AVERAGE PROBLEMS AND CENTRAL TENDENCY

In the first 10 overs of a cricket game, the run rate was only 3.2. What should be the run rate in the
remaining 40 overs to reach the target of 282 runs? 6.25

A grocer has a sale of Rs. 6435, Rs. 6927, Rs. 6855, Rs. 7230 and Rs. 6562 for 5 consecutive months. How
much sale must he have in the sixth month so that he gets an average sale of Rs. 6500? 4991

Ajit has a certain average for 9 innings. In the tenth innings, he scores 100 runs thereby increasing his
average by 8 runs. His new average is? 28

The average of the first 5 multiples of 9 is? 27

The average marks of four subjects is 120. If 33 was misread as 13 during the calculation, what will be
the correct average? 125

A cricketer scored some runs in his 21st innings, as a result his average runs increased by 3. If the present
average run is 40, how many runs he scored in the final innings? 100

Ahmad buys one book for Rs.44, two books for Rs.65, and three books for Rs.80 each, what will be the
average price of books? 69

SERIES PROBLEMS

16 33 65 131 261 X? 523

8, 24, 12, 36, 18, 54 X? 27

2 6 12 20 30 42 56 x? 72

4 -8 16 -32 64 x? -128

7, 26, 63, 124, 215, 342, x? 511

CODING DECODING

If ALTERED is written as ZOGVIVM then RELATED would be written as? IVOZGVM

TRIPPLE written as SQHOOKD then DISPOSE would be written as? CHRONRD

If D=4, COVER=63, then BASIS=? 50

If BROTHER is written as QDGSNQA then SISTER would be written as? QDSRHR

If COMPUTER is written as RFUVQNPC then MEDICINE would be written as? EOJDJEFM

PEMDAS QUESTIONS

-10 + 13 – 12 ÷ (16 ÷ 2˄2)? 0 (Note ˄ means raise to the power of)

(22 ÷ 2 – 2 x 5)˄2 + (4 – 6 ÷ 6)˄2? 10

-1 x [(3 – 4 x 7) ÷ 5] – 2 x 24 ÷ 6? -3

EXPONENTS

Find the value of n, when 27˄1/n = 3? 3

Find the value of n, when 3^n = 243? 5

Find the value of n, when 3˄-7 ×3˄2n + 3 = 3˄11 ÷ 3˄5? 5

Simplify: (1/2)˄-2 + (1/3)˄-2 + (1/4)˄-2? 29

Evaluate: (-2/7)˄-4 × (-5/7)˄2? 1225/16

PERSON RANKING TEST

Jabar ranks 16th from the top and 49th from the bottom in a class. Total students? 64

If Ali finds that he is 12th from the right in a line of boys and 4th from the left. How many boys should be
added to line such that there are 28 boys in total? 15 + 13 = 28

In a que, jerry is 16th from the front while marry is 25th from the behind and Kerry is just in the middle of
the two. If there are 50 persons in a que what position Kerry has from the front? 21

FRACTIONS

A car is run until the gas tank is 1/8 full. The tank is then filled to capacity by putting in 14 gallons. The
capacity of the gas tank of the car is? 16 gallons

Convert the following decimals into fractions:

0.75
3.004

Saeed solved 2/7 part of an exercise while Aslam solved 4/5 of it. Who solved less? Saeed

4/7 of a number is 84. Find the number. 147

A herd of cows gives 4 litres of milk each day. But each cow gives one-third of total milk each day. They
give 24 litres milk in six days. How many cows are there in the herd? 3
Sam had 120 teddy bears in his toy store. He sold 2/3 of them at $12 each. How much did he receive?
$960

PERCENTAGES

A fruit seller had some apples. He sells 40% apples and still has 420 apples. Originally, he had? 700

In an election between two candidates, one got 55% of the total valid votes, 20% of the votes were
invalid. If the total number of votes was 7500, the number of valid votes that the other candidate got,
was? 2700

Rajeev buys good worth Rs. 6650. He gets a rebate of 6% on it. After getting the rebate, he pays sales tax
@ 10%. Find the amount he will have to pay for the goods? 6876.10

The population of a town increased from 175000 to 262500 in a decade. The average percent increase
of population per year is? 5%

If 200% of a number is 90, then what is the 80% of that number? 36

After a 6.5% pay rise an engineer’s salary is $36700. What was the salary before the increase?
$34460.09

For a rectangle, the length and breadth are increased by 10% and 20% respectively. The percentage
increase in area is: 32%

The population of a town increases every year by 4%. If its present population is 50000, then after 2
years it will be? 54080

Hint: Solve this question using compound interest formula

Population after n years = Initial Population X (1 + R/100)˄number of years

At the end of 2016 there were 5000 members of a certain rare breed of animal remaining in the world. It
is predicted that their number will decrease by 12% each other. How many will be left at the end of
2020? 2998

$500 is put in a bank where there is 6% per annum interest. Using simple interest formula find out the
amount in the bank after 1 year? 530
Hint: A = P X (1 + RT)

The cost of an article was Rs75. The cost was first increased by 20% and later decreased by 20%. The
present cost is? 72

RATIO AND PROPORTION

The ratio of 3.5 kg to 280 gram is? 25/2

The ratio of 500 g to 250 g is? 2

A and B together have Rs. 1210. If 4/15 of A's amount is equal to 2/5 of B's amount, how much amount
does B have? 484

Two numbers are respectively 20% and 50% more than a third number. The ratio of the two numbers is:
4:5

In a mixture 60 litres, the ratio of milk and water 2:1. If this ratio is to be 1:2, then the quantity of water
to be further added is? 60

Salaries of Ravi and Sumit are in the ratio 2:3. If the salary of each is increased by Rs. 4000, the new ratio
becomes 40:57. What is Sumit's salary? 38000

If 0.75 : x :: 5 : 8, then x is equal to? 1.20

If 40% of a number is equal to two-third of another number, what is the ratio of first number to the
second number? 5:3

If 6 workers can build 4 cars in 2 days, then how many days would it take 8 workers to build 6 cars? 9/4

15 robots can make a train in 6 days working 5 hours a day. In how many days will 25 robots, working 6
hours a day complete the same work? 3

Sam used 6 loaves of elf bread on an 8 day hiking trip. He wants to know how many loaves of elf bread
he should pack for a 12 day hiking trip if he eats the same amount of bread each day. 9

Mika can eat 21 hot dogs in 66 minutes. She wants to know how many minutes it would take her to eat
35 hot dogs if she can keep up the same pace. 110

A soap factory makes 600 units in 9 days with the help of 20 machines. How many units can be made in
12 days with the help of 18 machines? 720

AGE PROBLEMS

Sara’s mother is 6 times older than Sara, whereas her brother Ali is twice as old as Sara. In three years’
time the sum of their ages will be 72. How old are Sara, Ali and their mother now? 7, 42, 14(CSS 2022)

A boy is 10 years older than his brother. In 4 years he will be twice as old as his brother. Find the present
age of each? 6 16

Fred is 4 years older than Barney. Five years ago the sum of their ages was 48. How old are they now? 27
31
An oriental rug is 52 years old and a Persian rug is 16 years old. How many years ago was the Oriental
rug four times as old as the Persian rug? 4

A man’s age is 36 and that of his daughter is 3 years. In how many years will the man be 4 times as old as
his daughter? 8

1/2 of Hasan’s age two years from now plus 1/3 of his age three years ago is 20 years. How old is he
now? 24

Babar is 4 years older than Waseem, and qasim is twice as old as Babar. Three years ago the sum of their
ages was 35. How old is each now? W8, B12, Q24

RATE AND DISTANCE PROBLEMS

A train travels 225 km in 3.5 hours and 370 km in 5 hours. Find the average speed of train. 70km

A person crosses a 600 m long street in 5 minutes. What is his speed in km per hour? 7.2

An airplane covers a certain distance at a speed of 240 kmph in 5 hours. To cover the same distance in
5/3 hours, it must travel at a speed of? 720

Two trains travel toward each other from points which are 195 miles apart. They travel at the rate of 25
and 40 miles an hour respectively. If they start at the same time, how soon will they meet? 3

A and B start toward each other from points which are 150 miles apart. If A went at the rate of 20 mph,
at what rate must B travel if they meet in 5 hours? 10

Two men are travelling in opposite directions at the rate of 20 and 30 miles an hour at the same time
and from the same place. In how many hours they will be 300 miles apart? 6

A man complete a journey in 10 hours. He travels first half of the journey at the rate of 21 km/hr and
second half at the rate of 24 km/hr. Find the total journey in km. 224

A farmer travelled a distance of 61 km in 9 hours. He travelled partly on foot @ 4 km/hr. and partly on
bicycle @ 9 km/hr. The distance travelled on foot is: 16km

SET THEORY

U= {whole numbers from 10 to 24} A= {Even numbers} B= {numbers divisible by 5}

Find AՈB and the number of elements present in the set -- CSS 2019 past Paper Question ANS=2

If A= {5, 13, 0} and B= {15, 5, 25, 35} write all the possible number of subsets of sets A and B
ANALYTICAL/LOGICAL REASONING

Mushtaq, Pervez, Ehsan, Umar and Salim are friends having different heights and weights. Mushtaq
weighs four times as much as Pervez and Pervez weigh double than Ehsan. Ehsan weighs half as much as
Umar and Umar weigh half as much as Salim. (CSS PP 2020)

Who is the heaviest among five friends?

Who is the second heaviest?

Who has the lowest weight?

Who are equal in weight?

Mention the descending order.

Five girls A, B, C, D, E and four boys W, X, Y, and Z have to go on a trip in three cars car-1, car-2 and car-3.
The following restrictions for seating in the car are to be observed: (CSS PP 2020)

Only three persons can sit in one car

At least one boy and one girl must be in each car

A and D should remain together

Z cannot sit with B or C in the same car

Distribute boys and girls in three cars.

Police officers are in pursuit of a stolen vehicle. Officer Baker is directly behind the stolen car. Officer
Lopez is behind Baker; Officer O'Malley is behind Lopez. Officer Reinhart is ahead of the stolen car and
coming from the opposite direction. Officer Reinhart makes a U-turn and joins the pursuit. He pulls in
behind Officer Lopez. Officer Baker pulls up on the driver's side of the stolen vehicle and Officer Lopez
pulls up on the other side. Which officer is directly behind the vehicle? (CSS PP 2018)