Official Quant thread for CAT 2013

How many three digit numbers with distinct digits can be formed such that product of the digits is the cube of a positive integer?
a)21 b)24 c)36 d)30

How many integers between 1 an 100000 have sum of their digits equal to 18?

a)8993 😛 b)25927 :mg: c)36592 😁 d)24987 :lookaround:

Two out of six paper sets for an examination are of mathematics.What is the number of ways in which papers can be set so that the two mathematics papers are not together?

a) 480 b)520 c)492 d)512 e)NOTA :mg:

A merchant has 160 Kg of wheat. He sells a part of it at 10% profit and the rest at 6% loss. If he incurs 4% loss on the whole, find the quantity for each part

(1)30 Kg, 130 Kg (2)20Kg ,140 Kg (3)50 Kg , 110 Kg (4) None of these

if x=(1/2)(3/4)(5/6)...........(2001/2002) then

The sum of 3rd and 15th elements of an arithmetic progression is equal to the sum of 6th, 11th

and 13th elements of the same progression. Then which element of the series should necessarily be

equal to zero?

(1) 1 st (2) 9 th (3)12th (4) None of the above.

A cashier has to count the bundle of 12000 ten rupee notes. He counts at the rate of Rs.1500 per minute for an hour at the end of which he begins to count at the rate of Rs.20 less every minute than he did in the previous minute. Find how long he will take to finish his task.

(1)84 minutes (2)185 minutes (3)24 minutes (4)25 minutes



For how many integers 'a' is at least one root of the equation x^3 - ax + a + 11 = 0 is a positive integer?i) 0ii) 2iii) 4iv) 5v) More than 5

If F(x,n) be the number of ways of distributing x toys to n children so that each child receives at most 2 toys then F(4,3) ?

If S = {n1, n2, n3, .....} where all numbers of the set, S are combination of powers of 2, 3, 5 and 7 only such that n1 = 2, n2 = 3, n3 = 4, n4 = 5, n5 = 6, n6 = 7, n7 = 8, n8 = 9, n9 = 10, n10 = 12, …. . Find the sum of the series:1/n1 + 1/n2 + 1/n3 + 1/n4 + 1/n5 +

@Dazed-Confused @Smoke.7ore yeh karna zara.mere toh dimaag ke upar se nikal gaya

What is the smallest number which when divided by 7, 8,9 leaves a remainder 2,4,6 respectively? with approach only...

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find the concentration of A

A train is going from mumbai to pune and makes 5 stops in the way. 3 persons enter the train during the journey with 3 different tickets. How many different sets of tickets they may have had?

In a certain code PATHOLOGIST is written as PIUBQKSRHFN. How is CONTROVERSY written

in that code?

Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group which is the one that

does not belong to that group?


a) 279 b) 538 c) 167 d) 125 e) 325

according to me more than 1 ans is possible>> :rolleyes:

Find the wrong number in the following sequence: 22, 33, 66, 88, 154, 242, 396


a) 242 b) 396 c) 154 d) 33 e) None of these

again more than 1ans possible>> :mg: :mg:

Q) 16 people are to be arranged around an octagonal table with alternate sides of length 6m and 8m. People either sit at the corner or in the middle of the side .In how many ways can these people can be arranged ??



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For the group of children playing in a room , the ratio of boys to girls was 4 : 3. After sometime

14 children went outside for playing and 4 girls entered in the room. The ratio of boys and girls now

becomes 3 : 2 . Which of the following could be total number of children in the room in the beginning.


a) 35 b) 42 c) 49 d) 63 e) 28