List of top Mathematical Ability Questions on Arithmetic asked in APICET

In an office, $\frac{1}{3}$ of the employees are women. $\frac{1}{2}$ of the women are married and $\frac{1}{3}$ of the married women have children. If $\frac{3}{4}$ of the men are married and $\frac{2}{3}$ of the married men have children, then the part of employees without children is:

A rectangle has dimensions $15 \times 20$ cm$^2$. Its width is decreased by 5% while its length is increased such that its area remains unchanged. Then the percentage increase in its length is?

A shopkeeper cheats in weight by 10% and also makes a profit of 20% on cost price. Then the total profit percentage made is:

Three numbers are in the ratio of $3 : 4 : 5$ and their L.C.M is 2400. Their H.C.F is:

If $A = x%$ of $y$ and $B = y%$ of $x$, then which of the following is true?

$a=\frac{4}{9},\; b=\frac{7}{12},\; c=\frac{3}{7},\; d=\frac{12}{17},\; e=\frac{1}{2}$. Then their descending order is?

A mother’s age is 3 times the age of her son. After 6 years, if the sum of their ages is 60, then the present age of the son is _____ years.

‘B’ got 20% marks less than ‘A’. What % of marks did ‘A’ get more than ‘B’?

Ram is 6 years older than Sita and Sita is 8 years older than Rahul. After 8 years, if Ram will be twice as old as Rahul, then 4 years ago, Sita’s age was _____.

The L.C.M. of two prime numbers is 1271. Then what is the sum of those primes?

A pipe can fill a tank in 5 hours. Due to a leak at the bottom, it is filled in 10 hours. If the tank is full, then the time (in hours) that the leak takes to empty that tank is _____.

A person A can complete a work in 12 minutes. The persons B and C are respectively 25% and $33\frac{1}{3}%$ more efficient than A. If all three work together, the number of minutes they take to complete the work is _____.

A, B, and C invest in a ratio of 2:3:5. After one year, C withdraws his amount. If the total profit after 2 years is Rs.1,00,000, then the share of B is:

A trader allows two successive discounts of 20% and 10% on an item marked Rs.500. Then the selling price is:

The ratio of two numbers is 5:8. If 40% of the sum is 104, find the numbers.

A train can travel 50 percent faster than a car. Both start from point A at the same time and reach point B, 75 kilometers away, at the same time. On the way, however, the train lost about 12.5 minutes while stopping at the stations. Speed of the car is _____.

A and B travel the same distance with 60 km/hr and 90 km/hr respectively. If A takes 9 hrs to cover the distance, then the time taken by B is _____ hrs.