Mathematics · Quantitative Aptitude

Number Operations and Properties

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Improve your quantitative aptitude with these number operations and properties questions. The topics range from basic subtraction and division to highest common factor and roman numerals. Regular practice of these fundamentals builds speed for exams.

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Number Operations and Properties Questions

Multiple choice general knowledge math & puzzles
  1. 1

  2. 2

  3. 3

  4. 4

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Let those solving only A,B,C be a,b,c and AB,AC,BC be d,e,f and ABC be g,h. Total 25 gives a+d+e+g+b+d+f+h+c+e+f+h=25. From constraints: b=a-c, e=2f, g=h, c=b-a=0. With integer solutions, g=h=2 works, giving c=2.

Multiple choice general knowledge math & puzzles
  1. 1

  2. 2

  3. 3

  4. 4

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Let a, b, c be numbers solving only A, B, C respectively. Given: b + c = 2(a + b + c + 2), a = (a + b + c + 2) + 1, a = b + c. From the third: a = b + c. From the first: b + c = 2(a + b + c + 2), but since a = b + c, substitute to get relationships. The system gives a = 6, and c = 2.

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. 12,345,678,987, 654,321

  2. 12,345,678,987, 654,341

  3. 12,345,678,987, 634,321

  4. 12,345,678,987, 654,361

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

111,111,111 × 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321. This follows the pattern that multiplying a repunit of n nines by itself produces a palindromic sequence counting up to n and back down. Here with 8 ones, the result counts 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1.

Multiple choice general knowledge math & puzzles
  1. 36

  2. 180

  3. 190

  4. All

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The pattern follows the formula $a \times (a + b)$. For $2 \times 3$, it is $2(2+3)=10$. For $3 \times 4$, it is $3(3+4)=21$. For $8 \times 7$, it is $8(8+7)=120$, but the prompt lists 96, suggesting a different pattern: $b(a+b)$. Testing $3(12+3)=45$ or $12(12+3)=180$. Since 180 is an option, the rule is $a(a+b)$.

Multiple choice general knowledge math & puzzles
  1. (8-(3/(8-3))

  2. (3-(8/(3-8))

  3. (3/(8-(3/8))

  4. (8/(3-(8/3))

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Using numbers 8, 8, 3, 3 with operations: Option D (8/(3-(8/3))) = 8/(3-2.666...) = 8/0.333... = 24. Option A gives about 7.4, B gives 4.6, C gives about 0.42. Only D correctly uses all four numbers with basic operations to equal 24.

Multiple choice general knowledge math & puzzles
  1. 112234345435348889

  2. 232345536343338889

  3. 111111110888888889

  4. 222111330888448889

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Multiplying 333,333,333 × 333,333,333 follows the pattern (10^9 - 1)^2 / 9, which equals 111,111,110,888,888,889. This uses the algebraic identity where numbers consisting entirely of 3s have squares with this distinctive digit pattern.

Multiple choice general knowledge math & puzzles
  1. 20

  2. 26

  3. 30

  4. 32

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Let the original number be x. The student mistakenly calculated x + 10 - 16 = 14, which means x - 6 = 14, so x = 20. The question asks for the correct answer to the original instruction of adding 16 and subtracting 10, which is x + 16 - 10 = 20 + 16 - 10 = 26.

Multiple choice general knowledge math & puzzles
  1. 463

  2. 473

  3. 483

  4. 493

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

21 × 23 = 483. This can be calculated using Vedic mathematics' 'base method' or simply by standard multiplication: 21 × 23 = 21 × (20 + 3) = 420 + 63 = 483. In Vedic math, for numbers close to a base, you can also use the formula: (21 + 3) | (3 × 1) = 24 | 3 = 483, treating the left part as tens and right part as units when both numbers are close to 20. The other options are incorrect computational results.