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Fun with Numbers

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Saumya goes to a shopkeeper and wants to purchase some items. If one item costs Rs. 25 and she has only Rs. 472 with her, how much more money does she need to buy 20 such items?

  1. Rs. 25

  2. Rs. 20

  3. Rs. 28

  4. Rs. 30

  5. Rs. 45


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Cost of one item = Rs. 25 Cost of 20 such items = 25 x 20 = Rs. 500 Therefore, Saumya needs 500 - 472 = Rs. 28 more to buy 20 such items.

Among five friends, Shiva has 25 mangoes, Monika has 35 mangoes, Sarita has 40 mangoes, Nidhi has 55 mangoes and Sonika has 53 mangoes. How many more mangoes does Monika need to have as many magoes as Sonika?

  1. 18 mangoes

  2. 35 mangoes

  3. 88 mangoes

  4. 53 mangoes

  5. 60 mangoes


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Monika needs 53 - 35 = 18 more mangoes to have as many mangoes as Sonika.

Mihir had 500 sweets. He gave 375 sweets to his friend Sumit and Sumit gave 275 sweets to his sister Sonika. How many sweets were left with Sumit?

  1. 100 sweets

  2. 225 sweets

  3. 125 sweets

  4. 150 sweets

  5. 200 sweets


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

After giving 275 sweets to his sister Sumit was left with 375 - 275 = 100 sweets.

Sachin, Mohit, Privartan, Saumya and Pritish have 350, 250, 172, 105 and 101 marbles respectively. If Privartan gives all his marbles to Mohit, how many marbles will Mohit have more than Sachin?

  1. 100 marbles

  2. 90 marbles

  3. 82 marbles

  4. 72 marbles

  5. 42 marbles


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

After receiving marbles from Privartan, total marbles with Mohit = 422. Hence, Mohit will have 422 - 350 = 72 marbles more than Sachin.

Richa went shopping along with her three friends. She took Rs. 500 with her. In the market they bought four candies costing Rs. 15 each and then four softies costing Rs. 30 each. While returning home, they hired a auto rickshaw costing Rs. 45 each. How much money is Richa left with?

  1. Rs. 170

  2. Rs. 370

  3. Rs. 230

  4. Rs. 410

  5. Rs. 140


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

Total amount spent on candies = 15 x 4 = Rs. 60 Total amount spent on softies = 30 x 4 = Rs. 120 Total amount spent on auto rickshaw = 45 x 4 = Rs. 180 Amount left with Richa = 500 - (60 + 120 + 180) = Rs. 140

Sachin, Mohit, Privartan, Saumya and Pritish have 350, 250, 172, 105 and 101 marbles respectively. After giving 50 marbles to Sachin, Mohit is left with 200 marbles. How many more marbles does Pritish need to have as many marbles as Mohit?

  1. 80 marbles

  2. 99 marbles

  3. 149 marbles

  4. 145 marbles

  5. 100 marbles


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Marbles required by Pritish to have as many marbles as Mohit = 200 - 101 = 99.

If a person wants to purchase 90 items costing Rs. 25 each, how much money does he need?

  1. Rs. 1125

  2. Rs. 1115

  3. Rs. 2250

  4. Rs. 3250

  5. Rs. 4160


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Total cost of 90 items costing Rs. 25 each = 90 x 25 = Rs. 2250.

Ramani prepared some garlands of flowers. She had 625 flowers to prepare those garlands and used 25 flowers in each garland. How many garlands did she prepare?

  1. 30 garlands

  2. 35 garlands

  3. 25 garlands

  4. 45 garlands

  5. 15 garlands


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Number of garlands prepared by 625 flowers using 25 flowers in each garland = 625/25 = 25 garlands

Farhan played a cricket match with his four friends Sumit, Manish, Prichit and Sohaan. All of them scored 125, 105, 73, 135 and 112 runs respectively.

How many more runs did Manish need to make a century?

  1. 27 runs

  2. 100 runs

  3. 15 runs

  4. 25 runs

  5. 35 runs


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Manish required 100 - 73 = 27 more runs to make a century.

Sohail was suffering from fever. He started taking 3 eggs in a day. How many eggs would be taken by him in 4 weeks?

  1. 84 eggs

  2. 48 eggs

  3. 12 eggs

  4. 10 eggs

  5. 7 eggs


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Total eggs taken in a week = 7 x 3 = 21eggs Eggs taken by Sohail in 4 weeks = 21 x 4 = 84 eggs

Seven members of a family go for a picnic. All of them take some apples in their breakfast. There are 500 apples. If all the members of the family distribute the apples equally among themselves, how many apples are left after the distribution?

  1. 2 apples

  2. 3 apples

  3. 5 apples

  4. 10 apples

  5. 50 apples


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Total number of apples = 500 After dividing 500 by 7, we get 3 as remainder. Therefore, 3 apples are left after the distribution.

Seven members of a family go for a picnic. All of them take some apples in their breakfast. There are 500 apples. If they distribute the apples equally among themselves, how many apples does each member get?

  1. 71 apples

  2. 74 apples

  3. 78 apples

  4. 50 apples

  5. 55 apples


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Total number of apples = 500 Each member gets, 500/7 = 71 apples.

Farhan played a cricket match with his four friends Sumit, Manish, Prichit and Sohaan. All of them scored 125, 105, 73, 135 and 112 runs respectively. What is the total number of runs made by them together?

  1. 400 runs

  2. 450 runs

  3. 500 runs

  4. 550 runs

  5. 600 runs


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

All the five friends made a total of 125 + 105 + 73 + 135 + 112 = 550 runs.

There are 35 branches of a company in Punjab. All the branches have equal number of employees. The total number of employees is 1225 in all the branches. How many employees does each branch have?

  1. Number of employees in each branch = 15

  2. Number of employees in each branch = 25

  3. Number of employees in each branch = 35

  4. Number of employees in each branch = 45

  5. Number of employees in each branch = 55


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Number of employees in each branch = 1225/35 = 35 

There are 35 branches of a company in Punjab. All the branches have equal number of employees. The total number of employees is 1225 in all the branches. If 7 employees from each branch left the job, how many total employees are still working in the company?

  1. Employees still working in the company = 1218

  2. Employees still working in the company = 1110

  3. Employees still working in the company = 895

  4. Employees still working in the company = 980

  5. Employees still working in the company = 770


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Total number of employees still working in the company = 1225 - 245 = 980

 

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