Quantitative Aptitude - Arithmetic Ability Questions

A box weighs 8.5 kg when full of sand and weighs 5.5 kg when it is half filled with sand . Weight of the empty box is

A company, at the time of inflation reduced the staff in the ratio 5 : 3 and average salary per employee is increased in the ratio 7 : 8. By doing so, the company saved Rs 55000. What was the initial expenditure (in Rs) of company?

Slope of the side DA of the rectangle ABCD is 5/3. What is the slope of the side AB?

The average age of a class of 39 students is 15 years. If the age of the teacher is included, then the average increases by 3 months. Find the age of the teacher.

Three categories of employees get wages in the ratio of 1 : 2 : 3. If they get increments of 5%, 10% and 15% respectively, what will be the new ratio of their wages?

If A = 400 and B = 600, then A is how much percentage less than B?

In the following question, select the odd word pair from the given alternatives.

If a person walks at 12 km/hr instead of 10 km/hr, he would have walked 1 km more in the same time. What is the actual distance (in kms) travelled by him at 10 km/hr in the same time?