Quantitative Aptitude - Arithmetic Ability Questions

One way to deal with fractions is to convert them all to decimals. 

In this case all you would need to do is to see which is greater than 0.5.

Otherwise to see which is greater than ½, double the numerator and see if the result is greater than the denominator. In B doubling the numerator gives us 8, which is bigger than 7. 

48, 54, 63, 81 and 105 are divisible by 3 but not 35.

The given number series 100, 101, 97, 105, 90

100

100 + 1^2 = 101

101 - 2^2 = 97

97 + 3^2 = 106 ( not 105)

106 - 4^2 = 90

Hence, the odd man in the given series is 105.

Given a x a = 12

asked to find a x a x a x a =  (a x a) x (a x a)

a⁴ = a² x a² 

= 12 x 12

= 144.

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