CAT (QA) PYQs

A shop wants to sell a certain quantity (in kg) of grains. It sells half the quantity and an additional 3 kg of these grains to the first customer. Then, it sells half of the remaining quantity and an additional 3 kg of these grains to the second customer. Finally, when the shop sells half of the remaining quantity and an additional 3 kg of these grains to the third customer, there are no grains left. The initial quantity, in kg, of grains is

A gentleman decided to treat a few children in the following manner. He gives half of his total stock of toffees and one extra to the first child, and then the half of the remaining stock along with one extra to the second and continues giving away in this fashion. His total stock exhausts after he takes care of $5$ children. How many toffees were there in his stock initially?

A fruit seller has a stock of mangoes, bananas and apples with at least one fruit of each type. At the beginning of a day, the number of mangoes make up $40 \%$ of his stock. That day, he sells half of the mangoes, $96$ bananas and $40 \%$ of the apples. At the end of the day, he ends up selling $50 \%$ of the fruits. The smallest possible total number of fruits in the stock at the beginning of the day is