Civil Service Numerical Word Problem Solving Questions and Answers

Question 1

A government office has a supply of 840 pens and 680 pencils.
If the items are to be distributed into identical packages with no items left over, what is the greatest number of packages the office can prepare?

Accepted Answer

40

Answer

20

Answer

60

Answer

80

Question 2

Clerk A can process 120 documents in 8 hours, while Clerk B can process the same number of documents in 6 hours. If they work together, approximately how many hours will it take them to process 210 documents?

Accepted Answer

3 hours

Answer

4 hours

Answer

5 hours

Answer

6 hours

Question 3

The sum of three consecutive odd integers is 147. Which of the following is the largest of the three integers?

Accepted Answer

51

Answer

47

Answer

49

Answer

53

Question 4

A provincial office's budget increased by 15% in the first year and then decreased by 10% in the second year. If the initial budget was P2,000,000, what was the final budget after the two years?

Accepted Answer

P2,070,000

Answer

P2,050,000

Answer

P2,100,000

Answer

P2,300,000

Question 5

The ratio of male employees to female employees in a bureau is 5:3. If there are a total of 1,200 employees, how many female employees are there?

Accepted Answer

450

Answer

400

Answer

750

Answer

800

Question 6

A government vehicle travels from Town A to Town B at a speed of 60 km/h and returns to Town A at a speed of 40 km/h. If the total travel time was 5 hours, what is the distance between Town A and Town B?

Accepted Answer

120 km

Answer

100 km

Answer

150 km

Answer

240 km

A government office has a supply of 840 pens and 680 pencils.If the items are to be distributed into identical packages with no items left over, what is the greatest number of packages the office can prepare?

A government office has a supply of 840 pens and 680 pencils.
If the items are to be distributed into identical packages with no items left over, what is the greatest number of packages the office can prepare?