Practice Arithmetic Problem Questions and Answers

• The number of boys in a class is five times the number of girls. Which of the following numbers cannot represent the total number of children in the class?
• Which of the following will be the second last word  when arranged according to the English Alphabetical Dictionary?
• A farmer has some chickens and some cows. Find out the total number of chickens if the total number of heads is 50 and the total number of feet is 160.&nbs...
• The given equation has been solved on the basis of a certain rule. Find the correct answer for the unsolved equation on that basis. If P × Q = PQ(P +...
• Which of the following statements is / are true?
• A man complete a journey in 15 hours. He travels first half of the journey at the rate of 6 km/hr and second half at the rate of 4 km/hr. Find the total jo...
• A tradesman gives 6% discount on the marked price and 1 article free with every 24 articles bought and still gains 25%. If the marked price is 28% more tha...
• (1.44) -1.5 = ?
• If x + (1/x) = 9 then x2 + 1/x2 = ?
• √(2x - 3) + √(2x + 3) = 3 + √3,  then value of x is.
• √(3x-2)+ √(3x+2) = 4+ 2√5  then value of x is.
• The ratio of two numbers is 8:14 and their LCM is 280. The numbers are:
• Three workers W1, W2 and W3 got work from the contractor. In 5 days, ‘W1’ completed 25% of work. ‘W2’ is 20% less efficient than ‘W1’ but takes...
• Monthly income of Amit and Bhola is Rs. (x + 120) and Rs. x, respectively. If monthly income of Amit is increased by 16% while that of Bhola is decreased b...
• The respective ages of a mother and her daughter are 45 and 9 years. In how many years will the mother be thrice as old as her daughter?
• Find the fourth proportional to 2, 3, 6.
• A question and two statements labeled (I), (II) are given. You have to decide which statement(s) is/are sufficient to answer the question. Gowtham ranks e...
• If in the number 86548246, 3 is subtracted to first four digit of the number and 1 is added to rest of the digits then how many digits are repeating in the...
• How many pairs of letters are there in the word “HELICOPTER” each of which have as many letters between them in the word as they have between them in t...
• Two cars start from a place with a speed of 30 km/hr at an interval of 10 minutes. What is the speed of a man coming from the opposite direction towards th...
• Marked price of an article is Rs.1200 more than the cost price. When the same article is sold at a discount of Rs.200, the profit percent earned is 25%. To...
• The ratio of the present ages of Asha and Lata is 5 : 6. If the difference between their ages is 6 years, then what will be Lata's age will be after 5 year...
• A plastic toy costs ₹7. A plastic spoon costs ₹5. X spends ₹38 on these plastic items. Find the number of plastic toys he/she purchased?
• A sum of Rs. 840 is divided among X, Y and Z such that X gets Rs. 132 more than Y. Y gets Rs. 75 more than Z. Find the share of Z? 
• There are five friends, P, Q, R, S and T. P says to Q, “If you give me Rs 300, you will have as many as I have at this moment. If S takes Rs 500 from...
• Roshan purchased 100 rolls of paper for Rs. 20 per roll. He spent Rs. 400 on their transportation. He also paid 20 paise per roll for packing of each roll....
• Anuj's salary is twice the salary of Manoj. Ramnathan's salary is half the salary of Vikram. Manoj's salary is ₹15,000 less than the salary of Ramnathan....
• What is the difference between (in m2) the area of a circular field of radius 28 metres and area of a rectangular piece of land having its dimensions as 10...
• A shopkeeper bought article ‘A’ for Rs. ‘x’ and marked it 25% above its cost price and sold it for Rs. 4000. Marked price of article ‘B’ is Rs....
• The area of a square is 625 cm2 which is 40 cm2 less than that of a rectangle. Find the perimeter of the rectangle if the length of the rectangle is 10 cm ...
• If ‘÷’ means ‘-’, ‘-’ mean ‘+’, ‘+’ means ‘×’ and ‘×’ means ‘÷’, compute the value of the expression: 126 × 14 – 7 ...
• Two students appeared in an exam and one secured 13 marks more than the other. If marks of student who got more marks is 60% of the sum of the marks of bot...
• Out of 700 students in school, 42% students like samosa only and 10% students like samosa and momos both. If 20% students don’t like any snacks then find...
• A and B are travelling towards each other with a speed of 40 km/hr and 50 km/hr. If they started at same time and A covered 20 km less distance than B befo...
• A school bag is sold for Rs.360 after giving two successive discounts of 10% and 20%. If school bag is marked up by Rs.280 above its cost price, then find ...
• A and B together start a business with investment of Rs. 1800 and Rs. (x + 800), respectively. If the profit earned after 5 years is Rs. 5000 and share of ...
• Rs. ’P’ invested at a rate of 10% p.a. compound interest (compounded annually) amounts to Rs. 7865 at the end of 2 years. Find the simple interest earn...
• Insert correct pair of arithmetical symbols respectively in the equation for it to be a correct equation. 8 ? 4 ? 2 = 16...
• If + means divide, × means -, ÷ means multiply and – means plus, then find the value of 9 + 3 ÷ 4 - 8 × 2
• Two pipes, A and B, can independently fill the tank in 24 minutes and 30 minutes respectively, while pipe C can empty 9 gallons from the tank in 3 minutes....