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ALGEBRA-1
Solve the following linear equations:-
1) 2x + 3y = 7 4) 2x + 3y = 5
3x – y = 5 6x + 9y = 15
2) x + 5y = 15 5) x – 2y = 4
2x + y = 12 4x – 8y = 15
3) 3x – 2y = 1
4x + y = -6
LEVEL – 1
Formulate the following word problems:-
1) The sum of the ages of Seeta and Geeta is 12. Also, Seeta is twice as old as Geeta.
2) The sum of the length and breadth of a rectangle is 14. Also, the length is 4 less
than twice the breadth.
4) A person has a total of Rs.43 in the form of Rs.2 and Rs.5 coins and the total
number of coins is 13.
5) The hypotenuse of a right angled triangle is 2 more than the second largest side
which in turn is 7 more than the shortest side.
7) The sum of two times a number and three times its reciprocal is 5. Find the
number.
LEVEL – 2
11) If a + b = 10, ab = 25, then find the value of a3 + b3.
1. 200 2. 150 3. 250 4. 300
12) One root of a quadratic equation is 4 more than the other and the sum of the roots
is 14. The quadratic equation is
1. x2 - 14x + 36 = 0 2. x2 - 14x + 40 = 0
2
3. x - 14x + 45 = 0 4. x2 + 14x + 45 = 0
13) The number of positive integer valued pairs (x, y), satisfying 4x - 17 y = I and x <
1000 is:
1. 59 2. 57 3. 55 4. 58
A young girl Roopa leaves home with x flowers, goes to the bank of a nearby river.
On the bank of the river, there are four places of worship, standing in a row. She dips
all the x flowers into the river. The number of flowers doubles. Then she enters the
first place of worship, offers y flowers to the deity. She dips the remaining flowers
into the river, and again the number of flowers doubles. She goes to the second place
of worship, offers y flowers to the deity. She dips the remaining flowers into the river,
and again the number of flowers doubles. She goes to the third place of worship,
offers y flowers to the deity. She dips the remaining flowers into the river, and again
the number of flowers doubles. She goes to the fourth place of worship, offers y
flowers to the deity. Now she is left with no flowers in hand.
14) If Roopa leaves home with 30 flowers, the number of flowers she offers to each
deity is:
1. 30 2. 31 3. 32 4. 33
15) The minimum number of flowers that could be offered to each deity is:
1. 0 2. 15 3. 16 4. Cannot be determined
16) The minimum number of flowers with which Roopa leaves home is:
1. 16 2. 15 3. 0 4. Cannot be determined
LEVEL – 3
21) Ujakar and Keshav attempted to solve a quadratic equation. Ujakar made a
mistake in writing down the constant term. He ended up with the roots (4, 3). Keshav
made a mistake in writing down the coefficient of x. He got the roots as (3, 2). What
will be the exact roots of the original quadratic equation?
1. 6, 1 2. -6, 1 3. 6, -1 4. -6. -1
22) x and y are real numbers satisfying the conditions 2 < x < 3 and – 8 < y < –7.
Which of the following expressions will have the least value?
1. x2y 2. xy2 3. 5xy 4. None of these
23) If x > 5 and y < – 1, then which of the following statements is true?
1. (x + 4y) > 1 2. x > – 4y 3. – 4x < 5y 4. None of these
24) At a certain fast food restaurant, Bakshi can buy 3 burgers, 7 shakes, and one
order of fries for Rs.120. At the same place it would cost
Rs.164.50 for 4 burgers, 10 shakes, and one order of fries. How much would it cost
for a meal of one burger, one shake, and one order of fries?
(a) Rs.31 (b) Rs.41 (c) Rs.21 (d) Cannot be determined
25) A change making machine contains 1 rupee, 2 rupee and 5 rupee coins. The total
number of coins is 300. The amount is Rs.960. If the number of 1 rupee coins and the
number of 2 rupee coins are interchanged, the value comes down by Rs.40. The total
number of 5 rupee coins is:
(a) 100 (b) 140 (c) 60 (d) 150
26) If a car is rented for 5 hours or less the charge is 60 per hour or Rs.12 per km
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 km whichever is more. Akil rented a car from
this agency, drove it for 30 kilometers and ended up paying Rs.300. For how many
hours did he rent the car?
1. 4 2. 5 3. 6 4. none of these
Ten coins are distributed among four people P, Q, R, S such that one of them gets one
coin, another gets two coins, the third gets three coins and the fourth gets four coins.
It is known that Q gets more coins than P, and S gets fewer coins than R.
27) If the number of coins distributed to Q is twice the number distributed to P then
which one of the following is necessarily true?
1. R gets an even number of coins.
2. R gets an odd number of coins.
3. S gets an even number of coins.
4. S gets an odd number of coins.
28) If R gets at least two more coins than S, then which one of the following is
necessarily true?
1. Q gets at least two more coins than S.
2. Q gets more coins than P.
3. P gets more coins than S.
4. P and Q together get at least five coins.
29) If Q gets fewer coins than R, then which one of the following is not necessarily
true?
1. P and Q together get at least four coins.
2. Q and S together get at least four coins.
3. R and S together get at least five coins.
4. P and R together get at least five coins.
30) The price of Darjeeling tea (in rupees per kilogram) is 100 + 0.10n, on the n th
day of 2007 (n = 1, 2, ..., 100), and then remains constant. On the other hand, the
price of Ooty tea (in rupees per kilogram) is 89 + 0.15n, on the nth day of 2007 (n = I,
2, ..., 365). On which date in 2007 will the prices of these two varieties of tea be
equal?
(1) May 21 (2) April 11 (3) May 20 (4) April 10