Types of Arithmetic Problems with Solutions
Important Arithmetical Verbal Reasoning Tricks
Practice Exercises
Q.1. A shepherd had 17 sheep. All but nine died. How many was he left with?
(A) Nil
(B) 8
(C) 9
(D) 17
Ans . C
Q.2. A bird shooter was asked how many birds he had in the bag. He replied that there were all sparrows but six, all pigeons but six, and all ducks but six. How many birds he had in the bag in all?
(A) 9
(B) 18
(C) 27
(D) 36
Ans . A
Q.3. What is the smallest number of ducks that could swim in this formation - two ducks in front of a duck, two ducks behind a duck and a duck between two ducks?
(A) 3
(B) 5
(C) 7
(D) 9
Ans . A
Q.4. A man wears socks of two colours - black and brown. He has altogether 20 black sod and 20 brown socks in a drawer. Supposing he has to take out the socks in the dark, how many must he take out to be sure that he has a matching pair?
(a) 3
(b) 20
(c) 39
(d) None of these
Ans . A
Q.5. What is the product of all the numbers in the dial of a telephone?
(a) 1,58,480
(b) 1,59,450
(c) 1,59,480
(d) None of these
Ans . D
Direction ( 6-10) : The following question are based on the information given below :
Data on 450 candidates, who took an examination in social science, Mathematics and Science is given below:
Passed in all the subjects – 167
Failed in all the subjects - 60
Failed in Social Sciences - 175
Failed in Mathematics - 199
Failed in Science - 191
Passed in Social Sciences only - 62
Passed in Mathematics only – 48
Passed in Science only – 52
Q.6. How many failed in Social Sciences only ?
(A) 15
(B) 21
(C) 30
(D) 42
Ans . A
Q.7. How many failed in one subject only ?
(A) 152
(B) 144
(C) 61
(D) 56
Ans . C
Q.8. How many passed in Mathematics and at least one more subject?
(A) 210
(B) 203
(C) 170
(D) 94
Ans . B
Q.9. How many failed in two subjects only?
(A) 56
(B) 61
(C) 152
(D) 162
Ans . D
Q.10. How many passed at least in one subject?
(A) 450
(B) 390
(C) 304
(D) 167
Ans . B
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