List of top Mathematics Questions asked in Management Aptitude Test

Two companies A and B quote for a tender. On the tender opening day, A realises that the two quotes are in the ratio 7 : 4 and hence decreases its price during negotiations to make it Rs.1 lakh lower than B's quoted price. B then realises that the final quotes of the two were in the ratio 3 : 4. By how much did A decrease its price in order to win the bid?
A, B and C are three pipes attached to a cistern. A and B can fill it in 20 minutes and 30 minutes respectively, while C can empty it in 15 minutes. If A, B and C be kept open successively for 1 minute each, how soon will the cistern be filled?
Two casks of 48 litres and 42 litres are filled with mixtures of milk and water, the proportions in the two casks being respectively, 13 : 7 and 18 : 17. If the contents of the two casks be mixed and 20 litres of water be added to the whole, what will be the proportion of milk and water in the resulting mixture?
To fill a certain tank, pipes A, B and C take 20 minutes, 15 minutes and 12 minutes respectively. If the three pipes are opened every alternate minute, how long will it take to fill the tank?
Two taps can separately fill a cistern in 10 minutes and 15 minutes respectively. If these two pipes and a waste pipe are kept open simultaneously, the cistern gets filled in 18 minutes. The waste pipe can empty the full cistern in
A bath can be filled by the cold water and hot water pipes in 10 minutes and 15 minutes respectively. A person leaves the bathroom after turning on both pipes simultaneously and returns at the moment when the bath should be full. Finding, however, that the waste pipe has been open, he then closes it. In exactly four minutes more the bath is full. In how much time would the waste pipe empty the full bath, if it alone is opened?
Find the number of ways in which ten different flowers can be strung together to make a garland in such a way that three particular flowers are always together?
A cricket team of 11 players is to be formed from a pool of 16 players that includes 4 bowlers and 2 wicket-keepers. In how many different ways can a team be formed so that the team has at least 3 bowlers and wicket keeper?
A committee of 3 experts is to be selected out of a panel of 7 persons. Three of them are engineers, Three are managers and, one is both engineer and manager. In how many ways can the committee be selected if it must have atleast one engineer and one manager?
A company CEO invited nine persons for a business meeting, where the host will be seated at a circular table. How many different arrangements are possible if two invitees X and Y be seated on either side of the host CEO?
The average marks of the students in four sections A, B, C and D of a school is 60%. The average marks of the students of A, B, C and D individually are 45%, 50%, 72% and 80%, respectively. If the average marks of the students of sections A and B together is 48% and that of the students of B and C together is 60%, what is the ratio of the number of students in sections A and D?
The concentration of petrol in three different mixtures (of petrol and kerosene) is 1/2,3/5 and 4/5 respectively. If 2 litres, 3 litres and 1 litre are taken from these three different vessels and mixed, what is the ratio of petrol and kerosene in the new mixture?
Vijay purchased two different kinds of alcohol. In the first mixture the ratio of alcohol to water is 3 : 4 and in the second mixture it is 5 : 6. If he mixes the two given mixtures and makes a third mixture of 18 litres in which the ratio of alcohol to water is 4 : 5, the quantity of the first mixture (whose ratio is 3 : 4) that is required to make 18 litres of the third kind of mixture is
Four numbers are in proportion. The sum of the squares of the four numbers is 50 and the sum of the mean is 5. The ratio of first two terms is 1 : 3. What is the average of the four numbers?
A metal sheet 27 cm long, 8 cm broad and 1 cm thick is melted into a cube. The difference between the surface area of the two solids, is
The ratio between the length and breadth of a rectangular park is 3 : 2. If a man cycling along the boundary of the park at the speed of 12 km/ h completes one round in 8 minutes, then the area of the park in sq. m is
If the numbers representing volume and surface area of a cube are equal, then the length of the edge of the cube in terms of the unit of measurement will be
There are a total of 43800 students in 4 schools of a city. Half the number of students of the first school, two-thirds of the second, three-fourth of the third and four-fifths of the fourth are all equal. What is the ratio of the number of students of A to D, if A, B, C and D be the first, second, third and fourth schools,respectively?
A, B and C have 40, x and y balls, respectively. If B gives 20 balls to A, he is left with half as many balls as C. If together they had 60 more balls, each of them would have had 100 balls on an average. What is the ratio of x to y?
What will be the ratio of simple interest earned by a certain amount at the same rate of interest for 6 years and 9 years?
An automobile financier claims to be lending money at simple interest but he includes the interest every six months for calculating the principal. If he is charging an interest of 10%, the effective rate of interest becomes
A sum of money lent at compound interest for 2 years at 20% per annum would fetch Rs.482 more. If the interest was payable half yearly than if it was payable annually, the sum is
Sultan took a loan from the bank at 8% per annum, and was supposed to pay a sum of Rs.2240 at the end of 4 years. If the same sum is cleared off in four equal annual installments at the same rate, the amount of annual installment will be
A Circus tent is cylindrical to a height of 3 m and conical above it. If the diameter of the base is 140 m and the slant height of the conical portion is 80 m, the length of canvas 2 m wide required to make the tent is
A and B alternately throw a pair of dice. A wins if he throws 6 before B throws 7; and B wins if he throws 7 before Athrows 6. What are their respective chances of winning, if A throws the dice first?