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Hw much do u knw maths?
Try to solve these simple maths before looking at the replies below:
If 9 persons finishd a job in 12 days,
(i) hw many days wil it take 4 persons working at the same rate to finish d job.
(ii) hw many persons wil be required to finish dsame piece of wrk in 3 days. Pls show ur workings
dont look at the replies.. make sure u try to solve it.....
have u solved it.........
try harder... its very easy........
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if 9person finish a work in 12days,4person will finish dat work in 4x9 divided by 9
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15 seconds. Yeah! That's the time it will take for me to beat u up and throw u out of this forum.
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D answer
If 9pp finish a work in 12days,4pp wil finish dt work in 12 divide by 9 times 4.
9d?v?de by 12 times 3 pple wil be required to work for 3days
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U c! dis is a basic aptitude txt question. Al of us ar hre lukin 4job en yet no 1 was able to answer dis question corectly. God help us. A job that tuk 9persons 12days to finish. Hw can 4persons finish it in 5or4 days. It sounds funny
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Originally Posted by Akan A1
15 seconds. Yeah! That's the time it will take for me to beat u up and throw u out of this forum.
Ds reply made me laff until tear came to my eyes.
Abeg poster,dnt do ths 2me again.Kai,u r 2funny.
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Let me just try....
Solution:
(i) 4 persons.
1 person=9*12=108
4 persons=108/4=27 days.
(ii) 3 days.
1 day=9*12=108
3 days=108/3
=36 persons.
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@acason u ar too much. Thanks
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@ fedponek, u sure say u sabi d answer b4? abi u wan make the house solve am for u. lol ;D
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Originally Posted by Yuddie
Ds reply made me laff until tear came to my eyes.
Abeg poster,dnt do ths 2me again.Kai,u r 2funny.
We all should take life easy. We cannot kill ourselves over job hunting or trying to solve a problem we don't know how to.
@Fed
Now I understand ur motive, hope u didn't take offense. The thing is that I read this bcos I love maths but the question was a disappointment, coz it's more of simple logic than mathematics.
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i love this. seems so simple yet brain teasing. also took me some time to figure it out.
Fedponek is right, its just one of those aptitude questions one could see @ interviews.
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U r 2much.Nobody could think it was just an ordinary maths.Its really a brain test.
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It's one of the cheapest questions I've solved in my life time. I can come up with much more wicked ones.....
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@fedponek, gzl. others, shoot and lets all try solving them.
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Tanks man. 4rm now on, I wil try to think b4 answering such a question.
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seee.. things have changed ooh this kind of questions no longer show up in aptitude tests... they are way too cheap... u need to upgrade
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@acason u r very correct...
U guys should try these...
Log2X - 5LogX + 6 = 0, what is x?
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If 9 persons can do a piece of work in 12 days. Let solve it as slated bellow:
Let x denote the piece of job.
x job divided by 9 persons, was done in 12 days.(Mathematically;x/9 =12 days)
x = 9*12
x = 108.
108 / 9 = 12days
FOR 4 PERSONS:
108 / 4 = 28 days.Ans. 4 persons will finish the same job in 28 days.
FOR NUMBER OF PERSONS THAT WILL DO IT IN 3 DAYS:
108 / numbers of persons(y) = 3 days
3y(number of perrsons) =108
3y / 3 = 108 / 3
y (number of persons ) = 36 persons
Therefore 36 persons will finish the same job in 3 days.
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[quote=success47 ]
@acason u r very correct...
U guys should try these...
Log2X - 5LogX + 6 = 0, what is x?
saw dis question in chams apt test
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Let me put a new dimension to this.... 8)
...Since the job has been completed by 9 persons,
then there will be no job for the other 4 persons to do
and nobody will be required to do the job since it's been completed! ;D ;D
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4 people will finish the job in 27days while 36 people will finish it in 3days
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Originally Posted by Dagunro
Let me put a new dimension to this.... 8)
...Since the job has been completed by 9 persons,
then there will be no job for the other 4 persons to do
and nobody will be required to do the job since it's been completed! ;D ;D
@Dagunro, na true now .... ;D ;D
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Originally Posted by adadjibola
108 / 4 = 28 days.Ans. 4 persons will finish the same job in 28 days.
@adadjibola...Time up! :D With this ur in-depth analysis, you might just be able to answer only question 1 before time runs out ... ;D Also, always check your final answer correctly so you don't still miss the question after spending much time on the calculation. From your calculation,it is supposed to be 108/4 = 27days; not 28days.
@acason already gave a brief & concise solution to the problem.
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LET P= PERSONS AND D = DAYYS.
THEN USE P1D1 = P2D2. MAKE D UNKNOWN (D2 IN THIS CASE) THE SUBJECT OF THE FORMULA AND THESE ARE D ANSWERS (27 & 36 respectively)
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A snail climbs 3feet and drops 1foot per day in a 30 feet deep well.How long would it take the snail to come out of the well? Guys pls brainstorm!!!!!!
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9persons=12days
4persons=xdays
9x=12*4
9x=48
x = 48/9
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I wish all these calculations can lead to somewhere good, most people find the job their dreams without solving a dime. ;D
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9PERSONS=12DAYS
1X PERSONS= 9*12=108
4PERSONS=108/4=27DAYS
ANS=27DAYS
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@sirkeke: it will take the snail 15days
next feet climbed in a day is 2ft i.e 3ft - 1 ft.
to climb 30ft, it will take the snail 15days at this rate i.e 30/2 = 15
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acason got it right.the answers are 27days and 36persons respectively.
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its a brain teaser and one wld be tempted to answer wrongly but ur first ans,hmn,would be unrealistic.it took me abt a minute to figure out the answer.
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9 persns in 12 days, get d rate of 1 person to x no of days;
9prsns=12days
1prson=x day
x=4/3 day
1 prsn=4/3 day
4prsns= 4*4/3 day=16/3 days (final answer)
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[quote=adolaj001 ]
9 persns in 12 days, get d rate of 1 person to x no of days;
9prsns=12days
1prson=x day
x=4/3 day
1 prsn=4/3 day
4prsns= 4*4/3 day=16/3 days (final answer for frst questn)
ii) 4 prsns = 16/3 days
x prsn = 3 days
x= (4*3)/(16/3)
=12*3/16
x =9/4 prsn (final answr 4 second questn)
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^^^ u miss am no be small bros ;D
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^^^ u miss am no be small bros ;D
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Funny!!!! very funny!!!!!!! ;D but yet very sad :( and embarrassing :-[
This is a simple arithmetic question, typical of what uld get if you were to go for a job aptitude test.
If 80% of you cannot solve it in the comfort of your homes with ur calculators in hand, how would u solve it in an exam environment??? ???
No wonder our elders say the graduates of today are unemployable!!!! Shame :'(
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Sincerely i really felt bad seeing how some people Just solve this kind of maths without thinking, For God sake if 9 people do a particular job in 12 days, then obviously it will take more days for 4 people to do the same job if working at thesame rate and more people if the job is to be completed in 3 days.
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NIGERIAN APPLICANTS!!! WHY, THIS IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH!!!
PLEASE READ THIS. TRY READ ALL, THANKS
I felt so embarassed with what I saw concerning that stupid, on-the-walk, biro-less and common entrance examination question. Well, the person who shot the question only make me confirm that Graduates as so called out there are looking for the best when they are not even good not to talk of being better before being called best for jobs.
My experience @ three Aptitude within 2008/10 so far have made me to relax and not struggle for any UPCOMING TESTS. I see myself as an average performer trying to upgrade myself against eminent competing Applicant.
In 2008, I wrote a test among 150 applicants @ C&I Leasing PLC recruiting for a Telecom Company then (Name withheld), I scored 96%, the person who scored next after me scored 86%, next to him was 43, 40, 34,.... It means only 2 out of 150 passed. TOO BAD
Last year 2009, I took part in the Nigerian Bottling Company(NBC) Tranee technician Aptitude test. All Applicants from west region i.e Lagos, Ibadan, Osun,... came to write in Ikeja. There was morning, afternoon & evening session. I even heard that some people wrote theirs a day before my own date. On my own day @ Oregun, afternoon session, the hall took not less than 500 applicants. Imagine the total number if there were up to minimum of 6 session for that 2 days. let say 3000 Applicants. at the venue, I was cold and scared seeing the croud. Though I had a job with PZ Cussons Plc, I wanted the NBC job. I wrote the test not to my best due to the CROUD TENSION.
When the result was pasted, WITH ALL MY SHAMBLE AND UN-COORDINATED PERFORMANCE, I WAS THE OVERALL 2ND BEST, FOR THE WHOLE LOT OF THE NBC CROUD FROM ALL OVER WEST REGION NIGERIA. The 1st person scored 42% with GP (Gross point) 5/10, I scored 37% with G.P 4/10. The multitude that followed after mine scored below 30, having G.P 2/10 and below. Does it mean, all the applicants never went to the school they came out from. I wonder WHY!!!
Let me reserve my experience in PZ test and Training outcomes till next time. If need be.
These days, I don't wish to worry and prepare for aptitude test again since the challenges I've always feared so much are not always there. To upgrade, I see it as irrelevant.
Though I never fail to recognise the GRACE of GOD upon me. But Applicants should upgrade themselve to be competent enough for the jobs. There are jobs but Best Jobs are being taken over by the competents.
Maybe the competents who are already employed should continue changing jobs available for the unemployed and seizing the best jobs. Since whenever the apply and take tests and interviews, they'll surely be taken.
GUYS, LETS GO AND DO OUR HOMEWORK WELL, UPGRADE URSELF TO GET THE BEST AVAILABLE.
I'M SORRY IF I'VE OFFENDED ANYONE WITH MY EPISTLE, IT'S ONLY A LIVE AND DIRECT REALITY BY ME.
WISH U ALL THE BEST.
St Sundfab Unltd Intl
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@stsundfab,
i truly appreciate and agree with the intent of your sermon..but you were more of advertising yourself than giving words of advice or saying the truth as you may tend to call it.
Do you also agree that many intelligent plus brilliant pple also fail test??there are many 1st class graduates who are truly sound in all aspect but they still fail test, i assure u my dear, that that does not make you better than them.i didnt score what u said you scored but i wrote that test, passed every gad dem interview only to turn the offer down cos what they offer to pay was peanuts to what i earn presently.
I did UBA test 2008, i went to the venue late due to unforeseen occurrence, i was allowed to answer 50q in 10min..i spent five mins solving and answering what i know but used the remaining five minutes to shade absolute RUBBISH, i said rubbish because i dont have to look at the questions b4 shading, yet, i didnt know how i scored 86/100..i still turned down the offer cos they pay 106k for ETs and i still earn better.
So you see, some graduates are at fault and some isnt just there yet..YOU MUST ALSO AGREE THAT a country that has low economic growth and development, bad gov, too much population,increase in UNIVERSITIES, POLY,COLLEGES ETC, all these factors will surely affect our graduates..
now i will give you two questions i answered correctly in an interview which many scholars failed
1-what is the difference between talking and speaking??
2- what is the opposite of the word SORRY?one word
one love
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u bettr learn b4 its too late. i can prove dat answr anyday anytime. learn so u dont pay 4 simple arithmetic