IBA Math Revision Handout
IBA Math Revision Handout
7. If 7x + y = 23, and x+7y = 47, find the value of 19. If -3 < 2𝑥 + 5 < 9, which of the following
x–y CANNOT be a possible value of 𝑥?
A) 4 B) -4 A) -2 B) -1
C) 24 D) -24 C) 0 D) 2
1 1 1
8. Suppose 𝑎2 - 𝑏2 = 𝑐 , 𝑎𝑏 = √𝑐, 𝑐> 0, and 𝑎<𝑏. Then 20. What is the smallest integer that satisfies the
𝑥−6
average value of 𝑎 and 𝑏 is inequality 𝑥 2 −6𝑥−40> 0?
1 1
A) B) A) 0 B) -1
2 2(𝑏−𝑎)
𝑏−𝑎 C) -3 D) -5
C) 2
D) None of these
21. If x2 – 36 > 0, what are the possible value of 𝑥?
3𝑥 3 𝑦−9𝑥 2 A) 𝑥> 6 B) 𝑥< 6
9. Simplify: 𝑥𝑦 2
−6𝑥𝑦 3𝑥(𝑥𝑦−3)
C) 𝑥> -6 D) 𝑥< -6 or 𝑥> 6
A) 𝑥𝑦2 B) 𝑦2
3𝑥 3 −9𝑥 22. 33 - 𝑥 2 ≤ 8𝑥.
C) 𝑦 D) 3𝑥 2 – 9𝑥 A) x ≤ -11, x ≥ 3 B) -11 ≤ x ≤ 3
C) -11 ≤ x ≤ -3 D) 11 ≥ x ≥ 3
10. The square root of 24336 is exactly
A) 152 B) 153 23. 3|x|+2<17, how many integer values of x are
C) 155 D) 156 there?
A) 9 B) 10
4
11. √𝑥 5 . √𝑥 2
5
C) 11 D) 12
A) 𝑥 10/20 B) 𝑥 7/9
1−2𝑥
C) 𝑥 20/10 D) 𝑥 33/20 24. Solve for x: | 3 |< 9
A) 13 <𝑥< 14 B) -14 <𝑥< -13
12. If 2n = 128, then (2n – 1)(5n – 1) = C) -14 <𝑥< 13 D) -13 <𝑥< 14
A) 107 B) 5(106)
C) 106 D) 5(105)
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25. The value obtained by increasing 𝑎 by 5 of its 32. If prices are reduced 25% and sales
increase 20%, what is the net effect on
value is numerically equal to the value
1 gross receipts?
obtained by decreasing 𝑏 by 2 of its value. A) They increase by 5%
Which equation expresses this fact? B) They decrease by 10%
A) 1.2𝑎 = 0.5𝑏 B) 0.2𝑎 = 0.5𝑏 C) They remain the same
C) 1.2𝑎 = 1.5𝑏 D) 𝑎+0.2 = 𝑏–0.5 D) They increase by 10%
26. When the gasoline gauge of an automobile 33. Two students appeared at an examination.
shows 1/8 full, 14 gallons are needed to One of them secured 9 marks more than
completely fill the tank. What is the capacity the other and his marks was 56% of the
in gallons of the gasoline tank? sum of their marks. The marks obtained
A) 15 B) 16 by them are:
C) 18 D) 20 A) 39, 30 B) 41, 32
C) 42, 33 D) 43, 34
1
27. I have to spend of my income on house
1
10
1 34. A candidate who gets 30% of the marks
rent, of the remainder on conveyance 3 of
10 fails by 20 marks, and the other
the further remainder on children’s education candidate who gets 32% of the marks gets
after which I have Rs. 648 left over. My 10 marks more than passing marks. Find
income is? the maximum marks?
A) 12,000 B) 1,200 A. 200 B. 1500
C) 1,250 D) 2,400 C. 150 D. 2500
28. To convert Centigrade to Fahrenheit, the 35. The % of water in 20 liters of adulterated
9
formulas used in F= C + 32. If the milk is 10. The amount of water to be
5 added to it to increase the % of water to
temperature in Fahrenheit were to increase by
25% is:
27 degrees, by how much will the temp in
A. 4 B. 5
Centigrade increase?
C. 7 D. 8
A. 105 B. 56
C. 15 D. 90
36. A bag contains mangoes that are either
green or yellow. The ratio of green mangoes
29. In a business Akram invests half as much as
to yellow mangoes in the bag is 3 to 5.
Sohail and Sohail invests twice as much as
When two green mangoes are removed and
Jawaid. If Jawaid invested Rs. 563, then
ten yellow mangoes are added, the ratio
Akram’s investment is?
becomes 2 to 5. How many green mangoes
A. 563 B. 10000
were originally in the bag?
C. 1689 D. 1300
A) 32 B) 48
C) 18 D) 30
30. Ten merchants agreed to purchase uniforms
for a local baseball team at a total cost of M
37. How many ounces of pure acid must be
dollars. After a disagreement two merchants
added to 20 ounces of a solution that is 5%
dropped out of the project. By how many
acid to strengthen it to a solution that is
dollars was the cost to each merchant
24% acid?
remaining increased? 1
A) (M-20)/2 B) M/40 A) 22 B) 5
1
C) M/9 D) M/2 C) 6 D) 72
31. A series of discounts of 10%, 20% and 40% is 38. The length and width of a rectangle are in
equal to a single discount of: the ratio of 3 : 5. If the rectangle has an area
A) 50% B) 56.8% of 375 square centimeters, what is the
C) 70% D) 70.28%
perimeter, in centimeters of the rectangle?
A) 32 B) 16
C) 80 D) 64
39. In 5 years, a father will be twice as old as his 48. The average weight of 5 books is 4 kilograms.
son will be. Four years ago, he was three times If the heaviest one is substituted with another,
as old as his son was. Find their present ages. the average drops to 3.6 kilograms. What is
A) 13,31 B) 23,37 the weight difference between the two books?
C) 13,26 D) 31,26 A. 2 kgs. B. 6 kgs.
C. 3 kgs. D. 1.5 kgs
40. The rent of a taxi after 10 pm is a fixed $3 with
an additional $0.3 for every half of a mile. If the 49. The sum of 5 consecutive integers is 35. How
total distance covered is b miles. What is the many of the 5 consecutive integers are prime
total charge? numbers?
A) 3+0.3b B) 3+b A. 0 B. 1
C) 3+0.6b D) None of these C. 2 D. 3
41. Two trains moving in same direction with a 50. Find the no of all the consecutive even integers
speed of 40 km/hr and 96 km/hr respectively. from − 14 to x, inclusive, if the sum of these
What will be the distance between them after 2 numbers is 34.
hours? A) 17 B) 18
A. 144 B. 135 C) 19 D) 20
C. 112 D. none of these
51. Find the mean, median and mode respectively.
42. If John gives Allen $5 and Allen gives Frank
$2, the 3 boys will have the same amount of Marks 1 2 3 4 5
money. How much more money does John Frequency 8 7 7 5 3
have than Allen? A. 2.6, 3, 1 B. 3, 2, 2.5
A. 3 B. 7 C. 2.6, 2, 1 D. 2.6, 2.5, 1
C. 5 D. 8
52. Eleventh term of an arithmetic progression is
43. A man walks a certain distance and rides back 243 and the twenty ninth is 27. The thirty first
in 3 hrs and 45 min. He could ride both ways term of the progression is :
in 2.5 hrs. How long will he take to walk both A) 3 B) -12
ways? C) 363 D) 0
A. 9 hrs B. 4 hr 30min
C. 7 hrs 20min D. 5 hrs 53. Find the sum of all the numbers divisible by 6
in between 100 to 400.
44. If the population of a certain country A) 12550 B) 12450
increases at the rate of one person every 15 C) 11450 D) 11550
seconds, by how many persons does the
population increase in 20 minutes? 54. The sum of the first 20 terms in an arithmetic
A) 80 B) 100 progression is 200 and the sum of the next 10
C) 150 D) 240 terms is 400. Find the fortieth term.
A) 49 B) 59
45. Of three numbers whose average is 60, the C) 69 D) 79
first is 1/4th of the sum of the others. What is
the first number: 55. The sum of sixth and fourteenth term of an
A) 30 B) 42 arithmetic sequence is 40. What is the sum of
C) 36 D) 45 first 19 terms of the arithmetic progression?
A) 360 B) 380
46. Ataur Rehman has a batting average of 80 C) 400 D) 420
runs after nine innings. How many runs
should he score in the 10th innings to have an 56. If the ball is at a height of 891 ft, and when it
average of 102 runs? is dropped it bounces at a constant rate. After
A. 300 B. 290 the 4th bounce, the ball only goes to the
C. 298 D. 102 height of 11 ft. What is r?
A) 1/3 B) 1/9
47. There are three numbers of which first is thrice C) 1/27 D) 1/81
the second and second is double the third. The
average of all three numbers is 21. Find the 2nd
No.
A) 18 B) 29
C) 14 D) 24
57. A virus reproduces by dividing into two, and 66. If the sequence below continues according to
after a certain growth period, it divides into the pattern shown, what is the sum of the first
two again. As the virus continues to reproduce, 305 terms of the sequence?
it will continue to divide in two. How many -3, 0, 6, -3, 0, 6, …
viruses will be in a system starting with a single A) -305 B) 300
virus after 5 divisions? C) -610 D) 610
A) 16 B) 32
C) 64 D) 128 67. Let the operations ⟹ and ⟸ be defined for all
the real numbers 𝑥 and 𝑦 as follows;
58. A ball is dropped from a height of 32 feet and 𝑥 ⟹ 𝑦 = 2𝑥 + 3𝑦
the ball bounces one half every time it falls. 𝑥 ⟸ 𝑦 = 3𝑥 + 2𝑦
Find the total distance travelled by the ball on If 4 ⟹ (3𝑎) = 4 ⟸ (3𝑎), what is the value of
the fourth bounce. a?
A) 28 B) 60 A) 4
3
B) 5
2
C) 88 D) None of these
C) 1.5 D) 1.33
59. What is the 6th term of a geometric sequence if
the difference between its 4th and 2nd is 120 and 68. 70 people at a cinema watch either a horror or
between its 5th and 3rd is 480? an action movie or both. If 40 watch horror and
A) 2048 B) 1024 17 watch both, how many more watch only
C) 512 D) 128 action than those who watch only horror?
A) 7 B) 23
60. When a positive integer k is divided by 6, the C) 47 D) 64
remainder is 1. What is the remainder when 69. The equation 2𝑥 2 - 3𝑥 - (𝑘 + 1) = 0, has no real
5k is divided by 3? roots. Find the set of possible values of 𝑘.
A) 1 B) 2 A) k < 17/8 B) k > -17/8
C) 3 D) 4 C) k < -17/8 D) k > 17/8
61. How many 3 digit positive integers exist that 70. What is the product of all values of 𝑘 that
when divided by 3 leave a remainder of 2? satisfy 5k2 – 29k + 31 = 0?
A) 150 B) 200 A) 31/5 B) 29
C) 250 D) 300 C) -29 D) 5.8
62. For how many different positive integers p is 71. Find the value of k if the sum of the reciprocal
105/p also an integer? of the roots of the equation 25x2 – kx + 9 =0 is
A) Five B) Six 10.
C) Seven D) Eight A) 44 B) 90
C) 12 D) None of these
63. If x and y are integers, |𝑥| < 15, and xy = 100,
4 α 𝛽
how many possible values are there for y? 72. Find the value of if and are the roots
α𝛽 2 2
A) Five B) Six
of the equation 16𝑥 2–5𝑥 + 3 =0
C) Eight D) Ten
A) 16/3 B) 3/16
C) 16 D)None of the above
64. At a basketball tournament involving 8 teams,
each team played 4 games with each of the
73. The quadratic equation with roots 4 and – 7 is
other teams. How many games were played at
A) 𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 − 28 = 0 B) 𝑥 2 + 3𝑥 − 28 = 0
this tournament? 2
A) 64 B) 98 C) 𝑥 − 3𝑥 + 28 = 0 D) 𝑥 2 + 3𝑥 + 28 = 0
C) 112 D) 128
74. The function 𝑓 is defined by 𝑓(x) = x2 + 𝛼𝑥+ 𝛽,
65. Find the unit digit of 777 where 𝛼 and 𝛽 are constants. In the xy-plane,
A) 7 B) 9 the graph of 𝑓 intersects the x-axis at two
C) 3 D) 1 points (1, 0) and (3, 0). What is the value of
𝛽– 𝛼?
A) 5 B) 6
C) 7 D) 8
75. If f(x) = x3 + 5x2 – 6 and g(x) = 2x2 – 5x – 31. 85. If the integer lengths of the three sides of a
Which of the following is divisible by x– 2? triangle are 4, 𝑥, and 9, what is the least
A) 2f(x) + 3g(x) B) 2f(x) – 3g(x) possible perimeter of the triangle?
C) 3f(x) – 4g(x) D) 3f(x) + 2g(x) A) 19 B) 17
C) 15 D) 25
76. 𝑖27+𝑖13+𝑖51=?
A) 1 B) 0 86. The length of each side of an equilateral
C) 𝑖 D) –𝑖 triangle is increased by 20%, resulting in
triangle ABC. If the length of each side of the
77.
6+7𝑖
=? original equilateral is decreased by 20%,
2−𝑖 resulting in triangle DEF, how much greater is
A) 2−5𝑖 B) 2+5𝑖 the area of triangle ABC than the area of
C) 1+4𝑖 D) 1−4𝑖 triangle DEF?
A) 44% B) 80%
78. If 𝑙𝑜𝑔10 125 + 𝑙𝑜𝑔10 8 = x, then 𝑥 is equal to: C) 125% D) 144%
1
A) 3 B) .064
C) – 3 D) 3 87. If the radius of a circle is doubled, its area is
increased by:
79. The area of the triangle shown is 50√3 square A) 100% B) 200%
units. Find the perimeter. C) 300% D) 400%
101. √20 + √20 + √20 + √20 + √20 111. Photocopy shop A charges at fixed price of $3
plus 5 cents per page while Photocopy shop B
A. √20 B. 5 charges at fixed price of $2 plus 7 cents per
C. 10 D. 4√2 page. For how many no. of pages is photocopy
shop B cheaper than photocopy shop A?
A. 50 B. 49
C. 100 D. None of these
112. a0= 0.4 and an+1=2|an|-1. Find a5 120. y= 50% of 50% of x and y% of x =100. Find x
A. -3/5 B. 3/5 A. 40000 B. 200
C. 1/5 D. -1/5 C.50 D. None of these