Quantitative Aptitude Simple Equations - 1

14. There are two baskets full of apples. If four apples are
removed from the second basket and put in the first
1. If 2x + 3y = 19 and 3x + 2y = 16, then value of y? basket, then both the baskets will have equal number of
A. 2 B. 5 C. 3 D. 4 apples. If four apples are taken away from the first basket
and put in the second, then the number of apples in the
2. If 2x + 4y - 2(x - y) = 3x + 3y + 6, what is the value of (x first basket will be four more than half of those in the
- y)? second basket. How many apples are there in the first
A. 3 B. -4 C. -2 D. -6 basket?
A. 20 B. 24 C. 28 D. 32
3. The sum of three consecutive integers is 72. What is the
sum of the squares of the first number and the last 15. A's salary is ₹3,000 more than B's salary. Their
number? expenditures are equal but A' savings are ₹1,000 more
A. 1201 B. 570 C. 1236 D. 1154 than twice B's savings. If the sum of their salaries is
₹27,000, what is their total expenditure?
4. The sum of two numbers a equal to nine times their A. ₹22,000 B. ₹20,000 C. ₹18,000 D. ₹24,000
difference. If the larger number is more than the smaller
by 33. What is their sum? 16. P, Q and R have a total of 210 marbles. P has one-fourth
A. 165 B. 132 C. 133 D. 297 of the total number of marbles with Q and R. Q has three
fourth of the total number of marbles with P and R. Find
5. In a fraction, if one is added to the numerator and one is the number of marbles with R.
subtracted from the denominator, it becomes ¼. If two is A. 64 B. 68 C. 72 D. 78
added to the numerator and three is added to the
denominator it becomes ¼. What is the fraction? 17. In a fraction, the denominator is 17 more than the
A. 2/13 B. 3/17 numerator. If 1 is subtracted from its numerator, the
C. 4/12 D. cannot be determined resulting fraction is 2/5. Find the original fraction.
A. 3/20 B. 8/25 C. 13/30 D. 18/35
6. The sum of the two digits of a two - digit number is nine.
If the digits are interchanged, the new number formed is 18. The total cost of making the first 10000 copies of a book
nine more than the original number. What is the original was ₹15510. In order to make the first 3000 copies of it
number? costs ₹9000. To make each, subsequent copy it costs RsZ.
A. 54 B. 18 C. 45 D. 36 Find Z.
A. 0.93 B. 0.89 C. 0.91 D. 0.87
7. In a cash bag, there are a total of fifty six 25 paise and one
rupee coins. If the total amount in the form of 25 paise 19. The tens and units digit of a two digit number were T and
and one rupee coins is Rs35, how many 25 paise coins are U respectively. The digit 4 was placed after it. Which of
there in the bag? the following represents the new number?
A. 20 B. 28 C. 42 D. 56 A. T + U + 4 B. 100(T+U) + 4
C. 100T + 10U + 4 D. 10(T+U) +4
8. Three years age, a man’s age was seven times his
daughter’s age. Two years hence the man’s age will be 20. Find the number of solutions of x and y satisfying 9x +
four times his daughter’s age. What is the daughter’s 11y = 40 and 36x 44y = 120
present age (in years)? A. 1 B. 0 C. 2 D. ∞
A. 6 B. 8 C. 10 D. 12
21. The cost of 3 chairs and 2 tables is Rs1300. the cost of 2
9. There are some horses and some peacocks in a farm. The chairs and 3 tables is Rs1200. find the cost of each table
total number of their heads is 35 and the total number of (in Rs).
their legs is 88. How many peacocks are there? A. 100 B. 150 C. 200 D. 250
A. 26 B. 9 C. 17 D. 18
22. A worker is employed to work for 30 days at Rs120 per
10. The number of solutions for 2x + 3y = 10 and 4x + 6y = day. If he is absent on a particular day he loses Rs30. The
25 are worker earns a total amount of Rs2700 for that period. For
A. 0 B. 2 C. 4 D. infinite how many days was the worker absent?
A. 3 B. 5 C. 8 D. - 6
11. In a given fraction, if five is subtracted from the
numerator, the fraction becomes 1/3. If one is subtracted 23. The cost of three apples, four bananas and five pineapples
from the denominator, the fraction becomes 1/2. What is is Rs50. The cost of six apples, two bananas and ten
the fraction? pineapples is Rs82. What is the cost of two bananas?
A. 14/27 B. 15/31 C. 17/32 D. 16/33 A. Rs15 B. Rs10 C. Rs6 D. Rs8

12. In a two-digit number the units digit is one more than 24. The units digit of a two-digit number is 8 more than the
twice the tens digit. If the sum of the digits is ten, what is tens digit. How many values can the number assume?
the two-digit number? A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
A. 73 B. 46 C. 37 D. 64
25. Bala had some 5-rupee and some 10-rupee coins. He had a
13. A earns twice as much as B but spends thrice as much as total of 5 coins. Find the maximum possible value of all
B. If each of them saves ₹10,000, then what is the income the coins with him (in Rs).
of A? A. 60 B. 55 C. 50 D. 45
A. ₹40,000 B. ₹20,000 C. ₹80,000 D. ₹30,000

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40. The cost of 4 chairs and 5 tables is ₹4100 and the cost of 5
26. The sum of half the number of pens with X and one-fourth chairs and 4 tables is ₹4000. Find the cost of each chair
of the number of pens with Y is 18. Which of the (in ₹).
following cannot be the number of pens with Y? A. 500 B. 300 C. 500 D. 600
A. 68 B. 64 C. 60 D. 76
41. A two digit number is 10 times the sum of its digits. How
27. T is a two-digit number. It is 9 times the sum of its digits. many values can it assume?
How many values can it assume? 9 B. 10 C. 8 D. 7
A. 2 B. 1 C. 3 D. 4
42. In a garage, there are a total of 40 cars and motorbikes.
28. Ganesh and Harish have a total of Rs180 with them. If 4 The total number of tyres of these vehicles is 140. Find
Ganesh gave Rs20 to Harish, he would have Rs20 more the number of cars.
than Harish. Find the amount with Harish (in Rs). 30 B. 35 C. 25 D. 20
A. 70 B. 60 C. 50 D. 80
43. The sum of the digits of a three-digit number is 12. The
29. In a farm, there are a total of 30 cows and hens. Which of middle digit is half of the first digit and one third of the
the following cannot be the total number of legs of cows third digit. Find the middle digit.
and hens? A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
A. 62 B. 66 C. 64 D. 58 44. Five years ago, a man’s age was thrice his son’s age,
fifteen years hence, his age will be twice his son’s age.
30. If x + y - z = 4 and x - y + z = 2, find x. Find his son’s present age(in years).
A. 1 B. C. 3 D. A. 15 B. 25 C. 20 D. 10

45. Mohan and Sohan have a total of 200 marbles between

31. =6+ . Find Z.
them. If Mohan gave 20 marbles to Sohan, both would
A. B. C. D. have equal number of marbles. Find the number of
marbles with Mohan.
32. The total cost of 6 vadas and 5 dosas is Rs80. If each vada A. 110 B. 100 C. 130 D. 120
costs Rs2 less and each dosa costs Rs1 more the total cost
would be Rs73. Find the cost of each dosa (in Rs) 46. Ravi had a total of 12 one - rupee and two - rupee coins.
A. 15 B. 17 C. 13 D. Cannot be determined. The total worth of the coins was ₹20. Find the number of
₹2 coins he had.
33. Mr. X divides his property worth Rs24 lakhs among his A. 8 B. 6 C. 5 D. 7
three sons A, B and C. The share of B was the average of
the shares of the other two. Find B's share (in Rslakhs). 47. The total cost of 2 pens and 3 erasers is ₹17. If the cost of
A. 9 B. 8 C. 6 D. 12 each pen was ₹4 more and that of each eraser was ₹2 less,
the total cost would increase by ₹2. Find the cost of each
34. Ten years hence, a man's age will be 10 years more than pen (in ₹)
twice his son's age. How many years hence will the man A. 3 B. 2 C. 4 D. Cannot be determined
be twice his son's age?
A. 20 B. 40 C. 15 D. Cannot be determined 48. If (y + 2)² - (y - 2)² = 2, then find the value of y.
A. ½ B. 1/8 C. ¼ D. 1/16
35. X told Y, "I am five times as old as you were when I was
as old as you are." Find the ratio of the present ages of X 49. Ravi had a total of 12 ₹1 coins and ₹2 coins. The total
and Y. value of ₹2 coins with him was ₹12 more than that of ₹1
A. 5: 3 B. 2: 1 C. 7: 5 D. 3: 1 coins with him. Find the number of ₹2 coins with him.
A. 6 B. 8 C. 4 D. 10
36. Mr. Ram had three sons. He divided a sum of Rs1200
among them. The share of the eldest son was 5/7th of the 50. Each of P and Q has some marbles. The sum of thrice the
combined share of the other two. Find the share of the number of marbles with P and the number of marbles
eldest son (in Rs).
A. 600 B. 550 C. 500 D. 450 with Q is 24. Which of the following can be the
number of marbles with P?
37. In a fraction, the numerator is 13 more than the A. 9 B. 8 C. 10 D. 7
denominator. If 8 is added to its denominator, it would
become 5/4. Find the original fraction.
A. 24/11 B. 35/22 C. 30/17 D. 25/12

38. To make the first 1500 copies of a book it cost ₹3000. In

order to make each subsequent copy it costed ₹y. It cost a
total of ₹7980 to make the first 7500 copies. Find y.
A. 0.83 B. 0.91 C. 0.79 D. 0.87

39. Find the number of solutions of x and y satisfying 5x+7y

24 and 15x + 21y = 72.
A. ∞ B. 2 C. 1 D. 0

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