Mathematical Series Questions for Competitive Exams

Last financial year, a car company sold 41,800 cars. The target is to sell 51,300 cars this year. What percentage would sales have to increase?

The cost price of an article should be increased by what percentage so that after giving 20 percent discount on it, 44 percent profit is obtained?

95 percent of 4598 will be___

In an examination P scored 25 marks less than Q. Q scored 45 more marks than R. T scored 75 marks which is 10 more than R. U's score is 80 less than maximum marks of the test. What approximate percentage of marks did U score in the examination if he gets 55 marks more than R?

 In a test consisting of 140 Questions, a candidate correctly answered 70% of the first 80 questions. What percentage of the remaining questions does the candidate need to correctly answer to score 60% in the test?

A shopkeeper marks up the price of his product by 40%. If he increases the discount from 5% to 10%, the profit would decrease by Rs 14. How much profit would he earn if he gives a discount of 20% on the marked price?

A man spends $$ {2\over3}rd$$ of his income. If his income increases by 14 % and the expenditure increases by 20%, then the percentage increase in his savings will be

Two buses start at the same time from Delhi and Agra, which are 300 km. apart, towards each other. After what time will they cross each other if their speeds are 38 km per hour and 37 km per hour?

Ram and Shyam are travelling from point A to B, which are 60 km apart. Travelling at a certain speed ram takes one hour more than Shyam to reach point B. If Ram doubles his speed he will take 30 minutes less than Shyam to reach point B. At what speed was Ram driving from point A to B ?

A train travelling at the speed of 50 kmph leaves from a station. Another train travelling at speed of 60 kmph leaves the same station after 7 hours in the same direction. They will meet after what distance?