Numerical Puzzles Questions with Solutions

Five friends $A,B,C,D,E$ travel from Goa to five cities: Chennai, Kolkata, Delhi, Varanasi, Bangalore using bus, train, airplane, car, boat (all distinct). Given: $C\to$ Bangalore by car; $D\to$ by boat; $B\to$ Kolkata by airplane; $E\to$ by train; the Delhi traveler did not use boat; Goa has no bus to Delhi or Chennai. Who traveled to Delhi?

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If the digits of $5734629$ are arranged in ascending order from left to right, how many digits remain in the same position?

The question is based on the six numbers: $283,347,518,829,748,827$. If the first and third digits of each number are interchanged, which number will be the third lowest?

How many such digits are there in the number 6837941, each of which is as far away from the beginning in the number as when the digits are arranged in descending order within the number?

Thirty-six vehicles are parked in a parking lot in a single row. After the first car there is one scooter, after the second car there are two scooters, after the third car there are three scooters, and so on. Find the number of scooters in the second half of the row.

If 3 is subtracted from the middle digit of each of the following numbers and then the digits of each number are reversed, which of the following will be the last digit of the middle number when they are arranged in descending order? 589 362 554 371 442

Ana is a girl and has the same number of brothers as sisters. Andrew is a boy and has twice as many sisters as brothers. Ana and Andrew are the children of Emma. How many children does Emma have?

A, B, C, D and E are five integers. When written in ascending order of values, the difference between any two adjacent integers is 4. D is the greatest and A is the least. B is greater than E but less than C. The sum of the integers is equal to E. What is the product of the integers?

Four friends A, B, C and D need to cross a bridge in the night. A maximum of 2 people can cross at a time. They have only one lamp. A takes one minute to cross the bridge. B takes 2 minutes, C takes 8 minutes and D takes 11 minutes to cross the bridge respectively. A pair must walk together at the speed of the person who walks slowly. What is the minimum time required to cross the bridge by all the four people?

Using only 2, 5, 10, 25 and 50 paise coins, what is the smallest number of coins required to pay exactly 78 paise, 69 paise and Rs. 1.01 to three different persons?

Three thieves rob a bakery of bread, one after the other. Each thief takes half of what is present and half a bread. If 3 breads remain at the end, what is the number of breads that were present initially?

A caterpillar crawls up a pole 75 inches high, starting from the ground. Each day it crawls up 5 inches and each night it slides down 4 inches. When will it reach the top of the pole?