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If a : b = 5 : 9 and b : c = 4 :
7, find a : b : c
9
If A :B = 1 /2 : 3/ 8 , B : C = 1/ 3 : 5/ 9
and C : D = 5/ 6 : 3 /4 then the ratio A :
B : C : D is :
12
Sol
a:b:C:D
1:2:2:2
2:2:3:3
3:3:3:4
6:12:18:24
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1:2:3:4
a:d = 1:4
2a=3b=4c=1
2a=1
A=1/2
3b=1
B=1/3 2,3,4 /2
1,3,2 /2
4c=1 1,3,1 /3
C=1/4 1,1,1
A:B:C
½:1/3:1/4 lcm= 3*2*2 =12
2*3*4= 12
½*6 =6 ; 1/3 *4= 4 ; ¼* 3 = 3
a;:b:c =6:4:3
16. If x : y = 5:2, then (8x + 9y)
: (8x + 2y) is
17. If (x : y) = 2 : 1, then (x2
– y 2 ) : (x2 + y2 ) is :
18. The fourth proportional to
5, 8, 15 is:
19. Find the fourth
proportional to 4, 9, 12 :
20. If 0.75 : x :: 5 : 8,
then x is equal to:
21. Find the third
proportional to 16 and 36
22. The third
proportional to 0.36 and
0.48 is :
23. Find the mean
proportional between 0.08
and 0.18
24. The
compounded ratio of
(2 : 3), (6 : 11) and (11 :
2) is :
25. If 15% of x =
20% of y then x : y is:
26. Two numbers are
respectively 20% and 50%
more than a third number.
The ratio of the two numbers
is :
27. If 40% of a number is
equal to two-third of another
number, what is the ratio of
first number to the second
number?
28. The speeds of three cars
are in the ratio 5 : 4 : 6. The
ratio between the time taken
by them to travel the same
distance is :
29. If 10% of x = 20%
of y, then x : y is equal
to :
30. In a school, 10% of the
boys are same in number as
1/4 of the girls. What is the
ratio of boys to girls in that
school?
31. Divide Rs. 672 in the
ratio 5 : 3
32. Divide Rs. 1162 among
A, B, C in the ratio 35 : 28 :
20
33. If Rs. 782 be divided
into three parts, proportional
to 1/ 2 : 2/ 3 : 3/ 4 ,
then the first part is:
34. Rs. 1210 were
divided among A, B, C so
that A : B = 5 : 4 and B :
C = 9 : 10, Then C gets
35. A certain amount was
divided between A and B in
the ratio 4 : 3. If B’s share
was Rs. 4800, the total
amount was :
36. In a college, the ratio of
the number of boys to girls
is 8 : 5. If there are 160 girls,
the total number of students
in the college is:
37. Mani’s and Vijay’s
salary is 4 : 5 and Vijay’s
and Kumar’s salary is 2 : 3.
If Mani’s salary has Rs. 800
the Kumar’s salary is?
38. Divide Rs. 2600
among A, B, C in the ratio 1/2 :
1/3 : 1/4
39. A and B together have Rs.
1210. If 4 /15 of A’s amount in
equal to 2 /5 of B’s amount,
how much amount does B
have?
40. Three numbers are in
the ratio 2 : 3 : 5 and the
sum of their squares is 608,
then the numbers are
respectively
41. The ratio of three
numbers is 3 : 4 : 5 and the
sum of their squares is 1250.
The sum of the numbers is :
42. In a factory, the ratio of
male workers to female
workers was 5 : 3. If the
number of female workers is
less by 40. What was the
total number of workers in
the factory?
43. The difference between the
present ages of P and Q is 8 yrs
and the ratio of their present
ages is 2 : 3 respectively. What
is P’s present age?
44. Two numbers are in the
ratio 1 : 2. If 7 is added to
both, their ratio changes to 3
: 5. The greatest number is:
45. Present ages of X and
Y are in the ratio 5 : 6
respectively. Seven years
hence this ratio will
become 6 : 7 respectively.
What is X’s present age in
years?
2. Average….
Average is a single value that represents the general significance of a set
of unequal values.
𝐴𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒 = 𝑆𝑢𝑚 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑏𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 /𝑁𝑜. 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑏𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠
FORMULA
Average of first ‘n’ natural numbers =( 𝑛+1 /2 )
Average of First ‘n’ even numbers = (n+1)
Average of first ‘n’ odd numbers = n
Average of consecutive numbers = (𝐹𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑛𝑜+𝐿𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑛𝑜)/ 2
Average of squares of first ‘n’ natural numbers = (𝑛+1)(2𝑛+1) /6
Average of cubes of first ‘n’ natural numbers =𝑛(𝑛+1)2 /4
Sum of first n natural numbers = n(n+1)/2
1.The mean of first ten
natural numbers is
2.If the average selling
price of 15 books is ` 235,
then the total selling price
is_____
3.Ages of 15 students in 8th
standard is 13, 12, 13, 14,
12, 13, 13, 14, 12, 13, 13,
14, 13, 12, 14. Find the
mean age of the students.
4. The mean height of 11 students
in a group is 150 cm. The heights of
the students are 154 cm, 145 cm, Y
cm, Y + 4 cm, 160 cm, 151 cm, 149
cm, 149 cm, 150 cm, 144 cm and
140 cm. Find the value of Y and the
heights of two students?
5. The mean of runs scored by
a cricket team in the last 10
innings is 276. If the scores are
235, 400, 351, x, 100, 315, 410,
165, 260, 284, then find the
runs scored in the fourth
innings.
6. The mean of first fifteen
even numbers is _______
N+1
15+1=16
7, The mean of the data
12, x, 28 is 18. Find the
value of x.
8. Arithmetic mean of 15
observations was calculated
as 85. In doing so an
observation was wrongly
taken as 73 for 28. What
would be correct mean?
9. The daily wages of a worker
for 10 days is as follows. Find
the average income of the
worker.
day 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
wage 250 350 100 400 150 270 450 320 610 750
s
10.The mean of 9
observations is 24. Find
the sum of the 9
observations.
11.The mean age of 15
teachers in a school is 42.
The ages of the teachers are
35, 42, 48, X, X+8, 40, 43,
50, 46, 50, 37, 32, 38, 41, 40
(in years). Find the value of
X and unknown ages of the
two teachers?
12. If the mean of the following
numbers is 38, find the value of
x. 48, x, 37, 38, 36, 27, 35, 34,
38, 49, 33.
13. The average of the
marks 2, 9, 5, 4, 4, 8, 10
is ________.
14. The average of integers
between –10 to 10 is _______.
15.The arithmetic mean of 6
values is 45 and if each value is
increased by 4, then find the
arithmetic mean of new set of
values.
16. If the arithmetic mean
of 7 values is 30 and if
each value is divided by
3, then find the arithmetic
mean of new set of
values.
17. The average mark of 25
students was found to be
78.4 . Later on, it was
found that score of 96 was
misread as 69. Find the
correct mean of the marks.
18. The mean of a set of
numbers is 𝑋̅. If each number is
multiplied by z, the mean is
The mean of the square
of first 11 natural
numbers is
The mean of a,b,c,d and e is 28
. If the mean of a, c and e is 24,
then mean of b and d is_______
3. PERCENTAGE…..
1. If x % of 600 is 450, then
find the value of x.
2.Akila scored 80% of marks in an
examination. If her score was 576
marks, then find the maximum
marks of the examination.
3. When a number is decreased by 25%, it becomes 120. Find
the number.
4. If the price of Orid dhal after
20% increase is `96 per kg, then
find the original price of Orid
dhall per kg
The income of a person is
increased by 10% and then
decreased by 10%. Find the
change in his income.
6. If 30% of x is 150, then x is
_________.
7. If x% of x = 25, then x
= _____.
8. If a car is sold for ₹200000
from its original price of
₹300000, then find the
percentage of decrease in the
value of the car.
9. If the difference between
75% of a number and 60%
of the same number is 82.5,
then find 20% of that
number.
A number when increased
by 18% gives 236. Find the
number
The ratio of boys and girls in a class is
5:3. If 16% of boys and 8% of girls
failed in an examination, then find the
percentage of passed students.
12. 15% of 25% of 10000 =___________.
13. The value of a machine depreciates at 10% per year. If the
present value is ₹ 1,62,000, what is the worth of the machine
after two years.
14. A tank can hold 200 litres of water. At present, it is only 40
% full. How many litres of water to fill in the tank, so that it is
75 % full?
Concession card holders pay ₹ 120
for a train ticket. Full fare is ₹ 230.
What is the percentage of discount
for concession card holders?
16. A metal bar weighs 8.5 kg. 85% of the bar is silver. How
many kilograms of silver are in the bar?
17. A student earned a grade of 80% on a math test that had 20
problems. How many problems on this test did the student
answer correctly?
18. The population of a village is 8000. Out of these, 80% are
literate and of these literate people, 40% are women. Find the
percentage of literate women to the total population?
19. Lalitha took a math test and got 35 correct and 10 incorrect
answers. What was the percentage of correct answers?
20. A cricket team won 70
matches during a year and lost 28
matches and no results for two
matches. Find the percentage of
matches they won.
4.Time and Work
FORMULA
M1D1H1/W1 = M2D2H2/W2
WHERE M= MEN/WOMEN/NO.OF,WORKERS
D= DAYS H= HOUR
W= WORK/PAYMENT
1.If a company pays `6 lakh for
15 workers for 20 days, what
would it pay for 5 workers for
12 days?
2. A mat of length 180 m is made by 15
women in 12 days. How long will it take
for 32 women to make a mat of length
512 m?
3. If 81 students can do a painting
on a wall of length 448 m in 56
days. How many students can do
the painting on a similar type of
wall of length 160 m in 27 days?
4.If 48 men working 7 hours a day can
do a work in 24 days, then in how many
days will 28 men working 8 hours a day
can complete the same work?
5. 24 men can make 48 articles in
12 days. Then, 6 men can make
how many articles in 6 days?
6. 15 workers can lay a road
of length 4 km in 4 hours.
Then, ______ workers can
lay a road of length 8 km in
8 hours.
7. 25 women working 12 hours a
day can complete a work in 36
days. Then, 20 women must work
_______ hours a day to complete
the same work in 30 days.
8. In a camp, there are 420 kg of
rice sufficient for 98 persons for 45
days. The number of days that 60
kg of rice will last for 42 persons is
____.
9. If 15 men take 40 days to
complete a work, how long will
it take if 15 more men join them
to complete the same work?
10. 6 women or 8 men can
construct a room in 86 days. How
long will it take for 7 women and 5
men tobuild the same type of
room?
11. A and B together can do a piece of
work in 16 days and A alone can do it in
48 days. How long will B alone take to
complete the work?
‘A’ works 3 times as fast as ‘B’
and is able to complete a task in
24 days less than the days taken
by B. Find the time in which
they can complete the work
together.
13. P and Q can do a piece of work in
20 days and 30 days respectively. They
started the work together and Q left after
some days of work and P finished the
remaining work in 5 days. After how
many days from the start did Q leave?
14. A and B can do a piece of
work in 12 days and 9 days
respectively. They work on
alternate days starting with A on the
first day. In how many days will the
work be completed?
15. X, Y and Z can do a piece of
job in 4, 6 and 10 days respectively.
If X, Y and Z work together to
complete, then find their separate
shares if they will be paid `3100 for
completing the job.
16. Vikram can do one-third of work in
p days. He can do 3 /4 th of work in ____
days.
17. If m persons can complete a
work in n days, then 4m persons
can complete the same work in
______ days and m/4 person can
complete the same work in ______
days.
5. SIMPLE
INTEREST
1. Find the simple interest on
`25,000 at 8% per annum for 3
years?
2. Arjun borrowed a sum of `5,000
from a bank at 5% per annum. Find
the interest and amount to be paid
at the end of three year?
Principle = 5000
N= 3
R= 5%
S.i = pnr/100
= 5000*3*5/100
=50*15
=750
Total amount after 3 years= 5000+750
= 5750
3. Shanti borrowed `6,000 from a Bank
for 7 years at 12% per annum. What
amount will clear off her debt?
4. Kumaravel has paid
simple interest on a certain
sum for 2 years at 10% per
annum is `750. Find the
sum.
5. In what time will `5,600
amount to `6,720 at 6% per
annum?
Sathish Kumar borrowed
`52,000 from a money lender at
a particular rate of simple
interest. After 4 years, he paid
`79,040 to settle his debt. At
what rate of interest he
borrowed the money?
8. A principal becomes `10,050 at the
rate of 10% in 5 years. Find the
principal.
Principle = 3350*2
Principle = 6700 Rs.
9. Find the simple interest
on `35,000 at 9% per
annum for 2 years?
10. Sheela has paid simple interest
on a certain sum for 4 years at 9.5%
per annum is `21,280. Find the sum.
11. Basha borrowed `8,500 from a bank at a particular rate of
simple interest. After 3 years, he paid `11,050 to settle his debt.
At what rate of interest he borrowed the money?
12. In what time will `16,500 amount to `22,935 at 13% per
annum?
6. COMPOUND
INTEREST
1. Find the C.I. for the
Principal = `4000, r = 5% p.a, n
= 2 years, interest compounded
annually
2. Find the C.I. for the Principal
= `5000, r = 4% p.a, n = 1½
years, interest compounded half
yearly.
P= 5000
R.O.I = 4 P.A = 2
COMPOUNDED half yearly INTEREST = 1 ½ %
Half – yearly = 6 months
Totally we have 3 half yearly
5000*2% = 100 ----- 1st half yearly interest
5100*2% = 102 ------------ 2nd half yearly interest
5202*2% = 104.04 -----------n 3rd half yearly interest
total C.I = 306.04
3. Find the C.I. for the Principal
= `10000, r = 8% p.a, n = 2 ¾
years, interest compounded
yearly.
Find the C.I. for the
Principal = `30000, r = 7%
for 1 year, r = 8% for 2
years, compounded
annually.
5. The value of a motor
cycle 2 years ago was `
70000. It depreciates at the
rate of 4% p.a. Find its
present value.
1st= 70000*4%= 2800 = 67200
2nd = 67200*4%= 2688 = 64512
The bacteria in a culture grows by 5% in
the first hour, decreases by 8% in the
second hour and again increases by 10%
in the third hour. Find the count of the
bacteria at the end of 3 hours, if its initial
count was 10000.
1st = 10000*5%= 500
2nd = 10500* 8%= 840
3rd = 9660*10%= 966
9660+966= 10626
7. Find the principal which
gives `420 as C.I. at 20% p.a,
compounded half yearly for one
year.
21 % = 420
1% = 420/21= 20
21*20 = 420
10000*5= 500
10500 =
8. The price of a laptop
depreciates at 4% p.a. If its
present price is `24000, find its
price after 3 years.
9. Find the difference in
C.I. and S.I. for P =
`5000, r = 4% p.a, n = 2
years
Difference between si and ci = PRn / 100n
P = Principle
N= no.of.years
R= rate of interest
10. Find the difference in
C.I. and S.I. for P = `8000, r
= 5% p.a, n = 3 years.
7. PROFIT,LOSS AND
DISCOUNT
1. Ranjith bought a washing machine for
₹16150 and paid ₹1350 for its transportation.
Then, he sold it for ₹19250. Find his gain or
loss percentage
2. If the selling price of an LED
TV is equal to 5 / 4 of its cost
price, then find the gain / profit
percentage.
C.p= 100
S.p = 5/4 * 100= 5*25 = 125
Profit = s.p – c.p = 125 – 100 = 25
P% = profit/ cp * 100
25/ 100 * 100
25%
3. The cost price of 16 boxes of
strawberries is equal to the selling
price of 20 boxes of strawberries.
Find the gain or loss percentage.
Loss = difference / sp * 100
4. By selling a bicycle for
₹4275, a shopkeeper loses 5%.
For how much should he sell it
to have a profit of 5%?
5. The price of a rain coat was slashed
from ₹1060 to ₹901 by a shopkeeper in
the rainy season to boost the sales. Find
the rate of discount given by him.
Discount = marked/fixed price – reduced price
Discount % = discount/ marked price *100
6. Find the single discount in
percentage which is equivalent to
two successive discounts of 25%
and 20% given on an article.
7. A mobile phone is sold for
₹8400 at a gain of 20%. The cost
price of the mobile phone
is________.
8. An article is sold for ₹555 at a loss of 7 ½ %. Th e cost price
of the article is ________.
9. A mixer grinder marked at ₹4500 is sold for ₹4140 after
discount. The rate of discount is __________.
10. If selling an article for ₹820 causes 10% loss on the selling
price, then find its cost price.
Ans : 911.11
11. If the profit earned on
selling an article for ₹810 is the
same as loss on selling it for
₹530, then find the cost price of
the article.
12. If the selling price of 10 rulers
is the same as the cost price of 15
rulers, then find the profit
percentage.
13. Some articles are bought at 2
for ₹15 and sold at 3 for ₹25. Find
the gain percentage.
Cp of 2 articles = 15
Sp of 3 articles = 25
2*25 = 50 = sp , 3*15 =45 = cp
Profit = sp – cp = 50 – 45 = 5
Profit % = profit / cp * 100
= 5/45 *100
= 1/9 * 100
=11.11111%
14. By selling a speaker for ₹768, a
man loses 20%. In order to gain 20%,
how much should he sell the speaker?
15. If a mattress is marked for
₹7500 and is available at two
successive discounts of 10% and
20%, find the amount to be paid by
the customer
7500*90/100*80/100
75*9*8
=5400
16. A fruit vendor sells fruits for
₹200 gaining ₹40. His gain
percentage is
17. By selling a flower pot for ₹528,
a woman gains 20%. At what price
should she sell it to gain 25%?
18. A man buys an article for
₹150 and makes overhead
expenses which are 12% of the
cost price. At what price must
he sell it to gain 5%?
19. What is the marked price
of a hat which is bought for
₹210 at 16% discount?
20. A T-shirt bought for `110
is sold at `90. Find the loss
percentage.
Hcf- atleast and Lcm-
atmost
Find GCD/HCF of the
following: 16x 3 y 2,
24xy3 z
Find GCD of the following:
(y3 + 1) and (y2 - 1)
Y3 + 1 = y3 +13 A3 + b3 = (a+b)(a2 –ab+B2) a = y : b = 1
(y+1)(y2 –y+1)
Y2 -1 = y2 -12
A2- b2 = (a+b) (a-b) a = y: b = 1
(Y+1)(y-1)
GCD : y+1
Find GCD of the following: 2x 2 – 18 and x 2 - 2x – 3
Find GCD of the following: (a -
b)2 , (b -c)3 , (c -a)4
Find GCD of the following: am +
1
, am + 2, a m + 3
Find GCD of the following: 2a2
+ a, 4a2 – 1
Find GCD of the
following: x 4 – 1, x2 – 1
X 4 – 1 = x4 – 1 4 = (x 2)2 – (12)2
(X2 -1)(x2+1) = (x-1)(X+1)(x2+1)
X2-1 = x2 – 12 = (x-1)(X+1)
GCD : x2- 1/ (x-1)(X+1)
Find GCD of the following: a3 –
9ax2, (a – 3x)2
Find the LCM of the following
x 4 - 1, x 2 - 2x + 1
X4 -1 = (x2)2 – (12)2 = (x2-1)(x2+1)= (X+1)(x-1)(x2 +1)
X2 -2x+1 = (x -1)(x-1) = (x-1)2
LCM : (x-1)2 (x2+1) (x+1)
Find the LCM of the following x3 -
27, (x - 3)2, x2 – 9
Find the LCM and gcd of
the given polynomials.
p2 - 3p + 2,
p2 - 4
Find the LCM of each pair of the
following polynomials.
(x-3a), (x4 – 27a3x) when its HCF is
x-3a
Find the HCF of the
numbers 40 and 56 by
division method.
Find the HCF of the
numbers 18, 24 and 30 by
factor tree method.
Find the LCM of 156 and 124.
There are four Mobile Phones in a house. At 5 a.m, all the four
Mobile Phones will ring together. Thereafter, the first one rings
every 15 minutes, the second one rings every 20 minutes, the
third one rings every 25 minutes and the fourth one rings every
30 minutes. At what time, will the four Mobile Phones ring
together again?
The LCM of two numbers is 432 and their HCF is 36. If one of
the numbers is 108, then find the other number.
Find the length of the longest rope that can be used to measure
exactly the ropes of length 1m 20cm, 3m 60cm and 4m.
The HCF of two numbers is 2 and
their LCM is 154. If the difference
between the numbers is 8, then the
sum is
Wilson, Mathan and Guna can complete one
round of a circular track in 10, 15 and 20
minutes respectively. If they start together at
7 a.m from the starting point, at what time
will they meet together again at the starting
point?
Malarvizhi, Karthiga and Anjali are friends and
natives of the same village. They work at different
places. Malarvizhi comes to her home once in 5 days.
Similarly, Karthiga and Anjali come to their homes
once in 6 days and 10 days respectively. Assuming
that they met each other on the 1st of October, when
will all the three meet again?
Probability
Seating arrangement
sums
Directions (Q1 – Q5): Read the information given below
and answer the following questions:
A total of 10 people, 5 men and 5 women are sitting in two
parallel lines, facing each other. Five men, namely, Ajit,
Bharat, Chirag, Dharam and Ejaz are facing to the south
and the five women, Meenal, Neelu, Octavia, Preeti and
Arpita are facing towards the north.
•Bharat, who is just next to the left of Dharam, is opposite
to Arpita.
•Chirag and Neelu are diagonally opposite to each other.
•Ejaz is opposite Octavia who is just next to Meenal.
•Preeti, who is just to the left of Arpita, is opposite to
Dharam.
•Meenal is at one end of the line
Chiraj Ejaz Dharam Bharat Ajith
Meenal octavia Preethi Arpita neelu
Q 1. Which two people are sitting at the two extreme ends
of the line?
1.Ejaz, Bharat
2.Ajit, Chirag
3.Chirag, Dharam
4.Dharam, Bharat
5.None of the Above
Q 2. Who is sitting right in front of Dharam?
1.Neelu
2.Meenal
3.Octavia
4.Preeti
5.Arpita
Who sits exactly in between Meenal and Neelu?
1.Preeti
2.Octavia
3.Arpita
4.Ejaz
5.Cannot Be Determined
Q 4. Who sits opposite to Octavia?
1.Chirag
2.Ejaz
3.Dharam
4.Bharat
5.Ajit
Q 5. Who is sitting at the right corner of the women’s line?
1.Meenal
2.Octavia
3.Arpita
4.Preeti
5.Neelu
Directions (Q6 – Q10): Read the information given below
and answer the questions following it:
1.NUMBER SYSTEM
2. Ratio and proportion,Mixtures,averages and age…………..
3.Percentage…….
4.profit,loss and discount………
5.SI and Ci…………..
6. Time and work …………………
7.Time ,speed and distance
8. clock 9. calendar
10. set theory and logical venn diagram
11. Permutation and combination , Probability
Reasoning