Quantitative Aptitude - Arithmetic Ability Questions

Q:

Which of the fallowing is not a leap year?

A) 2000 B) 2008
C) 2009 D) 2012
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 2009

Explanation:

Leap year means the year that can be divisible by 4. From the above options 2009 is not divisible by 4. So it is not a leap year.

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Q:

28?+1426=34 of 2872

A) 576 B) 676
C) 1296 D) 1444
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 676

Explanation:

Let 28x+1426=3×718

 

Then 28x=2154-1426 

 

28x=728 x=26

 

x=676

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Q:

$10,000 face value strip bond has 15 years remaining until maturity. If the prevailing market rate of return is 6.5% compounded semiannually, what is the fair market value of the strip bond?

A) 1710.29 B) 2710.29
C) 3710.29 D) 4710.29
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 3710.29

Explanation:

i=j/m

n =m(Term) = 2(15.5)  =31

Fair market value  Present value of the face value

 =FV(1+  i)^-n

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Q:

A man reads 3/7 of a book on a day and 2/5 of the remaining, on the second day. If the number of pages still unread are 36, how many pages did the book contain ?

A) 105 B) 101
C) 98 D) 109
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 105

Explanation:

Let number of pages in a book = p

According to questions

p - [3p/7 + (2/5 x 4p/7)] = 36

= p - 23p/35 = 36

=> 12p = 36 × 35

p = 105

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Q:

Two cylindrical buckets have their diameters in the ratio 3:1 and their heights are as 1: 3. Find the ratio of their volumes.

A) 2:1 B) 3:1
C) 4:1 D) 5:1
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 3:1

Explanation:

v1v2=r12×h1r22×h2 

 

d1 = 2r1 and d2 = 2r2 are diameters

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Q:

Joel travels the first 3 hours of his journey at 60 mph speed and the remaining 5 hours at 24 mph speed. What is the average speed of Joel's travel in kmph ?

A) 38 kmph B) 40 kmph
C) 60 kmph D) 54 kmph
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 60 kmph

Explanation:

Average speed = Total distance / Total time.

Total distance traveled by Joel = Distance covered in the first 3 hours + Distance covered in the next 5 hours.

Distance covered in the first 3 hours = 3 x 60 = 180 miles
Distance covered in the next 5 hours = 5 x 24 = 120 miles

Therefore, total distance traveled = 180 + 120 = 300 miles.

Total time taken = 3 + 5 = 8 hours.

Average speed = 300/8 = 37.5 mph.

we know that 1 mile = 1.6 kms

=> 37.5 miles = 37.5 x 1.6 = 60 kms

Average speed in Kmph = 60 kmph.

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Q:

A flagstaff 17.5 m high casts a shadow of length 40.25 m. What will be the height of a building, which casts a shadow of length 28.75 m under similar conditions ?  

A) 14 cm B) 13.5 cm
C) 12.5 cm D) 11.4 cm
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 12.5 cm

Explanation:

Let the required height of the building be x meter

More shadow length, More height(direct proportion)

Hence we can write as

(shadow length) 40.25 : 28.75 :: 17.5 : x
⇒ 40.25 × x = 28.75 × 17.5
⇒ x = 28.75 × 17.5/40.25
= 2875 × 175/40250
= 2875 × 7/1610
= 2875/230
= 575/46
= 12.5 cm

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Q:

Determine the total number of five-card hands that can be drawn from a deck of 52 cards.

A) 2589860 B) 2598970
C) 2598960 D) 2430803
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 2598960

Explanation:

When a hand of cards is dealt, the order of the cards does not matter. If you are dealt two kings, it does not matter if the two kings came with the first two cards or the last two cards. Thus cards are combinations. There are 52 cards in a deck and we want to know how many different ways we can put them in groups of five at a time when order does not matter. The combination formula is used.

C(52,5) = 2,598,960

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