Arithmetic Reasoning

1.The total of the ages of Amar, Akbar and Anthony is 80 years. What was the total of their ages three years ago ?

71 years 72 years 74 years 77 years

2. Two bus tickets from city A to B and three tickets from city A to C cost Rs. 77 but three tickets from city A to B and two tickets from city A to C cost Rs. 73. What are the fares for cities B and C from A ?

Rs. 4, Rs. 23 Rs. 13, Rs. 17 Rs. 15, Rs. 14 Rs. 17, Rs. 13

3.An institute organised a fete and 1/5 of the girls and 1/8 of the boys participated in the same. What fraction of the total number of students took part in the fete ?

2/13 13/40 Data inadequate None of these

4.A number of friends decided to go on a picnic and planned to spend Rs. 96 on eatables. Four of them, however, did not turn up. As a consequence, the remaining ones had to contribute Rs. 4 each extra. The number of those who attended the picnic was

8 12 16 24

5.A, B, C, D and E play a game of cards. A says to B, "If you give me three cards, you will have as many as E has and if I give you three cards, you will have as many as D has." A and B together have 10 cards more than what D and E together have. If B has two cards more than what C has and the total number of cards be 133, how many cards does B have ?

22 23 25 35