Quiz Discussion

A millionaire bought a lot of hats 1/4 of which were brown. The millionaire sold 2/3 of the including 4/5 of the brown hats. What fraction of the unsold hats were brown ?

• 1]

  1/60

• 2]

  1/15

• 3]

  3/20

• 4]

  3/5

• 5]

  3/4

On simplification the value of \({ \text{1}} - \frac{1}{{1 + \sqrt 2 }}{ \text{ + }}  \frac{1}{{1 - \sqrt 2 }}\)  is = ?

• 1]

  \(2\sqrt 2 - 1\)

• 2]

  \(1 - 2\sqrt 2 \)

• 3]

  \(1 - \sqrt 2 \)

• 4]

  \( - 2\sqrt 2 \)

Simplify : \({{{5 \over 3} \times {7 \over {51}}{ \text{ of }}{{17} \over 5} - {1 \over 3}} \over {{2 \over 9} \times {5 \over 7}{ \text{ of }}{{28} \over 5} - {2 \over 3}}}\)

• 1]

  1/2

• 2]

  4

• 3]

  2

• 4]

  1/4

The difference of \({ \text{1}}\frac{3}{{16}}\) and its reciprocal is equal to = ?

• 1]

  \(1\frac{1}{8}\)

• 2]

  4/3

• 3]

  15/16

• 4]

  None of these

Simplify : \({ \text{8}}\frac{1}{2} - \left[ {3\frac{1}{4} + \left\{ {1\frac{1}{4} - \frac{1}{2}\left( {1\frac{1}{2} - \frac{1}{3} - \frac{1}{6}} \right)} \right\}} \right]\)

• 1]

  \(4\frac{1}{2}\)

• 2]

  \(4\frac{1}{6}\)

• 3]

  \(9\frac{1}{2}\)

• 4]

  \(\frac{2}{9}\)

The cost of 5 pendants and 8 chains is Rs. 145785. What would be the cost of 15 pendants and 24 chains ?

• 1] Rs. 325285
• 2] Rs. 439355
• 3] Rs. 550000
• 4] Cannot be determined
• 5] None of these

Eight people are planning to share equally the cost of a rental car. If one person withdraws from the arrangement and the others share equally the entire cost of the car, then the share of each of the remaining persons increased by:

• 1]

  1/7

• 2]

  1/8

• 3]

  1/9

• 4]

  7/8

• 5]

  None of these

853 + ? / 17 = 1000

• 1] 2482
• 2] 2499
• 3] 2516
• 4] 16147
• 5] None of these

The simplification of \(\frac{5}{{3 + \frac{3}{{1 - \frac{2}{3}}}}}, = ?\)

• 1]

  5

• 2]

  5/3

• 3]

  5/12

• 4]

  3/4

Let 0 < x < 1, then the correct inequality is = ?

• 1]

  \(x < \sqrt x < {x^2}\)

• 2]

  \(\sqrt x < x < {x^2}\)

• 3]

  \({x^2} < x < \sqrt x \)

• 4]

  \(\sqrt x < {x^2} < x\)