FREQUENTLY ASKED MATHS

Practice Sheet || Vol. 01

Sultan Mahmud Cxlvii

Banking Career in Bangladesh

December 19, 2014

This practice sheet consists of 50 frequently asked math

problems. Try yourself to solve the problems. If you cannot,
discuss with the other members of this group.

Please, dont copy the answers given by others, try to

understand the true logic that is used to solve each and
every problem given in this practice sheet.

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1. WHAT

WOULD BE THE PERCENTAGE INCREASE IN THE AREA OF A RECTANGULAR GARDEN IF THE

LENGTH AND WIDTH OF THE GARDEN BOTH ARE INCREASED BY 30%?

A. 20%

B. 24%

C. 69%

D. 27%

E. 81%

2. IN A SHIPMENT OF 150 MACHINE PARTS 10% WERE DEFECTIVE AND IN ANOTHER SHIPMENT OF 100
MACHINE PARTS

5% WERE DEFECTIVE. FOR THE TWO SHIPMENTS COMBINED, WHAT PERCENT OF THE

MACHINE PARTS WERE DEFECTIVE?

A. 7.5%

B. 8%

C. 8.5%

D. 9%

E. 10%

3. THE DIFFERENCE OF TWO NUMBERS IS 2 AND THE DIFFERENCE OF THEIR SQUARES IS 16. THE DIFFERENCE
OF THEIR CUBES WILL BE BETWEEN:

A. 50 and 60

B. 60 and 70

C. 80 and 90

D. 90 and 100

E. 100 and 110

4. IF A AND C BOTH ARE ODD NUMBERS, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING NUMBERS MUST BE N EVEN NUMBER?
A. a + c

B. ac

C. ac + 2

D. a + c + 1

E. 2a + c

5. IF M + N = 3 AND N/M = 2, THEN N IS EQUAL TO:

A. 1

B. 0

C. 2

D. 1.5

E. 0.5

6. HOW MANY 4-DIGIT NUMBERS GREATER THAN 7,000 CAN BE FORMED FROM THE DIGITS 3, 5, 7, 8
AND 9?

A. 48

B. 60

C. 72

D. 80

E. 82

7. FIND THE APPROXIMATE FUTURE VALUE OF TK. 5, 000 AT 10% P.A. FOR 9 MONTHS:
A. Tk 4,375

B. Tk 5,375

C. Tk 6,375

D. Tk 7,375

E. Tk 8,375

8. IF X% OF 40 IS Y, THEN 10X IS EQUAL TO:

A. 4y

B. 10y

C. 25y

D. 100y

E. 400y
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9. IF 25(5^X) = 1, THEN THE VALUE OF X IS:

A. -2

B. -1

C. 0

10. MACHINE A PRODUCES 100 PARTS TWICE AS FAST

D. 1
AS MACHINE

E. 2
B DOES. MACHINE B PRODUCES

100 PARTS IN 40 MINUTES. IF EACH MACHINE PRODUCES PARTS AT A CONSTANT RATE, HOW MANY
PARTS DOES MACHINE A PRODUCE IN 6 MINUTES?

A. 30

B. 25

C. 20

D. 15

E. 7.5

11. THE PRICE OF RICE GOES UP BY 25% BY HOW MUCH SHOULD THE CONSUMPTION OF RICE BE REDUCED
TO KEEP THE TOTAL EXPENDITURE ON RICE AT THE PREVIOUS LEVEL?

A. 25%
12. THE

B. 20%

C. 33.3%

25%. BY

PRICE OF RICE GOES UP BY

D. 24%

E. 17.8%

HOW MUCH SHOULD THE CONSUMPTION OF RICE BE

REDUCED TO KEEP THE TOTAL MACHINE A PRODUCE IN 6 MINUTES?

A. 1

B. 2

C. 2

D. 3

E. 4

13. WHAT IS THE RATE OF DISCOUNT IF A PRODUCT COSTING TK 500 IS SOLD FOR TK 470?
A. 0.05
14. IN

B. 0.06

C. 0.03

A SURVEY OF PEOPLE OWING CARS OR

TVS

D. 0.03

IT WAS REVEALED THAT

E. 0.30
6%

OF THOSE SURVEYED

OWNED A CAR AND 48% OF THOSE SURVEYED OWNED A TV. IF 5% OWNED BOTH A CAR AND A TV,
WHAT PER CENT OF THEM OWNED A CAR, OR A TV OR BOTH?

A. 42%

B. 54%

C. 50%

D. 49%

E. 53%

15. A STORE LOSES ONE TENTH OF ITS MERCHANDISE DUE TO FIRE. AN INSURANCE COMPANY REIMBURSES
THE STORE FOR TWO-FIFTHS OF LOST MERCHANDISE. THE INSURANCE COMPANY PAID THE STORE TK

8,250. WHAT WAS THE VALUE OF THE STORES TOTAL INVENTORY BEFORE THE FIRE?
A. Tk 2.060

B. Tk 12,875

C. Tk 51,500

D. Tk 206,250

E. Tk 160,000
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16. THE

PRICE OF A TELEVISION SET IS DISCOUNTED BY

10%

AND THE REDUCED PRICE IS FURTHER

DISCOUNTED BY 10%. THE SERIES OF SUCCESSIVE DISCOUNT IS EQUIVALENT TO A SINGLE DISCOUNT

OF:

A. 25%
17. AN

B. 65%

INVESTOR WANTS TO HAVE

$1

C. 29%

MILLION IN

20

D. 20%

E. 19%

YEARS. IF THE RETURN IS

10%

COMPOUNDED

ANNUALLY, WHAT LUMP-SUM AMOUNT SHOULD BE INVESTED TO ATTAIN THE GOAL OF THE INVESTOR?

A. $ 100,000

B. $117,459

C. $ 148,644

D. $161,506

E. $500,000

18. IF M = N = 3S AND M.N.S = 243, THEN S IS EQUAL TO:

A. 4

B. 22

C. 3

D. 33

E. 9

19. IF YOU DISTRIBUTE TK 25,800 BETWEEN TWO PERSONS AT THE RATIO OF 8:2, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
THEIR SHARES WOULD BE.

A. Tk 20,640

B. Tk 15,480

C. Tk 5,160

D. Tk 18,060

E. 12,900

20. IF THE POPULATION OF DHAKA DOUBLES EVERY 10 YEARS, HOW MANY TIMES THE POPULATION OF THE
CITY WILL BE IN THE YEAR X+ 100 AS COMPARED TO THE YEARS X?

A. 200

B. 1,990

C. 1,000

D. 100

E. 1,024

21. A NUMBER OF BUILDING BLOCKS WERE PURCHASED TO CONSTRUCT A WALL AT COST OF TK 40 EACH,
BUT ONLY

5/6TH OF THEM WERE USED. IF THE UNUSED 290 BRICKS WERE RETURNED AND THEIR COST

REFUNDED, WHAT WAS THE COST OF BUILDING BLOCKS USED TO MAKE THE WALL?

A. 76,000

B. Tk 22,800

C. Tk 30,400

D. Tk 41,400

E. Tk 58,000

22. A DING-DONG RESTAURANT AKRAM AND MAISHA PAY TK 240 AS SALES TAX AFTER A TK 4000
LUNCH. IF MAISHA HAD ORDERED THREE MORE DISHES SO THAT THEIR LUNCH HAD COST TK 6,000,
HOW MUCH THEY WOULD HAVE TO PAY IN SALES TAX?
A. Tk 260

B. Tk 600

C. Tk 412

D. Tk 360

E. Tk 375
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23. IF 2^2X = 8^(X-1), THE VALUE OF X IS EQUAL TO:

A. 2
24. A

BUS USES

18

B. 4

C. 5

D. 6

GALLONS OF PETROL IN FUEL IN TRAVELING

E. 3

270

MILES.

BY

HOW MANY MILES PER

GALLON THE FUEL MILEAGE OF THE BUS MUST BE INCREASED IN ORDER FOR IT TO TRAVEL THE SAME
DISTANCE USING 10 GALLONS OF PETROL FUEL?

A. 8

B. 9

C. 12

D. 15

E. 27

25. IN A CLASS OF 50 STUDENTS 30 HAVE TAKEN ECONOMICS, 24 HAVE TAKEN MATHEMATICS AND 10
HAVE TAKEN BOTH SUBJECTS.

HOW

MANY STUDENTS HAVE TAKEN NEITHER

ECONOMICS

NOR

MATHEMATICS?
A. 6

B. 4

C. 2

D. 8

E. 9

26. TOYOTA ROAD TOURER GOES 15 MILES ON A GALLON OF GAS WHEN IT IS DRIVEN AT 50 MILES PER
HOUR.

WHEN THE CAR IS DRIVE AT 60 MILES PER HOUR IT ONLY GOES 60% AS FAR. HOW FAR WILL

TRAVEL ON A GALLON OF GAS AT 60 MILES PER HOUR?

A. 12 miles

B. 9 miles

C. 20 miles

D. 15 miles

E. 7.5 miles

27. TWO CARS START FROM THE SAME POINT AND TRAVEL IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS. IF ONE CAR TRAVELS
AT

45 MILES PER HOUR AND THE OTHER AT 60 MILES PER HOUR, HOW MUCH TIME WILL PASS BEFORE

THEY ARE 210 APART?

A. 1.5 hours
28. WHAT

B. 2 hours

C. 2.5 hours

WILL BE THE APPROXIMATE FUTURE VALUE OF TK

D. 3 hours
1,000

IN

10

E. 3.5 hours

YEARS AT

10%

PER YEAR IF

INTEREST IN CALCULATED MONTHLY?

A. 2,000

B. 2,2000

C. 2,500

D. 2,700

E. 3,000

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29. YOU

WANT TO EARN AN ANNUAL INTEREST OF

10%

ON A NOTE THAT YOU WANT TO BUY.

WHAT

SHOULD BE THE NEAREST AMOUNT (IN TAKA) THAT YOU WOULD PAY FOR THE NOTE IF IT IS WORTH TK

5,000 AND MATURES IN 9 MONTHS?

A. 4,000

B. 5, 500

C. 4,400

D. 4, 750

E. 4, 650

30. YOU SPENT A TOTAL OF TK 3,000 OUT OF WHICH TK 300 WAS SPENT ON MEAT. WHAT ANGLE WAS
CREATED FOR MEAT IN A PIE-CHART?

A. 100 degree B. 36 degree

C. 46 degree

D. 60 degree

E. 10 degree

31. AHNAAF PURCHASED BRAND A T-SHIRTS FOR TK 400 A PIECE AND BRAND B-T-SHIRT FOR TAKA 280
A PIECE. IF

AHNAAF PURCHASED A TOTAL OF 12 OF THESE T-SHIRTS FOR TAKA 4,200, HOW MANY

BRAND A T-SHIRTS DID HE PURCHASE?

A. 4

B. 5

C. 6

D. 7

E. 8

32. A MAN BORROWS TK 20,000 AT 4% COMPOUND INTEREST AND AGREES TO PAY BOTH THE PRINCIPAL
AND THE INTEREST IN 10 EQUAL ANNUAL INSTALMENTS AT THE END OF EACH YEAR. WHAT IS THE
AMOUNT OF THESE INSTALMENTS?
A. 2,360

B. 2,415

C. 2,470

D. 2,475

E. 2,510

33. A TRADER MARKS UP IS 100%. DURING THE FIRST WEEK HE ALLOWS 20% DISCOUNT ON THE MARK
UP PRICE. DURING THE SECOND WEEK HE AGAIN ALLOWS 20% DISCOUNT ON DISCOUNTED PRICE.
HOW MUCH DOES THE TRADER MAKE PROFIT ON SECOND WEEKS SALE?
A. 100%

B. 50%

C. 80%

D. 28%

E. 60%

34. IF 5Y = 2Y 6, WHAT DOES Y + 5 EQUAL?

A.3

B. 3

C. 7

D. 5

E. 2

35. IF A + B = X + Y, WHAT WILL BE THE VALUE OF AB?

A. ax

B. by

C. xy

D. ab

E. xy

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36. FIND OUT THE NEXT NUMBERS IN A SEQUENCE OF 3, 6, 11, 18

A. 24

B. 25

C. 26

D. 27

E. 28

37. FIND OUT THE VALUE OF 2A + 2B IF A + 2B = 6 AND A + B = 10.

A. 1

B. 4

C. 20

D. 6

E. 20

38. THE FIRST 100 COPIES OF A BOOK COST TK X EACH. AFTER THE FIRST 100 COPIES HAVE BEEN PRINTED,
EXTRA COPIES COST TK X/10 EACH.

HOW MUCH TAKA WOULD BE REQUIRED TO PRINT 300 COPIES

OF THE BOOK?

A. 120x

B. 140x

C. 150x

D. 160x

E. 200x.

39. DISTRIBUTE 6000 ITEMS AMONG 2 GIRLS, 5 BOYS AND 3 MEN IN SUCH A WAY THAT A BOY WILL GET
TWICE THE ITEMS A GIRL GETS AND A MEN WILL GET THRICE OF WHAT A BOY GETS. HOW MANY ITEMS

2 MEN WILL GET?

A. 200

B. 2400

C. 1200

D. 4800

E. 1000

40. MACHINE A FILLS 120 BOTTLES IN EVERY 40 SECONDS AND MACHINE B FILLS 100 BOTTLES IN EVERY
20 SECONDS. IF THE TWO MACHINES RUN SIMULTANEOUSLY FILL, HOW MANY SECONDS WILL IT TAKE
TO PRODUCE A TOTAL OF 200 BOTTLES?
A. 20

B. 22

C. 25

D. 28

E. 32

C. 2.5

D. 0.1

E. 0.25

41. IF (7.5/.5+X)=10, THEN X =

A. 0.3

B. 0.5

42. ABC IS AN ISOSCELES TRIANGLE. ITS TWO SIDES AB

AND

AC

ARE EQUAL TO ONE ANOTHER AND

BAC = 20 DEGREE. THE BASELINE BC IS EXTENDED UPTO D. OF HOW MANY DEGREES IS THE ANGLE
ACD?
A. 80 degree B. 100 degree C. 90 degree

D. 110 degree E. 120d degree

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43. IF THE TOTAL SALARY EXPENSE OF A COMPANY IN YEAR Y WAS TK. 84,000, WHICH WAS 20% MORE
THAN IN YEAR X, WHAT WAS THE TOTAL SALARY EXPENSE IN TAKA IN YEAR X?

A. 64,000

B. 68,320

C. 70,000

D. 60,000

E. 52,320

44. IF A > B > C, THEN WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS TRUE?

A. a b < b c

B. a c > a b C. a + b = b + c D. a c < a b

E. a + b > 2a

45. WHAT PERCENT OF 3/4 IS 1/4 OF 3/5?

A. 15%

B. 20%

C. 33 1/3%

D. 75%

E. 80%

46. BETWEEN TWO CONSECUTIVE NUMBERS IF ONE-FOURTH OF THE SMALLER ONE EXCEEDS THE ONE-FIFTH
OF LARGER ONE BY 3, FIND OUT THE NUMBERS.

A. 64 & 65

B. 60 & 61

C. 44 & 45

D. 40 & 41

E. 20 & 21

47. IN HOW MANY WAYS CAN 4 BANGLADESHIS AND 4 AMERICANS BE SEATED AT A ROUND TABLE SO
THAT NO TWO BANGLADESHIS MAY BE TOGETHER?
A. 104

B. 124

C. 134

D. 144

E. 154

48. IN THE FINAL EXAMINATION 20% STUDENTS FAILED IN MATH AND 25% STUDENTS FAILED IN BANGLA.
FIFTEEN PERCENT STUDENTS FAILED IN BOTH BANGLA

AND

MATH. IF 28 STUDENTS PASSED IN BOTH

BANGLA AND MATH, WHAT IS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS?

A. 40

B. 12

C. 30

D. 56

E. 80

49. ALI LIVES 4 KM NORTH OF SCHOOL AND MOSHI LIVES 3 KM EAST OF SCHOOL. A STRAIGHT ROAD IS
MADE BETWEEN ALIS HOUSE AND MOSHIS HOUSE. IF THE COST OF ROAD IS TAKA 100,000 PER KM,
WHAT IS TOTAL COST OF CONSTRUCTING THE ROAD IN TAKA?
A. 7,00,000

B. 6,00,000

C. 5,00,000

D. 4,00,000

E. 8,00,000

50. IF P IS LESS THAN Q WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING NUMBERS IS GREATER THAN P AND LESS THAN Q?
A. ((p+q)/2

B. (pq)/2

C. q^2 p^2

D. pq

E. q p
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