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SSC CGL Exam Math Number System Question with Solutions
SSC CGL Exam Math Question: 1
Fraction between 2/5 and 4/9 is
Option A : 3/7
Option B : 2/3
Option C : 4/5
Option D : 1/2
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Option A : 3/7
2/5 and 4/9 = 0.40 and 0.44
Fraction between these two = 3/7 = 0.42
SSC CGL Previous Year Math Questions: 2
2/3 of three-fourth of a number is :
Option A : 1/2 of the number
Option B : 1/3 of the number
Option C : 8/9 of the number
Option D : 17/12 of the number
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Option A : 1/2 of the number
2/3 x 3/4 = 1/2
SSC CGL Previous Year Math Paper: 3
If 3 times a number exceeds its 3/5 by 60, then what is the number ?
Option A : 25
Option B : 35
Option C : 45
Option D : 60
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Option A : 25
3x – 3x/5 = 60 ⇒ 12x/5 = 60
⇒ x = 60/5 /12 = 25
SSC CGL Mock Test Math Question: 4
Half of 1 per cent written as a decimal is—
Option A : 0.2
Option B : 0.02
Option C : 0.05
Option D : 0.005
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Option D : 0.005
1/2 of 1% = 1/2 x 1/100 = 0.01/2 = 0/0.005
SSC CGL Free Mock Test Math Question: 5
A runner runs 1 1/4 laps of a 5 lap race. What fractional part of the race remains to be run?
Option A : 15/4
Option B : 4/5
Option C : 5/6
Option D : 2/3
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Option A : 15/4
Remaining race = 5 – 1 1/4 laps = 5 – 5/4 laps = 15/4 laps
SSC CGL Advance Math Question: 6
The product of two fractions is 14/15 and their quotient is 35/24. The greater fraction is—
Option A : 7/4
Option B : 7/6
Option C : 7/3
Option D : 4/5
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Option B : 7/6
Given ,
a/b x c/d = 14/15
a/b x d/c = 35/24
Now multiplying both the equations
ac/bd x ad/bc = 14/15 x 35/24 ⇒ a2 / b2 = 49/36 ⇒ a/b = 7/6
SSC CGL Math Previous Year Question: 7
What fraction of 4/7 must be added to itself to make the sum 1 1/14
Option A : 7/8
Option B : 1/2
Option C : 4/7
Option D : 15/14
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Option A : 7/8
4x/7 + 4/7 = 15/14 ⇒ 4x/7 = 15/14 – 4/7 = 15-8/14 = 1/2
x ⇒ 1/2 x 7/4 = 7/8
SSC CGL Math Question Paper: 8
If 4/5 of an estate to be worth Rs16800, then the value of 3/7 of it is
Option A : Rs 90000
Option B : Rs 9000
Option C : Rs 72000
Option D : Rs 21000
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Option B : Rs 9000
Let the value of estate be x According to the question
4/5 of x = 16800
x = 16800 x 5 /4 = Rs 21000
3/7 of the value = 21000 x 3/7
= 3000 x 3 = Rs 9000
Advance Math Question Asked in SSC CGL: 9
A boy on being asked what 6/7 of a certain fraction was, made the mistake of dividing the fraction by 6/7 and so got an answer which exceeded the correct answer by 13/ 70. Find the fraction–
Option A : 2/3
Option B : 3/5
Option C : 4/5
Option D : 7/9
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Option B : 3/5
Let the fraction = x According to the question;
6/7 of x = x/6 – 13/70
⇒ 6x / 7 = 7x/6 – 13/70
⇒ 49x – 36 x /42 = 13/70 ⇒ 13 x /42 = 13/70
x = 13x 42/ 70x 13 = 3/5
Previous Year Math Question Paper SSC CGL: 10
1/2 of 3/4 of a number is 2 1/2 of 10. What is the number?
Option A : 50
Option B : 60
Option C : 66 2/3
Option D : 56
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Option C : 66 2/3
Let the number is x.
According to the question
1/2 of 3/4 of x = 2 1/2 of 10
⇒ 3x/8 = 5/2 x 10 ⇒
x = 5x 10 x 8 / 3×2
= 200/3 = 66 2/3
SSC CGL Exam Math Number System Question: 11
If one-third of one-fourth of a number is 15, then three-tenth of the number is
Option A : 35
Option B : 36
Option C : 45
Option D : 54
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Option D : 54
Let the number be x.
x / 3×4 = 15 ⇒ x = 15x 3x 4 = 180
Now, required number
= 3/10x = 3/10 = 180 = 54
SSC CGL Previous Year Math Number System Questions: 12
Express 45 minutes as the fraction of one day.
Option A : 1/40
Option B : 1/32
Option C : 1/60
Option D : 1/24
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Option B : 1/32
1 day = 24 × 60 minutes
\ Required fraction
= 45/ 24X 60 = 1/32
SSC CGL Previous Year Math Number System Paper: 13
If 1 is added to the denominator of a fraction it becomes 1/2. If 1 is added to the numerator it becomes 1. The product of numerator and denominator of the fraction is
Option A : 6
Option B : 10
Option C : 12
Option D : 14
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Option A : 6
Let the numerator = x and denominator = y
\ Fraction = x/y and x / y+1 = 1/2
⇒ 2x = y +1
⇒ x + 1 / y = 1
⇒ y + 1 / 2 +1 = y
⇒ y + 1 + 2 /2 = y
⇒ y +3 = 2y
y = 3
x+1 = 3
x = 2
xy = 2×3 = 6
SSC CGL Mock Test Math Number System Question: 14
A student was asked to find 5/16 of a number By mistake he found 5/6 of that number. His answer was 250 more than the correct answer. Find the given number.
Option A : 300
Option B : 480
Option C : 450
Option D : 500
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Option B : 480
x x 5/6 – x – 5/16 = 250
⇒ 40 x – 15 x / 48 = 250
⇒ 25x / 48 = 250
⇒ 25 x / 48 = 250
⇒ x = 250 x 48 / 25 = 480
SSC CGL Free Mock Test Math Number System Question: 15
In an examination, a student was asked to find 3/14 of a certain number, By mistake, he found 3/4 of it. His answer was 150 more than the correct answer. The given number is
Option A : 500
Option B : 280
Option C : 240
Option D : 180
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Option B : 280
Let the number be x.
Then,
3/4 – 3/14 x = 150
⇒ 21x – 6x / 28 = 150
⇒ 15x = 28 x 150
⇒ x = 28 x 150 / 15 = 280
SSC CGL Advance Math Number System Question: 16
The product of two fractions is 14/15 and their quotient is 35/24 .The greater of the fractions is
Option A : 7/4
Option B : 7/6
Option C : 7/3
Option D : 4/5
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Option B : 7/6
Let the fractions be x and y,
where x > y
xy = 14/15 and
xy = 35/24
xy x x/y
= 14/15 x 35/24
x = 7/6
SSC CGL Math Previous Year Number System Question: 17
If the difference between the reciprocal of a positive proper fraction and the fraction itself be 9/20 then the fraction is
Option A : 3/5
Option B : 3/10
Option C : 4/5
Option D : 5/4
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Option C : 4/5
The required fraction is 4/5 because 5/4 – 4/5 = 25-16/20 = 9/20
SSC CGL Math Number System Question Paper: 18
A boy was asked to find 3/5 of a fraction. Instead, he divided the fraction by 3/5 and got an answer which exceeded the correct answer by 32/75. The correct answer is
Option A : 3/25
Option B : 6/25
Option C : 2/25
Option D : 2/15
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Option B : 6/25
Let the fraction be x,
According to the question,
Correct answer = 2/5 X 3/5 = 6/25
Advance Math Number System Question Asked in SSC CGL: 19
The number 0.121212…. in the form p/q is equal to
Option A : 4/11
Option B : 2/11
Option C : 4/33
Option D : 2/33
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Option C : 4/33
0.121212 ….
= 0.12 =12/99 = 4/33
Previous Year Math Number System Question Paper SSC CGL: 20
Find a number, one-seventh of which exceeds its eleventh part by 100.
Option A : 1925
Option B : 1825
Option C : 1540
Option D : 1340
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Option A : 1925
Let the number be x.
x/7 – x/11 = 100
⇒ 11x – 7x / 11x 7 = 100
⇒ 4x = 77 x 100
⇒ x = 77 x 100 / 4 = 1925
