Arithmetical Reasoning Questions

Q:

In a class of students, if 1 is absent rest of people can be divided into 6 equal parts and if 2 are absent rest of them are divided into 7 equal parts, how many students are present in the class ?

A) 28 B) 19
C) 57 D) 37
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 37

Explanation:

Let the number of students in the class be 'x'.
Given if 1 is absent rest of people can be divided into 6 equal parts i.e (x-1)/6.........(1)
And given if 2 are absent rest of people can be divided into 7 equal parts i.e (x-2)/7.....(2)
From (1)&(2), we get
x-1/6 = ((x-2)/7) + 1
=> x = 37.

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Q:

How many number of weights do you need to weight 31 kg of Rice if you have one kg of weight stone ?

A) 3 B) 5
C) 7 D) 9
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 5

Explanation:

There are total 5 ways.
we have only one kg of weight so,
2kg = 1kg + 1kg
4kg = 1 + 2 + 1
8kg = 1 + 2 + 4 + 1
16kg = 1 + 2 + 4 + 8 + 1
31kg = 1 + 2 + 4 + 8 + 16
So 5 weights are needed.

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Q:

A plane is an undefined term because it

A) is a flat surface that extends indefinitely in all directions B) is where other geometric shapes can be constructed
C) is described generally, not using a formal definition D) can be named using three noncollinear points
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) is described generally, not using a formal definition

Explanation:

In geometry, we can define plane as a flat surface with no thickness.

The surface extends with no ends.

A plane does not have any edges even if we draw it on paper with edges, it does't mean it has edges.

 

Hence, A plane is an undefined term because it is described generally, not using a formal definition.

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Q:

How many rectangles can be drawn with 36 cm as the perimeter, given that the sides are positive integers in cm?

A) 8 B) 9
C) 10 D) 11
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 9

Explanation:

Perimeter = 36


⇒ 2 ( l + w ) = 36


⇒ l + w = 18


Since length and width are positive integers in centimeters.

Therefore, possible dimensions are :


( 1, 17 )cm , ( 2, 16 ) cm , ( 3, 15 ) cm, (4 , 14) cm, ( 5,13) cm, ( 6, 12) cm , ( 7, 11) cm, ( 8, 10 ) cm, ( 9, 9) cm.


Hence, there are 9 rectangles.

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Q:

Multiplicative inverse of 0

A) 0 B) 1
C) infinity D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) None of the above

Explanation:

In the real numbers, zero does not have a reciprocal because no real number multiplied by 0 produces 1 (the product of any number with zero is zero).

 

Hence, 0 doesn't have any multiplicative inverse.

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Q:

The arithmetic mean of the following numbers 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6 and 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7 is   ?

A) 6 B) 9
C) 7 D) 5
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 5

Explanation:

Arithmatic mean = sum/members 

=> (1x1 + 2x2 + 3x3 + 4x4 + 5x5 + 6x6 + 7x7) / (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7)

=> 140/28 = 5

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Q:

A group of 1200 persons consisting of boys and girls is travelling in a Bus. For every 15 boys there is one girl. The number of girls in the group is ?

A) 60 B) 65
C) 70 D) 75
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 75

Explanation:

If there are x girls, then
x + 15x = 1200
16x = 1200
x= 1200/16 = 75

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Q:

In the given numbers, if in each number first digit is replaced by the third digit, second digit is replaced by the first digit and third digit is replaced by the second digit then which number will be the biggest ?

653   749   872   933   541

A) 933 B) 872
C) 749 D) 653
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 749

Explanation:

From the given data,

EXP.

Largest number = 974

Therefore, the required number is 749.

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