Quantitative Aptitude Flashcards
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A bank offers a loan of $15,000 at 8% simple interest per annum. What is the total amount repayable after 3 years?
Answer: $18,600
Simple interest = 15000 × 0.08 × 3 = $3,600; total = $15,000 + $3,600 = $18,600.
A pipe fills a tank in 6 hours and another empties it in 9 hours. If both are open, in how many hours will the tank be full?
Answer: 18 hours
Net rate = 1/6 − 1/9 = 1/18 per hour, so the tank fills in 18 hours.
The ratio of two numbers is 3:5 and their LCM is 120. What is their HCF?
Answer: 8
Let the numbers be 3k and 5k; LCM = 15k = 120, so k = 8; HCF = k = 8.
A shopkeeper marks goods 40% above cost and allows a 20% discount. What is his profit percentage?
Answer: 12%
Selling price = 1.4 × 0.8 = 1.12 times cost, giving a 12% profit.
If 15 workers can complete a job in 12 days, how many workers are needed to finish the same job in 9 days?
Answer: 20
Total work = 15 × 12 = 180 man-days; workers needed = 180 / 9 = 20.
A sum doubles itself at simple interest in 10 years. What is the annual rate of interest?
Answer: 10%
For a sum to double in 10 years at SI: 100 = R × 10, so R = 10%.
The average salary of 20 employees is $4,500. If the manager's salary of $9,000 is added, what is the new average?
Answer: $4,714
Total = 20 × 4500 + 9000 = 99,000; new average = 99,000 / 21 ≈ $4,714.