Options: A. 15% B. 20% C. 23% D. 30% E. none Answer:
C
8,935
algebra
Question: In how many different ways can change be provided for a one dollar bill using pennies (1 cent), nickels (5 cents), dimes (10 cents), and quarters (25 cents), if at least one of each type of coin must be included? Options: A. 39 B. 42 C. 60 D. 65 E. 66 Answer:
C
14,401
algebra
Question: A certain junior class has 3000 students and a certain senior class has 800 students. Among these students, there are 60 siblings pairs each consisting of 1 junior and 1 senior. If 1 student is to be selected at random from each class, what is the probability that the 2 students selected will be a sibling pair? Options: A. 1/40000 B. 1/3600 C. 9/2000 D. 1/60 E. 1/15 Answer:
A
7,690
algebra
Question: Initially, the men and women in a room were in the ratio of 4 : 5. Then, 2 men entered the room and 3 women left the room. Then, the number of women doubled. Now there are 14 men in the room. How many R women are currently in the room? Options: A. 12 B. 14 C. 15 D. 24 E. 36 Answer:
D
5,065
algebra
Question: The population of a town increased from 75,000 to 2,25,000 in a decade. The average percent increase of population per year is : Options: A. 20% B. 5% C. 6% D. 8.75% E. None of these Answer:
A
1,143
algebra
Question: Stephen likes to bike after school, and he has to get home before dark, so he only bike for five hours. His favorite route is a 45 mile loop starting from his house. In the first hour, he travels nine miles. For the next two hours, he travels at 7 miles per hour. Compute the average speed Stephen has to ride for the last three hours to get home before dark. Options: A. 10 B. 11 C. 12 D. 13 E. 14 Answer:
B
10,769
algebra
Question: there are 30 students in a classroom. The ratio of the # of girls to boys was 1:2, how many boys are there? Options: A. 10 B. 15 C. 20 D. 25 E. 30 Answer:
C
13,665
algebra
Question: A straight line in the xy- plane has y-intercept of 10 . On this line the x-coordinate of the point is 100 and y-coordinate is 1000 then what is the slope of the line? Options: A. 2 B. 5.5 C. 6.5 D. 3.2 E. 9.9 Answer:
E
12,553
algebra
Question: The tens digit of a two-digit number is two more than its unit digit. The two-digit number is 7 times the sum of the digits. Find the units digits? Options: A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 E. 5 Answer:
B
9,946
algebra
Question: How many 2 digits number are there which when subtracted from the number formed by reversing its digits as well as when added to the number formed by reversing its digit, result is a perfect square. Options: A. 63 B. 64 C. 65 D. 66 E. 67 Answer:
C
1,832
algebra
Question: The two trains of lengths 400 m, 600 m respectively, running at same directions. The faster train can cross the slower train in 180 sec, the speed of the slower train is 48 km. then find the speed of the faster train? Options: A. 76 Kmph B. 68 Kmph C. 86 Kmph D. 45 Kmph E. 56 Kmph Answer:
B
14,781
algebra
Question: Which one the following fractions has the exact division of Five? Options: A. 1889/5 B. 1998/5 C. 2007/5 D. 2000/5 E. 2016/5 Answer:
D
8,862
algebra
Question: The product of two successive numbers is 1122. Which is the smaller of the two numbers? Options: A. 34 B. 36 C. 33 D. 38 E. 31 Answer:
C
3,686
algebra
Question: A ball is bought for Rs.400 and sold at a gain of 45% find its selling price? Options: A. A. Rs.480/- B. B. Rs.580/- C. C. Rs.500/- D. D. Rs.520/- E. E. Rs.540/- Answer:
B
6,227
algebra
Question: What is least possible value of |23 - 7y| is Options: A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 5 E. 9 Answer:
A
5,700
algebra
Question: On his drive to work, Leo listens to one of three radio stations A, B or E. He first turns to A. If A is playing a song he likes, he listens to it; if not, he turns it to B. If B is playing a song he likes, he listens to it; if not, he turns it to E. If E is playing a song he likes, he listens to it; if not, he turns off the radio. For each station, the probability is 0.30 that at any given moment the station is playing a song Leo likes. On his drive to work, what is the probability that Leo will hear a song he likes? Options: A. 0.027 B. 0.09 C. 0.417 D. 0.657 E. 0.9 Answer:
D
11,346
algebra
Question: Stuart bought a sweater on sale for 30% off the original price and another 25% off the discounted price. If the original price of the sweater was $60, what was the final price of the sweater? Options: A. $31.5 B. $35.75 C. $15.75 D. $ 45.75 E. $17.75 Answer:
A
13,575
algebra
Question: You collect baseball cards. Suppose you start out with 16. Since you're nice, you give John 5 baseball cards. How many baseball cards do you have at the end? Options: A. 11 B. 12 C. 13 D. 14 E. 15 Answer:
A
4,537
algebra
Question: A motorist travel to a place 150 km away at an avearge speed of 50 km/hr and returns ar 30 km/hr. His average speed for the whole journey in km/hr is Options: A. 35 B. 37 C. 37.5 D. 40 E. 42 Answer:
C
3,515
algebra
Question: A group of hikers is planning a trip that will take them up a mountain using one route and back down using another route. They plan to travel down the mountain at a rate of one and a half times the rate they will use on the way up, but the time each route will take is the same. If they will go up the mountain at a rate of 7 miles per day and it will take them two days, how many miles long is the route down the mountain? Options: A. 18 B. 19 C. 20 D. 21 E. 22 Answer:
D
9,668
algebra
Question: A jogger running at 9 km/hr along side a railway track is 240 m ahead of the engine of a 120 m long train running at 27 km/hr in the same direction. In how much time will the train pass the jogger? Options: A. 76 sec B. 72 sec C. 98 sec D. 36 sec E. 23 sec Answer:
B
834
algebra
Question: Walking 7/6 of his usual rate, a boy reaches his school 4 min early. Find his usual time to reach the school? Options: A. 22 B. 99 C. 27 D. 28 E. 20 Answer:
D
2,486
algebra
Question: Which of the following is a prime number ? Options: A. 81 B. 90 C. 97 D. 99 E. None Answer:
C
11,959
algebra
Question: Mr. RIDDLE invested in Fund X and Fund Y. The total amount she invested, in both funds combined, was $200,000. In one year, Fund X paid 43% and Fund Y paid 28%. The interest earned in Fund Y was exactly $200 greater than the interest earned in Fund X. How much did Ms. Tom invest in Fund X? Options: A. 43,870.34 B. 56,876.45 C. 77,789.45 D. 78,450.70 E. 87,987.34 Answer:
D
8,539
algebra
Question: Joe’s average (arithmetic mean) test score across 4 equally weighted tests was 70. He was allowed to drop his lowest score. After doing so, his average test score improved to 75. What is the lowest test score that was dropped? Options: A. 20 B. 25 C. 55 D. 65 E. 80 Answer:
C
9,286
algebra
Question: How many minutes does it take John to type y words if he types at the rate of v words per minute? Options: A. x/y B. y/v C. xy D. 60x/y E. y/(60x. Answer:
B
12,797
algebra
Question: Lottery balls numbered consecutively from one through one hundred are placed in a spinner. If one ball is drawn at random, what is the probability that it will have the number 3 on it exactly once? Options: A. 18/100 B. 1/10 C. 11/100 D. 19/100 E. 1/5 Answer:
A
13,229
algebra
Question: If the perimeter of a rectangular garden is 600 m, its length when its breadth is 100 m is? Options: A. 292 B. 237 C. 200 D. 299 E. 232 Answer:
C
9,316
algebra
Question: Rs.3080 were divided among Jonathan, Kevin & Dawson in such a way that John had Rs.160 more than Kevin and Dawson had Rs 120 more than John . How much was Kevin’s share? Options: A. Rs.1120 B. Rs.1130 C. Rs.1140 D. Rs.1150 E. Rs.1160 Answer:
E
5,467
algebra
Question: A can lay railway track between two given stations in 16 days and B can do the same job in 12 days. With help of C, they did the job in 4 days only. Then, C alone can do the job in? Options: A. 9 B. 9 3/5 C. 10 D. 11 E. None of these Answer:
B
4,915
algebra
Question: A pipe can empty 2/3rd of a cistern in 12mins. In 6 mins, what part of the cistern will be empty? Options: A. 2/3 B. 3/7 C. 4/9 D. 3/8 E. 1/3 Answer:
E
65
algebra
Question: The length, breadth and height of a room are in the ratio 9 : 4 : 2. If the breadth and height are halved while the length is doubled, then the total area of the four walls of the room will Options: A. (a. remain the same B. (b. decrease by 13.64% C. (c. decrease by 15% D. (d. decrease by 23.08% E. (e. decrease by 30% Answer:
D
8,037
algebra
Question: A 7% stock yields 10%. The market value of the stock is: Options: A. Rs 60 B. Rs 70 C. Rs 90 D. Rs 75 E. Rs 50 Answer:
B
8,405
algebra
Question: How many numbers from 10 to 40 are exactly divisible by 3? Options: A. 13 B. 15 C. 16 D. 10 E. 18 Answer:
D
13,071
algebra
Question: A rectangular grass field is 75 m * 55 m, it has a path of 2.5 m wide all round it on the outside. Find the area of the path and the cost of constructing it at Rs.2 per sq m? Options: A. 1350 B. 2997 C. 2087 D. 2697 E. 9824 Answer:
A
2,024
algebra
Question: 60% of the registered candidates in an election are from congress and 40% of the registered candidates are from BJP. If 3/4th of the registered Congress candidates and 1/5 of the registered BJP candidates fight election. What is the percentage of people fighting elections? Options: A. 34% B. 43% C. 53% D. 54% E. 56% Answer:
C
1,872
algebra
Question: In Township K, 1/5 of the housing units are equiped with cable Tv. If 1/12 of the housing units, including 1/3 of those that are equiped with cable tv, are equipped with videocassette recorders, what fraction of the housing units have neither cable tv nor videocassette recorders? Options: A. 23/30 B. 11/15 C. 47/60 D. 1/6 E. 2/15 Answer:
C
354
algebra
Question: In how many ways can a five-letter password be chosen, using the letters A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and/or H such that at least one letter is repeated within the password? Options: A. 720 B. 864 C. 900 D. 936 E. 26048 Answer:
E
5,360
algebra
Question: In a 300 member association consisting of men and women, exactly 80% of men and exactly 15% women are homeowners. What is the least number of members who are homeowners? Options: A. 46 B. 47 C. 48 D. 49 E. 50 Answer:
A
1,767
algebra
Question: How many seconds will a 700 metre long train take to cross a man walking with a speed of 3 km/hr in the direction of the moving train if the speed of the train is 63 km/hr? Options: A. 25 B. 30 C. 42 D. 45 E. 50 Answer:
C
12,389
algebra
Question: 10 solid colored balls in a box, including 1 Green and 1 Yellow. If 3 of the balls in the box are chosen at random, without replacement, what is the probability that the 3 balls chosen will include the Green ball but not the yellow ball. Options: A. 1/6 B. 7/30 C. 1/4 D. 3/10 E. 4/15 Answer:
B
9,394
algebra
Question: A and B enter into a partnership and invest Rs. 12,000 and Rs. 16,000 respectively. After 8 months, C also joins the business with a capital of Rs. 15,000. The share of C in a profit of Rs. 45,600 after two years is Options: A. Rs. 12,000 B. Rs. 14,400 C. Rs. 19,200 D. Rs. 21,200 E. Rs. 31,200 Answer:
A
6,405
algebra
Question: A basket has 7 apples and 5 oranges. FOUR fruits are picked at random. The probability that at least 3 apples are picked is Options: A. 45/99 B. 43/99 C. 42/99 D. 49/99 E. 52/99 Answer:
C
4,762
algebra
Question: It takes John 20 minutes to walk to the car park and 45 to drive to work. At what time should he get out of the house in order to get to work at 9:00 a.m.? Options: A. 7:50 B. 7:45 C. 6 D. 5 E. 4 Answer:
B
1,164
algebra
Question: If the average of t, b, c, 14 and 15 is 12. What is the average value of t, b, c and 29 Options: A. 12 B. 13 C. 14 D. 15 E. 16 Answer:
D
12,138
algebra
Question: What is 50% of 40% of 1200 grams? Options: A. 450 gms B. 100 gms C. 300 gms D. 240 gms E. None of these Answer:
D
13,188
algebra
Question: What is the least value of x, so that 23x57 is divisible by 3 Options: A. 2 B. 0 C. 1 D. 3 E. 4 Answer:
C
3,395
algebra
Question: 4 + 4 + 4 + 2 × 4^2 + 2 × 4^3 + 2 × 4^4 + 2 × 4^5 + 2 × 4^6 + 2 × 4^7 = Options: A. 4^12 B. 4^16 C. 4^7 D. 4^13 E. 4^10 Answer:
E
8,285
algebra
Question: If the average of 10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18 and x is 23, what is the value of x? Options: A. 90 B. 89 C. 123 D. x=104 E. 110 Answer:
D
12,703
algebra
Question: Given a + b = 1, find the value of 2a + 2b. Two solutions are presented below. Only one is correct, even though both yield the correct answer. Options: A. 3 B. 5 C. 4 D. 2 E. 1 Answer:
D
4,568
algebra
Question: A, B and C play a cricket match. The ratio of the runs scored by them in the match is A:B = 2:3 and B:C = 2:5. If the total runs scored by all of them are 75, the runs scored by B are? Options: A. 23 B. 18 C. 20 D. 19 E. 21 Answer:
B
9,308
algebra
Question: The average of non-zero number and its square is 5 times the number. The number is? Options: A. 9 B. 8 C. 6 D. 4 E. 3 Answer:
A
3,127
algebra
Question: The present population of a town is 260. Population increase rate is 10% p.a. Find the population of town after 1 years? Options: A. 100 B. 120 C. 200 D. 226 E. 286 Answer:
E
13,582
algebra
Question: Brenda and Sally run in opposite direction on a circular track, starting at diametrically opposite points. They first meet after Brenda has run 150 meters. They next meet after Sally has run 200 meters past their first meeting point. Each girl runs at a constant speed. What is the length of the track in meters? Options: A. 250 B. 300 C. 350 D. 400 E. 500 Answer:
E
6,946
algebra
Question: A train starts full of passengers at the first station it drops 1/3 of the passengers and takes 280 more at the second station it drops one half the new total and takes twelve more. On arriving at the third station it is found to have 244 passengers. Find the no of passengers in the beginning? Options: A. 292 B. 180 C. 276 D. 144 E. 168 Answer:
C
309
algebra
Question: A team of eight entered for a shooting competition. The best marks man scored 82 points. If he had scored 92 points, the average scores for. The team would have been 83. How many points altogether did the team score? Options: A. 662 B. 672 C. 654 D. 642 E. 721 Answer:
C
7,203
algebra
Question: In how many ways can a group of 4 men and 2 women be made out of a total of 7 men and 3 women? Options: A. 100 B. 102 C. 105 D. 107 E. 101 Answer:
C
8,593
algebra
Question: A train 800 m long is running at a speed of 78 km/hr. If it crosses a tunnel in 1 min, then the length of the tunnel is? Options: A. 288 B. 261 C. 500 D. 287 E. 271 Answer:
C
14,085
algebra
Question: A boat goes 100 km downstream in 10 hours, and 75 m upstream in 15 hours. The speed of the stream is? Options: A. 27 1/2 kmph B. 22 1/2 kmph C. 32 1/2 kmph D. 22 1/1 kmph E. 22 5/2 kmph Answer:
B
10,629
algebra
Question: A bag contains an equal number of one rupee, 50 paise and 25 paise coins respectively. If the total value is 175, how many coins of each type are there? Options: A. 20 coins B. 30 coins C. 50 coins D. 100 coins E. None of these Answer:
D
11,617
algebra
Question: What will come in place of the x in the following Number series? 6, 12, 21, 33 , x Options: A. 33 B. 35 C. 39 D. 48 E. 42 Answer:
D
4,354
algebra
Question: Sonika deposited Rs.8000 which amounted to Rs.9200 after 3 years at simple interest. Had the interest been 2% more. She would get how much? Options: A. 9680 B. 2338 C. 1278 D. 1098 E. 1279 Answer:
A
8,893
algebra
Question: Find the set of all points (x, y) such that the area of the triangle with vertices (0, 0), (6, 4) and (x, y) is 4. Options: A. 3 B. 9 C. 7 D. 8 E. 2 Answer:
D
10,444
algebra
Question: How many ways are there to split a group of 4 students into two groups of 2 students each? (The order of the groups does not matter) Options: A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5 E. 6 Answer:
B
8,204
algebra
Question: ohn invested part of his savings into a investment X that earned a profit of 10% and the rest of the savings into an investment Y that lost 15%. If John neither made a profit nor a loss, then what fraction of his savings was invested in investment X? Options: A. 3/5 B. 2/3 C. 7/10 D. 3/4 E. 4/5 Answer:
A
3,587
algebra
Question: 0.05 x 0.40=? Options: A. 3.15e-05 B. 0.000315 C. 0.315 D. 0.02 E. 0.002 Answer:
D
7,223
algebra
Question: power windows: 60% anti-lock brakes: 25% CD player: 50% The table above shows the number of vehicles at Bill's car dealership that have certain features. No vehicle has all three features, but 10% have power windows and anti-lock brakes, 15% have anti-lock brakes and a CD player, and 22% have power windows and a CD player. What percent of the vehicles at Bill's car dealership have a CD player but no power windows or anti-lock brakes? Options: A. 25 B. 18 C. 11 D. 13 E. 0 Answer:
D
2,583
algebra
Question: If in a book a total of 3209 digits are used for numbering, then find out the total number of pages in the book. Options: A. 1079 B. 1000 C. 1100 D. 1075 E. None of these Answer:
A
7,420
algebra
Question: A person covered one-fourth of the total distance at 26 kmph and remaining distance at 24 kmph. What is the average speed for the total distance? Options: A. 21 (1/3. kmph B. 25 (1/3. kmph C. 29 (1/3. kmph D. 20 (1/3. kmph E. 24 (1/3. kmph Answer:
A
2,770
algebra
Question: Mr. Hernandez, who was a resident of State X for only 10 months last year, had a taxable income of $22,500 for the year. If the state tax rate were 4 percent of the year’s taxable income prorated for the proportion of the year during which the taxpayer was a resident, what would be the amount of Mr. Hernandez’s State X tax for last year? Options: A. $900 B. $750 C. $600 D. $300 E. $60 Answer:
B
4,812
algebra
Question: Fred and Sam are standing 35 miles apart and they start walking in a straight line toward each other at the same time. If Fred walks at a constant speed of 2 miles per hour and Sam walks at a constant speed of 5 miles per hour, how many miles has Sam walked when they meet? Options: A. 5 B. 9 C. 25 D. 30 E. 45 Answer:
C
10,782
algebra
Question: It would take one machine 9 hours to complete a large production order and another machine 8 hours to complete the same order. How many hours would it take both machines, working simultaneously at their respective constant rates, to complete the order? Options: A. 72/17 B. 17/72 C. 14/24 D. 24/56 E. 34/56 Answer:
A
10,203
algebra
Question: In measuring the sides of a rectangle, one side is taken 12% in excess and other 5% in deficit. Find the error percentage in the area calculated from these measurements. Options: A. 3.5% B. 6.4% C. 3% D. 5% E. 2.6% Answer:
B
5,087
algebra
Question: John takes 15 hours to complete a certain job, while Bill takes only 5 hours to complete the same job. If Steve is faster than John but slower than Bill at completing the same job, then which of the following could be the time it takes the three men together, working at their constant, individual rates, to complete the job? Options: A. 2 hours, 5 minutes B. 2 hours, 40 minutes C. 3 hours, 20 minutes D. 3 hours, 45 minutes E. 4 hours, 10 minutes Answer:
B
324
algebra
Question: A bakery currently has 7 pies and 4 cakes in its inventory. The bakery’s owner has decided to display 5 of these items in the bakery’s front window. If the items are randomly selected, what is the probability that the display will have exactly 3 pies? Options: A. 3/11 B. 5/11 C. 14/33 D. 29/77 E. 36/77 Answer:
B
5,171
algebra
Question: John tossed a fair coin 6 times. What is the probability that the coin landed heads up exactly twice? Options: A. 0.094 B. 0.15 C. 0.194 D. 0.25 E. 0.294 Answer:
A
5,648
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Question: Calculate 469111 x 9999 = ? Options: A. 4586970843 B. 4686970743 C. 4691100843 D. 4586870843 E. 4690640889 Answer:
E
6,743
algebra
Question: A train passes a station platform in 36 sec and a man standing on the platform in 20 sec. If the speed of the train is 90 km/hr. What is the length of the platform? Options: A. 229 B. 240 C. 400 D. 277 E. 221 Answer:
C
3,209
algebra
Question: How many numbers between 11 and 90 are divisible by 7 ? Options: A. 23 B. 11 C. 22 D. 32 E. 15 Answer:
B
9,307
algebra
Question: Two trains start simultaneously from opposite ends of a 180-km route and travel toward each other on parallel tracks. Train X, traveling at a constant rate, completes the 180-km trip in 5 hours. Train Y, travelling at a constant rate, completes the 180-km trip in 4 hours. How many kilometers had Train X traveled when it met Train Y? Options: A. 72 B. 74 C. 76 D. 78 E. 80 Answer:
E
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algebra
Question: A man whose speed is 7 kmph in still water rows to a certain upstream point and back to the starting point in a river which flows at 1.5 kmph, find his average speed for the total journey? Options: A. 6.7 B. 4 C. 6 D. 9 E. 3 Answer:
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