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Mathematical Quiz

This quiz is designed specially for students to check for their analytical skills.

  • A student is ranked 13th from right and 8th from left. How many total students are there?

(A) 20th (B) 21st

(C) 29th (D) 19th

  • A man walks east and turns right and then from there to his left and then 45 degrees to his right. Finally in which direction is he going?

(A) East West (B) South East

(C) North West (D) none of these

3. A student gets 70% in one subject, 80% in the other. To get an overall of 75% how much should get in third subject?

(A) 60% (B) 70 %

(C) 75% (D) 80%

4. In a journey of 15 miles two third distances was traveled with 40 mph and remaining with 60 mph. How much time the journey takes?

(A) 30 minutes (B) 40 minutes

(C) 20 minutes (D) 25 minutes

  • Judy is now twice as old as Adam, but 6 years ago, she was 5 times as old as he was. How old is Judy now?

(A) 10 (B) 16

(C) 20 (D) 24

  • If 3x = 2(5-2x), then x =?

(A) 10/7 (B) 0

(C) 3/7 (D) 1

  • If a is equal to the sum of b and c, which of the following is equal to the difference of b and c

(A) a-b-c (B) a- b+c

(C) a-c (D) a-2c

  • If a school cafeteria needs P cans of soup each week for each student and if there are Q students in the school, for how many weeks will R cans of soup last?

(A) PQR (B) QR/P

(C) Q/PR (D) R/PQ

  • Yann will be X year old Y years from now. How old was he Z years ago?

(A) X+Y+Z (B) X+Y-Z

(C) X-Y-Z (D) Y-X-Z

  • At Vedic High school each student studies exactly one foreign language. Three-fifth of the students take Spanish and one-fourth of the remaining students take German. If all of the others take French, what percent of the students take French?

(A) 10 (B) 15

(C) 20 (D) 30

  • From 1994 to 1995 the sales of a book decreased by 80%. If the sales in 1996 were the same as in 1994, by what percent did they increase from 1995 to 1996?

(A) 80% (B) 100%

(C) 120% (D) 400%

  • If 25% of 260 equals 6.5% of a, what is a?

(A) 100 (B) 650

(C) 1000 (D) 130

  • In a certain club, the ratio of the number of boys to girls is 5:3. What percent of the members of club are girls?

(A) 37.5% (B) 50%

(C) 60% (D) 62.5%

  • From 1980 to 1990, Abuja's weight increased by 25%. If his weight was k kilograms in 1990, what was it in 1980?

(A) 1.75k (B) 1.25k

(C) 1.20k (D) 0.80k

  • Evan has 4 times as many books as David and 5 times as many as Jason. If Jason has more than 40 books, what is the least number of books that Evan could have?

(A) 200 (B) 205

(C) 210 (D) 220

  • Alison is now three times as old as Jimmy, but 5 years ago, she was 5 times as old as he was. How old is Alison now?

(A) 10 (B) 12

(C) 24 (D) 30

  • If W widgets cost P cents, how many widgets can you get for Q dollars?

(A) 100QW/P (B) QW/100P

(C) 100PQW (D) QW/P

  • If 120% of X is equal to 80% of Y, which of the following is equal to X+Y?

(A) 1.5X (B) 2X

(C) 2.5X (D) 3X

  • If an object is moving at a speed of 36 kilometers per hour, how many meters does it travel in one second?

(A) 10 (B) 36

(C) 100 (D) 360

  • If 2x-y = 4 then 6x-3y =?

(A) 15 (B) 12

(C) 18 (D) 10

Answers

1. (A) 2. (B) 3. (C) 4. (C) 5. (B) 6. (A) 7. (D) 8. (D) 9. (C) 10. (D)

11. (D) 12. (C) 13. (A) 14. (D) 15. (D) 16. (D) 17. (D) 18. (C) 19. (A) 20. (B)

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Comments (1)
#1 by Pradeep Singh, Nov 29, 2007
Nice set of elementary mathematics questions. Good work!!
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