List of top Quantitative Aptitude Questions

In an effort to plan out expenses, the Roberts family is representing its annual budget as a circle graph. Each sector of the graph is proportional to the amount of the budget it represents. If "clothes and shoes" takes up 54\degree of the chart, how much of the Roberts's 20,000 annual budget is dedicated to clothes and shoes?
Over a three-week period, the price of an ounce of gold increased by 25% in the first week, decreased by 20% in the following week, and increased by 5% in the third week. If the price of gold was \( G \) dollars per ounce at the beginning of the three weeks, what was the price, in terms of \( G \), at the end of the three weeks?
Greg sells gaskets. On three sales, Greg has received commissions of 385, 70, and 190, and he has one additional sale pending. If Greg is to receive an average (arithmetic mean) commission of exactly 220 on the four sales, then the fourth commission must be:
The salary of a man increases by 10\% in the first year, then by 20\% in the second year and then by 25\% in the third year. If the last increase is equivalent to an increase of Rupees 6600, then what is the equivalent of the second increase?
The profit earned after selling an article for Rupees 996 is the same as the loss incurred after selling the article for Rupees 894. What is the cost price of the article?
Deepti invests 11\% of her monthly salary i.e., ₹ 5{,236 in Fixed Deposits. Later she invests 19\% of her salary on Life Insurance policies and 7\% on Mutual Funds. What is the total annual amount invested by Deepti?}
By selling 18 articles, a shopkeeper earns the cost price of 24 articles. By what percent should he increase the selling price so that by selling 24 articles, he earns the cost price of 36 articles?
If $R$ is an integer between $1$ and $9$, $P - R = 2370$, what is the value of $R$?
A man distributed 43 chocolates to his children. How many of his children are more than five years old?
Five bells begin to ring together and ring respectively at intervals of 6, 5, 7, 10 and 12 seconds. How many times will they ring together in one hour excluding the one at the start?
The ratio of monthly incomes of A and B is 7 : 6 and the ratio of their monthly expenditures is 5 : 4. If each of them saves Rupees 600 per month, find the sum of their monthly incomes?
A watch which gains 5 seconds in 3 minutes was set right at 7 a.m. In the afternoon of the same day, when the watch indicated quarter past 4 o'clock, the true time is:
A and B have together three times what B and C have, while A, B and C together have 150 rupees more than that of A. If B has five times that of C, then A has
On 8th Dec, 2007 Saturday falls. What day of the week was it on 8th Dec, 2006?
A cricket player after playing 15 tests scored 124 runs in the 16th test. As a result, the average of his runs is increased by 4. The present average of runs is
A fruit seller buys some apples at the rate of 5 for Rupees 6 and an equal number more at 4 for Rupees 5. He sells the whole lot at 9 for Rupees 11. What is his loss or gain percent?
A can do a piece of work in 6 days while B alone can do it in 8 days. With the help of C, they can complete the work in 2 days. If they are paid Rupees 720 for the whole work, how much money A gets?
P and Q are working on an assignment. P takes 3 hours to type 20 pages on a computer. While Q takes 4 hours to type 25 pages. How much time will they together take to type an assignment of 620 pages working on two different computers?
A shopkeeper bought 30 kg of rice at the rate of Rupees 90 per kg. He sold forty percent of the total quantity at the rate of Rupees 60 per kg. Approximately at what price per kg should he sell the remaining quantity to make 25\% overall profit?
Veeru gave Rupees 2400 on loan. Some amount he gave at 4\% per annum simple interest and remaining at 5\% per annum simple interest. After two years he got Rupees 220 as interest. Then the amount given at 4\% and 5\% per annum simple interest are, respectively?
A student was asked to divide a number by 6 and add 12 to the quotient. He however, first added 12 to the number and then divided it by 6, getting 112 as the answer. The correct answer should have been?
The average of marks obtained by 120 candidates in a certain examination is 35. If the average marks of passed candidates is 39 and that of the failed candidates is 15, what is the number of candidates who passed the examination?
Two pipes A, B can fill a tank in 24 min and 32 min respectively. If both pipes are opened simultaneously, after how much time should B be closed so that the tank is full in 18 min?
A tap can fill a tank in 6 hours. After half the tank is filled, three more similar taps are opened. What is the total time taken to fill the tank completely?
A company produces two articles, A and B. The per unit price of A is 25\% less than the per unit price of B. By what percent is the sales (units) of A more than the sales of B if the revenue earned from A is 1.5 times the total revenue earned from B?