A to Z Exams

From a number of apples, a man sells half the number of existing apples plus 1 to the first customer, sells 1/3rd of the remaining apples plus 1 to the second customer and 1/5th of the remaining apples plus 1 to the third customer. He then finds that he has 3 apples left. How many apples did he have originally?

Three varieties of sugar are priced at Rs 10 per kg, Rs12 per kg and Rs 16.per kg. They are mixed and sold at Rs 12.10 per kg and a profit of 10 per cent is made.The ratio in which these varieties are mixed is

The average age of three boys is 25 years and their ages are in the proportion 3 : 5 : 7. The age of the youngest boy is:

The monthly salaries of two persons are in the ratio of 4:7. If each receives an increase of Rs.25 in the salary, the ratio is altered to 3:5. Find their respective salaries.

The ratio of the present ages of two brothers is 1 : 2 and 5 years back, the ratio was 1 : 3. What will be the ratio of their ages after 5 years?

A father’s age is 4 times the age of his elder son and 5 times the age of his younger son. When the elder son lived to three times his present age, then father’s age will exceed his younger son’s age by 3 yrs. What is the age of the father?

In a bag, there are coins of 25 p, 10 p and 5 p in the ratio of 1 : 2 : 3. If there is Rs. 30 in all, how many 5 p coins are there?

Two friends P and Q started a business investing amounts in the ratio of 5:6. R joined them after six months investing an amount equal to amount Q’s amount. At the end of the year 20% profit was earned which was equal to  98,000. What was the amount invested by R?

In a class, there are 100 students and among them 40 are girls. What is the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls?

If A : B =8 : 15, B : C = 5 : 8 and C : D = 4 : 5, then A : D is equal to:

If 20kg of rice cost Rs.200 less than 80 kgs of wheat. If a kg mixture of rice and wheat is in the proportion 2:3 and cost Rs.15, Find per kg cost of rice in Rs

What is the ratio whose terms differ by 50 and the measure of which is 3 / 5

Mr. Gangadhar, Mr. Ramesh and Mr. Shridhar together earned 19800. The ratio of earnings between Mr. Gangadhar and Mr. Ramesh 2:1 while that between Mr. Ramesh andMr. Shridhar is 3:2. How much did Mr. Ramesh earn?

The average price of three items of furniture is Rs. 15000. If their price are in the ratio 3 : 5 :7, the price of the cheapest item is:

A, B and C shared the profit in a business in the ratio 5 : 7 : 8. They had partnered for 14 months, 8 months and 7 months respectively. What was the ratio of their investments?

Tea worth Rs. 126 per kg and Rs. 135 per kg are mixed with a third variety of tea in the ratio 1 : 1 : 2. If the mixture is worth Rs. 153 per kg, what is the price of the third variety per kg ?

If the number of students appeared from State A in 1997 was more than that in 1996 by 20%, what was the ratio of numbers qualified in the State A in 1996 and 1997 respectively?

A Started a business with 4500 and another person B joined after some period with  3,000. Determine this period after B joined the business if the profit at the end of the year is divided in the ratio 2:1  

The cost of Type 1 material is Rs. 15 per kg and Type 2 material is Rs.20 per kg. If both Type 1 and Type 2 are mixed in the ratio of 2 : 3, then what is the price per kg of the mixed variety of material?

A sum of money is to be distributed among A, B, C, D in the proportion of 5 : 2 : 4 : 3. If C gets Rs. 1000 more than D. What is B’s share?

A,B,C enter into a partenership investing Rs.35,000, Rs.45,000 and Rs.55,000 respectively.The respective shares of A,B,C in an annual profit of  Rs.40,500 are:

337.62 + 8.591 + 34.4 =?

Two whole numbers whose sum is 72 cannot be in the ratio:

x varies inversely as square of y. Given that y=2 for x=1 The value of x for y=6 will be equal to:

A, B and C enter into a partnership. A initially invests Rs. 25 lakhs and adds another Rs. 10 lakhs after  one year. B initially invests Rs. 35 lakhs and withdraws Rs. 10 lakhs after 2 years and C invests Rs. 30 lakhs. In what ratio should the profits be divided at the end of 3 years?

Which of the following fractions is less than 7/8 and greater than 1/3?

In a house, there are dogs, cats and parrot in the ratio 3:7:5. If the number of cats was more than the number of dogs by a multiple of both 9 and 7, what is the minimum of pets in the house?

Seats for Mathematics, Physics and Biology in a school are in the ratio 5 : 7 : 8. There is a proposal to increase these seats by 40%, 50% and 75% respectively. What will be the ratio of increased seats?

The ratio of Gomathi’s and Rashmi’s ages is 3:5 respectively. After ten years this ratio will become 2:3. What is Rashmi’s age in years?

Seats for Mathematics, Physics and Biology in a school are in the ratio 5 : 7 : 8. There is a proposal to increase these seats by 40%, 50% and 75% respectively. What will be the ratio of increased seats?