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Because of the budget presented by Yashwant Sinha, the price of sugar increased by 40%. The Verma family reduced its
consumption so that expenditure on sugar is up by 12%. If the total consumption of sugar before the rise in price was 50 kg, what is the present consumption of sugar (in kg)?

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Important Questions on Arithmetic

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Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 2 - Arithmetic>Practice Exercises>Q 15
Tatto’s working hours per day were increased by 25% and his wages per hour were increased by 20%. By how much per cent were his daily earnings increased?
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Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 2 - Arithmetic>Practice Exercises>Q 16
A’s income is reduced from ₹75,000 to ₹60,000, while B’s income for the same period is increased from ₹60,000 to₹75,000. What percentage of decrease in A’s income is the increase in B’s income?
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Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 2 - Arithmetic>Practice Exercises>Q 17
18% of A plus 15% of B plus 19% of C is equal to 17% of the sum of A, B, and C. If A - B = 500 and A - C = 3,400. What is the value of A+B+C?
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Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 2 - Arithmetic>Practice Exercises>Q 18
Out of 51,600 candidates who appeared in an examination,35% failed, while 15% passed with honours. What is the number of candidates who passed the examination, but failed to obtain honours, assuming no failed student can obtain honours?
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Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 2 - Arithmetic>Practice Exercises>Q 19
‘A’ and ’B’ have some guavas to distribute among themselves. A says to B, ‘If I give you 25% of the guavas I have, I will still have 2 more guavas than you.’ To this, B says, ‘If you give me guavas equal to 70% of what I have now, I will have 4 more guavas than you.’ What is the total number of guavas that they have?
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Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 2 - Arithmetic>Practice Exercises>Q 20
Raghupati Raghav was able to score a total of 600 in 12 tests. He scored less than or equal to 80% of his average score per test in four of these tests. If he did not score more than 60 in any of the tests, what is the minimum number of tests in which he should have scored more than 50?
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Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 2 - Arithmetic>Practice Exercises>Q 21
A locomotive engine runs at a speed of 50 km/h when no compartment is attached to it. For every new compartment that is attached to it, the speed of the train reduces by 10% of the earlier speed. At most how many compartments can be attached so that the train can cover a distance of 180 km at a maximum of 8 hours?
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Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 2 - Arithmetic>Practice Exercises>Q 22
Babloo organized a party by taking contributions from the participants. 60% of the participants contributed 80% of the funds. The average contribution of all the people who attended is  ₹ 50. What is the average contribution of the remaining 40% of the people?