One number is 4 less than 3 times another, and their sum is 32. What is the larger number?
Let the smaller be x; larger = 3x − 4
x + 3x − 4 = 32 → x = 9
Larger = 23
Answer: 23
Problems on Numbers · Exercise 4 of 6
65 mixed-level problems on numbers in the style of campus placement tests (TCS, Infosys, Wipro, Accenture, Cognizant, Capgemini), SSC CGL/CHSL/MTS, RRB NTPC and Group D, IBPS/SBI, UPSC CSAT and state exams.
One number is 4 less than 3 times another, and their sum is 32. What is the larger number?
Let the smaller be x; larger = 3x − 4
x + 3x − 4 = 32 → x = 9
Larger = 23
Answer: 23
When the digits of a two-digit number are reversed, the new number is 4/7 of the original. The digits add up to 12. What is the original number?
10b + a = (4/7)(10a + b)
70b + 7a = 40a + 4b → 66b = 33a → a = 2b
a + b = 12 → b = 4, a = 8
Number = 84
Answer: 84
Three consecutive multiples of 7 add up to 357. What is the largest of them?
Middle = 357 ÷ 3 = 119
Numbers: 112, 119, 126
Largest = 126
Answer: 126
The sum of the squares of two numbers is 80, and the square of their difference is 36. What is their product?
(a − b)² = a² + b² − 2ab
36 = 80 − 2ab
2ab = 44 → ab = 22
Answer: 22
When 15 is subtracted from a number and the remainder is divided by 5, the result is 7. What is the number?
(x − 15)/5 = 7
x − 15 = 35
x = 50
Answer: 50
The square of a positive number exceeds 4 times the number by 45. What is the number?
x² − 4x = 45
x² − 4x − 45 = 0
(x − 9)(x + 5) = 0
x = 9
Answer: 9
A number is multiplied by 11 and 11 is added to the product. If the result is divisible by 13, what is the smallest such natural number?
11x + 11 = 11(x + 1)
11 and 13 are co-prime, so 13 must divide x + 1
Smallest x + 1 = 13 → x = 12
Answer: 12
How many three-digit numbers have all their digits different and in increasing order from left to right (like 158)?
Choose any 3 different digits from 1 – 9 (0 cannot be the first digit of an increasing number).
They can be arranged in increasing order in exactly one way.
Count = C(9, 3) = 84
Answer: 84
A number is increased by 12 and then multiplied by 4. The result equals 8 times the original number. What is the number?
4(x + 12) = 8x
4x + 48 = 8x
4x = 48 → x = 12
Answer: 12
Two consecutive numbers add up to 45. What is their product?
n + (n + 1) = 45 → n = 22
Numbers 22 and 23
Product = 506
Answer: 506
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