[Official] Quant Thread for 2015!

Of three taps X, Y and Z, Y takes 2 times as much time as X and Z together, while X takes 20 minutes more than Y and Z together to fill a tank. If the three taps together fill the tank in 24 minutes, then how long does X take to fill the tank individually?

What the shortest approach to such ques ?

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Alok works 25% faster than Bishnoi, who is 33(1/3)  % faster than Charan. Bishnoi takes 10 more days than Alok, to complete a piece of work. Charan works for 11 days and Alok for 19 days. How many days does Bishnoi take to complete the remaining work?

guys plzz tell where to practice CAT level  LR questions of different types!!

Number N is 33333......33 2015 times. What is the remainder when N is divided by 88?

What is the largest number with exactly 3 factors that divides 35!

N is the smallest natural number with 12 factors. How many factors does N + 1 have?

A,B and C have some chocolates among themselves. A gives to each of B and C exactly half of what they have. Later B and C in this order do the same. At the end after C's chance they all have same number of chocolates. What is the minimum of chocs all three must be having in total?

1.27

2.81

3.243

4.729

Doubt:In such questions how do you back track from the final value and get appropriate fractions?

Having problems with Quant.. From where to study..  For eg I can do basics but when I try to solve difficult application based problems, I get stuck.  What to do to improve in Quant? 

A lift starts at the basement with 10 people (6 men and 4 women, excluding the operator) and all get out by the time lift reaches 5th floor. Find the number of ways in which the operator could have perceived the people leaving the lift if all people look alike to the operator?

Were options displayed alongwith questions in the   "question paper tab" in Cat 2014? 

N objects are arranged in a row then number of ways of selecting 3 different objects so that no two of them next to each other?

Time and Work : Source TIME

To do a certain work C alone takes twice as long as A and B together; A would take 3 times as long as B and C together. All three together complete the work in 5 days. How long would each take separately?

Any less time consuming method?

http://gradestack.com/blogs/cat-exam-2014-day-1-analysis/
Is this analysis correct .

2 runners are running on a circular track of length 1000 m. speed of runners- 20 m/sec and 50 m/sec. both of them are starting from the same point and at the same time. in the same direction. after how much time will they meet at a point diametrically opposite to their starting point for the first time after they have started?

Dont know the solution...but please tell the approach

LCM of two natural numbers A and  B= 300. How many set of (A and B) are possible?

ans-38

approach please

how many time does 6 appear in (6) base 8 to (400) base 8??

dnt know the answer

how many natural numbers N are there such that the base 2001 representation of n! consists entirely of 1's?

ans-2

approach??

how many non negative roots does the equation 3^y-(2y+1)=0 have?

0

1

2

3

Find the number of quadrilaterals and squares that can be formed using the 25 points yielded by a 4*4 regular grid.  Ans i dont know ...approach plz ?