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Quantitative Reasoning Test 2

(A) 50% 46. Kelvin, Peter and Okon together can complete a work
(B) 40% in 4 days. If Kelvin and Peter together can complete
( C) 66.66% the work in 4 4 days, Peter and Okon together can do
(D) 60% 5
it in 8 days, then Peter alone can complete the work in
40. If the selling price of a mat is five times the discount (A) 16 days
offered and if the percentage of discount is equal to the (B) 12 days
percentage profit, find the ratio of the discount offered ( C) 20 days
to the cost price. (D) None of these
(A) 11 : 30
(B) 1 : 5 47. Kunle, Wale, and Etim can complete a work in
( C) 1 : 6 2 days. If Wale and Etim can do it in 4 days and Wale
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(D) 7 : 30 3
alone can do it in 6 days, then Kunle and Wale can
41. A sells his house to B at a profit of 10% who in turn sells complete the work in
it to C at a profit of 15% who in turn sells it to D at a (A) 5 4 days
profit of 25% and D sells it to E at 35% profit. If cost 7
price of E’s house is N3,500,000, what is the 2
(B) 4 days
approximate cost price of A’s house? 7
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(A) N1,540,000 ( C) 3 days
(B) N1,510,000 7
( C) N1,500,000 (D) None of these
(D) N1,640,000
48. A is twice as good as a workman as B and together they
42. The market price of an article was 405 more than its cost finish a piece of work in 1 day. A alone can finish the
price. I was going to sell it at market price to a customer, work in
but he showed me some defects in the article, due to (A) 28 days
which I gave him a discount of 28.57%. Next day he (B) 21 days
came again and showed me some more defects, hence I ( C) 24 days
gave him another discount that was equal to 12.5% of (D) None of these
the cost price. What was the approximate loss to me?
(A) Loss of 10% 49. Bola can finish a work in 10 days. Jane is twice as
(B) Loss of 12.5% efficient as Bola. If they work together, in how
( C) Loss of 15% many days, the work will be finished?
(D) None of these 1
(A) 3 days
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43. A shopkeeper buys a toy at N100 and sells it at N120. (B) 5 days
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Another shopkeeper buys the same toy at N120 but sells 3
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it at N100. What are the respective profit/loss percent ( C) 4 days
for the two shopkeepers? 3
(A) 20%, 20% (D) None of these
(B) 20%, 16.7%
( C) 16.7%, 16.7% 50. A alone would take 27 days more to complete the job
(D) 16.7%, 10% than if both A and B would together. If B worked alone,
he took 3 days more to complete the job than A and B
44. A book vendor sold a book at a loss of 10%. had he sold worked together. What time would they take if both A
it for N108 more, he would have earned a profit of 10%. and B worked together?
Find the cost price of the book. (A) 7 days
(A) N432 (B) 9 days
(B) N540 ( C) 11 days
( C) N648 (D) None of these
(D) N740
51. A is 4 times as fast as B and is therefore able to finish a
45. A and B finish a job in 12 days while A, B and C can work in 45 days less than B. A and B, working
finish it in 8 days. C alone will finish the job in together, can complete the work in
(A) 24 days (A) 12 days (B) 16 days
(B) 36 days ( C) 8 days (D) None of these
( C) 28 days
(D) None of these
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