5th Class Mental Ability Arithmetical Reasoning Question Bank

done Arithmetical Reasoning Total Questions - 60

• question_answer1)
  In a garden, Shanu saw 52 Roses and Sunflowers. There are 27 more Roses than Sunflowers. How many were Sunflowers?
  A)
   20                               done clear
  B)
   25 done clear
  C)
   30                               done clear
  D)
   35 done clear
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• question_answer2)
  Gaurav has 96 sheeps in his farm. He has 12 times as many sheeps as he has cows. The number sentence below can be used to find the number of cows, c , he has \[\text{96}\div \text{c = 12}\] How many cows, c, does Gaurav have?
  A)
   10 cows                      done clear
  B)
   12 cows done clear
  C)
   8 cows            done clear
  D)
   6 cows done clear
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• question_answer3)
  A tailor had a number of shirt pieces to cut from a roll of fabric. He cut each roll of equal length into 10 pieces. He cut at the rate of 45 cuts in a minute. How many rolls would be cut in 24 minutes?
  A)
   30 rolls                        done clear
  B)
   58 rolls done clear
  C)
   120 rolls          done clear
  D)
   150 rolls done clear
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• question_answer4)
  Tom scored 4 more points in the basketball game than Mary. Lindy scored 22 points, which was twice as many as Tom. How many points did Mary score?
  A)
   7                     done clear
  B)
   8 done clear
  C)
   11                               done clear
  D)
   14 done clear
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• question_answer5)
  If you write 1 to 80 counting, then how many times do you write 4?
  A)
   8                                 done clear
  B)
   16 done clear
  C)
   9                                 done clear
  D)
   18 done clear
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• question_answer6)
  Priya cuts a cake into two halves and cuts one half into six smaller pieces of equal size. Each of the small pieces is twenty grams in weight. If she has seven pieces of cake in all with her. What is the weight of cake in all?
  A)
   220 gm                       done clear
  B)
   250 gm done clear
  C)
   240 gm done clear
  D)
   225 gm done clear
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• question_answer7)
  Sara is 2 years older to Bina and 2 years younger to Diya, while Bina and Kiran are twins. How many years older is Diya to Kiran?
  A)
   4 years            done clear
  B)
   6 years done clear
  C)
   2 years                        done clear
  D)
   5 years done clear
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• question_answer8)
  Shivam had 23 candies. He puts the same number in each of the two bags, seven candies are left after this. How many did he put in each bag?
  A)
   6                                 done clear
  B)
   7 done clear
  C)
   8                     done clear
  D)
   9 done clear
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• question_answer9)
  A shepherd had 27 sheep. All but 10 died. How many was he left with?
  A)
   27                               done clear
  B)
   10 done clear
  C)
   17                               done clear
  D)
   8 done clear
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• question_answer10)
  What is the smallest number of ducks that could swim in this formation-two ducks in front of a duck, two ducks behind a duck and a duck between two ducks?
  A)
   9                                 done clear
  B)
   7 done clear
  C)
   5                                 done clear
  D)
   3 done clear
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• question_answer11)
  Isha wants to buy dog treats for her 5 dogs. At the pet store she sees the boxes of treats. Which box of dog treats should Isha buy so that each of her dogs can receive an equal number of treats with 2 treat left over?
  A)
       done clear
  B)
    done clear
  C)
       done clear
  D)
    done clear
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• question_answer12)
  Wilson is buying curd for a party. ? He needs to buy 50 kg of curd. ? Curd is sold only in 8 and 12 kg packages. Which choice shows the least amount of curd Wilson can buy to have enough for a party?
  A)
   Five 12 kg packages done clear
  B)
   Three 12 kg packages and two 8 kg packages done clear
  C)
   Two 12 kg packages and three 8 kg packages done clear
  D)
   Six 8 kg packages done clear
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• question_answer13)
  A bird shooter was asked how many birds he had in the bag. He replied that there were all sparrows but 6, all pigeons but 6 and all ducks but 6. How many birds he had in the bag in all?
  A)
   36                               done clear
  B)
   18 done clear
  C)
   27                               done clear
  D)
   9 done clear
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• question_answer14)
  Use the picture to answer the question. Himanshu will use one marker to colour half of the triangles. What is the colour of the marker Himanshu will use?
  A)
   Black              done clear
  B)
   Pink done clear
  C)
   Red                             done clear
  D)
   Blue done clear
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• question_answer15)
  At the end of fresher party in the college, 15 friends present all shakes hands with each other once. How many handshakes will there be altogether?
  A)
   95                   done clear
  B)
   85 done clear
  C)
   100                             done clear
  D)
   75 done clear
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• question_answer16)
  Patrick has a set of green, white and black marbles.

  ? The green marbles make up exactly \[\frac{1}{2}\] of the set.

  ? The set has 2 black marbles.

  ? The number of white marbles is twice the number of black marbles.

  How many marbles are in Patrick's set?
  A)
   6                                 done clear
  B)
   4 done clear
  C)
   8                                 done clear
  D)
   12 done clear
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• question_answer17)
  Simran has 6 carrots. Sara has 3 more carrots than Simran. Denny has 3 times as many carrots as Sara. How many carrots does Denny have?
  A)
   6                                 done clear
  B)
   9 done clear
  C)
   18                               done clear
  D)
   27 done clear
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• question_answer18)
  On Friday, Mary was a referee at 3 soccer games. She arrived at the soccer field 20 minutes before the first game. Each game lasted for \[1\frac{1}{2}\] hours. There were 5 minutes break between each game. Mary left 15 minutes after the last game. How long, in minutes, was Mary at the soccer field?
  A)
   300 minutes    done clear
  B)
   305 minutes done clear
  C)
   315 minutes    done clear
  D)
   320 minutes done clear
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• question_answer19)
  A pouch contains 6 blue marbles, 3 red marbles, 1 green marble, and 2 pink marbles. What is the probability that Tom will select, without looking, a blue marble in the first try?
  A)
   \[\frac{6}{12}\]                                  done clear
  B)
   \[\frac{3}{12}\] done clear
  C)
   \[\frac{1}{12}\]                                  done clear
  D)
   \[\frac{2}{12}\] done clear
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• question_answer20)
  Shekhar wanted to use his calculator to subtract 2743 and 169. He entered 2643 + 169 by mistake. Which of these could he do to correct to mistake?
  A)
   Subtract 100   done clear
  B)
   Add 100 done clear
  C)
   Subtract 400   done clear
  D)
   Add 400 done clear
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• question_answer21)
  How many minutes are there in 1/ 8 of a day?
  A)
   120 minutes    done clear
  B)
   140 minutes done clear
  C)
   160 minutes    done clear
  D)
   180 minutes done clear
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• question_answer22)
  In Aporva's class there are twice as many girls as boys. There are 9 boys in the class. What is the total number of boys and girls is the class?
  A)
   9                                 done clear
  B)
   18 done clear
  C)
   24                               done clear
  D)
   27 done clear
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• question_answer23)
  A number machine takes a number and operates on it. When the input number is 6, the output number is 11, as shown below, When the input number is 8, which of these is the output number?
  A)
   14                               done clear
  B)
   13 done clear
  C)
   15                   done clear
  D)
   19 done clear
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• question_answer24)
  Tell the numbers that will replace ,   and  in the given square so that the sum of numbers from every side is 105.

  32	39
  	35	33
  36		38

  A)
   34, =37,  31 done clear
  B)
    31,  =34,  37 done clear
  C)
    37,  =31,  34 done clear
  D)
    37,  =31, 34 done clear
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• question_answer25)
  Kartik had 45 sweets. He put the same number in each of three boxes and had six sweets left over. How many did he put in each box?
  A)
   10                               done clear
  B)
   12 done clear
  C)
   13                   done clear
  D)
   8 done clear
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• question_answer26)
  A group of 1200 persons including captains and soldiers are travelling in a train. For every 15 soldiers, there is one captain. The number of captains in the group is
  A)
   70                               done clear
  B)
   75 done clear
  C)
   80                               done clear
  D)
   85 done clear
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• question_answer27)
  Raj bought 12 plums and ate \[\frac{1}{3}\] of them. Shivam bought 12 plums and ate \[\frac{1}{4}\] of them. Which statement is true?
  A)
   Raj ate 4 plums and Shivam ate 3 plums. done clear
  B)
   Raj ate 3 plums and Shivam ate 4 plums. done clear
  C)
   Raj and Shivam ate the same number of plums. done clear
  D)
   Raj had 9 plums remaining. done clear
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• question_answer28)
  When Pinocchio lies, his nose gets 5 cm longer. When he tells the truth, his nose gets 3 cm shorter. When his nose was 10 cm long, he told three lies and made two true statements. How long was Pinocchio's nose now?
  A)
   18 cm             done clear
  B)
   19 cm done clear
  C)
   21 cm             done clear
  D)
   22 cm done clear
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• question_answer29)
  The product of all numbers in the dial of a telephone is ________?
  A)
   1, 58,480                    done clear
  B)
   1, 00,000 done clear
  C)
   Zero                done clear
  D)
   None of these done clear
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• question_answer30)
  A man wears socks of two colours- white and grey. He has altogether 20 white socks and 20 grey socks in a drawer. Supposing he has to take out the socks in the dark, how many must he take out to be sure that he has a matching pair?
  A)
   39                               done clear
  B)
   20 done clear
  C)
   3                                 done clear
  D)
   None of these done clear
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• question_answer31)
  Vishal got twice as many sums wrong as he got right. If he attempted 48 sums in all, how many did he solve correctly?
  A)
   18                               done clear
  B)
   24 done clear
  C)
   16                               done clear
  D)
   14 done clear
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• question_answer32)
  The number of boys in a class is three times the number of girls. Which one of the following numbers cannot represent the total number of children in the class?
  A)
   48                               done clear
  B)
   44 done clear
  C)
   40                               done clear
  D)
   42 done clear
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• question_answer33)
  If every 2 out of 3 readymade shirts need alterations in the collar, every 3 out of 4 need alterations in the sleeves and every 4 out of 5 need it in the body, how many alterations will be required for 60 shirts?
  A)
   88                               done clear
  B)
   133 done clear
  C)
   123                             done clear
  D)
   143 done clear
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• question_answer34)
  A farmer built a fence around his plot. He used 27 fence poles on each side of the square plot. How many poles did he need altogether?
  A)
   108                 done clear
  B)
   100 done clear
  C)
   104     done clear
  D)
   None of these done clear
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• question_answer35)
  For every soft drink bottle that Tom collected, Maria collected 4. Tom collected a total of 8 soft drink bottles. How many bottles did Maria collect?
  A)
   4                                 done clear
  B)
   16 done clear
  C)
   24                               done clear
  D)
   32 done clear
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• question_answer36)
  The top shelf held 27 books. The bottom shelf held 43 books. 11 books from the top shelf were checked out. 6 books from the bottom shelf were missing. How many total books are left on both shelves?
  A)
   51                               done clear
  B)
   52 done clear
  C)
   53       done clear
  D)
   54 done clear
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• question_answer37)
  Nina joined a short term course in art and craft on 20th April. The course classes got over on 9th June. What is the total duration of the class?
  A)
   30 days                       done clear
  B)
   45 days done clear
  C)
   51 days           done clear
  D)
   100 days done clear
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• question_answer38)
  I have a few sweets to be distributed. If I keep 2, 3 or 4 in a pack, I am left with one sweet. If I keep 5 in a pack. I am left with none. What is the minimum number of sweets I have to pack and distribute?
  A)
   54                               done clear
  B)
   65 done clear
  C)
   37                               done clear
  D)
   25 done clear
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• question_answer39)
  Rishika's exam started on 2nd March and the last exam was on 3rd April. What was total duration of her exams?
  A)
   30 days                       done clear
  B)
   33 days done clear
  C)
   44 days                       done clear
  D)
   60 days done clear
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• question_answer40)
  In a garden, there are 10 rows and 12 columns of mango trees. The distance between the two trees is 2 metres and a distance of one metre is left from all sides of the boundary of the garden. The length of the garden is
  A)
   24 m   done clear
  B)
   20 m done clear
  C)
   22 m               done clear
  D)
   26 m done clear
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• question_answer41)
  A school coach just announced that by the end of the quarter, all students should run the 10 miles in less than 70 minutes. There are 15 students in the group. ? 6 of them ran 10 miles in 1 hour + 5 minutes ? 4 of them ran 10 miles in 1 hour + 3 minutes ? 2 of them ran 10 miles in 1 hour + 9 minutes ? 3 of them ran 10 miles in 1 hour and 10 minutes. How many students made the goal?
  A)
   3                                 done clear
  B)
   10 done clear
  C)
   4                                 done clear
  D)
   12 done clear
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• question_answer42)
  A pizzeria caters parties and just finished baking 60 pizzas. The Indian group just picked up their order of 1/4 of the pizzas baked. A school graduation party is picking up 1/3 of the pizzas baked. A smart arts club bought 1/20 of the pizzas baked. How many pizzas are left out of the 60 that were baked?
  A)
   20                               done clear
  B)
   15 done clear
  C)
   18                               done clear
  D)
   22 done clear
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• question_answer43)
  A certain number of horses and an equal number of men are going somewhere. Half of the owners are on their horses' back, while the remaining ones are walking along leading their horses. If the number of legs walking on the ground is 70, how many horses are there?
  A)
   10                               done clear
  B)
   12 done clear
  C)
   14 done clear
  D)
   16 done clear
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• question_answer44)
  The total of the ages of Amar, Anaya and Ashish is 80 years. What was the total of their ages three years ago?
  A)
   72 years                      done clear
  B)
   74 years done clear
  C)
   71 years          done clear
  D)
   77 years done clear
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• question_answer45)
  30 members of a club decided to play a badminton singles tournament. Every time a member loses a game he is out of the tournament. There are no ties. What is the minimum number of matches that must be played to determine the winner?
  A)
   61                               done clear
  B)
   15 done clear
  C)
   29                   done clear
  D)
   None of these done clear
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• question_answer46)
  A motorist knows four different routes from Bristol to Birmingham. From Birmingham to Sheffield, he knows three different routes and from Sheffield to Carlisle, he knows two different routes. How many routes does he know from Bristol to Carlisle?
  A)
   8                                 done clear
  B)
   12 done clear
  C)
   24                   done clear
  D)
   46 done clear
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• question_answer47)
  A monkey climbs 30 feet at the beginning of each hour and rests for a while when he slips back 20 feet before he again starts climbing in the beginning of the next hour. If he begins his ascent at 8.00 a.m., at what time will he first touch flag at 120 feet from the ground?
  A)
   4p.m.              done clear
  B)
   5p.m. done clear
  C)
   6 p.m. done clear
  D)
    None of these done clear
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• question_answer48)
  Mrs. Kapoor ordered 3 different colours of markers.

  ? She ordered 20 of each colour markers.

  ? She also ordered some pencils.

  ? She ordered 2 times as many pencils as markers.

  How many pencils did Mrs. Kapoor order?
  A)
   20                               done clear
  B)
   60 done clear
  C)
   100                 done clear
  D)
   120 done clear
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• question_answer49)
  In a chess tournament, each of the six players will play every other player exactly once. How many matches will be played during the tournament?
  A)
   12                               done clear
  B)
   15 done clear
  C)
   30                               done clear
  D)
   36 done clear
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• question_answer50)
  Riya is twice as old as Siya. Three years ago, she was three times as old as Siya. How old is Riya now?
  A)
   16 years                      done clear
  B)
   14 years done clear
  C)
   12 years          done clear
  D)
   6 years done clear
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• question_answer51)
  When Rahul was born, his father was 32 years older than his brother and his mother was 25 years older than his sister. If Rahul's brother is 6 years older than him and his mother is 3 years younger than his father, how old was Rahul?s sister when he was born?
  A)
   10 years          done clear
  B)
   7 years done clear
  C)
   14 years                      done clear
  D)
   20 years done clear
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• question_answer52)
  Raja and Ritu collect baseball cards. Each has the same number of cards. If John gives Raja and Ritu 6 more baseball cards each, who will have the greater number of baseball cards, Raja or Ritu?
  A)
   Raja done clear
  B)
   Ritu done clear
  C)
   Raja and Ritu will have the same number of baseball cards. done clear
  D)
   None of the above done clear
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• question_answer53)
  Shorya has Rs. 480 in the denominations of one-rupee notes, five-rupee notes and ten-rupee notes. The number of notes of each denomination is equal. What is the total number of notes he has?
  A)
   90                   done clear
  B)
   45 done clear
  C)
   75                               done clear
  D)
   60 done clear
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• question_answer54)
  If a clock takes seven seconds to strike seven, how long will it take to strike ten?
  A)
   5 seconds                    done clear
  B)
   7 seconds done clear
  C)
   9 seconds                    done clear
  D)
   None of these done clear
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• question_answer55)
  In a class, 20% of the students own only two cars each, 40% of the remaining own three cars each and the remaining members own only one car each. Which of the following statements is definitely true from the given statements?
  A)
   Only 20% of the total members own three cars each. done clear
  B)
   48% of the total members own only one car each. done clear
  C)
   60% of the total members own at least two cars each. done clear
  D)
   80% of the total members own at least one car. done clear
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• question_answer56)
  Manav's mother prepares sandwiches with two slices of bread each. A packet of bread has 24 slices. How many sandwiches can she prepare from two and half packets of bread?
  A)
   12                               done clear
  B)
   24 done clear
  C)
   30          done clear
  D)
   34 done clear
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• question_answer57)
  The number of red frogs exceeded the number of blue frogs by 50. The number of green frogs was 20 less than the number of blue frogs. If there were 100 blue frogs, what was the sum of the reds, the blues, and the greens?
  A)
   250                 done clear
  B)
   80 done clear
  C)
   330     done clear
  D)
   230 done clear
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• question_answer58)
  Suzen had 81 chickens. He sold an equal number of chickens to each of 3 customers and had 54 chickens left. How many chickens did Suzen sell to each customer?
  A)
   8                                 done clear
  B)
   9 done clear
  C)
   10                               done clear
  D)
   11 done clear
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• question_answer59)
  The hour hand of a watch rotates 30 degrees every hour. How many complete rotations does the hour hand make in 6 days?
  A)
   6                                 done clear
  B)
   12 done clear
  C)
   14                               done clear
  D)
   18 done clear
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• question_answer60)
  If Jill needed to buy 9 bottles of soda for a party in which 12 people attended, how many bottles of soda will she need to buy for a party in which 8 people are attending?
  A)
   6                     done clear
  B)
   10 done clear
  C)
   12                               done clear
  D)
   8 done clear
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