type 5 shares & partnership based ratio & proportion problems Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Question : 26 [SSC CGL Prelim 2004]

An amount of money is to be distributed among P, Q and R in the ratio of 2 : 7 : 9. The total of P’s and Q’s share is equal to R’s share. What is the difference between the shares of P and Q ?

a) 9000

b) Information inadequate

c) 7500

d) 5000

Question : 27 [SSC CGL Prelim 1999]

Divide 1250 among A, B, C, so that A gets 2 9 of B’s share and C gets 3 4 of A’s share.

a) 150, 800, 300

b) 200, 900, 75

c) 200, 900, 150

d) 200, 800, 250

Question : 28

180 are to be divided among 66 persons (men and women). The ratio of the total amount of money received by men and women is 5 : 4. But the ratio of the money received by each man and woman is 3 : 2. The number of men is

a) 30

b) 36

c) 24

d) 20

Question : 29 [SSC SAS 2010]

600 are divided among A, B and C so that 40 more than 2 5 of A’s share, 20 more than 2 7 of B’s share and 10 more than 9 17 of C’s share are all equal. A’s share is

a) 150

b) 140

c) 160

d) 180

Question : 30 [SSC CGL Tier-I 2013]

700 is divided among A, B, C in such a way that the ratio of the amount of A and B is 2 : 3 and that of B and C is 4 : 5. Find the amount (in ) each received, in the order A, B, C.

a) 150, 250, 290

b) 150, 240, 310

c) 160, 240, 300

d) 150, 250, 300