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INDEX
Sl No. Topic Page No.
1 Ages 4
2 Alligation & Mixture 7
3 Averages 13
4 Boats & Streams 19
5 Clocks 22
6 Compound Interest 25
7 LCM & HCF 30
8 Number Series 33
9 Number Theory 35
10 Percentages 38
11 Permutations & Combinations 42
12 Pipes & Cisterns 48
13 Probability 54
14 Profit & Loss 57
15 Races 63
16 Ratio & Proportion 67
17 Simple Interest 72
18 Surds 78
19 Time & Distance 80
20 Time & Work 88
21 Trains 94
4
AGES
Sl No Sub Topic Name Question Your Answer
The age of the father 3 years ago was 7
times the age of his son. At present, the
1. age of the father’s age is 5 times that of
son. What are the present ages of the
father and the son?
The age of Arun is 4 times that of his
‘N’ years ago & son. Five years ago Arun was 9 times as
2.
Present Age Type old as his son was at the time. What is
the present age of Arun?
At present the age of Geetha is 5 times
that of her son. Three years hence
3. Geetha’s age will be 4 times that of her
son. Find the present ages of Geetha
and her son.
3 years ago, Sam was 7 times as old as
his son. 3 years hence, Sam’s age will be
4.
4 times that of his son. What are the
present ages of Sam and his son?
After five years the age of a father will
‘t1’ Years Ago & be thrice the age of his son, whereas 5
5.
‘t2’ Years After years ago he was 7 times as old as his
Type son was. What was their present ages?
10 years ago, Preethi’s mother was 4
times older than her. After 10 years the
6. mother will be 2 times older than
Preethi. What is the present age of
Preethi?
The ratio of the ages of the Father and
the son at present is 6:1. After 5 years,
7.
the ratio will become 7:2. What is the
present age of the son?
The ratio of ages of Sam’s father and
Ratio of Ages
Sam, at present is 3:1. Four years earlier,
8. given, Find Present
the ratio was 4:1. Find the present ages
Ages
of Sam and his father.
The ratio of the ages of Ashok and Binny
is 3:11. After 3 years, the ratio becomes
9.
1:3. What are the ages of Ashok and
Binny?
5
The ratio of the ages of Mohan and Anu
is 3:4. 4 years earlier the ratio was 5:7.
10.
Find the present ages of Mohan and
Ratio of Ages
Anu.
given, Find Present
The ratio of the ages of Lal and his
Ages-II
father is 1:5. After 7 years the ratio
11.
becomes 3:8. What are the present ages
of Lal and his father?
The sum of the ages of Geetha and her
daughter is 50 years. 5 years ago,
12. Geetha,s age was 7 times the age of the
daughter. What are the present ages of
Geetha and her daughter?
The sum of the present ages of Veena
Sum of Ages
and her mother is 56 years. 4 years
Given, Find
13. hence, the daughter’s age will be 1/3rd
Present Ages
that of the mother. What are the
present ages of Veena and her mother?
The sum of the ages of Sam and his
father is 56 years. After 4 years, the age
14.
of the father will be three times that of
the son. What is the age of Sam?
The ratio of Sam’s father’s age to Sam’s
age is 4:1. The product of their ages is
15.
196. What will be the ratio of their ages
Product or
after 5 years?
Difference of Ages
The ratio of ages of A:B is 3:11. The
Given
difference of their ages is 24 years.
16.
What will be the ratio of their ages after
3 years?
Present Age given Sam’s age is 125% of what it was 10 years
as a Percent of ago, but 83 ⅓ % of what it will be after
17.
Past and Future 10 years. What is his present age?
age
6
ANSWER KEY
Q No Answer Video Solution Link
1. Father’s age=45 years, https://youtu.be/TreJAOuqDNU?t=14s
Son’s age=9 years
2. 32 years https://youtu.be/TreJAOuqDNU?t=7m15s
3. Geetha’s age=45 years, https://youtu.be/TreJAOuqDNU?t=10m9s

Son’s age=9 years
4. Sam’s age=45 years, https://youtu.be/_Hd_b_AiRF0?t=15s
Son’s age=9 years
5. Son’s age=5 years, https://youtu.be/_Hd_b_AiRF0?t=5m35s
Father’s age=40 years
6. 20 years https://youtu.be/_Hd_b_AiRF0?t=8m27s
7. 5 years https://youtu.be/RA38IEe6TU8?t=15s
8. Sam’s age=12 years, https://youtu.be/RA38IEe6TU8?t=4m52s

9. Ashok’s age=9 years, https://youtu.be/RA38IEe6TU8?t=6m54s
Binny’s age=33 years
10. Mohan’s age=24 years, https://youtu.be/SO-_stz5V7M?t=15s
Anu’s age=32 years
11. Lal’s age=5 years, https://youtu.be/SO-_stz5V7M?t=2m33s
12. Geetha’s age=40 years, https://youtu.be/WE9jACMwPm4?t=14s
Daughter’s age=40 years
13. Veena’s age=12 years, https://youtu.be/WE9jACMwPm4?t=4m20s
Mother’s age=44 years
14. 12 years https://youtu.be/WE9jACMwPm4?t=6m21s
15. Sam’s age=12 years, https://youtu.be/SxpGcJA-ph0?t=14s

16. 1:3 https://youtu.be/SxpGcJA-ph0?t=2m8s
17. 50 years https://youtu.be/rkrTSrs4wAE?t=14s
7
ALLIGATION AND MIXTURE
In what ratio, water must be mixed with pure
1. milk in order to make a profit of 20% by selling
it at cost price?
In what ratio must water be added to spirit to
2.
gain 25% by selling it at cost price?
Profit Percentage A mixture containing water and pure milk is
Given sold at cost price of pure milk. What should be
3.
the ratio of water to pure milk in the mixture
so as to make a profit of 30%?
In what ratio should milk and water be mixed
4. so that after selling the mixture at the cost
2
price, a profit of 16 % is made?
3
Arun has two solutions of sugar with 30% and
50% concentrations respectively. In what
5.
proportion should he mix with two solutions to
45% concentration in the resulting mixture?
In what ratio must tea at Rs.62/kg be mixed
Change in
6. with tea at Rs.72/kg so that the mixture must
Concentration
be worth Rs.64.50 per kg?
Gold is 19 times as heavy as water and silver 9
times. In what ratio should these metals be
7.
mixed so that the mixture may be 15 time as
heavy as water?
400 gm of sugar solution has 40% sugar in it.
8. How much sugar should be added to make it
50% in the solution?
Changing 49 litres of milk has 80% milk concentration.
9. Concentration by How much water must be added to make it’s
adding concentration 70%?
6 litres of milk and water mixture has 75%milk
10. in it. How much milk should be added to make
the mixture 90% pure?
In a mixture of 20 litres the ratio of milk to
water is 2:1. If the ratio of milk to water is to
11.
be 1:2,what amount of water is to be further
added?
Changing Ration in
Zinc and copper are in the ratio of 5:3 in 240
Mixture
12. gm of an alloy. How much grams of
copper to be added to make the ratio as 3:5?
15 litres of a mixture has spirit and water in the
13.
ratio 2:3. How much water be added to get a
8
spirit to water ratio of 3:7 in the resulting
mixture?
A shopkeeper has 40 kgs of rice. He sells a part
of it at 20% profit and the rest at 40% profit. If
14.
he gains 25% on the whole, find the quantity
of each part.
A merchant has 24 kgs of rice. He sells a part
of it at 10% gain and the rest at 6% loss. If he
15.
incurs 4% loss on the whole, find the quantity
Overall Profit Given of each part.
Type 1 A person brought 2 chairs for Rs.1100. He sells
one at 5% loss and other at 6% profit. On the
16.
whole he neither gains nor losses. Find the
cost price for each.
A person buys two books for Rs.1000. He sells
one at a loss of 5% and the other at 20% gain.
17.
On the whole, he gains Rs.50. Find the cost for
each
Two bottles A and B contain mixture of milk
and water in the ratio 4:1 and 9:11
18. respectively. They are mixed in the ratio 3:4.
Find the ratio of milk and water in the resulting
Mixing Mixtures in a mixture.
Given Ratio Milk and water are mixed in a vessel A in the
proportion 5:2 and in a vessel B in the
19. proportion 8:5. They are mixed in the ratio 7:2.
Find the ratio of milk and water in the resulting
mixture.
Two bottles A and B contain milk and water
mixture in the ratio 5:2 and 7:6 respectively.
20. Find the ratio in which these mixtures be
mixed in order to obtain a new mixture
containing milk and water in the ratio 8:5.
Two vessels A and B contain spirit and water in
Changing Ratio by the ratio 7:5 and 17:7 respectively. In what
21. mixing ratio they should be mixed to get a new
mixture containing spirit and water in the ratio
5:3.
Two vessels contain spirit and milk mixed in
the ratio 8:5 and 5:2 respectively. Find the
22.
ratio in which they are to be mixed to get a
new mixture containing 69 3/13% spirit.
A man brought a certain quantity of sugar for
Overall Profit Given
23. Rs.6000. He sells one-fourth of it at 10% loss.
Type 2
At what percent profit should he sell the
9
remainder so as to make an overall profit of
20%?
A shopkeeper has 500 clocks. He sells 100
clocks at a loss of 10%. At what percent profit
24.
should he shell the remainder so as to make an
overall profit of 10%?
In what proportion may three kinds of sugar at
25. Rs.80,Rs.70 and Rs.50 per kg be mixed to
produce a mixture worth Rs.60/kg?
Find the proportion in which three types of tea
26. Mixing of 3 at Rs.12,Rs.14 and Rs.20 per kg be mixed to
ingredients obtain a mixture worth Rs.15 per kg.
In what ratio must 3 varieties of wheat of
prices at Rs. 1.20, Rs. 1.44 and Rs. 1.74/kg be
27.
mixed so that the mixture may worth Rs.
1.41/kg?
In what proportion must we mix 4 kinds of
Mixing of 4
28. wheat priced at Rs.8, Rs.10, Rs.16 and Rs.18/kg
ingredients
so as to obtain a mixture worth Rs.15/kg?
The expenditure and savings of Arun are in the
ratio 3:1. His income increases by 16% but at
29. the same time his expenditure also increases
by 20%. Find increase or decrease in his
Expenditure and
savings.
Savings
Mohan spends 4 times than he saves. If his
income is increased by 20% and his
30.
expenditure increased by 30%,find the
percentage increase or decrease in his savings.
A vessel contains 24 litres of spirit. 4 litres are
withdrawn and replaced by water. The process
31.
Ingredient is repeated a second time. Find the ratio of
Withdrawn from the spirit to water in the resulting mixture.
Mixture A vessel contains 80 litres of milk. 8 litres of
Type 1 milk is taken out and replaced by water. The
32.
process is repeated 2 more times. How much
milk is contained by the container?
19 litres are withdrawn from a vessel full of
milk and it is filled with water. Then 19 litres of
mixture is drawn and again filled with water.
33. Ingredient
The ratio of milk to water now present in the
Withdrawn from the
vessel is 81:19. What is the full capacity of
Mixture
vessel?
Type 2
From a vessel filled with spirit,1/10 of its
34. contents is removed and the vessel is then
filled up with water. The process is done for 3
10
times. What proportion of spirit originally
contained in the vessel has been removed
from it?
A cask contains 25 litres wine. 5 litres are
withdrawn and replaced by water. The process
35. is repeated 2 more times. Find the quantity of
wine contained in cask now and also the ratio
Ingredient
of wine to water in the resulting mixture.
Withdrawn from the
6 litres are drawn from a cask full of wine and
Mixture
it is then filled with water. 6 litres of mixture is
Type 2
drawn and again filled with water .The
36.
quantity of wine now left in the cask is to that
of the water in in it is 121:23. How much does
the cask hold?
A vessel contains mixture of liquids A and B in
the ratio 3:2. 20 litres of mixture is taken out
37. and replaced by 20 litre of liquid B. the ratio
changes to 1:4. How many litres of liquid B was
initially present in the vessel?
A can contains a mixture of two liquids A and
B in the ratio 7:5. When 9 litres of mixture are
38. Mixture Replacement drawn off and the can is filled with B, the ratio
changes to 7:9. How many litres of liquid A was
contained by the can initially?
A vessel contains a mixture of milk and water
in the ratio 4:1. When 10 litres of the mixture
39. is taken out and 10 litres of water is poured in
the ratio becomes 2:3. How many litres of milk
was contained in the vessel?
A jar of 80 litre contains a mixture of liquids A
and B. 70% of A and 30% of B are taken out of
40.
the jar. This leaves the jar 55% vacant. Find the
initial quantity of both.
How much water must be added to a vessel
containing 40 litres of milk at cost price of Rs
41.
3.5/litre so that the cost of milk reduces to Rs
Miscellaneous
2/litre?
problems
The average monthly salary of employees
consisting of officers and clerks of an
organisation is Rs.3000. The average salary of
42. an officer is Rs.10000 while that of the clerk is
Rs.2000 per month. If there are total 400
employees in the organisation, find the
number of officers and clerks separately.
11
ANSWER KEY
1. 1:5 https://youtu.be/eDs8a7zKa9M?t=32s
2. 1:4 https://youtu.be/eDs8a7zKa9M?t=2m40s
5. 1:3 https://youtu.be/N14CI6BIGwc?t=1s
6. 3:1 https://youtu.be/N14CI6BIGwc?t=4m9s
7. 3:2 https://youtu.be/N14CI6BIGwc?t=5m42s
8. 80 gm https://youtu.be/Vcf8qtM14Qc?t=15s
9. 7 litres https://youtu.be/Vcf8qtM14Qc?t=3m59s
10. 9 litres https://youtu.be/Vcf8qtM14Qc?t=6m39s
11. 20 litres https://youtu.be/I2YYnQIS0MQ?t=37s
12. 160 gm https://youtu.be/I2YYnQIS0MQ?t=4m3s
13. 5 litres https://youtu.be/I2YYnQIS0MQ?t=6m35s
14. 30 kgs (20% profit),10 kgs(40% profit) https://youtu.be/PN8bREE8Wmk?t=4s
15. 3 kgs(10% gain), 21 kgs(6% loss) https://youtu.be/PN8bREE8Wmk?t=3m1s
16. Rs.600(5% loss), Rs 500 (6% profit) https://youtu.be/PN8bREE8Wmk?t=4m42s
17. Rs.600(5% loss), Rs.400(20% gain) https://youtu.be/PN8bREE8Wmk?t=7m24s
18. 3:2 https://youtu.be/nw30YMYTMMw?t=15s
19. 9:4 https://youtu.be/nw30YMYTMMw?t=3m48s
20. 7:9 https://youtu.be/g7aswx_-PSI?t=14s
21. 2:1 https://youtu.be/g7aswx_-PSI?t=3m29s
22. 2:7 https://youtu.be/g7aswx_-PSI?t=5m54s
23. 30% https://youtu.be/NKK1lXUEZng?t=15s
24. 15% https://youtu.be/NKK1lXUEZng?t=3m9s
25. 1:1:3 https://youtu.be/X1y_xiKuvFk?t=15s
26. 5:5:4 https://youtu.be/X1y_xiKuvFk?t=4m50s
27. 12:7:7 https://youtu.be/XvqKiWwNoD0?t=14s
28. 3:1:5:7 https://youtu.be/XvqKiWwNoD0?t=5m3s
29. 4% increase https://youtu.be/s9vL_JIV9qU?t=14s
30. 20% decrease https://youtu.be/s9vL_JIV9qU?t=4m42s
31. 25:11 https://youtu.be/ByBzjY1MM9I?t=14s
32. 58.32 litres https://youtu.be/ByBzjY1MM9I?t=4m15s
33. 190 litres https://youtu.be/zNqwMdBR1H4?t=14s
34. 271 https://youtu.be/zNqwMdBR1H4?t=4m9s
1000
4
35. 12 litres, 64:61 https://youtu.be/YbAIuNX1wfM?t=14s
5
36. 72 litres https://youtu.be/YbAIuNX1wfM?t=4m7s
37. 12 litres https://youtu.be/61hsd1FVM6A?t=14s
38. 21 litres https://youtu.be/61hsd1FVM6A?t=3m51s
12
39. 16 litres https://youtu.be/61hsd1FVM6A?t=7m20s
40. A=50 litres,B=30 litres https://youtu.be/YjLven9fmW0?t=14s
41. 30 litres https://youtu.be/YjLven9fmW0?t=2m5s
42. 50(officers), 350(clerks) https://youtu.be/YjLven9fmW0?t=3m33s
13
AVERAGES
The average age of 30 girls of a class is
equal to 14 years. When the age of the
1. Maths teacher is also included the
average becomes 15 years. Find the age
Basics
of Maths teacher.
Diane scored an average score of 75 in
2. four subjects. If she obtained 80 marks
in her 5th subject, find her new average.
The average weight of 4 boys is
increased by 3 kg when one of them
3.
weighs 120 kg is replaced by another
boy. What is the weight of the new boy?
The average weight of 8 women is
increased by 2.5 Kg when one of them
4. Addition or who weighs 56 Kg is replaced by new
Replacement woman. Find the weight of the new
woman.
There are 50 students in a class. One of
them weighing 50 Kg goes away and a
5. new student joins. By this the average
of the class increase by ½ Kg. Find the
weight of the new student.
The average of marks obtained by 120
candidate in a certain examination is 35.
If the average marks of passed
6.
candidate is 39 and that of the failed
candidates is 15, find the number of
candidates passed the examination.
The average salary of the entire staff in
Examination
an office is Rs.120 per month. The
Marks Average
average salary of officers is Rs.460 and
7.
that of clerical staff is Rs.110. The
number of officers is 15. Find the
number of clerical staff in the office.
The average of 20 numbers is 15 and the
8. average of first five is 12. Find the
average of the rest of the numbers.
14
In a school with 600 students, the
average of the boys is 12 years and that
9. of the girls is 11 years. If the average age
of the school is 11 years and 9 months,
find the number of girls in the school.
Find the average of the first 100 positive
10.
integers.
Find the average of the squares of first
11.
Averages of 10 natural numbers.
Number Series Find the average of odd numbers up to
12.
100.
Find the average of the first 10 whole
13.
numbers.
A batsman in his 17th innings makes a
score of 85, and thereby increases his
14.
average by 3. What is his average after
17 innings?
A cricketer has completed 10 innings
and his average is 21.5 runs. How many
15. Cricket related
runs must he make in his next innings so
Problems
as to raise his average to 24?
A cricketer whose bowling average is
24.85 runs per wickets for 52 runs and
16. thereby decreases his average by 0.85.
Find the number of wickets taken by
him till last match.
The average of 7 consecutive numbers is
17.
20. Find the largest of these numbers.
The average of 9 consecutive odd
18. numbers is 53. Find the least odd
number.
Averages of If the average of 6 consecutive even
Consecutives numbers is 25, find the difference
19.
between the largest and smallest
numbers.
The average of nine consecutive
numbers is n. If the next two numbers
20.
are also included, what is the new
average?
21. Find the averages of first five odd
15
multiples of 3.
If a,b,c,d,e are five consecutive odd
22.
numbers, find their average.
The present average age of a family of
four members is 36 years. If the present
age of the youngest member of the
23.
family be 12 years, find the average age
of the family at the birth of the
youngest member.
5 years ago, the average age of P and Q
Average of Ages was 15 years. Average age of P,Q and R
24.
today is 20 years. How old will R be after
10 years?
3 years ago, the average age of a family
of 5 members was 17 years. A baby
25. having been born, the average age of
the family is same today. Find the
present age of the baby.
The average monthly expenditure of a
family for the first four months is
Rs.2570, for the next three months
Rs.2490 and for the last five months is
26.
Rs.3030. If the family saves Rs.5320
during the whole year, find the average
monthly income of the family during the
Average of Income
year.
The average salary, per head of all the
workers of an institution is Rs.60. The
average salary of 12 officers is Rs.400,
27.
the average salary per head of the rest
is Rs.56. Find the total number of
workers in the institution.
The average of first three numbers is
double the fourth number. If the
28.
average of all the four numbers is 12,
Miscellaneous find the fourth number.
If the arithmetic mean of 3a and 4b is
29. greater than 50, and a is twice b, find
the smallest possible integer value of a.
30. Out of Box The arithmetic mean of the scores of a
16
Questions 2 group of students in a test was 52. The
brightest 20% of them secured a mean
score of 80 and the dullest 25% a mean
score of 31. Find the mean score of
remaining 55%
Find the average of 330 , 360 and 390 .
31.
5 members of a team are weighed

consecutively and their average weight
calculated after each member is
32. weighed. If the average weight
increases by 1 each time, how much
heavier is the last player than the first
one?
If the average of m number is 𝑛2 and
33. that of n number is 𝑚2 , then find the
Miscellaneous average of (m+n) numbers.
1
If the average of x and 𝑥 is M, find the
34. 1
average of 𝑥 2 and
𝑥2
17
ANSWER KEY
1. 45 years https://youtu.be/7SJXQuwHCDo?t=14s
2. 76 marks https://youtu.be/7SJXQuwHCDo?t=3m52s
3. 132 Kg https://youtu.be/U8iXFvSC1mg?t=14s
4. 76 Kg https://youtu.be/U8iXFvSC1mg?t=2m27s
5. 75 Kg https://youtu.be/U8iXFvSC1mg?t=3m54s
6. 100 https://youtu.be/U74jsdHGAqg?t=14s
7. 510 https://youtu.be/U74jsdHGAqg?t=4m2s
10. 50.5 https://youtu.be/0cE2RdEqIpk?t=14s
11. 38.5 https://youtu.be/0cE2RdEqIpk?t=1m52s

12. 50 https://youtu.be/0cE2RdEqIpk?t=4m8s
13. 4.5 https://youtu.be/0cE2RdEqIpk?t=8m4s
14. 37 https://youtu.be/DjZs7lfi2Lg?t=14s
15. 49 https://youtu.be/DjZs7lfi2Lg?t=3m54s
16. 80 https://youtu.be/DjZs7lfi2Lg?t=6m44s
17. 23 https://youtu.be/9YWre9MeR3A?t=14s
18. 45 https://youtu.be/9YWre9MeR3A?t=5m28s
20. n+1 https://youtu.be/9YWre9MeR3A?t=8m58s
18
22. c (or) a+4 https://youtu.be/9YWre9MeR3A?t=11m38s
23. 32 years https://youtu.be/AHl9gkbibeA?t=14s
24. 30 years https://youtu.be/AHl9gkbibeA?t=3m30s
25. 2 years https://youtu.be/AHl9gkbibeA?t=7m2s
26. Rs.3185 https://youtu.be/jS9QYtZciVs?t=14s
27. 1032 https://youtu.be/jS9QYtZciVs?t=4m56s
28. 48 https://youtu.be/9K3ZrGBZcgw?t=14s
7
29. 21 https://youtu.be/9K3ZrGBZcgw?t=1m37s
30. 51.4% https://youtu.be/6qxFThab7tU?t=14s
31. 329 +359 +389 https://youtu.be/6qxFThab7tU?t=4m40s
32. 8 https://youtu.be/6qxFThab7tU?t=5m56s
33. mn https://youtu.be/M9JjYoDiRHo?t=15s
34. 2𝑀2 -1 https://youtu.be/M9JjYoDiRHo?t=1m40s
19
BOATS AND STREAMS

Arun rows upstream at 10 Km/hr and
downstream at 16 Km/hr. Find Arun’s
1.
rate in still water and the rate of the
current.
Veena rows a boat 18 kilometers in 4
hours downstream and returns
2. Basic Problems
upstream in 12 hours. Find the speed of
the stream.
A boatman rows 1 Km in 5 minutes along
the stream and 6 Km in 1 hour against
3.
the stream. Find the speed of the
stream.
Arun can row 6 Km/hr in still water. It
takes him twice as long to row up as to
4.
row down the river. Find the rate of the
Finding speed
stream.
from Upstream
A boat takes half time in moving a
and Downstream
certain distance downstream and
speeds
5. upstream. Find the ratio of the speed
the boat in still water and that of the
current.
Joanna can row 6 Km/hr in still water.
When the stream is running at 1.2 Km/hr,
6.
it takes her 1 hour to row to a place and
back. How far is the place?
Arun can row at 5 Km/hr in still water. If
the velocity of current is 1 Kmph and it
7. Finding distance
takes him 1 hour to row to a place and
back, how far is the place?
Sona can row 7 KM/hr in still water. The
stream is flowing at 3 Km/hr. Sona takes
8.
7 hours to row to a place and back. How
far is the place?
A boat can row 30 Km upstream and 44
Cross Product
9. Km downstream in 10 hours. Also, it can
Method
row 55 Km downstream and 40 Km
20
upstream in 13 hours. Find the rate of
current and speed of boat in still water.
Arunima covers 24 Km upstream and 36
Km downstream in 6 hours, while it
covers 36 Km upstream and 24 Km
10.
downstream in 6.5 hours. Find the
velocity of Arunima in still water and the
current.
Rahul can row a certain distance
downstream in 6 hours and return the
11. same distance in 9 hours. If the stream
flows at the rate of 3 Km/hr, find the
Times given, find speed of Rahul in still water.
Speed A motorboat goes a certain distance
upstream in 9 hours and downstream in
12. 6 hours. If the stream flows at the rate
of 2 ¼ Km per hour, find how far it can
row in an hour in still water.
The speed of the stream is 5 Km/hr. A
motorboat goes 10 Km upstream and
13. back again to the starting point in 50
minutes. Find the speed of the
motorboat in still water.
A boat goes 12 Km downstream and
comes back to the starting point in 3
14. hours. If the speed of the current is 3
Best shortcut
Kmph, find the speed of the boat in still
water.
The speed of a boat in still water is 6
Kmph and the speed of the stream is 1.5
Kmph. Arun rows to a place at a
15.
distance of 22.5 Km and comes back to
the starting point. Find the total time
taken by him.
21
ANSWER KEY
1. Arun’s rate in still water=13 Km/hr https://youtu.be/z1So1R1i1gc?t=14s
Rate of current=3 Km/hr
2. 1.5 Km/hr https://youtu.be/z1So1R1i1gc?t=8m28s
3. 3 Km/hr https://youtu.be/z1So1R1i1gc?t=11m
4. 2 Km/hr https://youtu.be/y4P1hB14QC0?t=14s
5. 3:1 https://youtu.be/y4P1hB14QC0?t=3m4s
6. 2.88 Km https://youtu.be/Yb0BqVS5Fq0?t=14s
7. 2.4 Km https://youtu.be/Yb0BqVS5Fq0?t=3m1s
8. 20 Km https://youtu.be/Yb0BqVS5Fq0?t=4m30s
9. Speed of boat in still water=8 https://youtu.be/2LaH-nWZG_8?t=14s

Km/hr,
Rate of current=3 Km/hr
10. Velocity of Arunima in still https://youtu.be/2LaH-nWZG_8?t=6m
water=10 Km/hr
Velocity of current=2 Km/hr
11. 15 Km/hr https://youtu.be/S2THMhgpnYQ?t=14s
12. 1 https://youtu.be/S2THMhgpnYQ?t=2m39s
114 Km/hr
13. 25 Km/hr https://youtu.be/Bg_NYSto--I?t=14s
14. 9 Km/hr https://youtu.be/Bg_NYSto--I?t=3m28s
15. 8 hours https://youtu.be/Bg_NYSto--I?t=5m8s
22
CLOCKS
What is the angle made by the hour
1. hand and minute hand, if clock shows
10:15?
Basic Problems -
What is the angle between the hands of
2. Angle Between
a clock, if clock shows 05:25?
Clock Hands
What is the angle made by the hour
3. hand and minute hand, if clock shows
07:20?
At what time between 3 and 4, will the
Time of clock
4. hour hand and minute hand of a clock
hands coinciding
coincide?
Find by how many degrees will the hour
5. hand rotate from 2 0’clock in the
Degrees rotated morning till 9 o’clock in the evening.
by Hour hand Find by how many degrees the hour
6. hand has turned through from 12pm till
600 till 600 seconds past 5pm.
At what time between 10 and 11, will the
7. Time at which hour hand and minute hand be at right
Hour hand - angles?
Minute hand at At what time between 4 and 5, will the
8. right angles hour hand and minute hand point in
opposite directions?
Preethy saw the clock when it was set
right at 8am. The clock gains 5 minutes
9.
in an hour. What time will it show at
Right & Wrong 8pm on the same day?
clock 1 Malar observed that a watch loses 5
seconds in one hour which was set right
10.
at 7am. What time will it show at 2pm
on the same day?
Ann sets the clock right at 8am. The
clock gains 10 minutes in 24 hours. What
11. Right & Wrong
will be true time when the clock
Clock
indicates 1pm on the following day?
12. John saw the clock when it is 5 am. The
23
clock loses 8 minutes in half a day. What
will be the true time when he sees the
clock at 10pm on the 4th day?
Dinesh observed that a clock loses 5
When will clock minutes every hour which was set right
13.
show right time? at 6am on a Sunday. When will it show
the exact time again?
A clock was set right at 8am on Sunday.
The clock loses 1% during the first week
and then gains 2% during the next week.
14.
What will the time shown by the clock
exactly 14 days from the day it was set
Sure Question for
right?
Competitive Exam
A watch gains 2 minutes in 12 hours,
while a clock loses 2 minutes every 36
15. hours. Both are set right at 12 noon on
Sunday. Find the correct time when
both show the same time next.
24
ANSWER KEY
1. 217.5° https://youtu.be/vZtc1ojWcq8?t=14s
2. 12.5° https://youtu.be/vZtc1ojWcq8?t=7m42s
3. 100° https://youtu.be/vZtc1ojWcq8?t=9m40s
4. 4 https://youtu.be/-WEvMFLuF1w?t=14s
3:16
11
5. 570° https://youtu.be/80uNpH0MZT4?t=14s
6. 155° https://youtu.be/80uNpH0MZT4?t=1m27s
7. 5 https://youtu.be/CpF-XfqlFNc?t=14s
i) 511minutes past 10
2
ii) 3811minutes past 10
8. 6 https://youtu.be/CpF-XfqlFNc?t=5m45s
5411minutes past 4
9. 9pm https://youtu.be/k3bqHM8LunM?t=14s
10. 1:59:25 pm https://youtu.be/k3bqHM8LunM?t=2m34s
11. 12:48 pm https://youtu.be/DFt61gJYwYU?t=14s

12. 11pm https://youtu.be/DFt61gJYwYU?t=5m32s
13. Saturday 6am https://youtu.be/_1gujH5r9Kg?t=15s
14. 09:40:48 am https://youtu.be/h7on8DqB5jw?t=14s

15. After 135 days https://youtu.be/h7on8DqB5jw?t=3m5s
25
COMPOUND INTEREST
Find the amount to be paid after 2 years
if a sum of Rs.7500 is borrowed at
1.
compound interest at the rate of 4% per
annum.
Basic problems Determine the amount to be paid after 3
2. years when Rs.1000 is deposited at 5%
compound interest rate.
Find the CI on Rs.8000 at 10% per annum
3.
for 3 years.
A sum of money at compound interest
4. doubles itself in 4 years. In how many
years will it amount to 8 times of itself?
Time required for amounts to thrice of itself in 3 years. In
5.
A to become ‘x’ how many years will it amount to 9
times P times of itself?
doubles itself in 4 years. In how many
6.
years will it amount to 4 times and 16
times of itself?
If CI on a certain sum for 2 years at 3% be
7.
Rs.101.50, what would be the SI?
If CI on a certain sum for 3 years at 5% be
8. Rs.252.20, what would be the SI for
If CI given, find SI
same sum, same rate and same time?
If CI on a certain sum for 2 years at 12 ½
9. % be Rs.510, what would be the SI for
same sum, same rate and same time?
A sum of money becomes nine times of
10. itself in 2 years at r% compound interest.
Find r.
find rate of
A sum of money becomes 8 times of
interest by
11. itself in 3 years at r% compound interest.
Shortcut
Find r.
At what rate percent compound
12.
interest does a sum of money become
26
9/4 times of itself in 2 years?
Find the rate percent if a sum of money
13. becomes fourfold in 2 years at
compound interest.
The CI on a certain sum of money at a
certain rate for 2 years is Rs.282.15 and
14. the SI on the same sum is Rs.270 at the
find rate of
same rate and for the same time.
interest from
Determine the rate of interest.
difference
On a certain sum of money the CI for 2
between CI & SI
years is Rs.40.80 and the SI for the same
15.
period of time is Rs.40. Find the rate of
interest.
The SI and CI on a certain sum of money
with a given rate for a period of 2 years
16.
are Rs.900 and Rs.954 respectively.
Determine the sum.
Shortcut for On a certain sum, CI earned in 2 years is
17. finding P, given CI Rs.376.20 and SI earned in 3 years is
& SI Rs.540. Find the sum.
On a certain sum of money, the SI for
one year is RS.260 and the CI for two
18.
years is Rs.540.80. Find the rate
percent.
The difference between the CI and SI on
19. a certain sum of money at 5% per annum
for 2 years is Re.1.50. Find the sum.
The difference between the CI and SI on
Find
20. a certain sum of money at 5% per annum
sum,difference
for 2 years is Re.15. Find the sum.
between SI, CI
If the difference between the CI,
given
compounded every 6 months and the SI
21. on a certain sum of money at the rate of
12% per annum for one year is Rs.36, find
the sum.
If the difference between CI and SI on a
22. Find sum;CI,SI certain sum of money for 3 years at 5%
given-2 per annum is Rs.122, find the sum.
23. If the difference between the CI and SI
27
on a sum at 5% rate of interest per
annum for 3 years is Rs.36.60, find the
sum.
Find the sum if the difference between
24. the CI and the SI for 3 years at 10% is
Rs.31.
A certain sum of money appreciates to
25. Rs.2400 in 3 years and to Rs.2520 in 4
years. Find the rate of interest r.
Amount for 2 years
The compound interest on a amount of
given, find rate
money for two successive years are
26.
Rs.225 and Rs.238.50. The rate of
interest is r%. Determine r.
A certain sum amounts to Rs.4840 in 2
years and to Rs.5324 in 3 years at
27. compound interest compounded
annually. Find the rate of interest per
Amount for 2 years
annum.
given, find rate-2
A certain sum of money grows up to
Rs.3840 in 4 years and up to Rs.3936 in
28.
5 years at r% interest rate compounded
annually. Determine r.
Ravi lent money at compounded
interest for 2 years at 20% per annum.
Savitha lent the same sum of money at
29.
Compounded half same rate, but the interest was payable
yearly & Time half yearly. If Savitha got Rs.482 more,
Period as a find the sum.
fraction Preethy invested a sum of Rs.8000 at
15% per annum for 2 years 4 months
30.
compounded annually. Find the
compound interest.
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ANSWER KEY
1. Rs.8112 https://youtu.be/nsVwq5g9MNw?t=15s
2. Rs.1157.625 https://youtu.be/nsVwq5g9MNw?t=7m12s
3. Rs.10648 https://youtu.be/nsVwq5g9MNw?t=8m26s
4. 12 years https://youtu.be/vBPYg_KhhVY?t=14s
5. 6 years https://youtu.be/vBPYg_KhhVY?t=2m37s
6. 8 years (for 4 times), https://youtu.be/vBPYg_KhhVY?t=4m3s
16 years (for 16 times)
7. Rs.100 https://youtu.be/aBi-AqORDSg?t=15s
8. Rs.240 https://youtu.be/aBi-AqORDSg?t=8m
9. Rs.480 https://youtu.be/aBi-AqORDSg?t=12m51s
10. 200% https://youtu.be/pIQpbI6-bMQ?t=3s
11. 100% https://youtu.be/pIQpbI6-bMQ?t=3m50s
14. 9% https://youtu.be/kXfSwmBv7VM?t=3s
15. 4% https://youtu.be/kXfSwmBv7VM?t=5m4s
16. Rs.3750 https://youtu.be/O23Z_bTSCNM?t=4s
17. Rs.2000 https://youtu.be/O23Z_bTSCNM?t=3m19s

18. 8% https://youtu.be/O23Z_bTSCNM?t=6m52s
19. Rs.600 https://youtu.be/SIJeXci6k2U?t=4s
20. Rs.6000 https://youtu.be/SIJeXci6k2U?t=1m59s
21. Rs.10000 https://youtu.be/SIJeXci6k2U?t=3m36s
22. Rs.16000 https://youtu.be/U-9iI32Xv3w?t=3s
23. Rs.4800 https://youtu.be/U-9iI32Xv3w?t=5m28s

24. Rs.1000 https://youtu.be/U-9iI32Xv3w?t=8m6s
25. 5% https://youtu.be/YVy4B3_Ti7U?t=15s
26. 6% https://youtu.be/YVy4B3_Ti7U?t=3m35s
27. 10% https://youtu.be/mZN17gFFHks?t=14s
29
28. 2.5% https://youtu.be/mZN17gFFHks?t=4m28s
29. Rs.20,000 https://youtu.be/xvdcWhSZqss?t=14s
30. Rs.3109 https://youtu.be/xvdcWhSZqss?t=5m50s
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LCM & HCF

Find the LCM of 2 co -prime numbers if
1.
their product is 117.
Find all number pairs such that their HCF
2.
Basic Problems is 13 and their product is 2028.
Find the number of pairs of numbers
3. such that the sum of numbers is 528 and
HCF is 33.
Find the smallest number by which on
4. adding 19 to it is exactly divisible by
Adding to make 28,36 and 45.
divisible Find the least number which should be
5. added to 2532 so that sum is divisible by
5,6,4,3.
Find the least number which when
divided by 6,9,15 and 18 leaves the
6.
remainder 4 in each case but when
Multiple of 'x'
divided by 7 leaves no remainder.
leaving remainder
Find the least number which is a
7. multiple of 9 and when divided by 5,6,7
and 8 leaves a remainder 3.
What is the largest possible square
square brick which can be paved on the
8.
floor of a room 3.78 meters long and
5.25 meters wide?
Square Brick Size A rectangular courtyard 4 meters 96
Required cms long and 4m cms wide is to be
paved exactly with square tiles, all of
9.
the same size. Find the largest size of
the tile which could be used for the
purpose.
Find the greatest number which on
10. dividing 1657 and 2037 leaves the
Greatest Number
remainders 6 and 5 respectively.
to Leave
Find the greatest number that will
Remainder
11. divide 172, 205 and 304 so as to leave
the same remainder in each case.
31
Six bells commence tolling together and
toll at intervals of 2,4,6,8,10 and 12
12.
seconds respectively. In 30 minutes,
how many times do they toll together?
Bells ringing
A mobile rings after every 60 seconds.
together
Another mobile rings after every 62
13. seconds. They rang together at 10 am.
At what time will they ring together
next at the earliest?
Three numbers are in the ratio of 3:4:5
14.
and their LCM is 3000. Find their HCF.
x,y type
LCM of two prime numbers x and y
15.
(x<y) is 253. Find the value of y-2x.
Find the smallest number that leaves a
Out of Box remainder of 4 on division by 5, 5 on
16.
problems division by 6, 6 on division 7, 7 on
division by 8 and 8 on division by 9.
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ANSWER KEY
1. 117 https://youtu.be/TtkR4tp0zLg?t=14s
2. (a.b)=(12,1) or (3,4) https://youtu.be/TtkR4tp0zLg?t=3m8s
3. (33*15,33*1); https://youtu.be/TtkR4tp0zLg?t=7m15s
(33*13,33*3);
(33*11,33*5):
(33*9,33*7).
4. 1241 https://youtu.be/XmJdrF0abWI?t=14s
5. 2580 https://youtu.be/XmJdrF0abWI?t=3m23s
6. 364 https://youtu.be/L5Wk0HF6G3Q?t=14s
7. 1683 https://youtu.be/L5Wk0HF6G3Q?t=7m8s
8. 27 cms https://youtu.be/JIfk78yWplI?t=14s
9. 31 cms https://youtu.be/JIfk78yWplI?t=3m38s
10. 127 https://youtu.be/bGS2AJTd_kc?t=14s

11. 33 https://youtu.be/bGS2AJTd_kc?t=4m37s
12. 16 times https://youtu.be/iXZ0Wh1EdrA?t=14s
13. 31 minutes https://youtu.be/iXZ0Wh1EdrA?t=3m27s
14. 50 https://youtu.be/NAVuUj3LQFs?t=14s
15. 1 (or) 251 https://youtu.be/NAVuUj3LQFs?t=2m
16. 2519 https://youtu.be/HjGITN-6c5o?t=14s
33
NUMBER SERIES
1. 12 12 18 45 180 1080 ?
2. Find the missing 5 3 4 7.5 17 ?
3. numbe 7 4.5 5.5 12 49 ?
4. 26 12 10 16 ?
5. 5 5 11 35 95 ?
Find the missing
6. 7 7 9 15 27 ?
number - II
7. 3 5 15 45 113 ?
8. 32 256 1024 2048 ?
Powers of 2
9. 8 4 4 8 32 ?
10. Missing Number in 2 3 3 8 ? 55.5
11. Between 6 8 8 22 ? 151
12. Arithmetico 1, 5, 10, 14, 28, 32, ?
13. Geometric Series 1, 2, 6, 36, 44, 440, ?
14. 1, 2, 3, 6, 5, 10, 7, 14, ?
15. Twin Series 3, 4, 8, 8, 13, 12, 18, ?
16. 20, 25, 28, 31, 44, 43, ?
34
ANSWER KEY
1. 9180 https://youtu.be/xk6Fwdfcdlg?t=14s
2. 45 https://youtu.be/xk6Fwdfcdlg?t=6m16s
5. 215 https://youtu.be/a4nqdVm8ybQ?t=14s
6. 47 https://youtu.be/a4nqdVm8ybQ?t=2m32s
7. 130 https://youtu.be/a4nqdVm8ybQ?t=4m24s
8. 2048 https://youtu.be/pTWRMyEDurY?t=14s
9. 256 https://youtu.be/pTWRMyEDurY?t=2m19s
10. 17.5 https://youtu.be/t_xnV5f_8nU?t=14s
11. 47 https://youtu.be/t_xnV5f_8nU?t=3m47s
12. 64 https://youtu.be/--ogsqjPLLU?t=14s
13. 452 https://youtu.be/t_xnV5f_8nU?t=3m48s
14. 9 https://youtu.be/_jlvPvSYum4?t=14s
15. 16 https://youtu.be/_jlvPvSYum4?t=2m54s
16. 68 https://youtu.be/_jlvPvSYum4?t=4m13s
35
NUMBER THEORY
1. Sum of factors of a Find the sum of all factors of 120.
2. number Find the sum of all factors of 1024.
Sum of Factors Find number ‘X’ such that the sum of
3. Given, Find the factors is 124.
Number
4. Find Even or Odd Find the number of odd factors of 1440.
factors of a Find the number of even factors of 23 ∗
5.
Number 33 ∗ 107
121 has 3 factors. How many factors
6. Factors of
does 121121 have?
‘XYZXYZ’
7. How many factors does 361361 have?
Find the number of factors of 1080
8.
Factors which are which are perfect squares.
perfect Squares Find the number of factors of 25 ∗ 36 ∗
9.
52 .
How many factors of 240 are multiples
10.
Factors of ‘x’ as of 3?
multiples of ‘n’ Find the number of factors of 144000
11.
which are multiples of 36.
12. Find unit digit of 264102 +264103.
Finding Unit Digit
13. Find unit digit of 12732 ∗ 82432 ∗ 4582 .
Find the remainder when 311 is divided
14.
by 8.
Finding remainder
Find the remainder when 91 +92 + 93 +
15.
94 +. . . . . . . . +98 is divided by 6.
Finding remainder- Find the remainder when 289 is divided
16.
II by 89.
17. Unit’s Digit of Find the unit’s digit in 72959.
Power of an Odd Find the number in the unit place of
18.
Number-Important 62356,62358,62359 .
19. Shortcut Find unit digit in 37105.
20. Unit’s Digit of Find unit digit in 10228,10230 ,10231.
Power of an Even Find unit digit in 78101 .
21. Number-Must
Know Shortcut
36
How many numbers up to 100 are
22.
divisible by 7?
Numbers upto Y How many numbers upto 250 are
23.
divisible by x divisible by 3 and 4 together?
How many numbers between 100 and
24.
300 are divisible by 6?
37
ANSWER KEY
1. 360 https://youtu.be/XtwpWZ4-LFw?t=14s
2. https://youtu.be/XtwpWZ4-
2047
LFw?t=6m30s
3. 48 (or) 75 https://youtu.be/MyZYiTw4NeI?t=14s
4. 6 https://youtu.be/HwIeEIu4a3w?t=13s
5. 320 https://youtu.be/HwIeEIu4a3w?t=3m48s
6. 16 https://youtu.be/NcgAPBo-Cnc?t=14s
7. 24 https://youtu.be/NcgAPBo-Cnc?t=4m4s
8. 4 https://youtu.be/xiqNYqBlExI?t=15s
9. 24 https://youtu.be/xiqNYqBlExI?t=5m42s
10. 10 https://youtu.be/dfyj450MB48?t=14s
11. 24 https://youtu.be/dfyj450MB48?t=4m59s
12. 0 https://youtu.be/1U8RU5kdXFI?t=14s
13. 0 https://youtu.be/1U8RU5kdXFI?t=3m39s
14. 3 https://youtu.be/qiecS-nvmuw?t=14s
15. 0 https://youtu.be/qiecS-nvmuw?t=4m5s
16. 2 https://youtu.be/LOzJJRIW9Hs?t=14s
17. 9 https://youtu.be/IPKRu38fXQk?t=14s
18. 62356- 1, https://youtu.be/IPKRu38fXQk?t=4m16s
62358- 9,
62359 -7.
19. 7 https://youtu.be/IPKRu38fXQk?t=8m50s
20. 10228- 6, https://youtu.be/FTG9Hk1MYvk?t=14s
10230- 4,
10231- 8.
21. 8 https://youtu.be/FTG9Hk1MYvk?t=2m58s
22. 14 https://youtu.be/u-NTHkqagCY?t=13s
23. 20 https://youtu.be/u-NTHkqagCY?t=1m1s
24. 34 https://youtu.be/u-NTHkqagCY?t=2m11s
38
PERCENTAGES
A number is increased by 10% and then
reduced by 10%. After these operations,
1.
the number increases or decreases by
what percentage?
Combined
Mohan’s salary was first reduced by
Percentage
60%. Later on it was increased by 60%.
2. change shortcut
His present salary is what percent of
formula
initial salary?
A shopkeeper announces successive
3. discounts of 10% and 20%. Find the
equivalent percent discount.
The price of a shirt is first increased by
12% and later on reduced by 10%. If the
4. original price was Rs.400,what is the
final price and the percentage change in
Price increase,
the price?
then decrease
The price of sugar is decreased by 30%
and its consumption increases by 20%.
5.
Find the net percentage change in
expenditure.
The price of tea is decreased by 5%. By
maximum how much percentage can its
6.
consumption be increased so as not to
Must Know incur any extra expenditure?
Shortcut The price of petrol is increased by 20%.
Find by how much percentage its
7.
consumption must be decreased so as
not to increase the expenditure.
If Ram’s salary is 50% more than Shyam’s
8. salary,by how much percent is Shyam’s
More or less by
salary less than Ram’s salary?
how much
If Ram’s salary is 50% less than Shyam’s
percent?
9. salary,by how much percent is Shyam’s
salary more than Ram’s salary?
A rectangle has width ‘x’ and length ‘y’.
10.
If the width is decreased by 20% and the
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length is increased by 10%,what is the
area of the new rectangle in percentage
Rectangle length compared to ‘xy’?
& breadth change The length and breadth of a rectangular
shortcut plot are increased by 10% and 20%
11.
respectively. Find the percentage
change in the area of the plot.
12. If x is 90% of y,what percent of x is y?
13. (x% of y + y% of x) is what percent of xy?
Arun’s salary is 10% more than Bimal’s.
Varun’s earning is 15% more than
14.
Bimal’s.find what percent is Arun’s
earning of Varun’s.
‘Of’ problem
The price of a chair is 60% of the price of
a table. The price of a table. The price of
a stool is 15% of that of the price of
15.
table. The stool costs what percent of
the cost what percent of the cost of the
chair?
A candidate appearing for examination
has to secure 35% marks to pass. But he
16.
secured only 40 marks and failed by 30
marks. Find the maximum marks of test.
In an examination, a candidate scores
Marks &
23% but fails by 24 marks. If the pass
17. percentages
mark is 35%, what is the maximum
marks?
A student scores 28 marks but fails by 2
18. marks. If the pass mark is 40%, what is
the maximum marks?
The population of a city is 14 lakhs. Its
population increases at the rate of 3%
19. per annum. What was its population 3
years ago and what will be its
‘n’ years ago & ‘n’
population after 3 years?
years after
The rate of depreciation of a car is 10%
per annum. Its present worth is
20.
Rs.81,000. What was its worth 2 years
ago? What will be its worth after 3
40
years?
The population of a village is 10,000. If
the population increases by 20% in the
first year,by 10% in the second year and
21.
due to mass exodus,it decreases by 5%
in the third year,what will be its
Population
population after 3 years?
Problem
The population of a city increases at the
rate of 4% per annum. There is additional
22. annual increase of 1% due to influx of job
seekers. Find the percent increase in
population after 2 years.
Fresh grapes contains 68% water and
dry grapes contains 20% water. How
23.
much dry grapes can be obtained from
Dry & fresh fruits 100 Kg of fresh grapes?
problem Fresh fruit contains 50% water while dry
fruit contains 10% water. If the dry fruit
24.
weigh 400 Kg, what is the total weight
when it was fresh?
12 ½% of income is remitted as tax and
25. after spending 70% of the remainder, he
is left with Rs.210. What is the income?
Bimal had Rs.4800 in his account 2 years
ago. In the first year, he deposited 20%
of the amount in his locker. In the
26. Repeated addition
second year,he deposited 25% of the
or subtraction
increased amount in his locker. Find the
amount at present in his locker.
Arun spends 10% of his income on
entertainment, 20% of the remaining on
27.
food. He has Rs.3600 left. Find his
income.
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ANSWER KEY
1. 1% decrease https://youtu.be/rPVLpkrLsPI?t=14s
2. 64% https://youtu.be/rPVLpkrLsPI?t=2m24s
3. 28% https://youtu.be/rPVLpkrLsPI?t=3m44s
4. Final price https://youtu.be/kjTSgAdJYmg?t=14s
=Rs.403.20
Percentage change=0.8%
increase
5. 16% decrease https://youtu.be/kjTSgAdJYmg?t=2m4s
6. 5.26% https://youtu.be/_CoIu4S3fAg?t=14s
7. 16 2/3 https://youtu.be/_CoIu4S3fAg?t=4m17s
8. 1 https://youtu.be/RtbtfTFDshY?t=14s
333%
9. 100% https://youtu.be/RtbtfTFDshY?t=3m1s
10. 88% of xy https://youtu.be/etxSU2S6foY?t=14s
11. 32% increase https://youtu.be/etxSU2S6foY?t=3m9s
12. 111.1% https://youtu.be/xuTnJUItRfg?t=14s
13. 2% https://youtu.be/xuTnJUItRfg?t=1m25s
14. 95.65% https://youtu.be/xuTnJUItRfg?t=2m23s
15. 25% https://youtu.be/xuTnJUItRfg?t=4m27s
16. 200 https://youtu.be/xZ9SBYnsXsM?t=14s
17. 200 https://youtu.be/xZ9SBYnsXsM?t=2m2s
18. 75 https://youtu.be/xZ9SBYnsXsM?t=3m46s
19. 1400000* (1.03)3 https://youtu.be/YZ9acAF_zes?t=14s
20. Before 2 years= Rs.1,00,000 https://youtu.be/YZ9acAF_zes?t=5m4s
After 3 years= Rs.59,049
21. 12,540 https://youtu.be/soHKDoa3oqo?t=14s
22. 10.25% https://youtu.be/soHKDoa3oqo?t=3m33s
23. 40 Kg https://youtu.be/9Pka5BQPWMc?t=15s
24. 720 Kg https://youtu.be/9Pka5BQPWMc?t=4m29s
25. Rs.800 https://youtu.be/scoQNKFeyfU?t=14s
26. Rs.7200 https://youtu.be/scoQNKFeyfU?t=4m23s
27. Rs.5000 https://youtu.be/scoQNKFeyfU?t=6m30s
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PERMUTATIONS & COMBINATIONS

How many triangles are formed with
1.
points A,B,C and D?
Introduction
How many number plates of 3 digits can
2.
be formed with four digits 1,2,3 and 4?
How many quadrilaterals can be formed
3.
by joining the vertices of octagon?
Basics
4. If 𝑛𝑃3 =210, find n.
5. If 𝑛𝐶2=𝑛𝐶5, find n.
Find the number of words, with or
6. without meaning, that can be formed
with the letters of the word ‘TABLE’.
Number of words
possible
with the letters of the word ‘INDIA’.
with the letters of the word ‘LETTER’.
How many different words can be
formed with the letters of the word
9.
Forming words ‘PIZZA” such that vowels always come
with specific together?
conditions Find the number of permutations of the
10. word ‘REMAINS’ such that vowels
always occur in odd places.
How many 2 digit numbers can you
11. make using the digits 5,6,7 and 8
without repeating the digits?
How many 3 letter words can we make
12.
with the letters in the word ‘LOVE’?
Basic Questions - In how many ways can the letters of the
Numbers & Words word ‘MASTER’ be rearranged so that
13. the relative position of the vowels and
consonants remain the same as in the
word ‘MASTER’?
How many words can be formed by
14.
rearranging the letters of the word
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‘HOLIDAY’ such that ‘H’ and ‘Y’ occupy
the first and last positions respectively?
How many words of 3 consonants and 3
vowels can be made from 12 consonants
15.
and 5 vowels, if all the letters are
Both selection and
different?
arrangement
How many words of 3 consonants and 2
16. vowels can be made from 7 consonants
and 4 vowels?
How many numbers of five digits can be
17.
formed with the digits 0,1,2,3 and 4?
How many numbers of five digits can be
18.
formed with the digits 0,1,2,3,4,5,6?
How many even numbers of three digits
Formation of
19. can be formed with the digits 0,1,2,3,4,5
Numbers
and 6?
How many 4 digit numbers that are
divisible by 10 can be formed from the
20.
numbers 1,2,3,4,5,0 such that no
number repeats?
A group contains 10 members. A 5-
member committee is to be formed. In
21. how many ways can the selection be
made so that a particular member is
Basics - Selection
always (i) included (ii) excluded
of People
Anu has 12 friends out of which 7 are
girls. In how many ways can she invite 6
22.
friends such that at least 4 of them are
girls?
In Coimbatore city, the bus route
members consists of a natural number
23. less than 100 followed by a single letter
from A to F.How many different bus
routes are possible?
Multiplicative Type
Raju has 3 shirts and 4 pairs of trousers
and any shirt can worn with any
24.
trousers, in how many ways can he wear
his shirts and pair of trousers?
25. Manu wants to go to another country
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by ship and return by air. He has a
choice of 5 different ships to go by and
4 airlines to return by. In how many
ways can he perform the journey?
In how many ways can two vacancies be
filled from 12 men and 4 women if one
26.
vacancy is filled by a man and other by a
woman?
In how many can 12 different books be
27. divided equally among (a) A,B,C and D
(b) A,B and C?
Selection of Books An interview panel comprising 5
& People members is to be formed from 6 men
28. and 4 women. In how many different
ways can this be done if the panel
should include at least one woman?
Find the maximum number of 5 letter
29.
palindromes.
Palindromes - Find the maximum number of 6 letter
30.
Maximum No palindromes.
Find the maximum number of 6 digit
31.
palindrome numbers.
In a party, every person shakes hand
with every person. If there was total of
32. 210 handshakes in the party, find the
number of persons who were present in
the party.
15 people are sitting in a circle. Each
Handshakes
person shakes hand with everyone but
33. Problem
his/her neighbours. How many
handshakes have been exchanged?
5 couples go to a party. Each person
shakes hand with everyone but his/her
34.
spouse. How many handshakes have
been exchanged?
In how many ways can 6 people be
Circular
35. arranged in a circle if 2 particular people
arrangement
are always (a) together (b) separated?
36. In how many ways can 4 women and 5
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men be arranged in a row so that all
women are together?
Arranging Men & In how many ways can 4 women and 5
Women men be arranged in a row so that all
37.
men and women occupy alternate
places?
In how many ways 2 prizes be given to
10 students?
38. (a) If no student gets more than
one prize?
(b) If a student may get both prizes?
Finding Number of In how many ways can 4 prizes be
39. Ways distributed to 8 students if each student
can get any number of prizes?
In an examination, a minimum of 40%
marks is to be scored in each of the 6
40.
subjects to pass. In how many ways can
a student fail?
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ANSWER KEY
1. 4 https://youtu.be/_sVlSgnUGL0?t=14s
2. 24 https://youtu.be/_sVlSgnUGL0?t=6m29s
3. 70 https://youtu.be/TEhM7mM6-gU?t=14s
4. 7 https://youtu.be/TEhM7mM6-
gU?t=3m33s
5. 7 https://youtu.be/TEhM7mM6-
gU?t=4m56s
6. 120 https://youtu.be/TILyeYYLC-o?t=14s
7. 60 https://youtu.be/TILyeYYLC-o?t=3m50s
8. 180 https://youtu.be/TILyeYYLC-o?t=5m7s
9. 24 https://youtu.be/LNfnICT1TC4?t=14s
10. 576 https://youtu.be/LNfnICT1TC4?t=3m14s
11. 12 https://youtu.be/9_U8Ha0ssLQ?t=14s
12. 24 https://youtu.be/9_U8Ha0ssLQ?t=3m5s
15. 12𝐶3*15𝐶3*6! https://youtu.be/E_FvDs5Gw_c?t=14s
16. 7𝐶3*4𝐶2*5! https://youtu.be/E_FvDs5Gw_c?t=2m27s
17. 96 https://youtu.be/NyJYkPX7GmY?t=14s
18. 2160 https://youtu.be/NyJYkPX7GmY?t=5m15s
21. (i) 126 https://youtu.be/YpUY3917PQw?t=14s
(ii) 126
22. 462 https://youtu.be/YpUY3917PQw?t=6m16s
23. 594 https://youtu.be/kQvU3ANGc14?t=14s
24. 12 https://youtu.be/kQvU3ANGc14?t=2m48s
27. (a) 369600 https://youtu.be/6sEQV6J1wPU?t=14s
(b) 34650
28. 246 https://youtu.be/6sEQV6J1wPU?t=6m5s
29. 17576 https://youtu.be/PtNag1xZlrw?t=14s
30. 17576 https://youtu.be/PtNag1xZlrw?t=4m21s
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31. 900 https://youtu.be/PtNag1xZlrw?t=5m36s
32. 21 https://youtu.be/5VDrVSDyxsM?t=14s
33. 120 https://youtu.be/5VDrVSDyxsM?t=3m11s
34. 40 https://youtu.be/5VDrVSDyxsM?t=6m39s
35. (a) 48 https://youtu.be/aLOo_dSSy6o?t=14s
(b) 72
36. 17280 https://youtu.be/e4eQEiGfbvQ?t=14s
37. 2880 https://youtu.be/e4eQEiGfbvQ?t=2m16s
38. (a) 90 https://youtu.be/aBqKk0-gKsc?t=14s
(b) 100
39. 84 https://youtu.be/aBqKk0-gKsc?t=2m39s
40. 63 https://youtu.be/aBqKk0-gKsc?t=3m39s
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PIPES AND CISTERNS

Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 36
minutes and 45 minutes respectively. If
1. both the pipes are opened
simultaneously, how much time will be
taken to fill the tank?
hours and 30 hours respectively. If both
2. Basic Problems-I
the pipes are opened simultaneously,
find the time taken to fill the tank?
A tap can empty a tank in 1 hour. A
second tap can empty it in 30 minutes. If
3. both the pipes operate simultaneously,
how much time is needed to empty the
tank?
A pipe can fill a tank in 8 hours and
another can empty it in 16 hours. If both
4.
pipes are opened simultaneously, find
the time to fill the tank.
A pipe can fill a tank in 15 minutes. Due
to leak in the bottom, it is filled in 20
5.
Basic Problems-II minutes. If the tank is full, how much
time will the leak take to empty it?
A tank can be filled with water by pipe
in 5 hours and it can be emptied by a
6. second pipe in 4 hours. If both the pipes
are opened when the cistern is full, find
the time in which it will be emptied.
Pipe A can fill a cistern in 20 hours while
pipe B can fill it in 30 hours and pipe C
can empty the full tank in 40 hours. If all
7.
the pipes are opened simultaneously,
Three Pipes
how much time will be needed to make
working together
the tank full?
Two pipes A and B can separately fill a
8. cistern in 1 hour and 75 minutes
respectively. There is also an outlet C. If
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all the three pipes are opened together,
the tank is full in 50 minutes. How much
time will be taken by C to empty the full
tank?
hours and 4 hours respectively. Another
9. pipe can empty it in 2 hours. If all the
three pipes are kept open, find the time
taken for the cistern to be filled in.
A tank can be filled by pipe P in 2 hours
and pipe Q in 6 hours. At 10 AM, pipe P
10.
was opened. At what time will the tank
be filled if pipe Q be opened at 11 AM?
Pipe opened or
Pipes A and B can fill a tank in 10 and 12
closed in between
hours respectively and C can empty it in
11. 6 hours. If all the three are opened at 7
AM, at what time will one-fourth of the
tank be filled?
Two pipes P and Q can fill a cistern in 24
both the pipes are opened together,
12.
then after how much time (in minutes)
should it be closed so that the tank is
Time to close a
full in 18 minutes?
pipe
Two pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 24
13. both are opened together, find when
the first pipe be turned off so that the
cistern may be filled in 16 minutes.
Pipe P can fill an empty tank in 6 hours
and pipe Q in 8 hours. If both the pipes
14. are opened and after 2 hours pipe P is
closed, how much time Q will take to fill
Time to fill the remaining tank?
remaining tank A tank can be filled with water by two
pipes P and Q together in 30 minutes. If
15. the pipe Q was stopped after 30
minutes, the tank filled in 40 minutes.
Find the time taken by pipe Q to fill the
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tank alone.
Three pipes P,Q and R can fill cistern in
6 hours. After working together for 2
hours, R is closed and P and Q can fill
16.
the cistern in 8 hours. Then , find the
time in which the cistern can be filled by
Time taken
pipe R.
separately or
Three pipes P,Q and R can fill a tank in 6
together type
hours, 9 hours and 12 hours respectively.
Q and R are opened for half an hour,
17.
then P is also opened. Find the time
taken by three pipes together to fill the
remaining part of the tank.
A tank is normally filled in 8 hours but
takes 2 hours longer to fill because of a
18.
leak in its bottom. If the cistern is full, in
how many hours will the leak empty it?
There is a leak in the bottom of a
Pipe & Leak type
cistern. When the cistern is thoroughly
repaired, it would be filled in 3 ½ hours.
19.
It now take half an hour longer. If the
cistern is full, how long would the leak
take to empty the cistern?
Three taps P,Q and R can fill a tank in
12,15 and 20 hours respectively. If P is
20. open all time and Q and R are open for
one hour each alternatively, find the
Pipes Opened time taken for tank to be full.
Alternatively An empty tank can be filled by pipe A in
4 hours and by pipe B in 6 hours. If the
21. two pipes are opened for 1 hour each
alternatively with first opening pipe A,
find time taken for tank to be filled in.
A,B and C are three pipes connected to
a tank. A and B together fill the tank in 6
Two Pipes Each hours. B and C together fill the tank in 10
22.
Working Together hours. A and C together fill the tank in 7
½ hours. In how many hours will A,B and
C fill the tank separately?
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Two pipes can separately fill a tank in 20
hours and 30 hours respectively. Both
the pipes are opened to fill the tank but
Leak Reducing when the tank is 1/3rd full, a leak
23.
Pipes Efficiency develops in the tank through which
1/3rd of the water supplied by both the
tanks leak out. What is the total time
taken to fill the tank?
A tank has a leak in the bottom which
would empty it in 8 hours. An inlet pipe
24. fills water into the tank at the rate of 6
litres a minute. It is now emptied in 12
hours. Find the capacity of the tank.
A cistern has a leak which would empty
the full tank in 6 hours. A pipe is turned
on which fills water at the rate of 4 litres
per minute. When the tank is full, the
25.
Find the Capacity inlet is opened and due to the leak in
of Tank the bottom, the cistern is emptied in 8
hours. How many litres does the cistern
hold?
A cistern has a leak which would empty
the completely filled tank in 10 hours. If
the tank is full of water and tap is
26. opened which admits 4 litres of water
per minute in the tank; the leak takes 15
hours to empty the tank. How many
litres of water does the tank hold?
A boy and girl together fill a cistern with
water. The boy pours 4 litres of water
every 3 minutes and the girl pours 3
27.
litres every 4 minutes. How much time
will it take to fill 100 litres of the water
Miscellaneous
in the cistern?
A pipe of diameter ‘d’ can drain a certain
tank in 40 minutes. Find the time taken
28.
by a pipe of diameter ‘2d’ to do the
same job.
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ANSWER KEY
1. 20 minutes https://youtu.be/NWWtv2HDDKc?t=14s
2. 12 hours https://youtu.be/NWWtv2HDDKc?t=5m53s
3. 20 minutes https://youtu.be/NWWtv2HDDKc?t=7m19s
4. 16 hours https://youtu.be/Y5C5OckO0aI?t=14s
5. 60 minutes https://youtu.be/Y5C5OckO0aI?t=4m12s
6. 20 hours https://youtu.be/Y5C5OckO0aI?t=8m4s
7. 1 https://youtu.be/vVJVg0gmmgM?t=14s
17 hours
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8. 100 minutes https://youtu.be/vVJVg0gmmgM?t=4m40s
9. 12 hours https://youtu.be/vVJVg0gmmgM?t=7m54s
10. 11:45 AM https://youtu.be/q8OM20CsHPg?t=14s
11. 15 hours https://youtu.be/q8OM20CsHPg?t=4m14s
12. 8 minutes https://youtu.be/mAjUBR4S998?t=15s
13. 12 minutes https://youtu.be/mAjUBR4S998?t=3m41s
14. 1 https://youtu.be/LwJpFMT9Ang?t=15s
33 hour
15. 90 minutes https://youtu.be/LwJpFMT9Ang?t=3m46s
16. 12 hours https://youtu.be/yqMbiNDj8Vk?t=14s
17. 1 https://youtu.be/yqMbiNDj8Vk?t=3m58s
22 hours
18. 40 hours https://youtu.be/_jrBw5fDZ1k?t=14s
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19. 28 hours https://youtu.be/_jrBw5fDZ1k?t=3m26s
20. 7 hours https://youtu.be/_Cy0cemzFx0?t=14s

21. 2 https://youtu.be/_Cy0cemzFx0?t=6m
43 hours
22. A=10 hours https://youtu.be/hakcs2sbl4E?t=14s

B=15 hours
C=30 hours
23. 16 hours https://youtu.be/Jd9CFux9VN8?t=14s
24. 8640 litres https://youtu.be/gvJrkU22L7c?t=14s
25. 5760 litres https://youtu.be/gvJrkU22L7c?t=3m18s
26. 7200 litres https://youtu.be/gvJrkU22L7c?t=5m28s
27. 48 minutes https://youtu.be/MCiVceMCvgE?t=14s
28. 10 minutes https://youtu.be/MCiVceMCvgE?t=2m43s
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PROBABILITY
When a coin is tossed, what is the
1.
probability of getting a tail?
Two coins are tossed simultaneously.
2. Basics - Coins What is the probability of getting two
Problems heads?
Two coins are tossed. What is the
3. probability of the appearing of i) at
most one tail ii) at most two heads?
From a pack of 52 cards, one card is
drawn at random. What is the
4.
probability that the card drawn is a
Basics - Playing black card.
Cards Problem From a pack of 52 cards, one card is
drawn at a random. What is the
5.
probability that the card drawn is a face
card?
A dice is thrown. What is the probability
that the number shown on the dice is (i)
an even number (ii) an odd number (iii)
6.
a number divisible by 2 (iv) a number
divisible by 3 (v) a number less than 4
Basics - Dice
(vi) a number less than or equal to 6.
Problems
A dice is thrown twice. What is the
7.
probability of getting a sum 9?
Two dice are thrown simultaneously.
8. What is the probability of getting sum a
multiple of 3 or 4?
Find the probability that a leap year
9.
Basics - 53 Days selected randomly will have 53 Sundays.
problem Find the probability that a year selected
10.
randomly will have 53 Sundays.
A box contains 3 yellow, 5 red and 4
blue balls. 3 balls are drawn randomly.
Selection of 2 or
11. What is the probability that the balls
more Objects
drawn contain (i) balls of different
colours (ii) exactly two blue balls (iii)
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no red ball?
In a box carrying one dozen of apples,
one-third have become bad. If 3 apples
12. are taken out from the box at random,
what is the probability that at least one
apple out of 3 apples picked up is good?
From a pack of 52 cards, 2 cards are
13. drawn. What is the probability that it
has (i) both the aces (ii) no digit card?
A box contains 5 blue and 8 green balls.
Two draws of three balls each are made,
the ball being replaced after the first
14.
draw. What is the chance that the balls
were blue in the first draw and green in
the second?
A box contains 6 red and 3 white balls.
Four balls are drawn out one by one and
15. Selection of Balls not replaced. what is the probability
with & without that they are alternately of different
Replacement colours?
A box contains 5 black and 7 white balls.
A ball is drawn out of it and replaced in
the bag. Then, a ball is drawn again.
What is the probability that (i) both the
16.
balls drawn were black; (ii) both were
white (iii) the first ball was white and
the second black (iv) the first ball was
black and the second white?
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ANSWER KEY
1. 0.5 https://youtu.be/S8kOBTsrZBE?t=14s
2. 0.25 https://youtu.be/S8kOBTsrZBE?t=2m46s
3. i) 0.75 ii)1 https://youtu.be/S8kOBTsrZBE?t=4m17s
4. 1 https://youtu.be/L5ti94js2qA?t=14s
2
5. 3 https://youtu.be/L5ti94js2qA?t=3m18s
13
6. 1 https://youtu.be/TiCWgLNqePQ?t=14s
(i)
2
1
(ii)
2
1
(iii) 2
1
(iv) 3
1
(v) 2
(vi) 1
7. 1 https://youtu.be/TiCWgLNqePQ?t=3m42s
9
8. 5/9 https://youtu.be/TiCWgLNqePQ?t=6m11s
9. 2 https://youtu.be/wIsOa0MZQIA?t=14s
7
10. 1 https://youtu.be/wIsOa0MZQIA?t=3m30s
7
11. (i) 3/11 https://youtu.be/cE2AVVjkOTY?t=14s
(ii) 12/55
(iii) 7/44
12. 54/55 https://youtu.be/cE2AVVjkOTY?t=7m
13. (i) 1/221 https://youtu.be/cE2AVVjkOTY?t=9m59s
(ii) 20/221
14. 140/20449 https://youtu.be/6czOdJ2FHTM?t=14s
15. 5/42 https://youtu.be/6czOdJ2FHTM?t=4m33s
16. (i) 25/1444 https://youtu.be/6czOdJ2FHTM?t=8m46s
(ii) 49/144
(iii) 35/144
(iv) 35/144
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PROFIT AND LOSS

A man buys 9 pens for Rs.90 and sells 8
1. pens for Rs.88. How much profit or loss
percent does he make?
A man sells 20 bulbs for Rs.600 which he
2. bought at 15 for Rs.500. Find his percent
loss or gain.
Unitary method
Apples are bought at the rate of 6 for Rs.5
3. and sold at the rate of 5 for Rs.6. Find
profit or loss percent.
A man buys 12 articles for Rs.12 and sells
4. them at the rate of Rs.1.25 per article. Find
his gain or loss percent.
The cost price of 6 pens is equal to the
5. selling price of 4 pens. Find the profit
percent.
If the cost price of 10 chairs equals the
6. xCP=ySP selling price of 12 chairs. Find the loss
percent.
The cost price of 16 sarees is equal to the
7. selling price of 12 sarees. Find the gain or
loss percent.
An article is sold for Rs.240 at a gain of
8. 25%. What would be the profit percent if
it is sold for Rs.216?
By selling an article for Rs.153, a man loses
Change in gain or
9. 10%. For how much should he sell them to
loss percent
gain 20%?
An article is sold for Rs.4600 at a gain of
10. 15%. What would be the profit or loss
percent if it is sold for Rs.3600”?
Two sarees are sold for Rs.720 each. The
first is sold at 25% profit and the other at
11.
Same SP,combined 25% loss. Find the combined loss or gain in
gain or loss percent this deal.
Two cars are sold at the same price. 10%
12.
profit is made on the first and 75 loss on
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the other. What is the combined loss or
gain?
Arun sells two articles for the same price.
He earned a 20% profit on first and 40%
13.
profit on the second. Find the overall
percent profit.
A buys a watch for Rs.600 and sells it to B
at 10% profit. B sells it to C at 5% profit. C
14. uses it for 3 years and sells it to D at a loss
of 20%. For how much does C sell the
watch to D?
Passing through A sells an article to B at 20% gain. B sells it
Hands to C at a 10% profit and C to D at 25% gain
15.
for RS.330. Find the price at which A
bought the article.
A watch passes through 3 hands and each
16. gains 25%,the third sells it at Rs.250, what
did the first pay for it?
A sells a book at a profit of 5%. If he had
bought it at 10% less and sold it for Rs.6
17.
more,he would have gained 20%. Find the
CP of the book.
Ram sells an article at a loss of 5%. If he
Finding CP,given had bought it at 20% more and sold it at
18.
gain or loss percent Rs.115 less,he would have incurred a loss
of 40%. Find the CP of the article.
A man sold an article at a profit of 25%. If
he had bought it at 10% more and sold it
19.
for Rs.56 more,his profit would have been
20%. Find the CP.
A purchased goods for Rs.2520. He sold
one-fourth at a loss of 20%. At what
20. percent gain should he sell the remainder
so as to make an overall profit of 20% on
Overall profit or
the total transaction ?
loss percentage
A man buys 300 dozens of bananas for
Rs.3600. He sold 1/3rd of the stock at a
21.
loss of 10% and the remaining 2/3rd of the
stock at a gain of 10%. Find the overall
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profit percent or loss.
Arun invests Rs.21000 in shares of a
company. He sells one-third of total shares
22. at a profit of 10%. But the remaining
shares he has to sells at 5% loss. Find his
overall profit or loss percent.
Mohan buys 400 oranges at 4 a rupee and
500 apples at 2 a rupee. He mixes them
23.
together and sells them at 3 a rupee. Find
Combined Loss or his gain or loss percent.
gain Arun buys a certain number of oranges at
6 a rupee and the same number at 9 a
24.
rupee too. He mixes them and sell them at
8 a rupee. Find his percent profit or loss.
Amal buys apples at 20 a rupee. For how
25. many a rupee should he sell it to so as to
gain 25%?
Buying or Selling A buys a certain number of mangoes at 10
for a Rupee a rupee and the same number of mangoes
26. at 16 a rupee. They were mixed together
and sold at 13 a rupee. Find his percent
profit or loss.
A shopkeeper declares to sell cloth at the
cost price but he uses faulty metre rod. His
27.
metre rod measures 95cm only. Find his
Faulty gain percent
Measurements A trader buys wheat from a farmer using
faulty weight. 1 Kg weighs 1025gm. He
28.
sells it at the same rate at which he bought
it. Find his gain percent.
A merchant buys an article for Rs.27 and
29. sells it at a profit of 10% of the selling
price. Determine the SP of the article.
By selling an article, a man makes a profit
30. Profit in terms of
of 25% of its SP. What’s his profit percent?
Selling Price
A man purchased a bedsheet for Rs.450
and sold it at gain of 10% calculated on the
31.
selling price. Determine the selling price of
bedsheet.
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By selling 33 metres of cloth,Arun gain the
32. selling price of 11 metres. Find the gain
percent.
Gain in terms of By selling 33 metres of cloth,a person
33. Selling Price or Cost gains the cost of 11 metres. Find his gain
Price percent.
12 copies of a magazine were sold for
34. Rs.1800 thereby gaining cost price of 3
copies. Find the cost price of a copy.
When the price of sugar is reduced by
35. 10%,Arun can buy 25Kg more for Rs.225.
What is the original price of sugar per Kg?
Original price Per
A 10% hike in the price of wheat forces a
Kg
person to purchase 2Kg less for Rs.110.
36.
Find the new price and the original price
of the wheat.
A saree is marked at 20% above its cost
price and a discount of 10% on cash
37.
payment is allowed. Find the profit
percent.
Finding Profit Arun marks his goods 25%above the cost
38. Percent with price. Find the maximum discount that can
Discount & MP be allowed to get a profit of 10%
A textile showroom decides to give a
discount of 20%. But they wish to get a
39.
profit of 28%. How much percent above
the cost price must be marked?
A shopkeeper bought 200 books for
Rs.12000. He wanted to sell them at a
40.
profit so that he got 20 books free. At what
profit percent should he sell them?
Miscellaneous
A bookseller purchased a book marked at
Problems
Rs.800 at two successive discounts of 10%
41. and 15% respectively. He spent Rs.28 on
transportation and sold the book for
Rs.800. Determine his gain percent.
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ANSWER KEY
1. 10% profit https://youtu.be/Fs6vTy8uQgc?t=14s
2. 10% loss https://youtu.be/Fs6vTy8uQgc?t=3m22s
3. 44% profit https://youtu.be/Fs6vTy8uQgc?t=4m54s
4. 25 % gain https://youtu.be/Fs6vTy8uQgc?t=6m5s
5. 50% https://youtu.be/QNleTHF6MFI?t=14s
6. 2 https://youtu.be/QNleTHF6MFI?t=3m52s
16 %
3
7. 33.33% gain https://youtu.be/QNleTHF6MFI?t=6m
8. 12.5% https://youtu.be/wWQhoBfY3Tw?t=14s
9. Rs.204 https://youtu.be/wWQhoBfY3Tw?t=3m57s
10. 10% loss https://youtu.be/wWQhoBfY3Tw?t=6m9s
11. 6.25% loss https://youtu.be/OLoGSJ-I6nc?t=15s
12. 160 https://youtu.be/OLoGSJ-I6nc?t=2m57s
203
% gain
13. 380 https://youtu.be/OLoGSJ-I6nc?t=7m4s
13
% gain
14. Rs. 554.4 https://youtu.be/uRTX7FyoiY8?t=14s
15. Rs. 200 https://youtu.be/uRTX7FyoiY8?t=4m4s
16. Rs. 128 https://youtu.be/uRTX7FyoiY8?t=5m36s
17. Rs. 200 https://youtu.be/TTp6vxBgFkc?t=14s
18. Rs. 500 https://youtu.be/TTp6vxBgFkc?t=3m56s
19. Rs. 800 https://youtu.be/TTp6vxBgFkc?t=6m51s
20. 1 https://youtu.be/kzbF4R-VgsA?t=14s
333 %
21. 10 https://youtu.be/kzbF4R-VgsA?t=3m2s
3
% gain
22. 0% https://youtu.be/kzbF4R-VgsA?t=5m11s
23. 2 https://youtu.be/_57jxAwLXL4?t=14s
14 % loss
7
24. 10% loss https://youtu.be/_57jxAwLXL4?t=4m22s
25. 16 apples https://youtu.be/om_NdAgTS7M?t=14s
26. 900 https://youtu.be/om_NdAgTS7M?t=4m17s
169
% loss
27. 5.26% gain https://youtu.be/3aX2fTgfo2o?t=14s
28. 2.5% gain https://youtu.be/3aX2fTgfo2o?t=4m42s
29. Rs.30 https://youtu.be/-osK8zKB9lY?t=14s
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30. 1 https://youtu.be/-osK8zKB9lY?t=2m43s
333 %
31. Rs.500 https://youtu.be/-osK8zKB9lY?t=5m4s
32. 50% https://youtu.be/1LCoNvMejYw?t=14s
33. 1 https://youtu.be/1LCoNvMejYw?t=2m31s
333 %
34. Rs. 120 https://youtu.be/1LCoNvMejYw?t=5m52s
35. Re.1/Kg https://youtu.be/qvNR2UkefD4?t=14s
36. Original price https://youtu.be/qvNR2UkefD4?t=4m2s
=Rs.5/Kg
New price
=Rs.5.50/Kg
37. 8% https://youtu.be/GwCBE6jRPGg?t=14s
38. 12% https://youtu.be/GwCBE6jRPGg?t=4m13s
39. 60% https://youtu.be/GwCBE6jRPGg?t=6m26s
40. 10% https://youtu.be/WiFIBW4U8II?t=14s
41. 25% https://youtu.be/WiFIBW4U8II?t=2m39s
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RACES
In a race of 1000 m, Arun can beat Bimal
by 100 m. in a race of 400 m, Bimal beats
1. Cyril by 40 m. Find out, by how many
meters,Arun will beat Cyril in a race of
500 m?
In a one kilometre race Mohan, Rohan
and Pooja are the three participants.
2. Basic Problems Mohan can give Rohan a start of 50 m
and Pooja a start of 69 m. Find the start
which Rohan can allow Pooja.
In a game of snooker, Thanu can give
Manu 16 points in a game of 80 and
3. thanu can give Rahul 15 points in a game
of 90. How many points can Rahul give
Manu in a game of 50.
Priya runs 100 m in 20 seconds and Arun
4. in 25 seconds. Find the distance by
which Priya beats Arun.
In a 500 m race, Maya reaches the final
Time Based
5. point in 28 s and Ria in 35 s. By how
Problems
much distance does Maya beat Ria?
In a 300 m race, Joanna beats Aarav by
6. 15 meters or 5 seconds. How much time
Joanna take to complete the race?
In a 500 m race, the ratio of the speeds
of two participants Robin and Sajan is
7.
3:4. Robin has a start of 140 m. Find by
how much distance Robin wins.
Ratio Given
Hari runs 4 times as fast as Mohan. If
Hari gives Mohan a start of 60 m, how
8.
far they have to run so that Hari and
Mohan finish the race at the same time.
Vishnu and Sudev run a 100 metre race.
Vishnu beats Sudev by 10 meters. For
9. Miscellaneous
the next race, Vishnu starts 10 meters
behind the starting line. They both run
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at their earlier speeds. Who will be the
winner and by how many meters?
In a 5000 metre race around a circular
stadium with a circumference of 1000
metres, the fastest runner and the
slowest runner reach the same point at
the end of the 5th minute, for the first
time after the start of the race. All the
10.
runners have the the same starting
point and each runner maintains a
uniform speed throughout the race. If
the fastest runner runs at twice the
speed of the slowest runner, how much
time he takes to finish the race?
In a circular race of 1500 m, Anjali and
Haripriya start from the same point and
at the same time with speeds of 36
11. Kmph and 45 Kmph. Find when will they
meet again for the first time on the
trace when they are running in the same
Circular Races - direction and opposite direction.
Basic Problems In a circular race of 1500 m length, Robin
and Sona start with speeds of 18 Kmph
and 27 Kmph starting at the same time
12. from the same point. When will they
meet for the first time at the starting
point when running in the same
direction and opposite direction?
Arun can run one full round of a circular
track in 6 min and Cyril in 15 min. If both
Arun and Cyril start simultaneously from
the same starting point then how many
13.
times would they met in the time Cyril
Circular Races -
has completed 10 rounds when running
Meeting how
in same direction,and in opposite
many times
direction?
Sumi and Smitha run around a circular
track of length of 120 metres at 12
14.
m/min and 20 m/min respectively in the
same direction. At how many points will
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Sumi and Sumitha will meet?
Joanna,Aarav and Joel run around a
circular track of length 1000 m with
respective speeds of 9,18,27 Kmph. If
15. they started at the same time from the
same point from the same time and run
in the same direction when they will
Races with 3
meet for the first time?
participants
Smitha, Jyothy and Liza run around a
circular track 1200 m long with speed of
9,18,27 Kmph. If they start at the same
16.
point and at the same time in the same
direction, when will they meet again at
the starting point?
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ANSWER KEY
1. 95 m https://youtu.be/WtwYan6WxZs?t=14s
2. 980 m https://youtu.be/WtwYan6WxZs?t=4m48s
3. 2 points https://youtu.be/WtwYan6WxZs?t=10m43s
4. 20 m https://youtu.be/Kr1hWi7jFNY?t=14s
5. 100 m https://youtu.be/Kr1hWi7jFNY?t=2m50s
6. 95 seconds https://youtu.be/Kr1hWi7jFNY?t=4m14s
7. 20 m https://youtu.be/tud1G4cDZNw?t=14s
8. 80 m https://youtu.be/tud1G4cDZNw?t=4m25s
9. 1m https://youtu.be/Fl752Ayvdh8?t=14s
10. 12.5 minutes https://youtu.be/Fl752Ayvdh8?t=3m42s
11. meet after 60 seconds ( https://youtu.be/8j46eSMUCrQ?t=14s
same direction),
66.67 seconds
(opposite direction)
12. 600 seconds https://youtu.be/8j46eSMUCrQ?t=6m21s
13. meet afteR 15 seconds https://youtu.be/xd7QNXH8YWI?t=14s
(same direction),
35 seconds
(opposite direction)
14. 2 points https://youtu.be/xd7QNXH8YWI?t=4m14s
15. 6.67 minutes https://youtu.be/CPaLGdGdAro?t=14s
16. 8 minutes https://youtu.be/CPaLGdGdAro?t=3m59s
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RATIO & PROPORTION

A,B,C and D are four quantities of the
same kind such that A:B=3:4, B:C=8:9,
1.
C:D=15:16. Find the ratio A:D, A:B:C,
B:C:D, A:B:C:D.
Basic Problems
A:B=1:2, B:C=3:4, C:D=6:9 and D:E=12:16.
2.
Find A:B:C:D:E.
If A:B=3:4, B:C=8:10 and C:D=15:17, find
3.
A:B:C:D.
The speeds of Danny, Hazel and Sonia
are in the ratio 2:3:4. Find the ratio
4.
among the times taken by them to
travel the same distance.
Ratio of Inverse
A piece of work is assigned to 3 groups
Quantities
of people -men,women and children.
5. The ratio of number of persons in the
groups is 3:4:5. Find the ratio of the days
in which they will complete the works.
The sum of two numbers is 20 and their
6. difference is 2 1/2 . Find the ratio of the
numbers.
Find 3 numbers in the ratio of 1:2:3, so
7. that the sum of their squares is equal to
504.
Basic Problems II
Divide 1458 into 2 parts such that the
8.
ratio of the parts is 2:7.
The sum of three numbers is 98. If the
ratio between the first and second be
9.
2:3 and that between second and third
be 5:8, then find the second number.
A dog chases a rabbit and takes 5 leaps
for every 6 leaps of the rabbit, but 4
10. leaps of the dog are equal to 5 leaps of
Chasing Type the rabbit. Compare the rates of dog
and the rabbit.
A hare and a jackal are running a race.
11.
Three leaps of the hare are equal to four
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leaps of the jackal. For every six leaps of
the hare, the jack takes five leaps. Find
the ratio of their speeds.
A dog takes 3 leaps for every 5 leaps of
a cat. If one leap of the dog is equal to 3
12.
leaps of the cat, find the ratio of the
speed of the dog to that of the cat.
The ratio of two numbers is 3:4. If each
13. number be increased by 2, the ratio
becomes 7:9. Find the numbers.
The ratio of two numbers is 3:4. If each
14. number be increased by 6, the ratio
becomes 4:5. Find the numbers.
Changing Ratio by Two numbers are in the ratio 3:5. If each
Addition increased by 10,the ratio between the
15.
two numbers so formed is 5:7. Find the
original numbers.
Two numbers are in the ratio 2:3. If 4 is
added to both numbers, the ratio
16.
becomes 5:7. Find the difference
between numbers.
The girls in the three classes are in the
ratio 2:3:5. If 20 students are increased
17. in each class the ratio changes to 4:5:7.
What are the total number of girls in
three classes before the increase?
The income of Sanju and Preethy are in
Change in ratio - the ratio 8:11 and their expenditures in
18. Best Shortcut the ratio 7:10. If each of them saves
Rs.500, what are their incomes and
expenditures?
The ratio of the incomes of A and B is
3:4. The ratio of their expenditures is
19.
5:7. If each of them saves Rs.200, find
the income of both.
Anu divides Rs.355 among her three
Equal Parts children Manju, Chinchu and Anju such
20.
problem that three times the first part may be
equal to five times the second and
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seven times the third. Find the three
parts.
There are 7300 people in a group
comprising men, women, children and
old people. ½ of the men, ⅔ of the
21. women, ¾ of the children and ⅘ of old
people are all composed of the same
number. How many member are in the
group?
465 coin consists of rupee, 50 paise and
25 paise coins. Their values are in the
22.
ratio 5:3:1. Find the number of each of
Coins Problems them.
A sum of Rs.11.70 consists of rupee, 50
23. paise and 5 paise coins in the ratio 3:5:7.
Find the number of each kind of coin.
If (4𝑥 2 − 3𝑦 2 ): (2𝑥 2 + 5𝑦 2 )=12:19. Find
24.
x,y Problems x:y
25. If 𝑥 2 +4𝑦 2 =4𝑥𝑦 , find x:y.
If (a+b):(b+c):(c+a)=6:7:8 and a+b+c=14,
26. then find a:b:c and the values of a,b and
Out of Box c.
Problems 𝑎 𝑏 𝑐 𝑎+𝑏+𝑐
27. If = = , then find the value of .
3 4 7 𝑐
𝐴𝐵𝐶
28. If A:B:C=2:3:4, find : : .
𝐵𝐶 𝐴
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ANSWER KEY
1. A:D=5:8 https://youtu.be/PYeF-VqM4yc?t=15s
B:C=8:9
C:D=15:16
A:B:C:D=30:40:45:48
2. 3:6:8:12:16 https://youtu.be/PYeF-VqM4yc?t=7m25s
3. 9:12:15:17 https://youtu.be/PYeF-
VqM4yc?t=10m50s
4. 6:4:3 https://youtu.be/yNyhv_yLe0Y?t=14s
5. 20:15:12 https://youtu.be/yNyhv_yLe0Y?t=2m6s
6. 9:7 https://youtu.be/t2qv_gE19b4?t=14s
7. 6,12,18 https://youtu.be/t2qv_gE19b4?t=5m22s
8. 324,1134 https://youtu.be/t2qv_gE19b4?t=7m14s
9. 30 https://youtu.be/t2qv_gE19b4?t=9m3s
10. 25:24 https://youtu.be/mghYHU-dtn8?t=14s
11. 8:5 https://youtu.be/mghYHU-dtn8?t=3m13s
12. 9:5 https://youtu.be/mghYHU-dtn8?t=5m7s
13. 12,16 https://youtu.be/wHQ-kvqHlGc?t=14s
14. 18,24 https://youtu.be/wHQ-kvqHlGc?t=5m30s
15. 15,25 https://youtu.be/wHQ-kvqHlGc?t=7m54s
16. 8 https://youtu.be/wHQ-kvqHlGc?t=9m58s
17. 100 https://youtu.be/PlbhNqt9fIE?t=14s
18. (Sanju)Income=Rs.4000, https://youtu.be/PlbhNqt9fIE?t=2m26s
expenditure= Rs.3500
(Preethy)Income=Rs.5500,
expenditure=Rs.5000
19. A-1200, B-1600 https://youtu.be/PlbhNqt9fIE?t=5m48s
20. Manju-Rs.175, https://youtu.be/RYvZB652D7k?t=14s
Chinchu-Rs105
Anju-Rs.75
21. 1800 https://youtu.be/RYvZB652D7k?t=4m12s
22. 1 Rupee- 155 coins, https://youtu.be/785asxZR_24?t=14s
50 paise- 186 coins,
25 paise- 124 coins
23. 1 Rupee- 6 coins, https://youtu.be/785asxZR_24?t=4m37s
50 paise- 10 coins,
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5 paise-14 coins
24. 3:2 https://youtu.be/zJmXrQRJF9s?t=14s
25. 2:1 https://youtu.be/zJmXrQRJF9s?t=2m32s
26. a:b:c=7:5:9, https://youtu.be/OtKTP6rTgnw?t=14s
14
a= 3 ,
10
b= 3 ,
c=6.
27. 2 https://youtu.be/OtKTP6rTgnw?t=5m53s
28. 8:9:24 https://youtu.be/OtKTP6rTgnw?t=7m34s
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SIMPLE INTEREST
Anil gets Rs.1520 as a simple interest for
6 years, the rate of interest being 3% per
annum for the first 2 years,8% per
1.
annum for the next 3 years,10% per
annum for the period beyond 5 years.
Differential How much money did Anil deposit?
Interest Riya gets Rs.1520 as a simple interest for
a certain sum deposited for the rate of
interest is 4% per annum for the first 2
2.
years, 6% per annum for the next 4 years
and 8% per annum for the period
beyond 6 years. Determine the sum.
A sum of money doubles itself in 10
3. years at a simple interest. What is the
rate of interest?
A sum of money trebles itself in 20 years
Relation between
4. at a simple interest. What is the rate of
A&P
interest?
A sum of money becomes four times of
5. itself at simple interest rate of 5% per
annum. Find the time taken.
A sum of money doubles itself in 4 years
6. at a simple interest. In how many years
will it amount to 8 times itself?
A sum of money doubles itself in 10
Amount x times of
7. years at a simple interest. In how many
P in ? years
years will it treble itself?
A sum of money doubles itself in 8 years
8. at a simple interest. In how many years
will it amount to 4 times itself?
Arun deposited a certain sum. The sum
amounted to Rs.756 in 2 years and to
9.
Finding Principal Rs.873 in 3 ½ years. Find the sum and
by Unitary Method rate of interest.
A sum amounts to Rs.702 in 2 years and
10.
Rs.783 in 3 years. Find the rate percent.
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Priya divides Rs.4000 in to two parts
and invest at 3% and 5% respectively. She
11.
receives a total annual interest of
Simple Interest & Rs.144. Find each part.
Alligation Megha divides Rs.2540 into two parts
and invest at 12% and 12 ½% respectively.
12.
If the total income is 312.42, find how
much money was invested at 12%?
Arun deposited a sum at a certain rate
of simple interest for 2 years. If he had
13. deposited at 3% higher rate, it would
have fetched him Rs.300 more. Find the
If rate higher, find
sum.
sum
Bimal deposited a sum at a certain rate
for 2 years. Had it been put at 1% higher
14.
rate, it would have fetched him Rs.24
more. Find the sum.
Anita lends out Rs.2600 in two parts
such that the interest on one part at 10%
15.
for 5 years is equal to that on another
part at 9% for 6 years,find the two parts.
Mr.Gopal divided Rs.7700 among his
Ratios of sums for
three sons Ashok,Bimal and Kishore in
same interest
such a way that simple interest on each
16. part at 5% per annum after 1,2 and 3
years respectively remains equal.
Determine, by how much, the share of
Ashok exceeds of Kishore
Ashok invests an amount of Rs.15680 in
the names of his three sons p,q and r so
that they get the same amount after 2,3
17.
and 4 years respectively. If the rate of
interest is 5%, find the ratio in which the
Ratios of sums for
amount was invested for p,q and r?
same amount
Two sums are invested for two rates of
simple interest at 5% per annum and 4%
18. per annum. If interest is same on both
sums, find the ratio of investments
done.
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A invested a certain sum and got
Rs.2613 in 6 years at 5% per annum. In
19.
how many years will the same sum
Relation between amount to Rs.3015 at the same rate?
A&P A sum of money becomes 8/5 of itself in
20.
5 years at r % rate of interest. Find r.
A sum of money becomes 7/6 of itself in
21.
3 years at r % rate of interest. Find r.
Arun invested a certain sum in two
banks. He received two different
Difference
22. interest from banks on Rs.500 for 2
between rates
years. The difference amount is Rs.2.50.
Find the difference between their rates.
‘a’ is the simple interest received on a
sum ‘b’ and ‘b’ is the simple interest
received on a sum ‘c’. The rate of
23. Miscellaneous
interest and time period are the same.
Determine the relationship between
‘a’,’b’ and ‘c’.
A financier claims to be lending money
at a simple interest. But, he includes the
interest every six months for calculating
24.
the principal. If he is charging an
interest rate of 10%, determine the
| Effective rate of effective rate of interest.
interest A financier claims to be lending money
at a simple interest. But, he includes the
interest every six months for calculating
25.
the principal. If he is charging an
interest rate of 8%, determine the
effective rate of interest.
Arun takes a gold loan from bank at 8%
per annum simple interest and lends the
money to Ashok at 12% per annum
26.
simple interest. If he obtains a profit of
Miscellaneous
Rs.320 in 2 years, what sum of money
did he borrow?
Find the simple interest on Rs.25 for 4
27.
months at the rate of 3 paise per rupee
75
per month.
A sum invested at 18% per annum for 2
years fetches Rs.840 more than when it
28.
is invested at 12% per annum for the
same time. Find the sum.
Ram borrows Rs.7000 from a bank at
simple interest. After 3 years, he paid
Rs.3000 to the bank at the end of 5
29.
years from the date of borrowing, he
paid Rs.5450 to the bank to settle the
P changes during
account. Find the rate of interest.
Time period
A sum of money fetches a simple
interest of Rs.600 after 10 years. If the
30. principal is trebled after 5 years, what
will be the total interest at the end of
the tenth year?
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ANSWER KEY
1. Rs.3800 https://youtu.be/JsCkrs5V4_w?t=4s
2. Rs.2714 https://youtu.be/JsCkrs5V4_w?t=5m5s
3. 10% https://youtu.be/sgkTLrKazOI?t=14s
4. 10% https://youtu.be/sgkTLrKazOI?t=3m38s
5. 60 years https://youtu.be/sgkTLrKazOI?t=4m57s
6. 28 years https://youtu.be/q1FWrueOFJg?t=14s
7. 20 years https://youtu.be/q1FWrueOFJg?t=3m1s
8. 24 years https://youtu.be/q1FWrueOFJg?t=4m10s
9. sum=Rs.600 https://youtu.be/aQT_3F4dx_k?t=14s
Interest=13%
10. 15% https://youtu.be/aQT_3F4dx_k?t=6m24s
11. (For 3%) p=Rs.2800 https://youtu.be/UGRCSrBgPBs?t=14s
(For 5%)
p=,Rs.1200
12. Rs.1016 https://youtu.be/UGRCSrBgPBs?t=6m9s
13. Rs.5000 https://youtu.be/mMXqVZUFAmc?t=14s
14. Rs.1200 https://youtu.be/mMXqVZUFAmc?t=4m3s
15. Rs.1350, Rs.1250 https://youtu.be/iY3WBB72Ip4?t=14s
16. Rs.2800 https://youtu.be/iY3WBB72Ip4?t=5m18s
17. 1 1 1 https://youtu.be/RoQvVQDF0FI?t=14s
: :
22 23 24
18. 4:5 https://youtu.be/RoQvVQDF0FI?t=4m55s
19. 10 years https://youtu.be/jjye52Nxf6w?t=15s
20. 12% https://youtu.be/jjye52Nxf6w?t=3m36s

21. 50 https://youtu.be/jjye52Nxf6w?t=4m58s
9
%
22. 0.25% https://youtu.be/BO-e6Gv5OqA?t=14s
23. 𝑏 2 =ac https://youtu.be/ztxIxF591mw?t=14s

24. 10.25% https://youtu.be/5oarQ3iHYI4?t=14s
25. 8.16% https://youtu.be/5oarQ3iHYI4?t=4m7s
26. Rs.4000 https://youtu.be/Ie-gBJdsb6I?t=14s
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27. Rs.3 https://youtu.be/Ie-gBJdsb6I?t=4m6s
28. Rs.7000 https://youtu.be/Ie-gBJdsb6I?t=6m53s
29. 5% https://youtu.be/RnEidOzsSho?t=14s
30. Rs.1200 https://youtu.be/RnEidOzsSho?t=5m51s
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SURDS
Sl Sub Topic Name Question Your
No Answer
1 1 1
Find the value of - + -
1. √9−√8 √8−√7 √7−√6
1 1
+ .
√6−√5 √5−√4
1 1 1
2. √100−√99 √99−√98 √98−√97
1
Must Know .......+ .
√ √1
2−
Problem Find the value of
3. 1 1 1 1
+ + + .
√2.25+√3.25 √3.25+√4.25 √4.25+√5.25 √5.25+√6.25
1 1 1
3−√8 √8−√7 √7−√6
4. 1 1
+ .
√6−√5 √5−2
If (x-√15)(√75 + √45)/(√75 − √45)=1, then
5.
Finding Value of find the value of x.
'x' - II If (4 + 3√3)/√7 + 4√3 = 𝑃 +
6.
√𝑄, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑄 − 𝑃.
7. Find the value of √8 − 2√15.
8. Value for Find the value of (3+2√2)−3 +(3-2√2 )−3.
Expressions
9. Find the value of √40 + √9√81.
10. Find the value of √6√6√6

Sure Questions
11.
for Competitive Find the value of √20 + √20 + √20+. . . . ..
Exams
3
12.
Find the value of √2 √4√2√4. . . . . ..
3
If 5𝑥 =2𝑦 =10−𝑍 then find the value of

13.
(1/x+1/y+1/z).
Out of Box
14. If 2𝑛−1 +2𝑛+1 =640, then find the value of n.
Problems
If 11√𝑛 = √112+√343,then find the value of
15.
n.
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ANSWER KEY
1. 5 https://youtu.be/_d7tX8ZeWvE?t=14s
2. 11 https://youtu.be/_d7tX8ZeWvE?t=5m29s
5. 4 https://youtu.be/nXjEiKeN2u0?t=14s
6. 13 https://youtu.be/nXjEiKeN2u0?t=3m35s
7. √5-√3 https://youtu.be/3E9X-3pLm7Q?t=14s
8. 198 https://youtu.be/3E9X-3pLm7Q?t=2m50s
9. 7 https://youtu.be/3E9X-3pLm7Q?t=9m53s
10. 6 https://youtu.be/Prv2oD8exTo?t=14s
11. 5 https://youtu.be/Prv2oD8exTo?t=1m56s
12. 2 https://youtu.be/Prv2oD8exTo?t=4m1s
13. 0 https://youtu.be/5EOaf2S4pQI?t=14s
14. 8 https://youtu.be/5EOaf2S4pQI?t=5m11s
15. 7 https://youtu.be/5EOaf2S4pQI?t=7m15s
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TIME AND DISTANCE

Alan started his journey and completed
⅜ of the journey at 11 AM. He covered
1.
⅚ of the journey by 4:30 PM. Find the
time at which he started his journey.
Basics A car cover a distance of 10 Km in 12
minutes. If the speed is reduced by 5
2.
Km/hr, find the time taken by it to cover
the same distance.
3. Express 3 ⅓ m/sec in Km/hr.
Mohan rides at the rate of 18 Km/hr but
stops for 6 minutes at the end of every
4.
7th Km. Find the time taken for covering
Stopping in distance of 90 Km.
between Arun is walking at a speed of 10 Kmph.
After every Km, he takes a rest for 5
5.
minutes. How much time will he take to
cover
Alan travelled from Coimbatore to
Chennai by air at a speed of 40 Km/hr
6. and returned at a speed of 50 Km/hr.
Find the average speed of the whole
Average Speed journey.
Sriya covers a certain distance by car
driving at 70 Km/hr and returns on a
7.
scooter at 55 Km/hr. Find the average
speed for the journey.
A travels 600 Km by train at 80 Km/hr,
800 Km by ship at 40 Km/hr, 500 Km by
8. aeroplane at 400 Km/hr and 100 Km by
car at 50 Km/hr. What is the average
Average Speed
speed of the entire journey?
Type 2
A scooter moves with a speed of 30
Kmph for 12 minutes and for next 8
9.
minutes at a speed of 45 Kmph. Find the
average speed of the scooter.
10. Lakshmi is late by 10 min to office if she
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travels at a speed of 30 Km/hr. With a
speed of 40 Km/hr, she is early by 5 min.
Find the distance between her house
and office.
Sam walking at a speed of 5 Km/hr
reaches his target 5 minutes late. If he
11. Must Know walks at a speed of 6 Km/hr, he reaches
Shortcut- on time. Find the distance from the
Application 1 target.
Preethi walks at a speed of 2 ½ Km/hr
and reaches her school 6 minutes late.
Next day starting at the same time, she
12.
increase the speed by 1 Km/hr and
reaches 6 minutes early. Find the
distance between her school and home.
Sam covers a certain distance on a
scooter. Had he moved 3 Kmph faster,
he would have taken 40 minutes less. If
13.
he had moved 2 Kmph slower, he would
Must Know have taken 40 minutes more. Find the
Shortcut- distance and original speed.
Application 2 Shriya have to be at a certain place at a
certain time and she finds that she shall
14. be 15 minutes late if she walks at 4
Km/hr and 10 minutes early, if she walks
at 6 Km/hr. How far she has to walk?
Two men start together to walk a
certain distance, one at 3 ¾ Km an hour
15. and the other at 3 Km an hour. The
former arrives half an hour before the
Must Know
latter. Find the distance.
Shortcut-
Two bicyclist do the same journey by
Application 3
travelling respectively at the rate of 9
16. and 10 Km per hour. Find the length of
the journey when one takes 32 minutes
longer than the other.
Must Known Two trains for Cochin leave Chennai at
17. Shortcut- 10 am and 10:30 am and travels at 60
Application 4 Km/hr and 75 Km/hr respectively. How
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many kilometers from Chennai will the
two trains be together?
A train travelling 25 Km/hr leaves Cochin
at 9 am and another train travelling 35
18. Km/hr at 2 pm in the same direction.
How many Km from Cochin will they be
together?
Shanti goes to school at a speed of 3
Km/hr and returns to the village at a
19. speed of 2 Km/hr. If she takes 5 hours in
all, find the distance between the village
and the school.
Must Known Sam does a journey in 10 hours, the first
20. Shortcut- half at 21 Km/hr and the second half at
Application 5 24 Km/hr. Find the distance.
Preethi starts from a place A and
reaches B in hours. She travels ¼ th of
21. the distance at 10 Km/hr and the
remaining distance at 12 Km/hr. Find the
distance between A and B.
Preethi is 10 min late to her office when
she walks at ¾ th of her usual speed.
22.
Find her usual time to cover the
distance.
Pavan improves his timing by 10 minutes
Usual speed, Usual
23. running 4/3rd of his usual speed. Find his
time type
usual time to cover the distance.
Walking at 6/7th of his usual speed,
Mohan is 12 minutes late. Find the usual
24.
time taken by him to cover that
distance.
Sam travelled a distance of 61 Km in 9
hours. He travelled partly on foot at the
25. rate of 4 Kmph and partly on bicycle at
Partly walking, the rate of 9 Kmph. find the distance
Partly by foot travelled on foot.
Arun takes 8 hours to walk a certain
26. place and ride back. However, he could
have gained 2 hours if he had covered
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both ways by riding. How long would he
have taken to walk both ways?
Julie started her journey on a
motorcycle at a speed of 30Km/hhr.
After 30 minutes, Saritha started from
27.
the same place but with a speed of 40
Km/hr. How much time will Saritha take
to overtake julie?
P and Q start walking from the same
place in the opposite directions. If P
28. Relative speed walks at a speed of 2 ½ Km/hr and Q at a
concept speed of 2 Km/hr, in how many time will
they 18 Km apart?
A thief spotted by a policeman from a
distance of 200 meters. When the
policeman starts the chase, the thief
29. also starts running. Assuming the speed
of the thief is 10 Kmph and that of the
policeman is 12 Kmph, how far will have
the thief run before he is overtaken?
One helicopter started 30 minutes later
than the scheduled time from a place
1500 Km away from its destination. To
reach the destination at the scheduled
30.
time the pilot had to increase the speed
by 250 Km/hr. What was the speed of
the aeroplane per hour during the
journey?
An aeroplane started one hour later
than its scheduled time from a place
Find original speed
1200 Km away from its destination. To
31. reach the destination at the scheduled
time, the pilot had to increase the speed
by 200 Km/hr. What was the speed of
the aeroplane per hour in normal case?
A train was late by 6 minutes. The driver
increased its speed by 4 Km/hr. At the
32. next station 36 Km away, the train
reached on time. Find the original speed
of the train.
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Karthik took 20 minutes to walk 3 Km. if
Moorthy is 20% faster than karthik, how
33.
much time will he take to cover the
same distance?
Hari takes 30% less time than Mohan to
cover the same distance. What should
34.
vt=constant be the speed of Mohan if Hari walks at
the rate of 7 Km/hr?
John covers a distance in 40 minutes if
he runs at a speed of 45 Km/hr on an
35. average. Find the speed at which he
must run to reduce the journey time to
30 minutes.
Shortcuts for When a man travels equal distance at
average speed speeds v1 and v2 Km/hr, his average
36. when equal speed is 4 Km/hr, his average speed is
distances & equal 4.5 Km/hr. Find the difference of the
times two speeds.
Amir sets out to cycle from Mumbai to
Pune and the same time kiran starts
from Pune to Mumbai. After passing
37. each other they complete their journey
in 3 ⅓ hours and 4 ⅘ hours respectively.
At what speed does Kiran cycle if Amir
cycles at 8 Km per hour?
passing each other Two trains P and Q start from
Coimbatore to Chennai and from
Chennai to Coimbatore respectively.
After passing each other they took 4
38.
hours 48 minutes and 3 hours 20
minutes to reach Chennai and
Coimbatore respectively. If P is moving
at 45 Kmph, find the speed of Q.
Vidhya and Shriya walk from P to Q at a
distance of 21 Km, at 3 and 4 Km per
Time taken to hour respectively.
39.
meet each other Shriya reaches Q, returns immediately
and meets Vidhya at R. find the distance
from P to R.
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A and B are 20 Km apart. A can walk at
an average speed of 4 Km/hr and B at 6
40.
Km/hr. If they walking towards each
other at 7 am, when they will meet?
Sona leaves a point A at 6 am and
reaches the point B at 10 am. Robin
41. leaves the point B at 8 am and reaches
the point A at 12 noon. At what time do
they meet?
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ANSWER KEY
1. 06:30 AM https://youtu.be/Zwnhu-nT8p8?t=14s
2. 13 minutes 20 seconds https://youtu.be/Zwnhu-nT8p8?t=5m50s
3. 12Km/hr https://youtu.be/Zwnhu-nT8p8?t=9m23s
4. 6 hours 12 minutes https://youtu.be/KKXL9bBwT00?t=14s
5. 50 minutes https://youtu.be/KKXL9bBwT00?t=3m58s
6. 4 https://youtu.be/K-Ai3HnQ1MY?t=14s
449 Km/hr
7. 61.6 Km/hr https://youtu.be/K-Ai3HnQ1MY?t=3m49s
8. 5 https://youtu.be/Lx6j2i50AWM?t=14s
65123 Km/hr
9. 36 Km/hr https://youtu.be/Lx6j2i50AWM?t=5m35s
10. 30 Km https://youtu.be/HIigVAwli-8?t=15s
11. 2.5 Km https://youtu.be/HIigVAwli-8?t=5m3s
12. 1 ¾ Km https://youtu.be/HIigVAwli-8?t=7m6s
13. Original speed=12 Km/hr, https://youtu.be/czuAE4-FjL4?t=15s
Distance=40 Km
14. 5 Km https://youtu.be/czuAE4-FjL4?t=7m59s
15. 7.5 Km https://youtu.be/5vRVvCcGPsw?t=15s
16. 48 Km https://youtu.be/5vRVvCcGPsw?t=2m32s
17. 150 Km https://youtu.be/fRNsMyQglmQ?t=14s
18. 1 https://youtu.be/fRNsMyQglmQ?t=4m
4372 Km
19. 12Km https://youtu.be/uRj71VLIWGo?t=14s
20. 224 Km https://youtu.be/uRj71VLIWGo?t=2m25s
21. 80 Km https://youtu.be/uRj71VLIWGo?t=5m4s
22. 30 minutes https://youtu.be/Jxo2rr-75UI?t=14s
23. 40 minutes https://youtu.be/Jxo2rr-75UI?t=3m28s
24. 1 hour 12 minutes https://youtu.be/Jxo2rr-75UI?t=6m13s
25. 16 Km https://youtu.be/_kdKsocczfU?t=14s
26. 10 hours https://youtu.be/_kdKsocczfU?t=6m12s
27. 1 https://youtu.be/vNgik2qJwlI?t=14s
12 hours
28. 4 hours https://youtu.be/vNgik2qJwlI?t=6m38s
29. 1 Km https://youtu.be/vNgik2qJwlI?t=9m30s
30. 750 Km/hr https://youtu.be/tHIG7lZqttQ?t=14s
31. 400 Km/hr https://youtu.be/tHIG7lZqttQ?t=5m40s
32. 36 Km/hr https://youtu.be/tHIG7lZqttQ?t=8m33s
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33. 2 https://youtu.be/imw9x0khgCU?t=14s
163 minutes
34. 4.9 Km/hr https://youtu.be/imw9x0khgCU?t=3m21s
35. 60 Km/hr https://youtu.be/imw9x0khgCU?t=5m9s
36. 3 Km/hr https://youtu.be/RFHyooAzc6M?t=14s
37. 2 https://youtu.be/VJsVovKce-M?t=14s
6 Km/hr
3
38. 54 Kmph https://youtu.be/VJsVovKce-M?t=7m14s
39. 18 Km https://youtu.be/3cZfeXTlg3c?t=14s
40. 9 am https://youtu.be/3cZfeXTlg3c?t=5m8s
41. 9 am https://youtu.be/3cZfeXTlg3c?t=8m35s
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TIME AND WORK

A can do a work in 10 days and B can do the
same work in 12 days. How many days will
1.
they take to do the same work if both work
together?
A, B and C can do a work in 4,5 and 6 days
2. respectively. How long will they take to do the
same job if they work together?
Varun can do a piece of work in 8 days, which
3. Basic Problems can be done by Arun in 10 days. How long will
they take to do if they work together?
Arun and Mohan can do a piece of work in 6
4. days. Arun alone can do it in 10 days. What
time will Mohan require to do it alone?
A and B can do a work in 15 days. B and C in 20
days. C and A in 12 days. In how many days can
5.
they complete it (i)if they work together (ii)if
they work separately?
Hema can do a piece of work in 20 days and
Riya in 30 days. They work together for 10
days. After that Riya leaves and the rest of
6.
work is completed by Hema alone. How long
does it take to Hema to finish the remaining
Leaving In between
work?
Arun and Bimal stitch a shirt in 10 days and 15
days respectively. They begin to work together
7.
but Bimal leaves after 2 days. In what time will
Arun complete the remaining work?
A can do a job in 8 days and B in 12 days. They
work together for 4 days. The remaining is
8.
completed by C in 3 days. In how many days C
New Person Coming alone can do the work?
in between A can do a piece of work in 60 days and B in 40
days. Both work together for 30 days. After
9.
that A leaves. How long will B take to finish
twice the work?
Amal can do a work in 8 days, Bimal in 9 days
and Karan in 6 days. Amal and Bimal start
New Person Joining
10. working together and after 2 days Karan joins
for work
them. What is the total number of days taken
to finish the work?
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A and B can complete a work in 10 days and 15
days respectively. B starts the work and after 5
11.
days A also joins him. In all, how many days the
work will be completed?
A and B together can do a piece of work in 12
days and B and C finish the same work
together in 16 days. After A has worked on it
12.
for 5 days and B for 7 days, C finishes the work
in 13 days. In how many days will C alone to be
able to finish the work?
Combining works of
A and B together can do a piece of work in 30
two Persons
days. B and C together can do it for 20 days. A
starts the work and works on it for 5 days, then
13. B takes it up and works on it for 15 days.
Finally, C finishes the work in 18 days. In how
many days can each do the work when doing
it alone?
12 women can make 24 sarees in 8 days
working 6 hours per day. How many sarees can
14.
30 women make in 4 days working 5 hours per
Direct Formula day?
Problems 20 persons can make 15 toys in 12 hours. How
15.
many toys can 10 persons make in 8 hours?
If 7 spiders make 7 webs in 7 days, then 1
16.
spider will make 1 web in how many days?
A can cultivate 2/5th of a field in 6 days and B
can cultivate 1/3rd of the same field in 10 days.
17.
How many time will A and B working together
Fractions take to cultivate 4/5th of the field?
A can do 1/3rd of a work in 5 days and B can
18. do 2/5th of the work in 20 days. In how many
days both A and B together can do the work?
A group of boys can do a project in 40 days. If
the group had 10 more boys, the work could
19.
be done in 5 days less. How many boys are
there in the group?
A certain number of men can complete a job in
Group Work 30 days. If there were 5 men more, it could be
20.
done in 10 days less. How many men were
there in the beginning?
A group of boys can finish a job in 60 days. If
21. the group had 8 more boys, the job could be
finished in 10 days less. How many boys were
90
there in the group?
A, B, C can do a piece of work in 6,8,10 days
respectively. They start the work together. B
22. and C leave the work 2 days and 3 days
respectively before completion while A works
till the day. What time is the work finished?
Leaving Problems A, B and C can complete a work in 10,12 and
15 days respectively. They started the work
together. But A left the work before 5 days of
23.
its completion. B also left the work 2 days after
A left. In how many days was the work
completed?
If 4 men or 16 boys can complete a project
24. in 40 days, in how many days will 3 men
and 20 boys complete the same project?
15 women or 10 men can do a piece of
work in 55 days. In how many days will 5
25.
OR-AND Problems women and 4 men working together do
this work?
If 5 men or 8 women can do a piece of
work in 12 days, how many days will be
26.
taken by 2 men and 4 women to do the
same work?
8 men and 12 women can do a work in 6
days. 4 men and 9 women can do the
27.
same work in 10 days. In how many days
20 men and 15 women can do this job?
4 men and 6 women can do a certain piece
of work in 8 days. 3 men and 7 women can
28. do the same job in 10 days. In how many
days can 2 men and 8 women working
AND-AND Problems together finish this work?
6 men and 4 women can make 12 toys in
4 days. 4 men and 8 women can make 30
29. toys in 10 days. How many women must
work with 7 men so that they can make 15
toys in 5 days?
32 men and 32 boys can do certain piece
30. of work in 3 days. 6 men and 24 boys can
do this work in 8 days. In how many days
91
can 16 men and 20 boys finish the same
work?
A is as twice as good a workman as B and
finishes a piece of work in 3 hours less
31.
than B. in how many hours they together
could finish the same piece of work?
Efficiency Problem A is four times more efficient than B. C
takes twice as many days as B take to do a
32. piece of work. If A can finish a job in 12
days, in how many days can A,B and C
working together to do the same job?
A and B can do a piece of work in 45 and
40 days respectively. They began to work
33. together but A left after few days. B
finished the remaining work in 23 days.
Miscellaneous
After how many days did A leave?
Problems
A is thrice as good as B and is therefore
able to finish a work in 10 days less than B.
34.
Find in how many days A and B can do it
alone.
92
ANSWER KEY
1. 5 https://youtu.be/4VPZAjIpjzo?t=15s
5 days
11
2. 23 https://youtu.be/4VPZAjIpjzo?t=4m1s
137 days
3. 4 https://youtu.be/4VPZAjIpjzo?t=5m58s
4 days
9
4. 15 days https://youtu.be/4VPZAjIpjzo?t=7m14s
5. (i)10 days https://youtu.be/xiOUlerhnVI?t=14s
(ii) A=20 days B=60 days, C=30
days
6. 1 https://youtu.be/mbh0G2zIZhA?t=14s
33 days
7. 2 https://youtu.be/mbh0G2zIZhA?t=3m32s
63 days
8. 18 days https://youtu.be/ev2_uELQrU4?t=14s
9. 30 days https://youtu.be/ev2_uELQrU4?t=3m22s
10. 4 days https://youtu.be/4ctg4JvdSnE?t=15s
11. 9 days https://youtu.be/4ctg4JvdSnE?t=3m44s
12. 24 days https://youtu.be/OqJs4nNZ6ZI?t=15s
13. A=40 days https://youtu.be/Fu3H67-66Ic?t=14s
B=120 days
C=24 days
14. 25 https://youtu.be/fpi4oT21NDc?t=14s
15. 5 https://youtu.be/fpi4oT21NDc?t=3m9s
16. 7 days https://youtu.be/fpi4oT21NDc?t=4m25s
17. 8 days https://youtu.be/B1z37w5duBI?t=15s
18. 3 https://youtu.be/B1z37w5duBI?t=3m29s
9 days
8
19. 70 https://youtu.be/8GpM1LhE2Fc?t=14s
20. 10 https://youtu.be/8GpM1LhE2Fc?t=2m31s
21. 40 https://youtu.be/8GpM1LhE2Fc?t=4m15s
22. 45 https://youtu.be/ITaOx8VwNvk?t=15s
347 days
23. 7 days https://youtu.be/ITaOx8VwNvk?t=5m10s
24. 20 days https://youtu.be/EtYGEBF-oDc?t=14s
25. 75 days https://youtu.be/EtYGEBF-oDc?t=3m30s
26. 1 https://youtu.be/EtYGEBF-oDc?t=5m39s
13 days
3
93
27. 3 days https://youtu.be/OQUXjbVQKlU?t=15s
28. 1 https://youtu.be/OQUXjbVQKlU?t=5m48s
133 days
29. 2 https://youtu.be/I1s4J7CYAHY?t=15s
30. 72 https://youtu.be/I1s4J7CYAHY?t=4m51s
13
days
31. 2 hours https://youtu.be/cg6KWqyBkrM?t=14s
32. 8 https://youtu.be/cg6KWqyBkrM?t=3m3s
8 days
11
33. 9 days https://youtu.be/eZtqJPz2Tyo?t=15s
34. A=5 days https://youtu.be/eZtqJPz2Tyo?t=3m16s
B=15 days
94
TRAINS
How many seconds will a train 130 m
1. long travelling at 40 Km/hr take to pass
a kilometre stone?
How long does a train 110 metres long
Train Crossing a
2. running at the rate of 36 Km/hr take to
Stationary Object
cross a bridge 132 metres in length?
Alan observed that a train 120 m long
3. crossed him in 9 seconds. What is the
speed of the train in Km/hr?
A train passes two bridges of lengths
800 m and 400 m in 100 seconds and 60
4.
seconds respectively. What is the length
of the train?
The length of a train and that a platform
are equal. If the train crosses the
Train Crossing a
5. platform in one minutes with a speed of
Bridge/Platform
90 Km/hr, find the length of the train (in
metres).
A train 110m long is running at a speed
of 60 Km/hr. How many seconds does it
6.
take to cross another train 170m long,
standing on a parallel track?
How many seconds will a train 60 m in
length travelling at the rate of 42 Km
7. per hour, take to pass another train 84
m long, proceeding in the same
direction at the rate of 30 Km an hour?
A train 240 m long crosses Arun walking
Train Crossing a along the line in the opposite direction
8.
Moving Object at the rate of 3 Kmph in 10 seconds. Find
the speed of the train.
A passenger train 150m long is travelling
with a speed of 36 Km/hr. If the Arun is
9. cycling in the direction of a train at 9
Km/hr, find the time taken by the train
to pass the man.
95
Two trains, 121 metres and 99 metres in
length respectively are running in same
directions, one at the rate of 40 Km/hr
10. and the other at the rate of 32 Km/hr. In
what time will they be completely clear
of each other from the moment they
meet?
Two trains, 121 metres and 99 metres in
Trains Crossing length respectively are running in
each other opposite directions, one at the rate of
11. 40 Km/hr and the other at the rate of 32
Km/hr. In what time will they be
completely clear of each other from the
moment they meet?
Two trains of equal length running in
opposite directions, pass a pole in 18
12.
and 12 seconds. Find the time taken for
the trains to each other.
Two trains are moving in the same
direction at 50 Km/hr and 30 Km/hr. The
13. faster train crosses a man in the slower
train in 18 seconds. Find the length of
the faster train.
Faster and Slower
Two trains are moving on two parallel
Train
tracks but in opposite directions. Arun
sitting in the train moving at 80Km/hr
14.
passes the second train in 18 seconds. If
the length of the second train is 1000m,
find its speed.
Two trains start at the same time from
Mumbai and Chennai and proceed
toward each other at the rate of 80 and
95 Km per hour respectively. When they
15. When trains meet,
meet, it is found that one train has
one train travelled
travelled 180 Km more than the other.
‘x’ Km more than
Find the distance between Mumbai and
the other
Chennai.
A and B starting simultaneously from
16. two different places proceed towards
each other at a speed of 20 Km/hr and
96
30 Km/hr respectively. By the time, they
meet each other, B has travelled 36 Km
more than that of A. Find the distance
between the two places.
Two trains start at the same time from
Delhi and Hyderabad and proceed
towards each other at the speed of 14
Km/hr and 21 Km/hr respectively. When
17.
they meet, it is found that one train has
travelled 70 Km more than the other.
Find the distance between the two
stations.
A train overtakes two persons who are
walking in the same direction as the
train is moving, at the rate .of 2 Km/hr
18. and 4 Km/hr and passes them
completely in 9 and 20 seconds
Train crossing 2 respectively. Find the speed and the
persons, find the length of the train.
length A train passes two persons who are
walking in the direction opposite to
which the train is moving, at the speeds
19.
of 5 m/s and 10 m/s in 6 seconds and 5
seconds respectively. Find the length of
the train and the speed of the train.
Two trains of length 100m and 80m
respectively run on parallel tracks.
When running in opposite directions,
20. they pass each other in 9 seconds.
When running in the same direction, the
faster train passes the slower one in 18
Trains passing seconds. Find the speed of each train.
each other, find Two trains run on parallel tracks at the
the length & speed speed of 54 Km/hr and 36 Km/hr
respectively. When they are running in
opposite directions, they pass each
21.
other in 10 seconds. When they are
running in the same direction, a person
sitting in the faster train observes that
he passes the other train in 30 seconds.
97
Find the length of the trains.
Two trains for Mumbai leave
Coimbatore at 08:30 AM and 09:00 AM
22. and travel at 60 Km/hr and 75 Km/hr
respectively. How many kilometers from
Coimbatore will the two trains meet?
Two stations A and B, are 110 Km apart
Miscellaneous
on a straight line. One train starts from
A at 08:00 AM and travels towards B at
23. 40 Km per hour. Another train starts
from B at 10 am and travel towards A at
50 Km per hour. At what time will they
meet?
The speeds of two trains are in the ratio
7:9. They are moving in the opposite
directions on parallel tracks. The first
train crosses a pole in 4 seconds
24.
whereas the second train crosses the
pole in 6 seconds. Find the time taken
by the trains to cross each other
completely.
The speeds of two trains are in the ratio
3:4. They are going in opposite
Ratio of Train
directions along parallel tracks. If each
25. Speeds given, find
takes 4 seconds to cross a telegraph
the crossing time
post, find the time taken by the trains to
cross each other completely.
Two trains are moving in the opposite
directions on parallel tracks at the
speeds of 48 Km/hr and 72 Km/hr
respectively. The first train passes a
26.
telegraph post in 5 seconds whereas the
second train passes the post in 6
seconds. Find the time taken by the
trains to cross each other completely.
98
ANSWER KEY
1. 11.7 seconds https://youtu.be/fYMefwMdp9Q?t=14s
2. 24.2 seconds https://youtu.be/fYMefwMdp9Q?t=3m7s
3. 48 m/sec https://youtu.be/fYMefwMdp9Q?t=5m50s
4. 200 metres https://youtu.be/_mADxW4mKtg?t=14s
5. 750 metres https://youtu.be/_mADxW4mKtg?t=2m39s
6. 16.8 seconds https://youtu.be/_mADxW4mKtg?t=4m10s
7. 43.2 seconds https://youtu.be/ooZMY-_ERlk?t=14s
8. 83.4 m/sec https://youtu.be/ooZMY-_ERlk?t=3m38s
9. 20 seconds https://youtu.be/ooZMY-_ERlk?t=5m53s
10. 99 seconds https://youtu.be/mArPD3SB67E?t=14s
11. 11 seconds https://youtu.be/mArPD3SB67E?t=3m7s
12. 14.4 seconds https://youtu.be/mArPD3SB67E?t=5m8s
13. 100 metre https://youtu.be/_DUldQG2l4I?t=14s
14. 120 Km/hr https://youtu.be/_DUldQG2l4I?t=5m16s
15. 2100 Km https://youtu.be/WcValMhCSs0?t=14s
16. 180 Km https://youtu.be/WcValMhCSs0?t=4m43s
17. 350 Km https://youtu.be/WcValMhCSs0?t=6m45s
18. length=50 m, https://youtu.be/mHM50hd0eh4?t=14s
speed=22 Km/hr
19. 20 m/s https://youtu.be/mHM50hd0eh4?t=6m18s
20. 15 m/s, https://youtu.be/dsSc17WwJnU?t=14s
5 m/s
21. 150 m(slower train), https://youtu.be/dsSc17WwJnU?t=5m18s
100 m(faster train)
22. 150 Km https://youtu.be/Sdfco3Yd8bY?t=14s
23. 10:20 AM https://youtu.be/Sdfco3Yd8bY?t=3m22s
24. 1 https://youtu.be/0L1M4v4dekQ?t=14s
58 seconds
25. 4 seconds https://youtu.be/0L1M4v4dekQ?t=4m10s
26. 3 https://youtu.be/0L1M4v4dekQ?t=6m53s
55 seconds

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8. Sam’s age=12 years, https://youtu.be/RA38IEe6TU8?t=4m52s

15. Sam’s age=12 years, https://youtu.be/SxpGcJA-ph0?t=14s

17. 50 years https://youtu.be/rkrTSrs4wAE?t=14s

5 members of a team are weighed

10. 50.5 https://youtu.be/0cE2RdEqIpk?t=14s

11. 38.5 https://youtu.be/0cE2RdEqIpk?t=1m52s

13. 4.5 https://youtu.be/0cE2RdEqIpk?t=8m4s

23. 32 years https://youtu.be/AHl9gkbibeA?t=14s

24. 30 years https://youtu.be/AHl9gkbibeA?t=3m30s

25. 2 years https://youtu.be/AHl9gkbibeA?t=7m2s

26. Rs.3185 https://youtu.be/jS9QYtZciVs?t=14s

27. 1032 https://youtu.be/jS9QYtZciVs?t=4m56s

30. 51.4% https://youtu.be/6qxFThab7tU?t=14s

31. 329 +359 +389 https://youtu.be/6qxFThab7tU?t=4m40s

BOATS AND STREAMS

9. Speed of boat in still water=8 https://youtu.be/2LaH-nWZG_8?t=14s

13. 25 Km/hr https://youtu.be/Bg_NYSto--I?t=14s

14. 9 Km/hr https://youtu.be/Bg_NYSto--I?t=3m28s

15. 8 hours https://youtu.be/Bg_NYSto--I?t=5m8s

10. 1:59:25 pm https://youtu.be/k3bqHM8LunM?t=2m34s

11. 12:48 pm https://youtu.be/DFt61gJYwYU?t=14s

13. Saturday 6am https://youtu.be/_1gujH5r9Kg?t=15s

14. 09:40:48 am https://youtu.be/h7on8DqB5jw?t=14s

16. Rs.3750 https://youtu.be/O23Z_bTSCNM?t=4s

17. Rs.2000 https://youtu.be/O23Z_bTSCNM?t=3m19s

23. Rs.4800 https://youtu.be/U-9iI32Xv3w?t=5m28s

LCM & HCF

2. (a.b)=(12,1) or (3,4) https://youtu.be/TtkR4tp0zLg?t=3m8s

10. 127 https://youtu.be/bGS2AJTd_kc?t=14s

13. 31 minutes https://youtu.be/iXZ0Wh1EdrA?t=3m27s

PERMUTATIONS & COMBINATIONS

PIPES AND CISTERNS

8. 100 minutes https://youtu.be/vVJVg0gmmgM?t=4m40s

10. 11:45 AM https://youtu.be/q8OM20CsHPg?t=14s

11. 15 hours https://youtu.be/q8OM20CsHPg?t=4m14s

12. 8 minutes https://youtu.be/mAjUBR4S998?t=15s

13. 12 minutes https://youtu.be/mAjUBR4S998?t=3m41s

15. 90 minutes https://youtu.be/LwJpFMT9Ang?t=3m46s

16. 12 hours https://youtu.be/yqMbiNDj8Vk?t=14s

18. 40 hours https://youtu.be/_jrBw5fDZ1k?t=14s

20. 7 hours https://youtu.be/_Cy0cemzFx0?t=14s

22. A=10 hours https://youtu.be/hakcs2sbl4E?t=14s

24. 8640 litres https://youtu.be/gvJrkU22L7c?t=14s

25. 5760 litres https://youtu.be/gvJrkU22L7c?t=3m18s

26. 7200 litres https://youtu.be/gvJrkU22L7c?t=5m28s

27. 48 minutes https://youtu.be/MCiVceMCvgE?t=14s

28. 10 minutes https://youtu.be/MCiVceMCvgE?t=2m43s

PROFIT AND LOSS

RATIO & PROPORTION

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