Quantitative Aptitude - Arithmetic Ability Questions

Q:

A salesman gets commission on total sales at 9%. If the sale is exceeded Rs.10,000 he gets an additional commission as bonus of 3% on the excess of sales over Rs.10,000. If he gets total commission of Rs.1380, then the bonus he received is:

A) Rs.180 B) Rs.120
C) Rs.480 D) data insufficient
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Rs.120

Explanation:

Commission up to 10000 = 10000x9100 = 900 

 

Again after 10000, 

 

              Commission    :   Bonus 

                           9       :   3 

                         3x        :   x

 

 Therefore,   Bonus = 1380-900×14 = Rs. 120

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Q:

Find the angle between the hour hand and the minute hand of a clock when the time is 3.25

A) 47.5 degrees B) 57.5 degrees
C) 45.5 degrees D) 55.5 degrees
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 47.5 degrees

Explanation:

At 3 O'clock, Minute hand is at 12 while the Hour hand is at 3. Again the minute hand has to sweep through ( 30 x 5 ) ie 150° for reaching the figure 5 to show 25 mins. 

Simultaneously the Hour hand will also rotate for 25 mins. Thus starting from the mark, 3 the hour hand will cover an angle = (25 x 30) / 60 = 12.5° 

Hence, Angle between Hour and the Minute hand = ( 60 - 12.5 ) = 47.5°

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Q:

Find the odd man out?

28, 12, 4, 2, -2

A) -2 B) 2
C) 12 D) 28
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 2

Explanation:

Here the given series 28, 12, 4, 2, -2 follows a pattern that

 

28 28 - 24 = 28 - 16 = 1212 - 23 = 12 - 8 = 44 - 22 = 4 - 4 = 0 (NOT 2)0 - 21 = 0 - 2 = -2

 

Hence, the odd man in the given series is 2.

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Q:

If 4 (A's capital) = 6 (B's capital) = 10 (C's capital), then out of a profit of Rs. 4650, C will receive ____

A) Rs.700 B) Rs.800
C) Rs.900 D) Rs.1000
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Rs.900

Explanation:

Let 4A = 6B = 1OC = k. Then, A = k/4, B = k/6,  and C =k/10 .

 

A : B :C = k/4 : k/6 : k/10 = 15 : 10 : 6.

 

Hence, C's share (4650 *  6/31) = Rs, 900.

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Q:

If z = 6 - 2√3, then find the value of (z - 1z)2.

 

A) 102 - 4634 B) 102 - 4632
C) 102 - 46324 D) 12 - 46324
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 102 - 46324

Explanation:
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Q:

A watch which gains uniformly ,is 5 min,slow at 8 o'clock in the morning on sunday and it is 5 min 48 sec.fast at 8 p.m on following sunday. when was it correct?

A) 7pm on wednesday B) 20 min past 7pm on wednesday
C) 15min past 7pm on wednesday D) 8pm on wednesday
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 20 min past 7pm on wednesday

Explanation:

This sunday morning at 8:00 AM, the watch is 5 min. Slow, and the next sunday at 8:00PM it becomes 5 min 48 sec fast.  The watch gains 5+54860 min in a time of  (7×24)+12 = 180 hours. 

 

To show the correct time, it has to gain 5 min.

 

545min180hours

5min ->

5542×180

 

8313hrs=72hrs+1113hrs=3days+11hrs+20min

 

So the correct time will be shown on wednesday at 7:20 PM

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Q:

133of 166of133of166 of 10000 of a number will be what percentage of that number?

 

A)  2.32 B)  1.32
C)  0.232 D) 0.0232
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A)  2.32

Explanation:
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Q:

Of the following, which is greater than ½ ?

Indicate ALL such fractions.

A) 2/5 B) 4/7
C) 4/9 D) 5/11
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 4/7

Explanation:

One way to deal with fractions is to convert them all to decimals. 

In this case all you would need to do is to see which is greater than 0.5.

Otherwise to see which is greater than ½, double the numerator and see if the result is greater than the denominator. In B doubling the numerator gives us 8, which is bigger than 7. 

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