Quantitative Aptitude - Arithmetic Ability Questions

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Mummy can bake 75 cakes in 15 hours, Mummy and Sister together can bake 120 cakes in 20 hours. How many cakes Sister can bake in 30 hours?

A) 45 B) 30
C) 60 D) 10
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 30

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BE and CF are two altitudes of a triangle ABC. If AB = 6 cm , AC = 5 cm and CF = 4 cm , then the length of BE is

A) 4.8 cm B) 7.5 cm
C) 3.33 cm D) 5.5 cm
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 4.8 cm

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If a retailer offers a discount of 28% on the marked price of his goods and thus ends up selling at cost price, what was the % mark up?

A) 18.25 percent B) 22 percent
C) 38.88 percent D) 28 percent
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 38.88 percent

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Product of three consecutive odd numbers is 1287. What is the largest of the three numbers?

A) 9 B) 11
C) 13 D) 17
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 13

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tan(A/2) is equal to

A) tanA/(1 + secA) B) 1/(cosecA + cotA)
C) tanA/(1 + cosecA) D) 1/(secA + cotA)
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) tanA/(1 + secA)

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If 3 tan θ = cot θ where 0 < θ < π/2, then what is the value of θ ?

A) π/6 B) π/4
C) π/2 D) 1
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) π/6

Explanation:
3tan θ = cot θ 
3tan θ = 1/tan θ
tan2θ = 1/3
tan θ = 1/√3
θ = π/6
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If a - b = 1 and ab = 6, then what is the value of a3- b3?

A) 21 B) 23
C) 19 D) 25
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 19

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The marked price of a book is Rs 4200. The shopkeeper gives two successive discounts of 25% and y% to the customer. If the customer pays Rs 2898 for the book, then what is the value (in percentage) of y?

 

A) 7 B) 8
C) 6 D) 5
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 8

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