percentage, ratio and proportion, square roots - One Line Questions
1.
What is the square root of 0.000009? —
0.003
2.
Find the square root of 0.000144. —
0.012
3.
What is the square root of 1.69? —
1.3
4.
If a number is increased by 25% and then decreased by 25%, what is the net percentage change? —
6.25% decrease
5.
If a number is increased by 20% and then decreased by 20%, what is the net percentage change? —
4% decrease
6.
The ratio of two numbers is 3:4. If the first number is increased by 10% and the second number is decreased by 20%, what is the new ratio? —
1:1
7.
What is the square root of 1/16? —
1/4
8.
If a number is first increased by 10% and then decreased by 10%, the final number is: —
1% less than the original
9.
What is the square root of 144? —
12
10.
What is the square root of 10000? —
100
11.
The ratio of the ages of A and B is 3:4. After 10 years, the ratio of their ages will be 4:5. What is the current age of A? —
20 years
12.
What is the square root of 100/9? —
10/3
13.
If a number is increased by 25%, it becomes 125. What is the original number? —
100
14.
If 75% of a number is 90, find the number. —
120
15.
The square root of 15625 is: —
125
16.
The ratio of the number of boys and girls in a competition is 9:7. If there are 112 girls, how many boys are there? —
144
17.
The ratio of boys to girls in a class is 4:3. If there are 24 boys, how many girls are there? —
18
18.
If 60% of a number is 120, what is the number? —
200
19.
Find the square root of 441. —
21
20.
A number is decreased by 15%. If the new number is 170, what is the original number? —
200
21.
The ratio of two numbers is 2:3. If the sum of the numbers is 50, what are the numbers? —
20 and 30
22.
In an election, candidate A got 40% of the total votes. If he lost by 500 votes, what is the total number of votes polled? —
2500
23.
The ratio of two positive integers is 3:7 and their product is 1323. Find the integers. —
27 and 63
24.
Find the square root of 576. —
24
25.
If 40% of a number is 200, what is 60% of the same number? —
300
26.
The ratio of the number of men and women in a factory is 3:2. If the total number of workers is 450, how many men are there? —
270
27.
Find the square root of (12.25 * 4). —
7
28.
What is the square root of 1024? —
32
29.
Find the square root of 1296. —
36
30.
The ratio of two numbers is 5:6. If 3 is added to both numbers, the ratio becomes 6:7. What is the sum of the original numbers? —
55
31.
The ratio of two numbers is 5:8. If 7 is subtracted from the first number and 4 is added to the second number, the ratio becomes 4:8. Find the numbers. —
35 and 56
32.
If the ratio of the ages of Ram and Shyam is 5:7 and the sum of their ages is 84 years, what is Shyam's current age? —
49 years
33.
If 20% of the students in a class are girls, and the number of boys is 32, how many students are there in the class? —
40
34.
The ratio of two numbers is 3:5. If 10 is added to each number, the new ratio becomes 5:7. What is the sum of the original numbers? —
40
35.
In a class, 30% of students failed in Science, 25% failed in Maths, and 10% failed in both. What percentage of students passed in both subjects? —
55%
36.
Find the square root of 30.25. —
5.5
37.
If the price of an article is decreased by 25% and then increased by 20%, what is the net percentage change? —
10% decrease
38.
A student scored 45% marks in an exam but failed by 10 marks. If the passing percentage is 55%, what is the maximum marks? —
100
39.
The ratio of the speeds of two trains is 5:6. If the first train covers 250 km in 5 hours, what is the speed of the second train? —
60 km/hr
40.
The ratio of the number of boys and girls in a school is 7:5. If the total number of students is 1200, find the number of girls. —
500
41.
Find the square root of 3600. —
60
42.
The ratio of two quantities is 5:3. If the first quantity is increased by 20% and the second quantity is decreased by 10%, what is the new ratio? —
6:2.7
43.
The ratio of the number of apples to oranges in a basket is 11:13. If there are 55 apples, how many oranges are there? —
65
44.
Two numbers are in the ratio 7:11. If the difference between the numbers is 24, find the larger number. —
77
45.
What is the square root of 5329? —
73
46.
What is the square root of (64 * 81)? —
72
47.
A number is increased by 20% and then decreased by 10%. What is the net percentage change? —
8% increase
48.
A number is increased by 10%. By what percentage should it be decreased to get the original number back? —
9.09%
49.
A man's salary was increased by 20%. If his new salary is Rs. 24,000, what was his original salary? —
Rs. 20,000
50.
A decrease of 10% in the price of an item allows a person to buy 2 kg more for Rs. 360. What is the original price per kg? —
Rs. 18/kg