List of top Quantitative Aptitude Questions on Basic Algebra asked in CLAT

A book seller sold a box of 10 pencils for Rs. 80 and incurred a loss. Had he sold it for Rs. 98, his gain would have been twice the loss he incurred earlier. The cost price of the box of pencils is:
Six dice are stacked on the floor as shown (heights \(3,2,1\) like steps). On each die, opposite faces sum to \(7\). What is the maximum possible sum of the numbers on all \(21\) visible faces?
Let \(x\) be the greatest number of 4 digits, which when divided by 15, 20 and 28 leaves in each case the remainder 2. The sum of digits of \(x\) is:
When \(13511\), \(13903\) and \(14589\) are divided by the greatest number \(n\), the remainder in each case is \(m\). The value of \((n+m)\) is:
A student was asked to simplify the expression: \[ \frac{0.1216 \times 0.105 \times 0.0002}{0.625 \times 0.08512 \times 0.039 \times 0.16} \] His answer was \(\frac{1}{65}\). What is the difference between his answer and the correct answer?
Evaluate the expression \[ \frac{\left( 1\dfrac{29}{36} + 4\dfrac{1}{8} \times 1\dfrac{7}{11} \right) \div \left( 5\dfrac{1}{9} - 7\dfrac{7}{8} \div 9\dfrac{9}{20} \right)} {\, 3\dfrac{1}{5} \div \dfrac{9}{2} \ \text{ of } \ 5\dfrac{1}{3}} \]
A shop gives 15% discount on the purchase of a T.V. If paid for in cash immediately, a further discount of 12% is given. If the marked price is Rs. 15,000, what is the price of the T.V if cash purchase is made?
The traffic lights at three different signal points change after every 45 seconds, 75 seconds, and 90 seconds respectively. If all change simultaneously at 7:20:15 hours, then they will change again simultaneously at
A man buys Rs. 20 shares paying 9% dividend. The man expects to have an interest of 12% on his money. The market value of each share is:
The value of a machine depreciates every year at the rate of 10% on its value at the beginning of that year. If the present value of the machine is Rs. 729, its worth three years ago was:
What is the sum of all the natural numbers from 1 to 100?
The number of 'three digit numbers' which are multiples of 9 are:
A train running at 72 kmph takes 20 seconds to pass a platform. It takes 12 seconds to pass a man walking at 6 kmph in the same direction. What is the length of the platform?
Francis has 18 eggs out of which 12 eggs were sold at 10% loss than the cost price. At what mark up should he sell the remaining eggs to cover his losses?
A man walks from his house to the Railway station to catch a train, which is running as per schedule. If he walks at 6 km/hr, he misses the train by 9 minutes. However, if he walks at 7 km/hr, he reaches the station 6 minutes before the departure of train. The distance of his home to the Railway Station is:
A customized jewellery was sold at Rs 1000 with 90% discount on the ‘making charges’. If the payment made for making charges was Rs 100, what is the approximate} rate of discount on the product?
Akbar will turn 50 when his son Jehangir turns 18. What will be Akbar’s age when it will be exactly 5 times that of Jehangir?
Arun can climb a Coconut tree by 1.5 feet by each lift; however, he slips 0.5 feet every time he makes the next lift. How many individual lifts will he have to reach the top of the Coconut tree of 18.5 feet?
Ram weighs 25 kg more than Shyam. Their combined weight is 325 kg. How much does Shyam weigh?
Find out the wrong number in the series: 3, 8, 15, 24, 34, 48, 63
What is the location value of 7 in the figure 9872590?
A person takes 3 hours to walk a certain distance and riding back. He could walk both ways in 5 hours. How long could it take to ride both ways.
Change 1/8 into percentage
12.5% of 80 is equal to
Which number should fill the blank space to complete the series: 1,2,4,5,7,8,10,11, ______