WorksheetsBasic Calculations
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 57mins
A man earns Rs. 20 on the first day and spends Rs. 15 on the next day. He again earns Rs. 20 on the third day and spends Rs. 15 on the fourth day. If he continues to save in this way, how soon will he have Rs. 60 in hand?
on 17th day
on 12th day
on 24th day
on 27th day
Arun can climb a Coconut tree by 1.5 feet by each lift; however he slips 0.5 feet every time he makes the next lift. How many individual lifts he will have to reach the top of the Coconut tree of 18.5 feet?
20
19
18
17
The angles between the hands of a clock when the time is 4:25 am is:
13.5
17.5
18.5
14.5
Difference between two numbers is 9 and difference between their squares is 981. Lowest of the two numbers is:
59
50
40
55
The number of ‘three digit numbers’ which are multiples of 9 are:
99
98
100
101
If the value of A is 20% more than B, then by what percentage is 50% of B more or less than ¾ of A?
50%
33.33%
25%
44.44%
X and Y can do a work in 12 days while Y and Z can do it in 20 days. If Y can do the work alonein 30 days, in how many days can X, Y and Z do the work together?
10
12
8
15
The present age of a mother and son is in the ratio 8:1. The difference in their ages after 3 yearswill be 4 times the age of the son. Find the ratio of their ages 3 years ago?
29:1
8:2
28:1
7:2
The ratio of girls to boys in a class of 60 students is 2:3. If the average age of the girls is 17 years while the average age of the boys is 19 years, find the average age of the students in the class?
18.2
17.5
18.5
17.8
Find the last digit of the number (768)^(abc16)?
cannot determine
2
4
6
The selling price of 5 items is same as the cost price of 6 items. If the percentage mark-up is 10%, find the overall profit percentage?
41%
20%
32%
30%
Find the day of the week on 1st January 2010.
Thursday
Wednesday
Friday
Saturday
In how much time will a train,which is 150 m long and travelling at 90 kmph, cross a platform 100 m long?
12 sec
5 sec
15 sec
10 sec
If x:y = 2:3, y:z = 4:5 and z is 15 more than y, find the value of x.
20
30
40
50
What is the remainder of 1421 * 1423 * 1425 when divided by 12 ?
5
0
11
3
What is the remainder when 211 divided by 3?
1
0
2
3
Yana and Gupta leave points X and Y towards Y and Xrespectively simultaneously and travel in the same route. After meeting each other on the way, Yana takes 4 hours to reach her destination, while Gupta takes 9 hours to reach his destination. If the speed of Yana is 48 km/hr, what is the speed of Gupta?
72 KMPH
32 KMPH
48 KMPH
36 KMPH
Medium A merchant marks his goods up by 75% above his cost price. What is the maximum % discount that he can offer so that he ends up selling at no profit or loss?
75%
42.85%
300%
46.67%
A and B undertake to do a piece of work for Rs. 450. A can do it in 20 days and B can do it in 40 days. With the help of C, they finish it in 8 days. How much should C be paid for his contribution?
180
120
40
60
A report consists of 20 sheets each of 55 lines and each such line consists of 65 characters. This report is reduced onto sheets each of 65 lines such that each line consists of 70 characters. The percentage reduction in number of sheets is closest to:
20
5
35
30
