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Math Model Test # 03

Problems & Solutions
By: Sultan Mahmud

01. If the selling price of 10 apples is equal 07. a < b < 0; Quantity P = ab/a and Quantity
to the cost of 8 apples, what is the loss Q = ab/b. Which of the following is correct?
margin?
a. Quantity P is greater
a. 20% b. 15%
b. Quantity Q is greater
c. 10% d. 25%
c. Quantity P = Quantity Q
02. What annual rate of interest was paid if
d. The relationship is indeterminate
Tk. 60000 becomes Tk. 63600 in 3 years?
08. The square of the sum of A and B is 16
a. 20% b. 10%
where A > 0 and B > 0. If C = 5 then find the
c. 5% d. 2% average of A, B and C.

03. The ratio of 1/7 to 1/105 is a. 7 b. 3

a. 1 : 735 b. 1 : 15 c. 4.5 d. 2.33

c. 15 d. 7 : 1/105 09. If x² = 144, then which of the followings

may have the maximum value?
04. 250 divided by what number gives 20%?
a. 10-x b. x-10
a. 50 b. 500
c. x-2 d. x
c. 1250 d. 5000
10. The ratio between two adjacent sides of
05. Rahat walked 20 meters in first five
a parallelogram is 4 : 5. If its perimeter is 45
seconds and another 30 meters in the next
cm then find the length of the longest side
five seconds. His overall speed in KMPH is:
of the parallelogram.
a. 5 b. 25
a. 25 cm b. 16 cm
c. 18 d. 90
c. 12.5 cm d. 10 cm
06. Mouse A can eat 20 cakes in 1 hour
11. If an item is sold for Tk. 500, the seller
while Mouse B can eat 5 cakes in 30
makes 25% profit. How much will be the
minutes. How much time will they together
seller's profit if he sells the product at 10%
take to eat a stock of 30 cakes?
Discount?
a. 30 minutes b. 1 hour
a. No profit b. Tk. 20
c. 2 hours d. 2 hrs 30 minutes
c. Tk. 50 d. Tk. 100
12. Find the next letter: O, T, T, F, F, S, S, ___ speak neither. What percentage of them can
speak both Spanish and French?
a. O b. E
a. 0% b. 15%
c. A d. Q
c. 30% d. 60%
13. When 14 is subtracted from a number,
the resulting number is 4/5th of the original 17. Your doctor gives you five pills to take
number. Find the original number one for every three hours. How long does it
require to take all the pills?
a. 56 b. 140
a. 03 ours b. 12 hours
c. 70 d. 42
c. 15 hours d. 6.5 hours
14. What is the maximum number of
quarter pint cup of cream that can be filled 18. If the operation φ is defined by the
with two 5-gallon cans of cream? [2 pt. = 1 equation aφb = 5a+2b, what is the value of
qt., 4 qt. = 1 gal.] (5a)φ(2b)

a. 64 b. 40 a. a+b b. 5a²+2b²

c. 80 d. 320 c. 25a+4b d. 25a²+4b²

15. There are 100 questions on a 1-hour 19. If 5a - 2b = 0 and b < 5, then which of the
examination. Among these questions, 20 are following must be true?
mathematics problems. It is suggested that
a. a < -2 b. a < 2
twice as much time be spent on each math
problem as for each other question. How c. a > 2 d. a > -2
many minutes should be spent on
20. If x-2 = 0, then (x^5 + x^4 + x^3 + x^2 + 1)
mathematics problems?
=?
a. 36 minutes b. 20 minutes
a. 64 b. 63
c. 45 minutes d. 15 minutes
c. 61 d. cannot be determined
16. In a group of 20 students, 10 can speak
Spanish, 10 can speak French but 3 can
 Solutions

01. Suppose, the SP of 1 apple = Tk. x. So, Quantity P is greater. (a)

So, the SP of 10 apples = Tk. 10x 08. (A+B)² = 16

So, the cost of 8 apples = Tk. 10x A+B = 4

The cost of 1 apple = Tk. 10x÷8 = Tk. 1.25x A+B+C = 4+5 = 9

Loss from selling each apple = Tk. (1.25x-x) = (A+B+C)/3 = 9/3 = 3. (b)
0.25x
09. x² = 144
Loss percentage = 0.25x/1.25x = 20%. (a)
=> x = ±12 = 12 or -12.
02. Interest earned in 3 years = Tk. (63600-60000)
a. 10- ±12 = 22 or -2
= Tk. 3600
b. ±12 - 10 = 2 or -22
Rate of interest = 3600/(60000×3) = 2%. (d)
c. ±12 - 2 = 10 or -14

d. 12 or -12
03. 1/7 : 1/105 = (1/7)/(1/105) = 105/7 = 15. (c)
option (a) has the highest value. (a)
04. 250 divided by x = 20%
10. Suppose, the lengths of two sides of the
or, 250/x = 20/100
parallelogram are 4x and 5x respectively.
or, 20x = 100×250
So, the perimeter = 2(4x+5x) = 18x
or, x = 1250. (c)
So, the length of the longest side is = 45 cm ×
05. Total Distance = 20+30 m = 50 m 5x/18x = 12.5 cm. (c)

Total time = 5+5 s = 10 s 11. Cost of the item = Tk. 500 × 100/125 = Tk. 400.

Overall speed = 50/10 mps = 5 mps = 5 × 18/5 At 10% discount, selling price = Tk. 500 - (10% of
kmph = 18 kmph (c) 500) = Tk. 450.

06. A can eat in 1 hr = 20 cakes Profit = Tk. (450-400) = Tk. Tk. 50. (c)

B can eat in 1 hr = 5×60/30 = 10 cakes 12. The letters are the first Letters of One, Two,
Three, Four .... .
So, together they can eat 20+10 = 30 cakes in 1
hour. (b) Next number is Eight. So, the letter is E. (b)

07. Quantity P = ab/a = b 13. Suppose, the number is x.

Quantity Q = ab/b = a So, x - 4x/5 = 14

And, given, a < b x/5 = 14

x = 70. (c)
14. Two 5-gallon = 2×5 gal = 10 gal = 10×4×2 pt. = So, total time required = 3×4 = 12 hours. (b)
80 pt = 80×4 quarter pt. = 320 quarter pt. (d)
18. According to the question,

(1st term) φ (2nd term) = 5×(1st term) + 2×(2nd

15. Suppose, for each non-math question, a term)
candidate should spend = x minutes
So, (5a)φ(2b) = 5×(5a) + 2×(2b) = 25a+4b. (c)
So, for each math problem, the candidate should
19. Here, 5a - 2b = 0
spend = 2x minutes.
or, 2b = 5a
So, (2x×20) + 80x = 60
or, b = 5a/2
120x = 60
As b < 5, we can write,
x = 1/2
5a/2 < 5
So, total time for math problems = 2x × 20 = 2/2 ×
20 = 20 minutes. (b) a < 2 (c)

16. Total = Spanish + French - Both + Neither 20. Given, x-2 = 0

20 = 10 + 10 - Both + 3 or, x = 2
Both = 3 So, (x^5 + x^4 + x^3 + x^2 + 1) = 32+16+8+4+1 = 61
(c)
Percentage = 3/20 = 15% (b)

17. There will be 4 intervals in taking 5 pills. The

length of each interval is 3 hours.