Quiz Discussion

The number which exceeds 16% of it by 42 is :

• 1]

  50

• 2]

  52

• 3]

  58

• 4]

  60

• 5]

  None Of These

Connie has a number of gold bars, all of different weights. She gives the 24 lightest bars, which weigh 45% of the total weight, to Brennan. She gives the 13 heaviest bars, which weigh 26% of the total weight, to Maya. She gives the rest of the bars to Blair. How many bars did Blair receive?

• 1] 14
• 2] 15
• 3] 16
• 4] 17
• 5] 18

In an election between two candidates, one got 55% of total valid votes. 20% of the total votes were invalid. The total number of votes were 7500. How many valid votes did the other person get?

• 1]

  3276

• 2]

  3196

• 3]

  3024

• 4]

  2700

Two tailors X and Y are paid a total of Rs. 550 per week by their employer. If X is paid 120 percent of the sum paid to Y, how much is Y paid per week?

• 1]

  Rs. 200

• 2]

  Rs. 250

• 3]

  Rs. 300

• 4]

  None Of These

In a factory there are three types of machine M1, M2 and M3 which produces 25%, 35% and 40% of the total products respectively. M1, M2 and M3 produces 2%, 4% and 5% defective products, respectively. what is the percentage of non-defective products ?

• 1] 89%
• 2] 97.1%
• 3] 96.1%
• 4] 86.1%
• 5] None of these

80% of a smaller number is 4 less than 40% of a larger number. The larger number is 85 greater than the smaller one. The sum of these two number is

• 1] 325
• 2] 425
• 3] 235
• 4] 500

(X% of Y) + (Y% of X) is equal to:

• 1] X% of Y
• 2] 20% of XY
• 3] 2% of XY
• 4] 2% of 100 XY

A customer asks for the production of x number of goods. The company produces y number of goods daily. Out of which z% are units for sale. The order will be completed in :

• 1]

    days

• 2]

  days

• 3]

  days

• 4]

  days

• 5]

  Cannot determined

The ratio 5 : 4 expressed as a percent equals :

• 1]

  12.5 %

• 2]

  40 %

• 3]

  80 %

• 4]

  125 %

A shepherd had n goats in the year 2000. In 2001 the no. of goats increased by 40%. In 2002 the no. of goats declined to 70%. In 2003 the no. of goats grew up 30%. In 2004, he sold 10% goats and then he had only 34,398 goats. The percentage increase of the no. of goats in this duration was :

• 1] 16.66%
• 2] 14.66%
• 3] 11.33%
• 4] 20%