Categorized Questions for PDF Conversion (Renumbered 1-108)

1. Number Problems

1. The difference between a two-digit number and the number obtained by interchanging its digits is 54. What is the difference between the digits of the
number?
2. The difference between a two-digit number and the number with its digits interchanged is 18. What is the difference between the digits?
3. A third of Antony's marks in Maths exceeds half of his marks in English by 30. He scored 240 marks in total. How many marks did he get in English?
4. What are the integer values from 180 to 300 that leave a remainder of 2 when divided by both 15 and 9?
5. What are the integers between 200 and 400 that leave a remainder of 3 when divided by 12 and 8?
6. If 'x' is the sum of all three-digit numbers formed using the distinct non-zero digits a, b, and c, what is the largest integer that must divide 'x'?
7. The difference between a two-digit number and the number obtained by interchanging its digits is 36. What is the difference between the digits of the
number?

2. Time, Speed, and Distance

8. How many seconds are needed for a 150-meter-long train to cross a 90-meter-long platform if its speed is 72 km/h?
9. How many seconds will it take for a 150-meter-long train to cross an 850-meter-long platform at a speed of 36 km/h?
10. A bus travels at 54 km/h without stoppages and 45 km/h with stoppages. How many minutes does the bus stop per hour?
11. If a bus travels at 72 km/h without stoppages and 63 km/h with stoppages, how many minutes does the bus stop per hour?
12. The speed of Barry in still water is 5 km/h and the river is running at 3 km/h. The total time to go to a place and come back is 10 hours. What is the
distance?
13. If Barry's speed is 5 km/h, the river's speed is 2 km/h, and the total travel time is 10 hours, what is the distance?
14. Two cyclists travel to a destination. One at 4 km/h, the other at 5 km/h. The slower cyclist arrives 30 minutes after the faster one. Find the distance.
15. A train travels a distance at 60 km/h. A car travels the same distance at 80 km/h and takes 2 hours less than the train. What is the distance?
16. A train travels at 60 km/h, and a car travels at 120 km/h. The time difference is 2 hours. What is the distance?
17. A person completes a journey of 10 hours. They travel the first half of the journey at 21 km/h and the second half at 24 km/h. What is the total distance of
the journey in km?
18. A car travels from city A to city B at a speed of 60 km/h and returns at a speed of 75 km/h. If the total travel time is 9 hours, what is the one-way distance
between the cities?

3. Work and Time

19. Akash can finish a work in 15 days, and Prasad can finish the same work in 30 days. Akash started working alone and after a few days, Prasad joined him
and they completed the work in 4 days. After how many days did Prasad join?
20. 4 men and 6 women can complete a work in 8 days. 3 men and 7 women can complete it in 10 days. In how many days can 10 women complete it?
21. 3 men and 4 boys complete a work in 14 days. 4 men and 6 boys do the same work in 10 days. How long will it take for one man to finish the work?
22. Five men can do a work in 6 days. Six women do 40% of it in 4 days. Three children do 75% of it in 6 days. If two men, three women, and one child work on
alternate days, who will be the last to finish?
23. Pipe M and N together fill a cistern in 6 minutes. M takes 5 minutes less than N alone. How long would N take alone?
24. A can complete a task in 40 days. B can complete the same task in 20 days. If C joins them, they complete the task in 10 days. How many days would C
take alone to complete the same task?
25. Three pipes A, B, and C can fill a tank in 6 hours. After working together for 2 hours, C is closed. A and B then fill the remaining tank in 7 hours. How many
hours would C take alone to fill the tank?
26. 5 men can do a piece of work in 6 days. 6 women can do 40% of the same work in 4 days. 3 children can do 75% of the work in 6 days. If 2 men, 3 women,
and 1 child start working alternatively (men on day 1, women on day 2, child on day 3, then men again, and so on), who will complete the work?
27. Pipes M and N running together can fill a cistern in 6 minutes. M takes 5 minutes less than N to fill the cistern alone. What is the time in which N alone can
fill the cistern?

4. Profit and Loss

28. Narasimha and Nithin started a business investing ₹185,000 and ₹225,000. If Nithin's share in the profit is ₹9,000, what is the total profit?
29. Narasimha invested ₹100,000 and Nithin invested ₹300,000. If Narasimha's profit is ₹5,000, what is the total profit?
30. A man bought two pens for ₹740. He sold one at a 12% profit and the other at an 8% loss, with no overall gain or loss. What is the cost of each pen?
31. If the selling price is doubled, the profit triples. Find the profit percentage.
32. A man bought two pens for a total of ₹740. He sold one at a 12% profit and the other at an 8% loss. There is no overall loss or gain in the transaction. What
is the cost of each pen?

5. Age Problems
33. Tom's age is 5 years more than twice his sister's age. Their combined age is 35. What is Tom's sister's age?
34. Using the same scenario as Tom's age, what is the answer if their combined age is 20?
35. 18 years ago, Johnny was three times as old as his son David. Now, Johnny is twice as old. What is the sum of their present ages?
36. 10 years ago, Alice was four times as old as her daughter Emma. Now, Alice is twice as old. What is the sum of their present ages?
37. What is the sum of Alice and Emma's ages if 10 years ago, Alice was three times as old as Emma?
38. A man is 42 and his son is 12. In how many years will the son's age be exactly half the man's age?
39. The total age of A and B is 12 years more than the total age of B and C. How many years younger is C than A?

6. Probability
40. A basket contains 5 red, 4 blue, and 3 green toys. If three toys are picked, what is the probability that at least one is blue?
41. Using the same scenario, what is the probability that at least one toy picked is green?
42. A bag contains 6 red, 5 blue, and 4 green marbles. If two marbles are picked, what is the probability that at least one is green?
43. In the same scenario, what is the probability of getting at least one black pair?
44. Two dice are tossed. What is the probability that the total score is a prime number?
45. In a box, there are 10 apples. 2/5 of the apples are rotten. If three apples are taken out of the box, what is the probability that at least one of them is rotten?
 46. There are 3 white, 4 black, and 3 red balls. If three balls are drawn at random, what is the probability that at least one of them is white?

7. Geometry
47. The diameter of a circle is increased by 50%. By what percentage does the area increase?
48. The side length of a square is increased by 20%. By what percentage does the area increase?
49. A rectangular garden has a length that is 4 meters more than its width. If the garden's area is 140 square meters, what are the dimensions of the garden?

8. Algebra
50. If 7^x - 7^(x-2) = 48 * 7^6, what is the value of x?
51. Solve for x: 7^(x+2) - (1/7) * 7^(x+1) - 14 * 7^(x-1) + 2 * 7^x = 48.
52. Solve for y: 5^y - 5^(y-2) = 120 * 5^4.
53. If √√√3x = ⁴√2x, what is the value of x (assuming x > 0)?
54. Solve for x: √√√5x = ⁴√7x (assuming x > 0).

9. Averages
55. The batting average of a cricket player for 30 games was 96. How many runs must he make in his next game to increase his average by 12?
56. The batting average of a baseball player for 25 games was 80. How many runs must he make in his next game to increase the average by 10?
57. Using the same baseball scenario, how many runs are needed if the average is to be increased by 5?
58. A class has an average score of 45. If two students (who both scored 36) are excluded, the average increases to 46. Find the total number of students.
59. A group of students with an average age of 16 joins a class, reducing the class's average age from 18 to 17. What is the ratio of new students to original
students?
60. A group of workers (avg. age 30) joins a team (avg. age 35). The new average is 33. What is the ratio of new to original workers?
61. The average age of A, B, and C is 40. B's age is 9/10 of the average. What is the average age of A and C?
62. The average age of three people (A, B, and C) is 40 years. B's age is 9/10th of the average. What is the average age of A and C?
63. The average of 13 papers is 40. The average of the first 7 papers is 42, and the average of the last 7 papers is 35. What are the total marks obtained in the
7th paper?

10. Ratio and Proportion

64. In a college election, one candidate received 25% of valid votes. 30% of votes were invalid. If total votes were 7600, what is the number of votes the other
candidate received?
65. In a baking competition, a contestant used 35% of the flour. Total flour was 120 kg, and 15% was unused. How many kilograms of flour did the contestant
use?
66. In a school board election, one candidate received 40% of valid votes. 20% of votes were invalid, and total votes were 5000. How many votes did the other
candidate receive?
67. A sum of ₹206 is made of 50p, 25p, and 10p coins in the ratio 5:9:4. Find the number of each type of coin.
68. There are 50 paise, 25 paise, and 10 paise coins in the ratio 5:9:4. The total amount is ₹206. Find the number of each type of coin.
69. The sum of 5% of A and 4% of B is 2/3 of the sum of 6% of A and 8% of B. Find the ratio of A to B.
70. In a school, the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls is 5:3. If there are 40 more boys than girls, how many students are there in the school?
71. A sum of money is divided among A, B, and C in the ratio 2:3:5. If B gets ₹120 more than A, what is the total amount of money?

11. Permutations and Combinations

72. In how many ways can 3 identical green shirts and 3 identical red shirts be distributed among 6 children so each gets one shirt?
73. In how many ways can 4 identical blue balls and 2 identical yellow balls be distributed among 6 boxes so each gets one ball?
74. In how many ways can 5 identical white marbles and 3 identical black marbles be distributed among 8 children so each gets one marble?
75. In how many ways can a committee consisting of 5 men and 6 women be formed from 8 men and 10 women?

12. Interest
76. An amount earns simple interest of 1750 in 7 years. If the rate were 2% higher, how much more interest would it have earned? (The video concludes this is
unsolvable).

13. Logical Reasoning

77. Ramon and Harison were talking face-to-face before sunset. If Harison's shadow was to his right, which direction was Ramon facing?
78. Amit and Ashwini are sitting with their backs to each other. If the shadow falls on the right of Ashwini, which side is Amit facing?
79. In the same scenario, if the shadow falls to the right of Amit, in which direction would Amit be facing?
80. A box contains 7 pairs of blue shoes and 5 pairs of purple shoes. To ensure at least one pair of blue shoes, what is the minimum number of shoes to be
drawn?
81. A box has 18 pairs of white, 25 pairs of black, and 24 pairs of blue shoes. How many shoes must you pick to guarantee a pair of the same color?
82. A tortoise at the bottom of a 65m hill climbs 5m and slips down 3m every hour. How long will it take to reach the top?
83. An ant climbs a 13m slope. It climbs 5m in an hour and slips 3m in the next half-hour. How long will it take?
84. A man in a 50m deep well climbs 4m and slips 3m in one day. How many days will it take for him to get out?
85. A Sophie Germain Prime is a prime p where 2p+1 is also prime. What is the product of all possible unit digits of Sophie Germain Primes greater than 5?
86. You have ₹15. A chocolate costs ₹1. You can exchange 3 wrappers for one chocolate. How many chocolates can you get in total?
87. A pole is half-buried in mud and one-third submerged in water. If 9 feet are above water, what's the pole's total length?
88. In a row, A is 7th from the left and B is 9th from the right. If they swap positions, A becomes 11th from the left. How many people are in the row?
89. 12 girl scouts have food for 8 days. If 4 more scouts join, how long will the food last?
90. You can buy one chocolate for ₹1. If you have three chocolate wrappers, you can exchange them for one chocolate. If you have ₹15, how many chocolates
can you buy in total?
91. A pole has half of its length buried in mud. One-third of its length is submerged in water. The remaining 9 feet of the pole is above water. What is the total
length of the pole?
 92. In a row of people at a bus stop, A is 7th from the left and B is 9th from the right. When they interchange their positions, A becomes 11th from the left. How
many people are in the row?
93. A group of 12 girl scouts had enough food to survive for 8 days. Suddenly, 4 more scouts joined them without any additional food. How many days can
they survive with the same amount of food?
94. A person borrowed 100 glasses. If a glass reaches safely, they must pay 10 paise for each. If it breaks, they must pay 30 paise for each. The total amount
paid was ₹7.60. How many glasses were broken?
95. A farmer needs to make a 29x29 square metal sheet. There are 30 nails on each side of the square. How many nails are used to make the square metal
sheet?
96. A clock shows exact midnight. For every hour, the clock is one minute slow. Currently, the clock shows 13:46 (which is less than 24 hours from midnight).
What is the correct current time?
97. What day of the week will it be 132 days from today if today is Thursday?

14. Other
98. A bookworm lit two candles of equal length. One is thicker and lasts 6 hours, while the thinner one lasts two hours less. When he went to sleep, the thick
candle was twice as long as the thin one. How long did the bookworm study?
99. If a thick candle takes 5 hours to burn completely and a thin candle takes 3 hours less, and at the end, the thick candle is twice the length of the thin one,
solve the problem.
100. If f(x+y) = f(x) + f(y) for all positive integers and f(2) = 4, what is the value of f(3)?
101. If g(x+y) = g(x) + g(y) for all positive integers and g(3) = 9, what is the value of g(5)?
102. If f(x+y) = f(x) + f(y) and f(4) = 12, what is f(7)?
103. In a chess tournament with six rounds where each player plays every other player once, how many players are there?
104. In a chess tournament, there are six rounds (interpreted as six matches in total). Each player plays exactly once against every other player. How many
players are in the tournament?
105. If the price of a shirt is reduced by 20% during a sale, and the original price is ₹2500, what is the sale price of the shirt?
106. Given the sequence 14, 28, 20, and another sequence 40, 32, 64, A. What is the next number in the second sequence (A)?
107. K requires ₹800 for paying her fees. She borrowed 20% from her brother. 30% of the remaining amount was funded by her mother. She had ₹200 in her
bank. How much more money does she still require?
108. A sum of money is divided among A, B, and C in the ratio 2:3:5. If B gets ₹120 more than A, what is the total amount of money?