Multiple choice general knowledge math & puzzles

A person went with flowers for worship to four temples. He purchased enough flowers before entering the gate of each temple to make the number he had with him become double, three-fold, four-fold and five-fold respectively at the gates of the first, second, third and fourth temple. The number of flower offered at each temple was 120 and he had no flowers remaining with him after offering at the fourth temple. He started with:

  1. 240 flowers

  2. 48 flowers

  3. 34 flowers

  4. 20 flowers

  5. 86 flowers

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E Correct answer
Explanation

Working backward from the 4th temple: (0+120)/5 = 24; 3rd: (24+120)/4 = 36; 2nd: (36+120)/3 = 52; 1st: (52+120)/2 = 86. He started with 86 flowers.