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CA Foundation Ratio and Proportion, Indices and Logarithms — practice questions — page 2

Explore 74 free Ratio and Proportion, Indices and Logarithms questions in CA Foundation Quantitative Aptitude. Open each question or exercise to read its content, reference answers and available explanation.

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Ratios of consecutive Fibonacci numbers approach theRead the answer and worked solution →Book V of Euclid's Elements deals withRead the answer and worked solution →The word ratio traces back to which ancient Greek word?Read the answer and worked solution →6 builders build 8 houses in 100 days. Days for 10 builders to build 20 houses?Read the answer and worked solution →12 workers finish a job in 15 days. How many days would 9 workers need?Read the answer and worked solution →A alone does a job in 10 days, B alone in 15 days. Together they takeRead the answer and worked solution →A can finish a task in 12 days and B in 6 days. Working together, they finish inRead the answer and worked solution →A alone takes 20 days; A and B together take 12 days. B alone takesRead the answer and worked solution →A does a job in 8 days. After 3 days A leaves and B finishes it in 10 days. B alone takesRead the answer and worked solution →A works twice as fast as B. Together they finish in 12 days. A alone takesRead the answer and worked solution →A and B have work rates in ratio 3:2, and A alone needs 20 days. B alone needsRead the answer and worked solution →One pipe fills a tank in 6 hours and another in 12 hours. Both open, it fills inRead the answer and worked solution →A pipe fills a tank in 10 hours; a leak empties it in 15 hours. With both active, filling takesRead the answer and worked solution →A, B and C alone take 6, 12 and 4 days. Together they takeRead the answer and worked solution →Rs 3600 is shared by work done: A worked 4 days, B worked 5 days. A getsRead the answer and worked solution →The value of 2 raised to the power 5 isRead the answer and worked solution →By the laws of indices, a^5 x a^3 equalsRead the answer and worked solution →In British English, the exponent is also called theRead the answer and worked solution →In the expression 5^3, the number 5 is called theRead the answer and worked solution →As a decimal, 10^(-4) equalsRead the answer and worked solution →The metric prefix kilo- stands for which power of ten?Read the answer and worked solution →How many different values can one byte (8 bits) take?Read the answer and worked solution →A set with 5 members has how many subsets?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these operations is not commutative?Read the answer and worked solution →For any positive exponent n, the value of 0^n isRead the answer and worked solution →Simplify 5^7 divided by 5^4.Read the answer and worked solution →Simplify (x^2 y^3)^2.Read the answer and worked solution →The real cube root of -8 isRead the answer and worked solution →As n becomes very large, (1/2)^n tends toRead the answer and worked solution →In scientific notation, 4500000 is written as 4.5 times 10 to the powerRead the answer and worked solution →

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Ratios of consecutive Fibonacci numbers approach the

  1. constant e
  2. value of pi
  3. golden ratio
  4. root of two
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Correct answer: C. golden ratio

The quotient of successive Fibonacci numbers converges to the golden ratio, about 1.618.

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Book V of Euclid's Elements deals with

  1. prime number rules
  2. circle theorems
  3. solid geometry
  4. ratio and proportion
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Correct answer: D. ratio and proportion

All 18 definitions of Book V concern ratios and proportions.

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The word ratio traces back to which ancient Greek word?

  1. logos
  2. arithmos
  3. geometria
  4. metron
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Correct answer: A. logos

Ratio comes through Latin from the Greek logos, meaning reason or reckoning.

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