Monday, 7 March 2011

Pattern: Find unknown x

This type of questions are very simple and require you to fin the value of x by substitution of the given condition:
Example:

1. (1/2) of a number is 3 more than the (1/6) of the same number?
a) 6 b)7 c)8 d)9

Solution:
Let the number be x.
The equation will be:
                               x/2=3+x/6
=> x/2-x/6=3

=> 2x/6=3

i.e x=9 (Option d)

You can try the questions with similar pattern:

2. (1/3) of a number is 3 more than the (1/6) of the same number?
a) 6 b)16 c)18 d)21

3. (1/3) of a number is 6 more than the (1/6) of the same number?
a) 6 b)18 c)36 d)24

4. (2/3) of a number is 4 more than the (1/6) of the same number?
a) 6 b)8 c)36 d)24

5. (1/3) of a number is 5 more than the (1/6) of the same number?
a) 6 b)36 c)30 d)72

4 comments:

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  3. hey geek please provide all 70 patterns with their short cut methods.I will be very thankful to you.

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