Numerical Reasoning questions and answers

Numerical Reasoning Questions and Answers

Numerical Reasoning test is a set of multiple choice questions and answers that assesses your ability to deal with numbers quickly and accurately. This test contains questions that assess your knowledge of concepts such as arithmetics, percentages, ratios, averages, simplification, algebra, logarithm etc.

Practise with our Numerical Resoning test questions to help you know what to expect, improve your speed and confidence and be really prepared for the actual test.

1.

A printer numbers the pages of a book starting with 1 and uses 3189 digits in all. How many pages does the book have ?

A.

1000

B.

1074

C.

1075

D.

1080

View answer & explanation

Correct answer is B

No. of digits in 1-digit page nos. = 1x9 = 9.

No. of digits in 2-digit page nos. = 2 x 90 = 180.

No. of digits in 3-digit page nos. = 3 x 900 = 2700.

No. of digits in 4-digit page nos. = 3189 - (9 + 180 + 2700) = 3189 - 2889 = 300.

Therefore No. of pages with 4-digit page nos. = (300/4) = 75.

Hence, total number of pages = (999 + 75) = 1074.

2.

A boy placed three sheets with two carbons to get two extra copies of the original. Then he decided to get more carbon copies and folded the paper in such a way that the upper half of the sheets were on top of the lower half. Then he typed. How many carbon copies did he get?

A.

1

B.

2

C.

3

D.

4

View answer & explanation

Correct answer is B

Since the number of carbons is 2, only two copies can be obtained.

3.

On Children's Day, sweets were to be equally distributed among 175 children in a school. Actually on the Children's Day, 35 children were absent and therefore each child got 4 sweets extra. How many sweets were available for distribution in total?

A.

2400

B.

2480

C.

2680

D.

2800

View answer & explanation

Correct answer is D

.

4.

Edet's age was equal to square of some number last year and the following year it would be cube of a number. If again Edet's age has to be equal to the cube of some number, then for how long will he have to wait?

A.

10 years

B.

38 years

C.

39 years

D.

64 years

View answer & explanation

Correct answer is B

Clearly, we have to first find two numbers whose difference is 2 and of which the smaller one is a perfect square and the bigger one a perfect cube.

Such numbers are 25 and 27.

Thus, Edet is now 26 years old. Since the next perfect cube after 27 is 64,

so required time period = (64 - 26) years = 38 years.

5.

An enterprising businessman earns an income of $1 on the first day of his business. On every subsequent day, he earns an income which is just double of that made on the previous day. One the 10th day of business, his income is

A.

$29

B.

$210

C.

$10

D.

$102

View answer & explanation

Correct answer is A

Income on the first day = $1

Income on the 2nd day = $(1x2) = $21

Income on the 3rd day = $(21 x 2) = $22 and so on. Thus, Income on the nth day = $2n-1.

Therefore Income on the 10th day = $29.


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