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Elementary Algebra problems


  • 1. 
    Find the remainder when f(x) = x 4 - 6x 3 + 2x 2 + 3x + 1 is divided by (x - 2)?

  • Options
  • A. -12
  • B. 12
  • C. 17
  • D. -17
  • Discuss
  • 2. 
    If the polynomials ax 3 + 4x 2 -3x - 4 and x 3 - 4x + a leave the same remainder when divided by (x - 3). Then, what is the value of a?

  • Options
  • A. 2
  • B. -1
  • C. 3
  • D. 4
  • Discuss
  • 3. 
    A student was asked to find 2/5th of a number and he instead multiplied it by 5/2. As a result he got an answer which was more than the correct answer by 5208. What was the number?

  • Options
  • A. 2485
  • B. 2456
  • C. 2480
  • D. 2455
  • Discuss
  • 4. 
    A man covers a distance of 18 km in 5 h party by walking and partly by running. if he walks at 2 km/h and runs at 6km/h, then find the distance he covers by running?

  • Options
  • A. 12 km
  • B. 15 km
  • C. 10 km
  • D. 9 km
  • Discuss
  • 5. 
    Ramesh and Ganesh had some oranges initially. If Ramesh gave 5 oranges to Ganesh, then Ganesh will have thrice as many oranges as Ramesh. Instead of that, if Ganesh was to give 5 oranges to Ramesh, then they both will have the same number of oranges. Find the ratio of oranges that were distributed between Ramesh and Ganesh?

  • Options
  • A. 3 : 5
  • B. 1 : 3
  • C. 5 : 7
  • D. 7 : 9
  • Discuss
  • 6. 
    A two-digit number is such that the ten's digit exceeds twice the unit's digit by 2 and the number obtained by interchanging the digits is 5 more than three times the sum of the digits. Find the two-digits number?

  • Options
  • A. 83
  • B. 38
  • C. 56
  • D. 65
  • Discuss
  • 7. 
    In an examination consisting of 60 questions, three marks are given for every correct answer and one mark is deducted for every wrong answer. A student attempts all the questions and gets 120 marks. How many questions did he mark correct?

  • Options
  • A. 45
  • B. 42
  • C. 15
  • D. 18
  • Discuss
  • 8. 
    A person has only ? 1 and ? 2 coins with him. If the total number of coins that he has is 50 and the amount of money with him is 75, then the number of coins ? 1 and ? 2, respectively are?

  • Options
  • A. 15 and 35
  • B. 35 and 15
  • C. 30 and 20
  • D. 25 and 25
  • Discuss
  • 9. 
    In a rare coins collection, there is one gold coins for every three non-gold coins. 10 more gold coins are added to the collection and the ratio of gold coins to non-gold coins would be 1:2. Based on the information, the total number of coins in the collection now becomes?

  • Options
  • A. 90
  • B. 80
  • C. 60
  • D. 50
  • Discuss
  • 10. 
    If the price of a book when reduced by Rs. 5,a person can buy 2 more books for Rs. 200. Find the original price of the book?

  • Options
  • A. Rs. 25
  • B. Rs. 30
  • C. Rs. 20
  • D. Rs. 15
  • Discuss

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