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Quantitative Reasoning Test 3

38. Ayo sold a book at 10% loss. Had he sold it for N85 (A) 5
more, then he would have made a profit of 7%. What (B) 10
was the cost price of the book? ( C) 15
(A) N500 (D) 20
(B) N850
( C) N615 45. A can do a piece of work in 40 days and B in 60 days.
(D) N585 Both of them start working together and 4 days before
the scheduled completion. A drops out. By how may
39. If the cost price of 12 pencils is equal to sale price of 10 days is the work extended beyond the normal
pencils, then find the gain or loss as a percentage of the schedule?
sale price. (A) 10 days
(A) 20% gain (B) 8 days
(B) 10% gain ( C) 8.33 days
( C) 20% loss (D) 6 days
(D) 15% loss
46. Amina can eat 50 Indomie in 4 hours and Hassan can
40. What is the percentage profit made by selling an eat 42 Indomie in 6 hours. If both of them start
umbrella at a certain price, if by selling at 2/3rd of that together, then what is the total time required by them
price, there would be a loss of 10%? to eat 507 Indomies?
(A) 25% (A) 20 hours
(B) 30% (B) 21 hours
( C) 35% ( C) 26 hours
(D) None of these (D) 25 hours

41. A manufacturer of a certain item can sell all he can 47. The daily work of 2 men is equal to that of 3 women or
produce at the selling price of N60 each. It costs him that 4 youngsters. By employing 14 men, 12 women
N40 in materials and labour to produce each item and he and 12 youngsters a certain work can be finished in 24
has overhead expenses of N3,000 per week in order to days. If it is required to finish it in 14 days and as an
operate that plant. The number of units he should additional labour, only men are available, how many
produce and sell in order to make a profit of at least of them will be required?
N1,000 per week is (A) 20 men
(A) 400 (B) 18 men
(B) 300 ( C) 48 men
( C) 250 (D) 28 men
(D) 200
48. A and B require 10 days to complete a job. B and C
42. Profit after selling an article for N425 is the same as the require 12 days to complete the same job. A and B
loss after selling it for N355. The cost of the article is require 15 days to complete the same job. The number
(A) N385 of days required, if all are at work, to complete the job
(B) N390 is
( C) N395 (A) 8 days
(D) N400 (B) 9 days
( C) 6 days
43. A tradesman by means of false balance defrauds to the (D) 7 days
extend of 8% in buying goods and also defrauds to the
extent of 8% in selling. His gain percent is 49. A contractor undertook to do a certain work in 75 days
(A) 16% and employed 60 men to do it. After 25 days he found
(B) 15.48% that only th of the work was done. How many more
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( C) 16.64% 4
(D) 36% men must be employed in order that the work may be
finished in time?
44. A group of workers can complete a certain job in 9 days. (A) 34
But it so happens that every alternate day starting from (B) 38
the second day, 2 workers are withdrawn from the job ( C) 35
and every alternate day starting from the third day, one (D) 30
worker is added to the group. In such a way, the job is
finished by the time there is no worker left. If it takes the
double time to finish the job now, find the number of
workers who started the job. 24