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Calculate the L.C.M of 4/9, 5/ 7, 9/13, 7/15 is :
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If x=2y=4z, what is y-z, in terms of x?
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In a garden, 26 trees are planted at equal distances along a yard 700 metres long, one tree being at each end of the yard. What is the distance between two consecutive trees?
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In a tree, 2/5 of the birds are robins while the rest are bluejays. If 1/3 of the robins are female and 2/3 of the bluejays are female, what fraction of the birds in the tree are male?
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The time taken by a man to row his boat upstream is twice the time taken by him to row the same distance downstream. If the speed of the boat in still water is 42 kmph, find the speed of the stream?
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For each month of a given year except December, a worker earned the same monthly salary and donated one-tenth of that salary to charity. In December, the worker earned N times his usual monthly salary and donated one-fifth of his earnings to charity. If the worker's charitable contributions totaled one-nineth of his earnings for the entire year, what is the value of N?
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Zoe is interested in dividing her high school trophies into boxes so they can be put away in storage. Unfortunately, they do not divide equally. It turns out that in order for the boxes to each have an equal number of trophies, Zoe won't need one of the boxes and will have to add two of her college trophies to the last box. Which of the following can describe the number of initial high school trophies and the initial number of boxes (in the order trophies, boxes)?
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Two trains are traveling on a collision course. If train A is traveling at a speed of 350 mph and train B is traveling 28% slower, how much time will it take the trains to collide if the initial distance between the two is 2408 miles?
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Running 3/4th of his usual rate, a man is 15min late. Find his usual time in hours ?
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The ages of two persons differ by 32 years. If 5 years ago, the elder one be 5 times as old as the younger one, their present ages (in years) are respectively
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A saleswoman makes a 5% commission on the selling price for each products she sells. If she sells 250 products and makes $750 in commission, what was the selling price of each product?
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What is the least number which when divided by 5, 6, 9 and 18 leaves remainder 4 in each care?
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If it takes 30 construction workers 70 days to build a skyscraper, how long would it take 50 workers?
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Sides of a rectangular park are in the ratio 3: 2 and its area is 5766 sq m, the cost of fencing it at 50 ps per meter is?
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If toaster X costs 10 percent more than toaster Y costs, which of the following COULD be true?
I. Toaster Y costs $10 less than toaster X costs
II. Toaster X costs $20 more than toaster Y costs
III. Toaster Y costs 10 percent less than toaster X costs
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If x < 12, then it must be true that...
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Two trains are running in opposite directions with the same speed. If the length of each train is 420 m and they cross each other in 12 sec, then the speed of each train is?
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Six high school boys gather at the gym for a modified game of basketball involving three teams. Three teams of 2 people each will be created. How many ways are there to create these 3 teams?
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A number when divided by a divisor leaves a remainder of 24.
When twice the original number is divided by the same divisor, the remainder is 11. What is the value of the divisor?
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The average age of 20 men in the class is 15.6 years. Five new men join and the new average becomes 15.56 years. What was the average age of five new men?
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A train 605 meters long is running with a speed of 60 kmph. In what time will it pass a man who is running at 6 kmph in the direction opposite to that in which the train is going?
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Tough and Tricky questions: Exponents.
If a and b are positive integers and x = 16^a and y = 9^b, which of the following is a possible units digit of xy?
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The product of two numbers is 4107. If the H.C.F. of these numbers is 37, then the greater number is:
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A man takes 3 hours 45 minutes to row a boat 20 km downstream of a river and 2 hours 30 minutes to cover a distance of 3 km upstream. Find the speed of the current.
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A sells a bicycle to B at a profit of 60% and B sells it to C at a loss of 40%. Find the resultant profit or loss.
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For integers a and b, 16a = 32^b. Which of the following correctly expresses a in terms of b?
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A, B and C invested Rs.6300, Rs.4200 and Rs.10500 respectively, in a partnership business. Find the share of A in profit of Rs.12100 after a year?
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A man has Rs. 412 in the denominations of one-rupee notes, five-rupee notes and ten-rupee notes. The number of notes of each denomination is equal. What is the total number of notes that he has ?
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The average (arithmetic mean) of 8 numbers is Z, and one of the numbers is 14. If 14 is replaced with 28, then what is the new average (arithmetic mean) in terms of Z?
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Find the odd man out. 1050, 510, 242, 107, 46, 16, 3
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A plane flying north at 500 kmph passes over a city at 12 noon. A plane flying east at the same attitude passes over the same city at 12.30 pm. The plane is flying east at 400 kmph. To the nearest hundred km, how far apart are the two planes at 2 pm?
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John started driving on a highway at a constant speed of R miles per hour at 13:00. Then, 2 hours later, Tom started driving on the same highway at a constant speed of 2R miles per hour at 15:00. If both drivers maintained their speed, how many miles had John driven on the highway when Tom caught up with John?
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If n=5p where p is a prime number greater than 1, how many different positive even divisors does n have, including n?
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Before January, the price of a dress was D and the price of a matching pair of shoes was H. In January, the price of the dress increased by 40% and the price of the shoes increased by 50%. In March, Roberta bought both items with a 30% discount. If D = 5H, which of the following represents the amount that Roberta paid?
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In march Mrs Bil's earnings were 80 percent of the Bil family's total income. In april Mrs Bil earned 10 percent more than in May. If the rest of the family's income was the same both months, then, in June, Mrs Bil's earnings were approximately what percent of the Bil family's total income ?
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A started a business with Rs. 18000. After 4 months B joins with Rs. 24000. After 2 more months C joins with Rs. 30000. At the end of 10 months C received Rs. 1850 as his share. Find the total profit.
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A beggar on the street can make one cigarette out of every 6 cigarette butts he finds. After one whole day of searching and checking public ashtrays the beggar finds a total of 72 cigarette butts. How many cigarettes can he make and smoke from the butts he found?
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Which of the following numbers is between 2⁄3 and 1⁄2?
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What is the dividend. divisor 17, the quotient is 9 and the remainder is 5?
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Bruce and Anne can clean their house in 4 hours working together at their respective constant rates. If Anne’s speed were doubled, they could clean their house in 3 hours working at their respective rates. How many W hours does it currently take Anne to clean the house on her own?
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Find (7x + 4y ) / (x-2y) if x/2y = 5/2 ?
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If a committee of 3 people is to be selected from among 5 married couples so that the committee does not include two people who are married to each other, how many B such committees are possible?
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There are two concentric circles such that the area of the outer circle is four times the area of the inner circle. Let A, B and C be three distinct points on the perimeter of the outer circle such that AB and AC are tangents to the inner circle. If the area of the outer circle is 12 square centimetres then the area (in square centimetres) of the triangle ABC would be
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A policeman noticed a criminal from a distance of 180 km. The criminal starts running and the policeman chases him. The criminal and the policeman run at the rate of 8 km and 9 km per hour respectively. What is the distance between them after 5 minutes ?
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Raffle tickets numbered consecutively from 101 through 450 are placed in a box. What is the probability that a ticket selected at random will have a number with a hundreds digit of 2 ?
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Mr. Wayne bungee jumps from the top of a building straight to the ground at a constant speed. 3 seconds after he starts plummeting he passes the 20th floor. 15 seconds after he starts plummeting he passes the 5th floor. Each floor is 3.6 meters high. What is Mr. Wayne's speed in meters per second?
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The speed of a boat in still water is 50kmph and the speed of the current is 20kmph. Find the speed downstream and upstream?
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A man rows his boat 85 km downstream and 45 km upstream, taking 2 1/2 hours each time. Find the speed of the stream?
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A 300 m long train crosses a platform in 39 sec while it crosses a signal pole in 18 sec. What is the length of the platform?
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A, B and C enter into a partnership. They invest Rs. 40,000, Rs. 80,000 and Rs. 1,20,000 respectively. At the end of the first year, B withdraws Rs. 40,000, while at the end of the second year, C withdraws Rs. 80,000. In what ratio will the profit be shared at the end of 3 years ?
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If a committee of 3 people is to be selected from among 5 married couples so that the committee does not include two people who are married to each other, how many such committees are possible?
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Ratio between Rahul and Deepak is 4:3, After 6 Years Rahul age will be 26 years. What is Deepak present age.
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The average weight of four boys A, B, C, and D is 75 kg. The fifth boy E is included and the average weight decreases by 4 kg. A is replaced by F. The weight of F is 6 kg more than E. Average weight decreases because of the replacement of A and now the average weight is 72 kg. Find the weight of A.
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A train leaves Mumabai at 9 am at a speed of 40 kmph. After one hour, another train leaves Mumbai in the same direction as that of the first train at a speed of 60 kmph. When and at what distance from Mumbai do the two trains meet?
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On a man's tombstone, it is said that one sixth of his life was spent in childhood and one twelfth as a teenager. One seventh of his life passed between the time he became an adult and the time he married; five years later, his son was born. Alas, the son died four years before he did. He lived to be twice as old as his son did. How old did the man live to be?
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If the annual interest on a principal is 16%, how many years before the amount is double?
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Josh spends a total of $7.50 buying N items in the convenience store. If each of the items is either a 5 cents single bubblegum, or a 50 cents bubblegum pack, then N may be which of the following?
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The area of Circle O is added to its diameter. If twice the circumference of Circle O is then subtracted from this total, the result is 8. What is the diameter of Circle O?
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What is the dividend. divisor 18, the quotient is 9 and the remainder is 4
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A reduction of 20% in the price of oil enables a house wife to obtain 5kgs more for Rs.800, what is the reduced price for kg?
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A can contains a mixture of two liquids A and B is the ratio 7 : 5. When 9 litres of mixture are drawn off and the can is filled with B, the ratio of A and B becomes 7 : 9. How many litres of liquid A was contained by the can initially?
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The angle between the minute hand and the hour hand of a clock when the time is 4.20, is:
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In a mixture of 45 litres the ratio of milk to water is 4:1. Additional 18 litres of water is added to the mixture. Find the ratio of milk to water in the resulting mixture.
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Without any stoppages a person travels a certain distance at an average speed of 40 km/hr and with stoppages he covers the same distance at an average of 20 km/hr. How many minutes per hour does he stop?
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Divide Rs. 720 among A, B and C so that A receives 1/3 as much as B and C together and B receives 2/3 as A and C together. A's share is?
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The average mark of a class of thirty two students is 75. If three students whose marks are 28 and 34 are removed , then find the approximate average mark of the remaining students of the class.
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The function f(x) = x + 4 is given. Solve the equation:
[3.f(x - 2)]/f(0) + 4 = f(2x + 1)
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If a quality control check is made inspecting a sample of 2 light bulbs from a box of 13 lighbulbs, how many different samples can be chosen?
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In a game of billiards, A can give B 20 points in 60 and he can give C 40 points in 60. How many points can B give C in a game of 100?
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The perimeter of a triangle is 40 cm and the inradius of the triangle is 2.5 cm. What is the area of the triangle
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The length Q of a rectangle is decreased by 15% and its width is increased by 40%. Does the area of the rectangle decrease or increase and by what percent?
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The largest natural number which exactly divides the product of any four consecutive natural numbers is
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The average weight of 25 boys sitting in a boat had some value. A new person added to them whose weight was 60 kg only. Due to his arrival, the average weight of all the boys decreased by 10 kg. Find the average weight of first 25 boys?
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On one particular day, Beth's garden bloomed 1235 flowers. If Beth separates her flowers evenly across 9 different vases, how many flowers would remain with her.
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A girl sold a book at a profit of 7%. Did she sold it for Rs.7.50 more, 22% would have been gained. Find the CP?
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Which of the following number should be added to 11158 to make it exactly divisible by 77?
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If p is a positive integer and p^2 is divisible by 12, then the largest positive integer that must divide p ^3 is
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40, 45, 50, 55, 65, 75, 75, 100, 100, 100.
The list above shows the scores of 10 schoolchildren on a certain test. If the standard deviation of the 10 scores is 22.2, rounded to the nearest tenth, how many of the scores are more than 1 standard deviation below the mean of the 10 scores?
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Each of the products produced yesterday was checked by worker x or worker y. 0.5% of the products checked by worker x are defective and 0.8% of the products checked by worker y are defective. If the total defective rate of all the products checked by worker x and worker y is 0.74%, what fraction of the products was checked by worker y?
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seven family members: 5 grandchildren (3 brothers and 2 sisters) and their 2 grandparents are to be seated around a circular table. How many different seating arrangements are possible so that 2 sisters are seated between any two of the three brothers?
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A father said to his son, "I was as old as you are at present at the time of your birth." If the father's age is 42 years now, the son's age five years back was:
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In the circular region shown above, sections A and B represent 3/8 and 5/11, respectively, of the area of the circular region. Section C represents what fractional part of the area of the circular region?
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Which of the following is(are) false for a@b=b@a?
I. a@b=ab+ba
II. a@b=(a+b)(a-b)
III. a@b=(a/b)+(b/a)
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You have 5 sticks of lengths 10, 30, 40, 50, and 60 centimeters. The number of non-congruent triangles that can be formed by choosing three of the sticks to make the sides is
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10 men working 6 hrs per day manufacture 200 shoes in 18 days. How many hours a day must 15 men work to manufacture the same 200 shoes in 12 days?
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Which of the following inequalities is equivalent to −1 < x < 5?
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P and Q started a business investing Rs. 85,000 and Rs. 15,000 respectively. In what ratio the profit earned after 2 years be divided between P and Q respectively?
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A part-time employee’s hourly wage was increased by 10%. She decided to decrease the number of hours worked per week so that her total income did not change. By approximately what percent should the number of hours worked be decreased?
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The C.I. on a certain sum for 2 years Rs.41 and the simple interest is Rs.40. What is the rate percent?
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In how many ways can four different rings be worn on four fingers of one hand?
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If six persons sit in a row, then the probability that three particular persons are always together is ?
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Seven family members are seated around their circular dinner table. If only arrangements that are considered distinct are those where family members are seated in different locations relative to each other, and Michael and Bobby insist on sitting next to one another, then how many distinct arrangements around the table are possible?
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What is the sum of two consecutive even numbers, the difference of whose squares is 84?
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In what time will a train 140 meters long cross an electric pole, if its speed is 210 km/hr
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Bell and Carol are partners in a business, they invested Rs. 25,800 and Rs. 32,000 respectively.If the business yielded a total profit of Rs. 21,500, what is Carol's share?
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Two different primes may be said torhymearound an integer if they are the same distance from the integer on the number line. For instance, 3 and 7 rhyme around 5. What integer R between 1 and 20, inclusive, has the greatest number of distinct rhyming primes around it?
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There is a 100 pound watermelon laying out in the sun. 99 percent of the watermelon's weight is water. After laying out for a few hours 98 percent of the watermelon's weight is water.
How much water evaporated?
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What is the dividend. divisor 19, the quotient is 9 and the remainder is 5?
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A person spends 1/3rd of the money with him on clothes, 1/5th of the remaining on food and 1/4th of the remaining on travel. Now, he is left with Rs 600. How much did he have with him in the beginning?
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Steve traveled the first 2 hours of his journey at 40 mph and the last 3 hours of his journey at 80 mph. What is his average speed of travel for the entire journey?
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