Quant-Q Practice Exercises-4

1. If x2 + y2= 53 and (x – y) = 5, what is the value of xy?

2. What is the minimum length of the fence required around a garden of 400 ft2?

3. What is the 20th term of the sequence: 0, -1, 2, -3, 4,- - - - - ?

4. A playground looks like a pizza with 2 out of 12 equal size slices removed. If the area of the
playground is 1,635 yd2, what is the length of fence required to enclose the playground?

5. If x + y = 200, what is the least possible value of x2 + y2 ?

6. What is the sum of first 50 consecutive positive multiples of 3?

7. A coin box contains quarters, dimes and nickels. The number of dimes is twice the number of
quarters and the number of nickels is thrice the number of quarters. The total worth of all coins
is $4.20. What is the total number of coins in the box?
8. A pyramid has a square shaped base and the slanted sides are equilateral triangles. If the area
of the base is 100 inch2, what is the vertical height of the pyramid?

9. If two six faced dice are rolled, what is the probability that the product of the two numbers on
the top of the dice is: (i) an even number (ii) a prime number?

10. What is the ratio of the area to the circumference of a circle whose diameter is 4 units?

11. In the sequence given below what is the 49th term of the sequence?
3, 5, 1, 0, 7, 4, 3, 5, 1, - - - -

12. A jar has 3 red marbles, 4 blue marbles, and 2 green marbles. If 6 marbles at random are pulled
at the same time from the jar, what is the probability that two of each color marbles are among
the pulled marbles?

13. If -1 < x < 0 and 0 < y < 1, which of the following could be the value of x2 + y2 + 2x + 1 ?
(a) 0 (b) -1 (c) < -1 (d) >2 (e) >0

14. At 6:00 AM, the angle between the hour hand and the minute hand in a clock is 180ᵒ. What is the
minimum number of minutes required for the angle between the two hands to be 90ᵒ?