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Quantitative Reasoning Test 3



          25. A box filled with paper bundles weighs 36 kilograms. If   When 20 unskilled workers are employed, the total
              the weight of the box and paper bundles respectively are   daily wages of all amount to N3180. Find the daily
              in the ratio of  3 : 22, then find the weight of the papers   wages paid to each category of employees.
              in grams.                                              (A) 2100, 800, 280
              (A) 30,680                                             (B) 2400, 480, 300
              (B) 30,710                                             ( C) 2400, 600, 180
              ( C) 31,500                                            (D) 2200, 560, 420
              (D) 31,680
                                                                 32. The soldiers in two armies when they met in a battle
          26. A, B and C scored 581 runs such that four times A’s runs   were in the ratio of 10 : 3. their respective losses were
              are equal to 5 times B’s runs which are equal to seven   as 20 : 3 and the survivors as 40 : 12. If the number of
              times C’s runs. Determine the difference between A’s   survivors  in  the  larger  army  be  24,  000,  find  the
              runs and C’s runs.                                     original number of soldiers in army.
              (A) 125                                                (A) 28000, 8400
              (B) 120                                                (B) 25000, 7500
              ( C) 105                                               ( C) 29000, 2750
              (D) 90                                                 (D) 26000, 7800

          27. The ratio of  boys to girls in an engineering college is   33. A machine is sold at a profit of 10%. Had it been sold
              20 : 1. How many girls need to be added to make this   for N40 less, there would have been a loss of 10%.
              ratio 8 : 3?                                           What was the cost price?
              (A) 26                                                 (A) N175
              (B) 43                                                 (B) N200
              ( C) 20                                                ( C) N225
              (D) Cannot be determined                               (D) N250

          28. A certain product C is made of two ingredients A and B   34. A house costs C naira. Later it was sold for a profit of
              in the proportion 2 : 5. The price of A is three times that   25%. What is the capital gains tax if it is 50% of the
              of B. The overall cost of C is N5.20 per kg including   profit?
              labour charges of 80 kobo per kg. Find the cost of B per   (A) C/24
              kg?                                                    (B) C/8
              (A) N8.40                                              ( C) C/4
              (B) N4.20                                              (d) C/2
              ( C) N4.80
              (D) N2.80                                          35. If selling price is doubled, the profit triples. Find the
                                                                     profit percent.
          29. A sum of N430 has been distributed among 45 people     (A) 66  2
              consisting  of  men,  women  and  children.  The  total        3
              amounts given to men, women and children are in the    (B) 100
              ratio 12 : 15 : 16. But, the amounts received by each         1
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              man, woman and child are in the ratio 6 : 5 : 4. Find,   ( C) 105
              what each man, woman and child receives (in N)         (D) 120
              (A) 12, 10, 8
              (B) 18, 15 , 12                                    36. A showroom owner sells a leather jacket for N X and
              ( C) 120, 150, 160                                     claims to make a profit of 10%. He plans to have a stall
              (D) 60, 75, 80                                         in the trade fair and marks the same jacket at N 2X. At
                                                                     the stall, he allows a discount of 20%. What will be the
          30. The total salary of A, B, C is N444. If they spend 80%,   percentage profit that he will make at the trade fair?
              85%, 75% of their salaries respectively, their savings   (A) 80%
              are as  7 : 6 : 9. the salary of B is                  (B) 60%
              (A) N140                                               ( C) 76%
              (B) N160                                               (D) None of these
              ( C) N144
              (D) None of these                                  37. If a person makes a profit of 10% on 1/4th of the
                                                                     quantity sold and a loss of 20% on the rest, then what is
          31. A factory employs skilled workers, unskilled workers   his average percent profit or loss?
              and clerks in the proportion 8 : 5 : 1 and the wage of a   (A)  12.5% profit  (B)  11.25 loss
              skilled worker, an unskilled worker and a clerk are  in   ( C) 11.75% profit  (D)  12.5% loss
              the ratio 5 : 2 : 3.                          23
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