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Quarterly Sales of Five Products

Updated 22 October 2026

A consumer-goods company sells five products. The table shows the sales of each product in the four quarters of a financial year.

Sales by product and quarter
ProductQ1Q2Q3Q4
Alpha120135150165
Beta809688112
Gamma150140168182
Delta60759072
Epsilon9084105120

All figures are in ₹ lakh.

Question 1 · Multiple choice (+3 / −1)

Which product recorded the highest percentage increase in sales from Q1 to Q4?

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Answer: B. Beta

  1. Alpha: (165 − 120) / 120 = 45 / 120 = 37.5%.
  2. Beta: (112 − 80) / 80 = 32 / 80 = 40%.
  3. Gamma: (182 − 150) / 150 = 32 / 150 ≈ 21.3%.
  4. Epsilon: (120 − 90) / 90 = 30 / 90 ≈ 33.3%.
  5. Beta has the highest percentage increase. Alpha has the largest increase in ₹ lakh (45), but not in percentage terms.
Question 2 · Type in the answer (+3 / 0)

What percentage of the company's total Q3 sales came from Gamma? Give your answer correct to the nearest whole number.

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Answer: 28

  1. Total Q3 sales = 150 + 88 + 168 + 90 + 105 = 601.
  2. Gamma's share = 168 / 601 ≈ 27.95%.
  3. To the nearest whole number, this is 28.
Question 3 · Multiple choice (+3 / −1)

For how many products did sales fall in at least one quarter compared with the quarter before it?

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Answer: C. 4

  1. Alpha rises every quarter: 120, 135, 150, 165.
  2. Beta falls in Q3 (96 to 88). Gamma falls in Q2 (150 to 140).
  3. Delta falls in Q4 (90 to 72). Epsilon falls in Q2 (90 to 84).
  4. Four products recorded a fall.
Question 4 · Type in the answer (+3 / 0)

What were the combined sales of all five products for the whole year, in ₹ lakh?

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Answer: 2282

  1. Quarter totals: Q1 = 500, Q2 = 530, Q3 = 601, Q4 = 651.
  2. Annual total = 500 + 530 + 601 + 651 = 2282.
  3. Check by product: 570 + 376 + 640 + 297 + 399 = 2282.
Question 5 · Multiple choice (+3 / −1)

In which quarter was the percentage growth in the company's total sales over the previous quarter the highest?

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Answer: B. Q3

  1. Quarter totals: 500, 530, 601, 651.
  2. Q2: 30 / 500 = 6.0%.
  3. Q3: 71 / 530 ≈ 13.4%.
  4. Q4: 50 / 601 ≈ 8.3%.
  5. Growth was highest in Q3.

Full worked solution

  1. Add each column to get the company's quarter totals: Q1 = 500, Q2 = 530, Q3 = 601, Q4 = 651, a yearly total of 2282.
  2. Add each row to get the product totals: Alpha 570, Beta 376, Gamma 640, Delta 297, Epsilon 399.
  3. Q1-to-Q4 changes: Alpha +45 (37.5%), Beta +32 (40%), Gamma +32 (about 21.3%), Delta +12 (20%), Epsilon +30 (about 33.3%).
  4. Quarter-on-quarter growth in the total: Q2 6.0%, Q3 about 13.4%, Q4 about 8.3%. Only Alpha grew in every quarter.