Practice Arithmetic Problem Questions and Answers

• 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....
• If 4539 = 540, 758 = 280, and 3745 = 420, then 2788 =___.
• If '+' means '-' , '-' means 'x' , 'x' means '÷' , '÷' means '+' , then what will be the value of ' 500 x 50 - 20 ÷ 50 + 40 ' = ? ...
• If '+' means '-' , '-' means 'x' , 'x' means '÷' , '÷' means '+' , then what will be the value of  ' 67 ÷ 28 + 600 x 50- 10 ' = ? ...
• Choose the Venn diagram which best illustrate the three given classes. Dog, Animal, Pet.  ...
• If x + 1/x = 2 then find x32 + 1/(x32)
• The sentence below has a word in which the letters are jumbled up. Rearrange the letters of that word, written in capital letters, to form the correct word...
• Select the letter-cluster from among the given options that can replace the question mark (?) in the given series.   DXC, GTH, ?, MLR, PHW
• Three bells ring at intervals of 28 seconds, 60 seconds, and 84 seconds, respectively. How many times will all three bells ring together in a span of 10 mi...
• A circular field has a circumference of 264 meters. Calculate the area of this field. {Take π = (22/7)}
• Currently, the combined age of Rajesh and Ramesh is 77 years. One year ago, the ratio of their ages was 7:8, with Rajesh being 7 parts and Ramesh being 8 p...
• In an election with two candidates, the winner secured 66% of the valid votes and won by a margin of 1440 votes. How many valid votes did the losing candid...
• Ram needs to travel from point 'A' to point 'B'. If he travels at a speed of 24 km/h, he arrives 2.5 hours later than expected. However, if he travels at a...
• If person 'A' can complete a task in 35 hours and person 'B' can complete the same task in 40 hours, how much time will it take for both 'A' and 'B' to com...
• Vikas invested Rs. 12,000 at an annual compound interest rate of 30%, with the interest being compounded every 10 months. How much interest did Vikas earn ...
• What is the smallest number that should be subtracted from 1798425 so that the resulting number is divisible by 8?
• A boat has a speed of 30 km/h in still water. In a particular stream, the boat's downstream speed is 50% faster than its speed upstream. What is the speed ...
• The sum and difference of the Least Common Multiple (L.C.M.) and Highest Common Factor (H.C.F.) of two numbers are 216 and 184, respectively. If one of the...
• Find the greatest 3-digit number that is divisible by both 8 and 60.
• A cuboidal box has dimensions of length = 18 cm, breadth = 15 cm, and height = 10 cm. If the breadth is increased by 20% and the height is decreased by 20%...
• A pipe can fill an empty cistern in 36(4/11) minutes when working alone. However, due to a leak, it takes 50 minutes to fill the same cistern. Find the tim...