Quantitative Aptitude - Arithmetic Ability Questions

Q:

Insert the missing number.

7, 26, 63, 124, 215, 342, (....)

A) 391 B) 421
C) 481 D) 511
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 511

Explanation:

Numbers are (23 - 1), (33 - 1), (43 - 1), (53 - 1), (63 - 1), (73 - 1) etc.

So, the next number is (83 - 1) = (512 - 1) = 511.

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Q:

Simplify  

1.53 + 4.73 + 3.83 - 3 x 1.5 x 4.7 x 3.81.52 + 4.72 + 3.82 - 1.5 x 4.7 - 4.7 x 3.8 - 1.5 x 3.8

A) 6 B) 8
C) 10 D) 12
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 10

Explanation:

Apply a3 + b3 + c3 - 3abca2 + b2 + c2 - ab - bc - ca = a + b + c

 

Hence the answer is  1.5 + 4.7 + 3.8 = 10.

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Q:

In an election between two candidates, one got 55% of the total valid votes, 20% of the votes were invalid. If the total number of votes was 7500, the number of valid votes that the other candidate got, was :

A) 2500 B) 2700
C) 2900 D) 3100
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 2700

Explanation:

Total number of votes = 7500 

Given that 20% of Percentage votes were invalid

 => Valid votes = 80%

 Total valid votes = 7500*(80/100) 

1st candidate got 55% of the total valid votes. 

Hence the 2nd candidate should have got 45% of the total valid votes 

=> Valid votes that 2nd candidate got = total valid votes x (45/100) 

7500*(80/100)*(45/100) = 2700

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Q:

Find the odd man out.

41, 43, 47, 53, 61, 71, 73, 81

A) 41 B) 61
C) 71 D) 81
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 81

Explanation:

Each of the numbers except 81 is a prime number.

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A and B invest in a business in the ratio 3 : 2. If 5% of the total profit goes to charity and A's share is Rs. 855, the total profit is :

A) 500 B) 1000
C) 1500 D) 2000
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 1500

Explanation:

Let the total profit be Rs. 100.

 

 

 

After paying to charity, A's share  = (95*3/5) = Rs. 57.

 

 

 

If A's share is Rs. 57, total profit = Rs. 100.

 

 

 

If A's share is Rs. 855, total profit  = (100/57*855) = 1500.

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Q:

If the length of the diagonal of a square is 20cm,then its perimeter must be

a. 402cm     b. 302cm    c. 10cm    d. 152cm

A) a B) b
C) c D) d
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) a

Explanation:

We know that d=√2s 

Given diagonal = 20 cm 

=> s = 20/2 cm

Therefore, perimeter of the square is 4s = 4 x 20/2 = 402   cm.

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Q:

Find the odd man out.

6, 9, 15, 21, 24, 28, 30

A) 28 B) 21
C) 24 D) 30
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 28

Explanation:

Each of the numbers except 28, is a multiple of 3.

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Q:

Find the odd man out?

396, 462, 572, 427, 671, 264.

A) 671 B) 462
C) 427 D) 264
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 427

Explanation:

Here the given series is 396, 462, 572, 427, 671, 264.

In all the terms, the middle digit is the sum of first and third digit except 427.

 

So the Odd number in the given series is 427.

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