Quantitative Puzzles for CLAT 2026 Preparation: Sharpen Your Logical Speed

Quantitative puzzles for CLAT 2026 preparation are an easy and reliable way to sharpen your logical reasoning speed before the exam. These puzzles and problems are designed specifically to test your skills during a timed, competitive exam, and therefore, the difficulty level of these questions is moderate to time consuming. That being said, you must use these puzzles regularly to not only enhance your skills forCLAT 2026but also to check how quickly and effectively you can tackle them, either during mock tests or self-assessment.

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Quantitative Puzzles for CLAT 2026

If you are looking for some puzzles and problems to test and enhance your mental maths and quantitative abilities, check the following out:

Simple Ratio (Difficulty Level: Easy)

Q:A and B share money in the ratio 5:3. After A gives ₹120 to B, the ratio becomes 4:3. What was A’s original amount?

Solution:Let original amounts be 5x and 3x. After transfer: A = 5x − 120, B = 3x + 120. Ratio (5x − 120) : (3x + 120) = 4 : 3.
So 3(5x − 120) = 4(3x + 120) → 15x − 360 = 12x + 480 → 3x = 840 → x = 280.
A’s original = 5x = 5×280 = ₹1400.

Answer:INR 1400.

Percentage & Approximation (Difficulty Level: Easy–Medium)

Q:Price of an item is increased by 20% then a discount of 20% is given on the new price. What is the net change in price?

Solution:Let price = 100. After a 20% increase → 120. Then 20% discount on 120 → 120×0.8 = 96. Net change = 96 − 100 = −4 → 4% decrease.

Answer:4% decrease.

Number Properties (Difficulty Level: Medium)

Q:A two-digit number when increased by the sum of its digits becomes 99. Find the number.

Solution:Let number = 10a + b. Sum digits = a + b. So (10a + b) + (a + b) = 99 → 11a + 2b = 99. Rearr: 11a = 99 − 2b → a = (99 − 2b)/11. RHS integer → 99 − 2b is divisible by 11. Compute 99 mod11 = 0, so 2b ≡ 0 (mod11) → 2b ≡ 0 → b ≡ 0 (mod11) since 2 is invertible mod11 (inverse 6). So b = 0 or 11 (but digit ≤9). So b = 0. Then 11a + 0 = 99 → a = 9. Number = 90. Check: 90 + 9 + 0 = 99.

Answer:90.

Algebra (Difficulty Level: Medium)

Q:x + y = 9 and x² + y² = 41. Find xy.

Solution:(x + y)² = x² + y² + 2xy → 9² = 41 + 2xy → 81 = 41 + 2xy → 2xy = 40 → xy = 20.

Answer:20.

Ratio & Mixture (Difficulty Level: Medium)

Q:Two liquids A and B in a ratio of 5:3 are mixed to make 160 litres. If 20 litres of the mixture is removed and replaced by A, the ratio becomes 13:9. Find the original quantities of A and B.

Solution:Original A = (5/8)×160 = 100 L; B = 60 L. After removing 20 L of mixture, removal keeps ratio 5:3 → removed A = 20×5/8 = 12.5 L, removed B = 7.5 L. Remaining A = 100 − 12.5 = 87.5; B = 60 − 7.5 = 52.5. Then add 20 L of A → A = 87.5 + 20 = 107.5; B = 52.5. New ratio = 107.5:52.5 = divide both by (divide by 0.5) → 215:105 = divide by 5 → 43:21 — that is not 13:9. Compute properly: 13:9 corresponds to ratio 13/9 ≈ 1.444...; 107.5/52.5 ≈ 2.0476. So something off: maybe original total = 160 and removal replaced by A should yield the ven ratio — we can set up algebra. Let original A = 5k, B = 3k, total 8k = 160 → k = 20 → A=100, B=60 (as above). After process A_new = 100 − (20×5/8) + 20 = 100 −12.5 +20 =107.5. B_new = 60 − (20×3/8) = 60 −7.5 =52.5. Ratio = 107.5:52.5 = multiply both by 2 → 215:105 = divide by gcd 5 → 43:21. So ratio 43:21 ≠ 13:9. Therefore, the given final ratio 13:9 conflicts with the initial ratio 5:3 for 160 L. So the question as posed is inconsistent. If instead the final ratio is 43:21, it would match.

Answer:Original A = 100 L, B = 60 L. (Given final ratio 13:9 is inconsistent.)

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