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Math Lecture Sheet 3

NUMBERS: PRACTICE QUESTIONS
. There were 36,000 hardback copies of a certain novel sold before the paperback version was issued. From the time the
first paperback copy was sold until the last copy of the novel was sold, 9 times as many paperback copies as hardback
copies were sold. If a total of 441,000 copies of the novel were sold in all, how many paperback copies were sold?
a. 45,000
b. 350,000
c. 364,500
d. 392,000
e. 396,000
. One third the difference between two numbers is 27. The sum of the greater number and six times the smaller number is
200. Find the smaller number.
a. 12
b. 98
d. 27
d. 17
e. 42
✓ Shortcut: You need to know which value to replace to make your calculation easier.
. The difference between the sum of two numbers and the difference of two numbers is 14. Find the smaller number if the
product of these numbers is 133.
a. 23
b. 7
c. 19
d. 17
e. None of these
. The price of front circle seat in a cinema hall is one third the price of a rear circle seat. The Cinema has only these two
types of seat. When completely sold out, the total receipts from the 600 rear circle seats and the 450 front circle seats are
BDT 4500. What is the price of one rear circle seat?
a. Tk. 2.00
b. Tk. 2.30
c. Tk. 4.00
d. Tk. 6.00
e. Tk. 10.00
. When x is divided by 10, the quotient is y with a remainder of 4. If x and y are both are positive integers, what is the
remainder when x is divided by 5?
a. 4
b. 2
c. 3
d. 5
e. 1
. In the first month of his employment Raiyan spends two fifth of his salary and saves the rest. His salary increases by Tk.
2000 every month. However, his expenditure increases by Tk. 3500. After 2 months, his expenditure per month will be
equal to the amount he will save. After how many months will Raiyan no longer be able to save any money every month
from his salary?
a. 15
b12
c. 25
d. 8
e. 20
. Maksudʼs mom gave him Tk. 87 to buy apples and bananas. Apples cost Tk. 9 per piece and bananas cost Tk. 6 per piece.
If Maksud wants to buy the maximum number of apples under such conditions, how many apples can he buy?
a. 9
b. 4
c. 11
d. 10
e. Canʼt be determined
. Baka went out to buy shirts and pants. The cost of 8 shirts and 7 pants was Tk. 3965 and the cost of 4 shirts and 3 pants
was Tk. 1825. Baka ended up buying 4 shirts, 4 pants and a shoe spending a total of Tk. 2690. What was the cost of the
shoe?
a. 635
b. 220
c. 315
d. 690
e. 550
✓ Shortcut: look for patterns
. Rotna goes to a bookstore to buy old books for her library. In the bookstore, she can buy old books for Tk. 25 each. If she
returns 4 of those old books, she can get another old book for free. If Rotna has Tk. 950, what is the maximum number of
old books she can store in her library?
a. 50
b. 36
c. 40
d. 38
e. 47
. During a cricket match, Shegufta scored a half century in just 38 deliveries. The number of boundaries she hit was two fifth
of the number of over boundaries. She took singles from 12 deliveries and could not score runs from the rest of the
deliveries. How many balls did she fail to score from?
a. 9
b. 12
c. 13
d. 16
e.19
. Arif bought pens of three colors – black, green and red which cost Tk. 5, Tk. 10 and Tk. 15 each. The total amount that Arif
paid was Tk. 205. If Arif bought twice as many green pens as red pens, what is the minimum number of black pens should
he buy?
a. 4
b. 5
c. 6
d. 8
e. None of these
. When dividing a number by 105, Rokon applied the method of short division. He divided the number successively by 3, 5
and 7 (factors of 105) and got remainders 1, 3 and 5 respectively. If he had divided the number by 105, what would have
been the remainder?
a. 21
b. 103
c. 109
d. 78
e. None of these
. A club collected exactly TK. 230 from its members. Each member contributed at least TK. 9. What is the maximum number
of members the club could have?
a. 25
b. 20
c. 15
d. 10
e. None of these.
. If one number exceeds another number by 36 and the larger number is 4 times the smaller number, then the smaller
number is
a. 12
b. 18
c. 24
d. 32
e. None of these
. If 9 is subtracted from three-fourth of a number, the result is 60. Which of the following is the number?
a. 56
b. 92
c. 96
d. 120
e. None of these
. When 30 is divided by a positive integer n, the remainder is n–5, which of the following could be the value of n?
a. 3
b. 4
c. 7
d. 8
e. None of these
. Maksud earns $ 8 per hour on days other than Saturdays and Sundays and one and a half times that rate on Saturdays and
Sundays. Last week he worked a total of 60 hours, including 12 hours on Saturday and 10 hours on Sunday. What were his
earnings for the week?
a. $ 284
b. $ 396
c. $ 456
d. $ 568
e. None of these
. The difference of two numbers is 140. On dividing the larger number by the smaller, we get 6 as quotient and the 15 as
remainder. What is the smaller number?
a. 25
b. 27
c. 29
d. 36
N f th
 e. None of these
. The price of 80 apples is equal to that of 120 oranges. The price of 60 apples and 75 oranges together is TK. 1320. What is
the price of an orange?
a. Tk. 6
b. Tk. 8
c. Tk. 12
d. Tk. 7
e. None of these
. In a group of ducks and cows, the total number of legs is 16 more than twice the number of heads. Find the total number of
cows.
a. 14
b. 12
c. 10
d. 8
e. None of these
. The sum of 5 consecutive even numbers exceeds twice the largest by 68. Find the sum of the next 5 odd numbers.
a. 50
b. 64
c. 72
d. 84
e. None of these
. A number when divided by a divisor leaves a remainder of 36. When twice the original number is divided by the same
divisor the remainder is 17. What is the value of the divisor?
a. 13
b. 59
c. 37
d. 41
e. 55
. A number when divided by 8 leaves a remainder 3. When the square of the same number is divided by 8, the remainder is:
a. 0
b. 1
c. 2
d. 3
e. None of these
. The product of two integers is 216. Their LCM is 6 times their HCF. What is the difference between the two integers?
a. 3
b. 6
c. 10
d. 14
e. None of these
. In a deck of 72 cards, 2/3 cards are red and the rest are black. How many red cards should be removed to ensure 1/3 of the
cards are now red?
a. 24
b. 36
c. 48
d. 12
e. None of these
. In BBA 25th, 3/7 of the students decided they will select marketing as their major subject. 2/5 of the students decided on
finance. The rest 18 of them are yet to decide. What is the highest possible number of finance majors from BBA 25th?
a. 30
b. 42
c. 45
d. 60
e. Cannot be determined
. Let x, y and z be distinct integers. x and y are odd and positive, and z is even and positive. Which one of the following
statements cannot be true?
a. (x - z)2 y is even
b. (x - z)y2 is odd
c. (x - z)y is odd
d. (x - y)2 z is even
e. (x + y)3 z is even
. If two fractions, each of which has a value between 0 and 1, are multiplied together, the product will be-
a. always greater than either of the original fractions
b. always less than either of the original fractions
c. sometimes greater and sometimes less than either of the original fractions
d. remains the same
e. never less than either of the original fractions
. Three numbers are in the ratio of 3 : 4 : 5 and their L.C.M. is 2400. Their H.C.F. is:
a. 30
b. 40
c. 60
d. 80
e. None of these
. x, y &z are consecutive integers. If 0 <x <y <z and (x + y + z) is an odd integer, which of the following could be the value of
z?
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
e. None of these
. a, b, c, d and e are five consecutive numbers in increasing order of size. Removing one of the five numbers from the set
decreased the sum of the numbers in the set by 1/5. Which number was deleted?
a. e
b. c
c. d
d. a
e. b
. Mumbai Sweets Potato Crackers recently launched a campaign. If you return 4 empty packets of chips, you get one packet
of chips free. Nawal bought 10 packs of chips. What is the maximum number of packet of chips she can now get by availing
the offer?
a. 11
b. 12
c. 13
d. 80
e. None of these
. What is the sum of all numbers from -346 to 348 inclusive?
a. 695
b. 685
c. 348
d. 347
e. 0
. If x and y are positive integers and 1/x + 1/y = 1/6, what is the difference between the maximum and minimum value of x?
a. 30
b. 35
c. 42
d. 7
e. 5
. If a is the product of 3 and b, what is (b + 3) in terms of a?
a. a + 3
b. 3a + 3
c. 3(b + 3)
d. (b + 3)/3
e. None of these

SOLUTIONS TO PRACTICE QUESTIONS

. Before the paperback copies were issued, 36,000 hardback copies were sold. So, a total of (441,000 – 36,000) or 405,000
copies were sold (hardback + paperback) after the paperback copies were issued.
Let, the number of hardback copies sold later be x. So, the number of paperback copies is 9x. According to the question,
9x + x = 405,000
Or, 10x = 405,000
Or, x = 40,500
So, the total number of paperback copies sold is 9x = 9 X 40,500 = 364,500.
Therefore, the correct answer is option (c).
. Given that, one-third the difference is 27. So, the total difference is 81.
Let, the smaller number be x. Then, according to the question,
(81 + x) + 6x = 200
Or, 81 + x + 6x = 200
Or, 81 + 7x = 200
Or, 7x = 119
So, x = 17
Therefore, the correct answer is option (d).
. Let, the two numbers be x and y.
According to question,
(x + y) – (x – y) = 14
Or, 2y = 14
So, y = 7
Again, given that, xy = 133
Or, 7x = 133
So, x = 19
Therefore, the correct answer is option (b) as it is the smaller number.
. Let, the price of front circle seats be x.
So, the price of rear circle seats is 3x. According to the question,
600 X 3x + 450x = 4500
Or, 2250x = 4500
So, x = 2
So, the price of rear circle seats is Tk. 6.
Therefore, the correct answer is option (d).
. Here, 5 is a factor of 10. Since, the remainder is 4 when the number is divided by 10, the remainder will still be 4 when
divided by 5. Because, the remainder is smaller than 5, it remains unchanged.
Therefore, the correct answer is option (a).
. Let, Raiyanʼs salary in his first month of employment be x.
According to the question,
x + 4,000 = 2(2x/5 + 7,000)
Or, x + 4,000 = 4(x/5) + 14,000
Or, /5 = 10,000
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So, x = 50,000

Now, let us consider that after y months, Raiyan would no longer be able to save any money every month from his salary.
Then, according to question,
50,000 + 2000y = (2/5) X 50,000 + 3500y
Or, 1500y = 30,000
So, y = 20
Th f th t i ti i ( )
 Therefore, the correct answer is option is (e).
. If Maksud uses all his money to buy bananas and apples, he can buy 9 apples and 1 banana or 5 apples and 7 bananas or 7
apples and 4 bananas which will cost him TK 81.
Since, the question asks for the maximum number of apples,
the correct answer is option (a).
. Here,
(cost of 8 shirts and 7 pants) – (cost of 4 shirts and 3 pants)
= cost of 4 shirts and 4 pants
= Tk. 3965 – Tk. 1825
= Tk. 2140

Again,
(cost of 4 shirts, 4 pants and 1 shoe) – (cost of 4shirts and 4 pants)
= cost of 1 shoe
= Tk. 2690 – Tk. 2140
= Tk. 550
Therefore, the correct answer is option (e).
. She goes to the store with Tk. 950. Each old book costs Tk. 25. So she can buy 950/25 = 38 books. Since, she wants to
keep the maximum number of books in her personal library, she should not return any old book. Because, she would get
only one book upon returning 4. So the answer is 4.
Therefore, the correct answer is option (d).
. She scored 12 runs from 12 deliveries taking only singles. So she scored the remaining 38 runs from boundaries and over
boundaries.
Let the number of boundaries be . So the number of over boundaries will be 2x/5.
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Therefore,
6 + (2/5) 4 = 38
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Or, 30 + 8 /5 = 38
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Or, 38 = 38 × 5
𝑥

Or, = 5
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Therefore she hit 5 over boundaries and 2 boundaries.

So she scored runs in 5+2+12=19 deliveries. So she played 38-19=19 dot balls.
Therefore, the correct answer is (e).
. If he buys 1 green pen and 2 red pens, then it costs him a total of TK. 35. At this rate he can buy maximum numbers of red
and green pens for Tk. 175 (multiple of 35 less than 205). So he can buy 30/5 = 6 black pens with the remaining money.
Therefore, the correct answer is option (c).
. If a number is divided by another number, and again divided by the factors of the second number, in every case the
difference between the divisor and the remainder shall remain same.
In this case, the factors of 105 are 3, 5 and 7. And the remainders when the large number is
divided by 3, 5 and 7 are 1, 3 and 5 respectively. So, the difference in each case is 2.
Hence, when the larger number will be divided by 105, the difference between 105 and the remainder will also be 2.
So, the remainder will be (105 – 2) = 103
Therefore, the correct answer is option (b).
. The number of members in the club will be maximum if each member contributes the minimum amount possible.
If each member contributes TK. 9
Then the number of members will be 230/9 = 25.55
But the number of people has to be an integer. So, the number of members in the club is 25.
Therefore, the correct answer is option (a).
. Let the smaller number be x.
So, the lager number will be x + 36
Therefore,
x + 36 = 4x
Or, 3x = 36
Or, x = 12
Therefore, the correct answer is option (a).
. Let the number be x.
Therefore,
3 /4 − 9 = 60
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Or, 3 /4 = 69
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Or, x = 92
Therefore, the correct answer is (b).
. We take, 3, 4, 7 and 8 as the value of n respectively.
In these cases, when n = 7 we get, we get 5 or (n – 2) as remainder. So the answer is 7.
Therefore, the correct answer is option (c).
. He earns $ 8 x 1.5 = $ 12 per hour on Saturdays and Sundays. He works a total of 22 hours on
Saturdays and Sundays. And a he works a total of 38 hours on the other days of the week. So, his earning is = (22 x 12) +
(38 x 8) = $ 568.
Therefore, the correct answer is option (d).
. Let the smaller number be x.
Therefore the larger number will be x + 140. According to the question,
X + 140 = 6x + 15
Or, 5x = 125
Or, x = 25
Therefore, the correct answer is option (a).
. Let the price of one apple be x and the price of one orange is y.
According to the question,
80x = 120y
Or, x = 1.5y
The price total price of 60 apples and 75 oranges is Tk. 132
Therefore,
60x + 75y = 1320
Or, 90y + 75y = 1320
Or, 165y = 1320
Or, y = 8
Therefore, the correct answer is option is (b).
. Let the total number of cows be C and the total number of ducks be D.
According to the question,
4C + 2D = 2(C + D) +16
Or, 4C + 2D = 2C + 2D + 16
Or, 2C = 16
Or, C = 8
Therefore, the correct answer is option (d).
. The sum of five odd number is always an odd number. So the answer is none of these.
Therefore, the correct answer is option (e).
. Dividing the dividend by the divisor, we get 36 as remainder. However if the dividend is doubled, the remainder is supposed
be 72. Now, if the divisor was larger than 72, then the remainder would have still been 72. As the remainder changes, it
indicates that the remainder was greater than the divisor. And the new remainder is the difference between the old
remainder doubled and the divisor.
So the divisor is = 72 – 17 = 55.
Therefore, the correct answer is option (e).
. Let, the quotient be q after dividing the number by 8. Since, the remainder is 3 when divided by 8, the can be considered to
be (8q + 3). Squaring the number we get,
(8q + 3)2
= 64q2 + 48q + 9
= 64q2 + 48q + 8 + 1
= 8 (8q2 + 6q + 1) + 1
In the expression, the part 8 (8q2 + 6q + 1) is divisible by 8. So, the remainder is 1 when divided by 8 as it is the remaining
part not divisible by 8.
Therefore, the correct answer is option is (b).
. The product of two integers is 216. Therefore, the product of their LCM and HCF is 216. If the
HCF is x, the LCM is 6x. According to the question,
6 2 = 216
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Or, 2 = 36
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Or, x = 6
So, the HCF is 6.

Therefore the LCM is 36.

When we look at the factors of 36, we see that 18 and 12 are both factors of 36 and their product is 216.
So the numbers can be 12 and 18.
Again, the same conditions are satisified by the numbers 6 and 36.
So, we can't state the difference for sure.
Therefore, the correct answer is option (e).
. The number of red cards = 2/3 of 72 = 48
So, the number of black cards = (72- 48) = 24
Let, x red cards are removed so that now 1/3 of the cards are red. Here, the number of black cards remain constant.
So, the 24 black cards now make up 1 – 1/3 of the cards
Or, the 24 black cards make up 2/3 of the cards
Now, 24 is 2/3 of (24 x 3/2) = 36
So, after x red cards are removed, the total number of cards become 36
So, the number of red cards removed is (72 – 36) = 36
Therefore, the correct answer is option (b).
. Here, the LCM of the denominators (7 and 5) is 35
We assume, total number of students in BBA 25th to be 35x
So, number of students who selected marketing, (3/7 of 35x) = 15x
And, number of students who selected finance,(2/5 of 35x) = 14x
So, number of students who are yet to decide, 35x – (15x + 14x) = 35x – 29x = 6x
A/Q, 6x = 18
So, x = (18/6) = 3
So, number of students who selected finance = 14 x 3 = 42
We will get highest possible number of finance majors when all the students who are yet to
decide select finance as major as well. So, the required number is (42 + 18) = 60
Therefore, the correct answer is option (d).
. Let, x = 3, y = 1 and z = 2
Putting the values of x, y and z in all the options we find in option a, (x-z) 2y = (3 - 2) 2 x 1 = 1; which is an odd number.
Therefore, the correct answer is option (a).
. Fractions that have a value between 0 and 1 are all proper fractions. When they are multiplied together, the denominator
keeps increasing which keeps reducing the value.
For example, (1/5 x 1/4) = 1/20
Here, we see after two proper fractions are multiplied, the value of the product is less than either of the original fractions.
Therefore, the correct answer is option (b).
. Let, the numbers be 3x, 4x and 5x.
So, their LCM is = 60x
According to the question,
60x = 2400
So, x = 40
So, the numbers are (3 x 40), (4 x 40) and (5 x 40).
Now 40 also happens to be their greatest common factor (HCF).
Therefore, the correct answer is option (b).
. Here, 0 <x <y </z and they are consecutive numbers.
Again, it is mentioned that (x + y + z) is an odd integer.
This is possible only when both x and z are even and y is odd.
Since both x and z are even numbers and z />x, any even number greater than 2 can be a possible value of z.
Therefore, the correct answer is option (c).
 . Let, a, b, c, d and e are equal to 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 respectively.
So, their sum is (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5) = 15
So, (1/5) of the sum is (15/5) = 3
Therefore, the correct answer is option (b).
. Nawal bought 10 packs of chips.
From the 10 packs, if she returns (2 x 4) = 8 packs, she will get 2 more packs of chips.
Now, if she is left with 4 packs of chips. Upon returning them, she gets one more pack of chips. So, total number of packets
she got = (10 + 2 + 1) = 13.
Therefore, the correct answer is option (c).
. Here, the required sum is (-346 + -345 + ………… + 345 + 346 + 347 + 348) Now, the summation of each number from
-346 to 346 is 0.
So, the required summation is (347 + 348) = 695.
Therefore, the correct answer is option (a).
. Here, x and y are both positive integers and 1/x + 1/y = 1/6
So, maximum possible value of 1/x = 1/7
And, the minimum possible value of 1/x = (1/6 – 1/7) = 1/42
So, the maximum possible value of x is 42 and the minimum value is 7
The required difference is (42 – 7) = 35
Therefore, the correct answer is option (b).
. Here, a = 3b
So, b = a/3
Now, b + 3 = (a/3) + 3
Therefore, the correct answer is option (e).
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