Quantitative Skills

Ratio and Proportion problems

Q1. A birthday party has 18 boys and 22 girls. What is the ratio of boys to girls?

a) 11:9 c) 9:20 e) 20:11

b) 9:11 d) 11:20

Q2. A birthday party has 18 boys and 22 girls. What is the ratio of boys to the total number of
students?

a) 11:9 c) 9:20 e) 20:11

b) 9:11 d) 11:20

Q3. A birthday party has 18 boys and 22 girls. What is the ratio of girls to the total number of
students?

a) 11:9 c) 9:20 e) 20:11

b) 9:11 d) 11:20

Q4. In a car park, there are only Cars (C), Wagons (W) and Motorcycles (M). The ratio C:M is 7:6
and the ratio W:M is 3:2. What is the ratio C:W:M and C:M?
a) 6:4:7 and 6:7 c) 7:6:4 and 7:4 e) 7:6:2 and 7:2
b) 4:7:6 and 4:6 d) 2:3:1 and 2:1

Q5. In a car park, there are only Cars (C), Wagons (W) and Motorcycles (M). The ratio C:M is 7:6
and the ratio W:M is 3:2. If there are 204 vehicles (C+W+M), what is the number of Wagons in
the parking?
a) 72 c) 48 e) 27
b) 84 d) 28

Q6. Trudy has a total of 324 coins in her money box. The ratio of one-dollar coins to 50 cents pieces
to 20 cents pieces is 5:6:7. How many 20 cents coins does she have?
a) 90 c) 126 e) 9
b) 108 d) 18

Q7. Trudy has a total of 324 coins in her money box. The ratio of one-dollar coins to 50 cents pieces
to 20 cents pieces is 5:6:7. How much money does she have?
a) 90 c) 25.2 e) 100
b) 54 d) 169.2

Q8. Graham has goldfish and clownfish in the ratio of 4:7. If he adds 6 more goldfish, he has the
same number of each type of fish. How many fish did he have in the first place?
a) 4 c) 8 e) 22
b) 7 d) 14

Q9. If 5 trucks transport 120 tons of goods in 2 days: How many tons of good will 7 trucks transport
in 3 days?
a) 21 c) 252 e) 400
b) 12 d) 500

Q10. If 20 men can eat 200 kg of wheat in 40 days, then 10 men can eat 300 kg of wheat in how
many days?
a) 3 c) 20 e) 100
b) 40 d) 120

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Q11. In a dairy farm, 40 cows eat 40 bags of husk in 40 days. In how many days one cow will eat one
bag of husk?
a) 1 c) 80 e) 160
b) 40 d) 120

Q12. If 7 spiders make 7 webs in 7 days, then how many days are needed for 1 spider to make 1
web?
a) 1 c) 14 e) 28
b) 7 d) 21

Q13. 4 mat-weavers can weave 4 mats in 4 days. At the same rate, how many mats would be
woven by 8 mat-weavers in 8 days?
a) 8 c) 4 e) 64
b) 16 d) 32

Q14. 40 men can build a wall 4m high in 15 days. How many men will build a similar wall
5m high in 6 days?
a) 40 c) 6 e) 150
b) 15 d) 125

Q15. If 5 men and 3 boys can build a house in 15 days? How many more boys are required to
complete the same job if 2 men refuse to join the work in the beginning?
a) 1 c) 3 e) 5
b) 2 d) 4

Q16. If the ratio of male students to female students in a philosophy class is 3 :5, and there is a total
of 40 students in the class, how many female students are in the class?
a) 8 c) 16 e) 25
b) 15 d) 24

Q17. The ratio of apples, bananas, cantaloupes, and oranges at a fruit stand is 5 : 3 : 2 : 6,
respectively. The total number of these fruits is 64. If 4 cantaloupes are added to the fruit
stand, what is the new ratio of bananas to cantaloupes? (TPR)
a) 1 : 2 c) 1 : 1 e) 2 : 1
b) 2 : 3 d) 3 : 2

Q18. Fred has a jarful of nickels, dimes, and quarters, in the ratio of 2 : 5 : 10, respectively. If the
total value of these coins is $15.50, how many dimes are in Fred’s jar? (TPR) (Penny=1 cent,
Nickel = 5 cents, Dime=10 cents, Quarter = 25 cents)
a) 17 c) 50 e) 155
b) 25 d) 85

Q19. Chris plays solitaire at the constant rate of 3 hands in 20 minutes. How many hands of
solitaire can Chris play in 2 hours? (TPR)
a) 6 c) 12 e) 20
b) 9 d) 18

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Q20. A bottle-capping machine caps 12 bottles per minute. How many minutes does the machine
take to cap 30 bottles? (TPR)
a) 2.5 c) 6 e) 60
b) 5 d) 12

Q21. If 2 men and 1 woman drop out of a certain class, the ratio of men to women in the class would
be 8 to 7. If the current ratio of men to women in the class is 6 to 5, then how many men are
currently in the class?
a) 14 c) 18 e) 22
b) 15 d) 30

Q22. Three friends Alice, Bond and Charlie divide $1105 amongst them in such a way that if $10, $20 and
$15 are removed from the sums that Alice, Bond and Charlie received respectively, then the share of
the sums that they got will be in the ratio of 11 : 18 : 24. How much did Charlie receive?
a) $495 c) $480 e) $360
b) $510 d) $375

Q23. Mary and Mike enter into a partnership by investing $700 and $300 respectively. At the end of
one year, they divided their profits such that a third of the profit is divided equally for the
efforts they have put into the business and the remaining profit is divided in the ratio of the
investments they made in the business. If Mary received $800 more than Mike did, what was
the profit made by their business in that year?
a) $2000 c) $4000 e) $3000
b) $6000 d) $1333

Speed distance and time problems

Q24. Two trains start from the same point and travel in opposite directions. The northbound train
averages 45 mph and starts 2 hours before the southbound train, which averages 50 mph. How
long after the northbound train starts will the trains be 470 miles apart?
a) 4 c) 2 e) 2.5
b) 6 d) 8

Q25. Two boats leave at 7:00 AM from ports that are 252 miles apart and cruise toward each other
at speeds of 30 mph and 26 mph. At what time will they pass each other?
a) 11:00 c) 11:30 e) 12:00
b) 11:15 d) 11:45

Q26. In a cross-country race, Adam left the starting line at 7:00 AM and drove an average speed of
75 km/h. At 8:30, Manuel left the starting point and drove the same route, averaging 90 km/h.
At what time did Manuel overtake Adam?
a) 7:30 am c) 3:00 pm e) 4:00 pm
b) 8:30 am d) 3:30 pm

Q27. In a cycling race, Mary left the starting line at 6:00 AM averaging 25 mph. At 6:30 AM, Peter
left the starting point and traveled the same route at 30 mph. At what time did Peter pass
Mary?
a) 6:30 am c) 9:00 am e) 11:00 am
b) 2:30 pm d) 10:00 am

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Q28. A ski lift carried Maria up a slope at the rate of 6 km/h and she skied back down parallel to the
lift at 34 km/h. The round trip took 30 min. How far did she ski?
a) 51 km c) 51/20 km e) 5/2 km
b) 20 km d) 17/40 km

Q29. At noon, a plane leaves Hawaii for California at 555 km/h. At the same time, a plane leaves
California for Hawaii at 400 km/h. The distance between the two cities is about 3800 km. in
how many hours will they pass each other?
a) 555/3800 hours c) 3800/400 hours e) 955/3800 hours
b) 3800/555 hours d) 3800/955 hours

Q30. Maria and Tom start at the park. They drive in opposite directions for 3 hours. They are then
510 km apart. Maria’s speed is 80 km/h. What is Tom’s speed?
a) 270 c) 90 e) 51/8
b) 240 d) 80

Q31. Kara floats from A to B at 6 km/h. She returns by motorboat at 18 km/h. The float trip is 4
hours longer than the motorboat trip. How far (in km) is it from A to B?
a) 2 c) 6 e) 36
b) 4 d) 18

Q32. A boat traveled downstream 160 km in 8 hours. It took the boat 10 hours to travel the same
distance upstream. What is the speed of the current?
a) 2 c) 16 e) 40
b) 18 d) 20

Q33. When flying with a tailwind, a plane traveled 1200 miles in 3 hours. Flying with a headwind,
the plane traveled the same distance in 4 hours. What is the speed of the wind?
a) 50 c) 350 e) 500
b) 150 d) 400

Work Problems
Q34. It takes 1.5 hours for Tim to mow the lawn. Linda can mow the same lawn in 2 hours. How
long will it take John and Linda, work together, to mow the lawn?
a) 6 c) 6/7 e) 3.5
b) 7 d) 7/6

Q35. An office has two envelope stuffing machines. Machine A can stuff a batch of envelopes in 5
hours, while Machine B can stuff a batch of envelopes in 3 hours. How long would it take the
two machines working together to stuff a batch of envelopes?
a) 8 c) 8/15 e) 1/5
b) 15 d) 15/8

Q36. Mary can clean an office complex in 5 hours. Working together John and Mary can clean the
office complex in 3.5 hours. How long would it take John to clean the office complex by
himself?
a) 11 d) 11
1
3
b) 11.5 2
e) 11
c) 11.25 3

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Q37. It takes 6 hours for pump A, used alone, to fill a tank of water. Pump B used alone takes 8
hours to fill the same tank. We want to use three pumps: A, B and another pump C to fill the
tank in 2 hours. What should be the rate of pump C?
a) 7 c) 24/7 e) 1/8
b) 24 d) 7/24

Q38. A tank can be filled by pipe A in 5 hours and by pipe B in 4 hours, each pump working on its
own. When the tank is full and a drainage hole is open, the water is drained in 20 hours. If
initially the tank was empty and someone started the two pumps together but left the drainage
hole open, how long does it take for the tank to be filled?
a) 1.5 c) 2.5 e) 3.5
b) 2 d) 3

Mixture Problems
Q39. A solution is 10% acid. How much pure acid must be added to 8 L of solution to get a solution
that is 20% acid?
a) 0.5 c) 1.5 e) 2.5
b) 1 d) 2

Q40. How many liters of 20% alcohol solution should be added to 40 liters of a 50% alcohol solution
to make a 30% solution?
a) 40 c) 80 e) 120
b) 60 d) 100

Q41. John wants to make a 100 ml of 5% alcohol solution mixing a quantity of a 2% alcohol solution
with a 7% alcohol solution. What are the quantities of each of the two solutions (2% and 7%) he
has to use?
a) 20 ml and 80 ml c) 50 ml and 50 ml e) 30 ml and 70 ml
b) 10 ml and 90 ml d) 40 ml and 60 ml

Q42. Sterling Silver is 92.5% pure silver. How many grams of Sterling Silver must be mixed to a
90% Silver alloy to obtain a 500g of a 91% Silver alloy?
a) 200g c) 400g e) 600g
b) 300g d) 500g

Q43. A 50 ml after-shave lotion at 30% alcohol is mixed with 30 ml of pure water. What is the
percentage of alcohol in the new solution?
a) 15 c) 18.5 e) 19
b) 16 d) 18.75

Q44. A mixture of raisins and peanuts sells for $4 a kilogram. The raisins sell for $3.60 a kilogram.
The peanuts sell for $4.20 a kilogram. How many kilograms of raisins and peanuts
respectively are used in 12 kilograms of the mixture?
a) 1 kg and 11 kg c) 3 kg and 9 kg e) 5 kg and 7 kg
b) 2 kg and 10 kg d) 4 kg and 8 kg

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Answers:

1 B 12 B 23 E 34 C

2 C 13 B 24 B 35 D

3 D 14 D 25 C 36 E

4 C 15 B 26 E 37 D

5 A 16 E 27 C 38 C

6 C 17 C 28 C 39 B

7 D 18 B 29 D 40 C

8 E 19 D 30 C 41 D

9 C 20 A 31 E 42 A

10 D 21 C 32 A 43 D

11 B 22 A 33 A 44 D

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