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Rita and Sam play the following game with n sticks on a table. Each must remove 1,2,3,4, or 5 sticks at a time on alternate turns, and no stick that is removed is put back on the table. Tha one who removes the last stick (or sticks) from the table wins. If Rita goes first, which of the following is a value of n such th... |
Aparna cuts a cake into two halves and cuts one-half into smaller pieces of equal size. Each of the small pieces is twenty grams in weight. If she has seven pieces of the cake in all with her, how heavy was the original cake? |
How many Books each of Volume 200 meter cube can be packed into a crate of volume 4000 meter cube? |
Steve traveled the first 2 hours of his journey at 50 mph and the last 3 hours of his journey at 80 mph. What is his average speed of travel for the entire journey? |
In a rectangular coordinate system, what is the area of a rhombus whose vertices have the coordinates (0, 3.5), (10, 0), (0, -3.5), (-10, 0)? |
Two painters 'P1' & 'P2' paint the bungalow in 3 days. If P1 alone can paint the bungalow in 12 days, in how many days can 'P2'' alone complete the same paint work? |
Let q represent the integer length of a side of a triangle. If r represents the number of distinct values for q such that we can create a triangle with lengths q, 12, and 16, what is the value of r? |
A number when successively divided by 3,5 and 8 leaves remainders 1,4 and 7 respectively. Find the respective remainders Q when the order of the divisors is reversed. |
If the numerator of a fraction is increased by 50% and denominator by 20%, the fraction become 9/15. What was the original fraction ? |
A 300 meter long train crosses a platform in 27 seconds while it crosses a signal pole in 18 seconds. What is the length of the platform? |
On June 1 a bicycle dealer noted that the number of bicycles in stock had decreased by 3 for each of the past 5 months. If the stock continues to decrease at the same rate for the rest of the year, how many fewer bicycles will be in stock on September 1 than were in stock on January 1? |
A rectangular-shaped carpet remnant that measures x feet by y feet is priced at $40. What is the cost of the carpet, in dollars per square yard? (9 square feet = 1 square yard) |
If the cost price of 20 articles is equal to the selling price of 25 articles, what is the % profit or loss made by the merchant? |
By selling an article at Rs.800, a shopkeeper makes a profit of 25%. At what price should he sell the article so as to make a loss of 15%? |
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On the number line above, the segment from 0 to 1 has been divided into fifths, as indicated by the large tick marks, and also into sevenths, as indicated by the small tick marks. What is the LEAST possible distance W between any two of the tick marks? |
The average marks in mathematics scored by the pupils of a school at the public examination were 39. If four of these pupils who actually scored 5, 12, 15 and 19 marks at the examination had not been sent up, the average marks for the school would have been 44. Find the number of pupils sent up for examination from the... |
7^1+7^2+7^3+.......+7^205. Find out how many numbers present which unit place contain 3? |
In a bag, there are coins of 25 p, 10 p and 5 p in the ratio of 1 : 2 : 3. If there is Rs. 30 in all, how many 5 p coins are there? |
You roll two six sided dices together.
Can you calculate the probability that the first dice gives the number 2 while the second dice gives the number 5? |
A jogger running at 9 km/hr along side a railway track is 240 m ahead of the engine of a 120 m long train running at 45 km/hr in the same direction. In how much time will the train pass the jogger? |
The lowest number which should be added to 8247 so that the sum is exactly divisible by 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 is: |
A and B can do a piece of work in 5 days, B and C in 6 days, C and A in 7 days. How long will C take to do it? |
A person took some amount with some interest for 2 years, but increase the interest for 1%, he paid Rs.160/- extra, then how much amount he took? |
Annabelle was given a 8 m head start in a 100 m race with Gina. She won the race by 0.85 m. How many more meters would it take for Gina to overtake her? |
The banker’s gain on a sum due 3 years hence at 12% per annum is Rs. 270. The banker’s discount is |
Jacob is now 14 years younger than Michael. If 9 years from now Michael will be twice as old as Jacob, how old will Jacob be in 4 years? |
Pradeep has to obtain 35% of the total marks to pass. He got 150 marks and failed by 25 marks. The maximum marks are |
What is the smallest number which when diminished by 12, is divisible 8, 12, 22 and 24? |
Two trains running in opposite directions cross a man standing on the platform in 27 seconds and 17 seconds respectively and they cross each other in 23 seconds. The ratio of their speeds is? |
Three partners shared the profit in a business in the ratio 4:6:8. They had partnered for 12 months, 8 months and 6 months respectively. What was the ratio of their investments? |
After decreasing 50% in the price of an article costs Rs.620. Find the actual cost of an article? |
How many pounds of salt at 50 cents/lb must be mixed with 40 lbs of salt that costs 25 cents/lb so that a merchant will get 20% profit by selling the mixture at 48 cents/lb? |
During a behavioral experiment in a psychology class, each student is asked to compute his or her lucky number by raising 7 to the power of the student's favorite day of the week (numbered 1 through 7 for Monday through Sunday respectively), multiplying the result by 3, and adding this to the doubled age of the student... |
Three numbers are in the ratio 3:5:7. The largest number value is 42. Find difference between Smallest & largest number is? |
A can do a piece of work in 6 days. B can do it in 6 days. With the assistance of C they completed the work in 2 days. Find in how many days can C alone do it? |
In a candy dish the ratio of red to yellow candies is 2:5, the ratio of red to green candies is 3:8, and the ratio of yellow ot blue candies is 9:2.what is the maximum total number E of yellow and green candies combined if the maximum combined number of red and blue candies is fewer than 85? |
A man buys a cycle for Rs. 1400 and sells it at a loss of 5%. What is the selling price of the cycle? |
If ab represents a positive two-digit number, where a and b are one-digit integers, which of the following CANNOT be true? |
A and B can do a work in 8 days, B and C can do the same work in 12 days. A, B and C together can finish it in 6 days. A and C together will do it in? |
Sandy invested a certain sum of money at 8% p.a. simple interest for 'n' years. At the end of 'n' years, Sandy got back 3 times the original investment. What is the value of n? |
A shopkeeper sells 20% of his stock at 10% profit ans sells the remaining at a loss of 5%. He incurred an overall loss of Rs. 450. Find the total worth of the stock? |
17! is equal to which of the following? |
What will come in place of the x in the following Number series? 279936, 46656, 7776, 1296, 216, x |
If c and t are positive integers, ct +c + t cannot be |
The HCF and LCM of two numbers are 21 and 4641 respectively. If one of number lies between 200 and 300, the two numbers are |
Find the invalid no.from the following series 15, 17, 34, 105, 424, 2124, 12756 |
If the average of 12x and 8y is greater than 200, and x is twice y, what is the least integer value of x ? |
Look at this series: 2, 1, (1/2), (1/4), ... What number should come next? |
The smallest number when increased by " 3 " is exactly divisible by 5,10,45,90,and 105 is: |
Alex and Brian start a business with Rs.7000 each, and after 8 months, Brian withdraws half of his capital . How should they share the profits at the end of the 18 months? |
if a cow eat 3kg fodder which is mean of 7 days.if he eat 2 kg,1kg,3kg,4kg,2kg,3kg
on mon,tue,wed,thurs,fri and Saturday.how much cow eat on Sunday? |
In May, Xiang sold 15 used cars. For these 15 cars, the range of the selling price was $15,000 and the lowest selling price was $4,500. In June, Xiang sold 10 used cars. For these 10 cars, the range of the selling prices was $16,500 and the lowest selling price was $6,700. What was the range of the selling prices of th... |
Average of first five multiples of 6 is |
If a rectangular billboard has an area of 120 square feet and a perimeter of 46 feet, what is the length of each of the shorter sides? |
If 0.75 : x :: 5 : 8, then x is equal to: |
12 men can complete a piece of work in 4 days, while 15 women can complete the same work in 4 days. 6 men start working on the job and after working for 2 days, all of them stopped working. How many women should be put on the job to complete the remaining work, if it is to be completed in 3 days. |
When positive integer A is divided by positive integer B, the remainder is 6. If A/B = 58.3, what is the value of B? |
If f(x)= 5x^2- 2x+6 and g(y)= 3y-8, then g(f(x)) |
Alex deposited x dollars into a new account that earned 8 percent annual interest, compounded annually. One year later Alex deposited an additional x dollars into the account. If there were no other transactions and if the account contained w dollars at the end of two years, which of the following expresses x in terms ... |
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now what could be the missing area in the question |
A set has exactly five consecutive positive integers starting with 1. What is the percentage decrease in the average of the numbers when the greatest one of the numbers is removed from the set? |
In Cricket game, one player throws two fair, six-sided die at the same time. If the player receives at least a five or a one on either die, that player wins. What is the probability that a player wins after playing the game once? |
Reena took a loan of $. 1200 with simple interest for as many years as the rate of interest. If she paid $ 108 as interest at the end of the loan period, what was the rate of interest? |
There are 2 positive integers x and y. What is the probability that x+y is odd? |
In a division sum, the divisor is ten times the quotient and five times the remainder. If the remainder is 52, the dividend is: |
The product of two numbers is 120 and the sum of their squares is 289. The sum is: |
2,7,36,4,14,225,6,21,? |
How many digits are in (12×10^14)(10×10^15)? |
An army’s recruitment process included N rounds of selection tasks. For the first A rounds, the rejection percentage was 60 percent per round. For the next B rounds, the rejection percentage was 50 percent per round and for the remaining rounds, the selection percentage was 70 percent per round. If there were 100000 pe... |
If x and y are non-zero integers, and 36x^4 – 4y^4 = 6x^2 + 2y^2, which of the following could be the value of x2 in terms of y? |
A and B start from Opladen and Cologne respectively at the same time and travel towards each other at constant speeds along the same route. After meeting at a point between Opladen and Cologne, A and B proceed to their destinations of Cologne and Opladen respectively. A reaches Cologne 40 minutes after the two meet and... |
A spirit and water solution is sold in a market. The cost per liter of the solution is directly proportional to the part (fraction) of spirit (by volume) the solution has. A solution of 1 liter of spirit and 1 liter of water costs 50 cents. How many cents does a solution of 1 liter of spirit and 2 liters of water cost? |
3 friends A,B,C went for week end party to McDonald's restaurant and there they measure there weights in some order in 7 rounds. A, B, C, AB, BC, AC, ABC. Final round measure is 155 kg, then find the average weight of all the 7 rounds? |
In a recent election, James received 15 percent of the 10000 votes cast. To win the election, a candidate needed to receive more than 51 percent of the vote. How many additional votes would James have needed to win the election? |
If cost of sugar increases by 44%. How much percent consumption of sugar should be decreased in order to keep expenditure fixed? |
A 230 m long train running at the speed of 120 km/hr crosses another train running in opposite direction at the speed of 80 km/hr in 9 sec. What is the length of the other train? |
In a forest 190 deer were caught, tagged with electronic markers, then released. A week later, 50 deer were captured in the same forest. Of these 50 deer, it was found that 5 had been tagged with the electronic markers. If the percentage of tagged deer in the second sample approximates the percentage of tagged deer in ... |
Harold needs to buy a ticket to attend a conference for work. His own department contributes $4 less than half the price of the ticket. The HR department will contributes $1 more than a third of the price of the ticket. With these two contributions, Harold has to pay only $10 out of his own pocket to cover the cost of ... |
33 1/3% OF 270? |
The largest 5 digit number exactly divisible by 91 is: |
John had a stock of 620 books in his bookshop. He sold 50 on Monday, 82 on Tuesday, 60 on Wednesday, 48 on Thursday and 40 on Friday. What percentage of the books were not sold? |
A dealer buys dry fruits at Rs. 100, Rs. 80 and Rs. 60 per kilogram. He mixes them in the ratio 3 : 4 : 5 by weight, and sells at a profit of 50%. At what price per kilogram does he sell the dry fruit? |
A multiple choice test consists of 4 questions, and each question has 5 answer choices. In how many E ways can the test be completed if every question is unanswered? |
An alloy weighing 24 ounces is 70 percent gold. How many ounces of pure gold must be added to create an alloy that is 80 percent gold? |
A set consists of 12 numbers, all are even or multiple of 5. If 4 numbers are even and 10 numbers are multiple of 5, how many numbers is multiple of 10? |
Two numbers are in the ratio 3 : 4. If their L.C.M. is 36. what is sum of the numbers? |
How many different pairs of numbers (s, t) such that s = 3t can be obtained if s and t are selected from the set of number {10, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9} |
If p is the product of the integers from 1 to 38, inclusive, what is the greatest integer k for which 3^k is a factor of p? |
The two trains of lengths 400 m, 600 m respectively, running at same directions. The faster train can cross the slower train in 180 sec, the speed of the slower train is 48 km. then find the speed of the faster train? |
A sports equipment store sold ping pong rackets for a total of $637. If the average (arithmetic mean) price of a pair of rackets is $9.8, how many pairs were sold? |
The membership of a committee consists of 3 English teachers, 4 Mathematics teachers, and 2 Social Studies teachers. If 2 committee members are to be selected at random to write the committee’s report, what is the probability that the two members selected will both be English teachers? |
The number m is the average (arithmetic mean) of the positive numbers a and b. If m is 75% more than a, then m must be |
Peeta asks Katniss, 'It is 9 pm as per my watch right now.Do you know what will be the time 23, 999, 997 hours later?'
Katniss knows the answer. Do you ? |
Find the value of x: x² + 6x +9. |
The positive integer x has a factor of 16. If the square root of x is > 16, which of the following could equal x/16? |
Two people measure each other's height, the height of the taller person is H and the height of the other person is L. If the difference in their heights is equal to the average height, what is the Value of H/L |
Mangala completes a piece of work in 10 days, Raju completes the same work in 70 days. If both of them work together, then the number of days required to complete the work is? |
Solve the given two equations and find the inequality of X and Y. (a) x^2 = 729 and (b) Y= (729)^(1/2) |
A man whose speed is 6.5 kmph in still water rows to a certain upstream point and back to the starting point in a river which flows at 1.5 kmph, find his average speed for the total journey? |
A leak in the bottom of a tank can empty the full tank in 3 hours. An inlet pipe fills water at the rate of 6 litres a minute. When the tank is full, the inlet is opened and due to the leak, the tank is empty in 12 hours. How many litres does the cistern hold? |
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