Amazon MBA: Quantitative Reasoning 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A product costs $40 and is marked up 35%. What is the selling price?
- $54 (Correct answer)
- $75
- $14
- $140
Correct answer: $54
$40 × 1.35 = $54.
Question 2: If a company's revenue grows from $200,000 to $250,000, what is the percentage increase?
- 20%
- 25% (Correct answer)
- 50%
- 12.5%
Correct answer: 25%
($50,000 / $200,000) × 100 = 25%.
Question 3: What is the value of 3! × 4?
- 12
- 24 (Correct answer)
- 18
- 72
Correct answer: 24
3! = 6, and 6 × 4 = 24.
Question 4: A car travels 180 miles in 3 hours. What is its average speed?
- 45 mph
- 60 mph (Correct answer)
- 54 mph
- 90 mph
Correct answer: 60 mph
180 / 3 = 60 mph.
Question 5: If 5x − 7 = 18, what is x?
- 5 (Correct answer)
- 3
- 2.2
- 11
Correct answer: 5
5x = 25, so x = 5.
Question 6: What is 15% of 240?
- 24
- 36 (Correct answer)
- 30
- 48
Correct answer: 36
0.15 × 240 = 36.
Question 7: The ratio of managers to staff is 2:9. If there are 18 managers, how many staff?
- 72
- 81 (Correct answer)
- 90
- 63
Correct answer: 81
18/2 = 9 groups, so 9 × 9 = 81 staff.
Amazon MBA: Quantitative Reasoning 2
A product costs $40 and is marked up 35%.
What is the selling price?