QUANTITATIVE ABILITY HANDOUT (Siruple Equations) Ref: QAHO3501704 Directions for questions 1 to 28: Select the correct alternative from the given choices. Natasha was. asked to find 4/7" of @ oumber She celoulated 4/17 of the number instead and got fan answet, which was 840 less than the cortect answer. What is the original number? (a) 2600 (@) 2599 (©) 2499 (0) 2737 P,Q and R are consecutive positive even integers Inthe ascending order. Four times R is 4 more than five times P. What is the value of Q? (a) 12 ®) 14 (c) 16 (0) 10 In an organization, two-thids of the employees are softwate professionals and one-fifth of tem ate women. if 240 men ere software professionals, then tho rumbor of omployoos in tho orgsnization (a) 430 (0) 7 (@) 510 (0) 360, Venkat takes 2 hours mote than Vatsa to cover 2 diatance of 600 km, Instead if Venkat doubles his ‘speed, he would reach the destination 4 hours before Vaisa. Find Vaisa’s speed. (A) 100 kmh (G) S0kmine (©) 60 kmihe (0) 120 chr ‘traction becomes 2/9 I ite numerator is Increased by 1 and its denominator by 2 It becomes 34 iP ite “numerator ic meteases by 4 and. the denominator by 5. Find the fraction. 4s @) 35 (©) 57 (@) 27 The number of chocolates with Seoni i 7/9" of tho umber of chocolates with Varsha, If Varsha. has 1V4 chocolates more than Seoni, then find the total ‘umber of chocolates with them, (a) 43 (8) 80 (c) 96 (0) 12 Seven burgers and eight pizzas cost 2780 while {twelve burgors and five pizzas cosi 945. Find the cost of each pizza, (@) 60 () 45 @ ao (0) #50 ‘The cos! of thee penis, ve rulers and seven ‘erasers is 49. The cost of five percils. eight rulers ‘and eleven eracere ie £78, Find the cost of one ‘pencil, one ruler and one eraser. (a) 8 ©) oe (0) Cannot be determined 2. 10. nn. 2. 12. 1“ 15. 16. ‘Tho cos! of three apples, two mengoas and four oranges is 243. The cost of five apples, three ‘mangoes and six oranges Is 266. Find the cost ‘of each apple. @ (8) % Oa (0) Cannot be determines ‘The cost of three pens, five pencils and two books is 68, The cos! of six pens, seven penells end four books is 7121. The cost of nine pens, fifteen pencils ‘and ex boake Ie £204, Fine the cost of each book, (a) 7 eM (©) % {0} Cannot be determined Inthe year 1960, the age. in years, of a person was ‘one-aightyninih of his year of bith, What was the ‘age (in yaars) of the person in 2012? (a) 43 (8) 58 © 7 (0) 54 Five years ago, a man vras five times a8 olf as hi son, Tno years hence, the man will be three times ‘98 old aa his oon. What is the present age of the sman? (in years) (A) 50 veers, (©) 42 years: (8) 95 years (0) 40 years ‘Tho ago of a woman is thrice that of her dauchtor When the woman was 29 years obi, her only son, ‘who is three years younger to her only deughter, ‘was born. What's the present age of her son? (A) 8 yeas (8) 9 years, (©) 10 yoors (0) Vi yoare Find the smaller of two numbers whose sum is 250 and whose difference of seuares Ie 9000. (@) 108 (e) 141 (©) 197 (0) 100 ‘Tho diference between 2 three-digit number and the number formed by reversing its digits is $96 The difference of the hundreds and the units diats is fone less then the sum of the unks and the tens digits, Also, the hundreds digit is twice the units ‘igi. Find the number. (a) 416 (6) 412 (c) 612 (0) 814 A test has 175 questions. A candidate gets 4 marks for each correct answor and loses 2 marks for each ‘wrong answer and loses 1 mark foreach Uunansworsd question A studont scored 405, On analysing his performance he concluded that he had not ettempted 95 questions. How many {questions did he answer wrongly? (a) 30 (6) 25 (©) 20 {0} Cannot be determina © Trumphani insta of Managemart Educetion Pvt Lid (ra), 958, Siitanwety Complex, Pak Lane, Secunderabad 500 G0, All rights reserve No pat of this atrial may be teprodaced,n any frm ar by any means, without permission in ting. ‘This course material i only fr the use of Eensfide stulenis cf Thumphant Instture of Management Education Pvi. Ltd ané its ic jeesanchsees and is not fer sie. 2 pages) (anenanep) (QAHOSSOL7DNI17. In an examination 5" ofthe siuderts who appeared failed by 10 marks end 1/5 of the shadents got 10 marks above the pass metk, Esch of the remaining students got 29 mark above the pase mark Students vo took the exam scored 62 marks on an average ‘The pass mark ie : (a) 64 (8) 66 (2 (0) 86 18. A man had enough money 10 purchase 16 apples {© 10-mangoes. I the man buys four apples an ive mangoes nd is let with 220, then what ie the ference inne prices of an apple and 8 mango? we (0) 3 (ta (0) %6 18, Dneera} hae twlee ae many sisters as ne has brothers. If Deeps, Dheerajs sister has the same ‘umber of brothers as she has sisters, then Dees has how many brothers? wa (4 (9) 3 (0) 6 20. Ninety is divided ino three diferent paris such that the sum of the frst two parts exceeds the sum of the ‘second and the thra parts Sy 18. If the smallest par is 18, then the greatest parts _ (a) 5 (8) 3 (0) 68 (0) Gannot be determines 22 2. 24, 28. |. Atwo-dgk number is such that ts three more than si tino the sum the gt the muna fom by reveang the cits tee lee han ve tes he fur ef re digi what ee tne fhe tube? a2 @) 8 @7 (0) Gamat be deemines A certain proper ‘tection when expressed in the simplest form greater than zero has ts numerator 14 lese than tice the denominator. I tls the least of such proper fractions, what i ts denominator? We ees OS (m7 Solve: 5+ 8) + 6(y—3) =—4 91) 44(y—7) 24 (x21 y=-9 (x= 9.210 © xe5y= @) xe 6.95 sowe: Mig 5.2.8 (x23, (@) xe5ye01 (xeayent (0) xeaye3 IK the system of equations below has infite solutions, tnd k yt hy = 2 TOy andl hn + 24y = 8 (a) 10 @) 16 © 6 (0) Gamot be determine ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR PRACTICE Directions for questions 1 to $: Select the correct alternative from the given choices 1. Ina fourdit pumber, the sum of the dts nthe Unis place and the tens place Is equal tothe sum of the gis in the hundreds ana the thousands places. The sum of the dts in the tens and the hundreds places is twice the sum of the other wo gta fhe eum ofthe cigts of he number ¢ mare ‘nan 20, hen the dt inthe unite place can be ws @7 a OS 2 Beso fs 8 currency wich Is avails only three encminations ~ 1 Beso, 6 Besos and 20 Besos ‘A parson hod to sete ‘a bil hich amounted to 49° Besos. he ses at least "one note of each ‘encenation, in how many ways can he sie the ba? ws 6 7 OB 3 Madhav started playing @ card game. In the frst found he doubled his amount and he gave avay Fp tinses to We ited. Inthe secon ound he tiple ‘he amount aft wth him aller the fist round and ‘gave away 2p rupees to his ied. In the third round Fhe quadrupled the amount left with him after the second round anc gave away p rupees to Nis friena ‘and was finaly lew no money, ithe gave away 2 total of ¢160 to NS tend, then what Was the ‘amount that he stated with? WR] UD (C4 (0) 5 4 ‘Thete are seven cidren standing ina tne, not al of viham have the same number of cakes vith them, IF the fet chid detibuiee hie cakes. among the Femaining six children such that he doubles ther respective number of cakes, then he vl be lft with four cakes, instead, the second chi takes away two cakes trom each of the remaining a chien, then he vl be left with tee less than the number of cakes that the fret child inal Had. What ifthe total number of cakes with the third child the fourth chi. the seventh el? wii ®) 14 Ow O18 (Once in ten years the government of a country courts. all the people living in the country. ‘The following dats about two neighbouring wilages of Bedasansthan and Chotasansthan a8 compiled, Badasansthan hae S114 more males than CChotasanstian. Chotassnsihan has twice as many famales a¢ males, Badasansthan has 3,004 more moles than females, Badasangthan has 5118 females fewer than Chotasansthan The number of females in Badasansthan is. 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