CAT Arithmetic: Profit and Loss - Progressions

A merchant can buy goods at the rate of Rs. 20 per good. The particular good is part of an
overall collection and the value is linked to the number of items that are already on the
market. So, the merchant sells the first good for Rs. 2, second one for Rs. 4, third for Rs.
6…and so on. If he wants to make an overall profit of at least 40%, what is the minimum
number of goods he should sell?

1. 24
2. 18
3. 27
4. 32

 CAT Arithmetic: Percentages - Variables

P is x% more than Q. Q is (x - 10)% less than R. If P > R, what is the range of values x can
take?

1. 10% to 28%
2. 10% to 25%
3. 10% to 37%
4. 10% to 43%

 CAT Arithmetic: Percentages - Mixtures

An alloy of copper and aluminum has 40% copper. An alloy of Copper and Zinc has Copper
and Zinc in the ratio 2: 7. These two alloys are mixed in such a way that in the overall alloy,
there is more aluminum than Zinc, and copper constitutes x% of this alloy. What is the range
of values x can take?

1. 30% ≤ x ≤ 40%
2. 32.5% ≤ x ≤ 42%
3. 33.33% ≤ x ≤ 40%
4. 32.25% ≤ x ≤ 40%

 CAT Arithmetic: Percentages - Integers

A earns 25% more than B. C earns 25% more than A. A earns 20% more than D. E earns
20% more than A. A, B, C, D, and E earn integer amounts less than Rs. 100. What is the total
amount earned by all five of them put together?

1. Rs. 300
2. Rs. 245
3. Rs. 305
4. Rs. 480

 CAT Arithmetic: Percentages - Golden Ratio

A is x% more than B and is x% of sum of A and B. What is the value of x?

1. 50%
2. 62%
3. 75%
4. 37%

 CAT Arithmetic: Percentages - Variables

A, B, C and D share a loot. A gets a% of the total. B gets b% of the remaining (after A has
taken his share). C gets c% of the remaining and D gets the rest. D gets a% less than what A
gets, B and C get equal amounts. b = 2a.
1. What percentage of what A got did C get?
2. If the total amount is equal to Rs. 1000, what is the difference between what A got and
what D got?

1. 160% , A got Rs.40 more than D

2. 80% , A got Rs.20 more than D
3. 175% , A got Rs.50 more than D
4. 150% , A got Rs.35 more than D

 CAT Arithmetic: Percentages - Variables

A is x% less than B, A is y% less than C. C is k% more than B. Express k in terms of x and y.

1. (y−x)100100−y
  (y+x)100100−y
  (y−x)100100−x
  (y−x)100100+y

4.

 CAT Arithmetic: Percentages - Classroom

In a class, if 50% of the boys were girls, then there would be 50% more girls than boys. What
percentage of the overall class is girls?

1. 25%
2. 33.33%
3. 40%
4. 20%

 CAT Arithmetic: Percentages - Classroom

Class B has 50% more students than class A. Number of girls in class A is equal to number of
boys in class B. The percentage of girls is the same in both classes. What percentage of the
student group are boys?

1. 33.33%
2. 40%
3. 25%
4. 60%

 CAT Arithmetic: Profit and Loss - Merchants

Traders A and B buy two goods for Rs. 1000 and Rs. 2000 respectively. Trader A marks his
goods up by x%, while trader B marks his goods up by 2x% and offers a discount of x%. If
both make the same non-zero profit, find x.

1. 25%
2. 12.5%
3. 37.5%
 4. 40%

 CAT Arithmetic: Percentages - Golden Ratio

a is x % of b, b is x% more than a. Find x.

1. 50%
2. 62%
3. 75%
4. 37%

 CAT Arithmetic: Percentages - Two digit number

A two digit number ab is 60% of x. The two-digit number formed by reversing the digits of
ab is 60% more than x. Find x.

1. 45
2. 54
3. 63
4. 72

 CAT Arithmetic: Profit and Loss - Maximum

A merchant buys 80 articles, each at Rs. 40. He sells n of them at a profit of n% and the
remaining at a profit of (100 – n)%. What is the minimum profit the merchant could have
made on this trade?

1. Rs. 2160
2. Rs. 1420
3. Rs. 1580
4. Rs. 2210

 CAT Arithmetic: Percentages - Variables

A is x % more than B. B is y % less than C. If A, B and C are positive and A is greater than
C, find the relation between x and y.

1. y (1 - x) < x
2. y (1 - x) > x
3. y (1 + x) < x
4. y (1 + x) > x

 CAT Arithmetic: SICI - Installments

Krishna borrows Rs. 45K from a bank at 10% compound interet. He repays it in three annual
installments that are in arithmetic progression. He ends up paying 54K totally. How much did
he pay in year 1?

1. Rs. 16,500
2. Rs. 19,500
3. Rs. 21,000
4. Rs. 18,000

 CAT Arithmetic: Compound Interests

On a certain sum of money, compound interest earned at the end of three years = Rs. 1456.
Compound interest at the end of two years is Rs. 880. Compute the principal invested.

1. Rs. 2,400
2. Rs. 2,800
3. Rs. 2,000
4. Rs. 1,600

 CAT Arithmetic: Simple Interest and Compound Interest

Ram deposits Rs. P with a bank at r% compound interest and sees it reach Rs.16P in 20 years.
If he had invested the same amount at r% simple interest for 20 years, what would be the
amount?

1. Between Rs. 2P and 2.5P

2. Between Rs. 2.5P and 3P
 3. Between 3P and 3.5P
4. Between 3.5P and 4P

 CAT Arithmetic: Simple Interest and Compound Interest

Ram earns an interest of 600 over two years on a simple interest basis. On a compound
interest basis, at the same interest rate, he would earn Rs. 630. What is the rate of interest?

1. 5%
2. 20%
3. 30%
4. 10%

 CAT Arithmetic: Profit and Loss - Percentages

Ram sells onions in the streets of Chandni Chowk. Due to recent shortfall in the supply of
onions, he doubles his selling price despite the cost price remains same for him due to a fixed
price contract. He realizes that his profit have tripled. Find the original profit percent.

1. 200/3%
2. 100%
3. 120%
4. 105∗1/3%

 CAT Arithmetic: Discount Percentage

Given below is a question followed by three statements. Study the statements and decide
which of the statement(s) is/are necessary to answer the question. What was the discount
percentage given?
I) On selling the table, for Rs 12650, 26.5 %, Profit was earned.
II) If there had been no discount, 30% would have been earned as profit.
III) The Cost price of the table was Rs 10000

1. Only I and II
2. Only II and III
3. Only I and III
4. Any two of the above
 5. None of these

 CAT Arithmetic: Total number of students

In a practice paper at 2iim.com, questions were given from 5 topics. Out of the appearing
students, 10% passed in all topics while 10% did not pass in any. Of the remaining, 20%
passed in one topic only and 25% in two topics only. If 24% of the total students passed 4
topics only and 500 students passed in 3 topics only, find the total number of students who
appeared in the examination?

1. 2500
2. 2000
3. 1600
4. 4545

 CAT Arithmetic: Overall Change

Tensile strength of a material A is a multiple of amount of materials a, b, c, d used. If the

amount of material of a, b, c, d are changed by +30%, -30%, -25%, +25% respectively, what
will be the overall change in tensile strength of A?

1. No Change
2. +14.68%
3. –14.68%
4. Depends on the initial amount of a, b, c, d

 CAT Arithmetic: Number of balls

A bucket has ‘a’ number of small and large balls out of which b% are black. Of the small
balls, c% are black and of large balls, d% are black. Find the number of small balls in the
bucket.

1. a * (b−d)c+b−d

  a * (b−d)c+b−2d
  a * (c−b)b−d
  a * (b−d)c−d
 4.

 CAT Arithmetic: SICI - Moneylender

A moneylender takes advantage of difficult situation of poor people and charges 50%
interest. However he never gets caught because he gives 20% of his total capital (initial
capital + profit) as bribe. If in the beginning of 4th year, he has a capital of Rs 25,000 to
invest, how much bribe did he give at the end of the second year?

1. Rs 4,900
2. Rs 5,200
3. Rs 5,000
4. Rs 6,000

 CAT Arithmetic: Percentages - Number of students

In an examination, 35% of students failed in quants and 42% of students failed in verbal
while 14% failed in both the topics. If 222 students passed in both the topics, how many
students appeared to write the examination?

1. 500
2. 600
3. 700
4. 800

 CAT Arithmetic: Percentage Change

A solid cube made of steel is melted and recast such that its length, breadth and height
changes as +10%, +10%, -20%. What is the percentage change in surface area of this cube?

1. No Change
2. +1%
3. +2%
4. -1%
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 CAT Arithmetic: Percentages - Elections

In a local election, 2400 people were to vote for Party A or Party B. Party A was bound to
win the election. However, on Election Day, 33% of the voters of Party A were kidnapped.
Party B was also able to influence the remaining Party A voters and thus double the strength
of its voters. In this way, Party A lost by a majority which was half of that by which it would
have won had the elections been fair. How many people finally voted for Party A and Party
B?

1. 600(A), 1200(B)
2. 300(A), 600(B)
3. 450(A), 900(B)
4. 600(A), 900(B)

 CAT Arithmetic: Percentages - Discount

Recently a band was to perform in India. However, there was widespread criticism of the
high cost of its tickets so the organizers decided to offer the following discounts:

The tickets were originally priced at Rs 25,000/ticket. Any additional tickets (above the lot
sizes) were billed at the original price.A college group wants to buy 13 tickets, what is the
minimum average ticket price they would need to pay (approx.)?

1. 23,375
2. 23,367
3. 23,380
4. 23,400

 CAT Arithmetic: Percentages - Discount

Recently a band was to perform in India. However, there was widespread criticism of the
high cost of its tickets so the organizers decided to offer the following discounts:

The tickets were originally priced at Rs 25,000/ticket. Any additional tickets (above the lot
sizes) were billed at the original price.A college group wants to buy 36 tickets, what would be
the minimum price (approx) per ticket if the group wanted to buy 36 tickets?

1. Rs.23,300
2. Rs.23,250
3. Rs.23,166.67
4. Rs.23,500

 CAT Arithmetic: Mixtures

In an ice-cream factory, 30% of total Vanilla-flavored ice-cream produced is mixed with 40%
of total Banana-flavored ice-cream produced, in a ratio of 1:1. Find the overall percentage of
ice-cream produced which is mixed with each other. (Ice-creams of only these 2 flavors are
produced in the factory)

1. 17.14%
2. 34.28%
3. 35%
4. More information required

 CAT Arithmetic: Percentages - Travel Expenses

Hari prepares a budget to visit London. However, he spends 12% of his budget on the first
10% days of his travel when he stays in the city. He knows that he has to spend another 35%
of days in city itself, after which he would travel to the country side. What should be the
minimum decrease in spending in country side as a percentage of his spending in city so as to
complete his travel on the initial budget itself?
 1. 33.33%
2. 30.3%
3. 25%
4. 32.23%

 CAT Arithmetic: Work Efficiency

In a field, two workers are planting trees. After sometime, a third worker is added and the
number of trees planted becomes half as large. How many trees can the second worker plant
as a percentage of the number of trees planted by first worker if it is given that efficiency of
second worker is 1/3 of 1st and 3rd worker combined.

1. 65%
2. 60%
3. 70%
4. 75%

 CAT Arithmetic: Percentages - Burger Competition

A, B and C participated in a burger eating competition. A beat C by 18 burgers. A also beat B

by eating 50% more burger than B. Also B had eaten 5 percentage points more burger than C.
Find the overall number of burgers that were eaten.

1. 90 burgers
2. 81 burgers
3. 72 burgers
4. 100 burgers