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The apartment on King-Williams street is an asset that its value is tramping about. From the year 1973 to 1983 it's value decreased by 16% and from 1983 to 1993 it's value increased by 16%. What is the value of the asset in 1993 if in 1973 it was worth $35,000?
In a jar there are balls in different colors: blue, red, green and yellow. The probability of drawing a blue ball is 1/4. The probability of drawing a red ball is 1/5. The probability of drawing a green ball is 1/10. If a jar cannot contain more than 50 balls, how many yellow balls are in the Jar?
What is the total cost of 2 sandwiches at $1.49 each and 4 sodas at $0.87 each?
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 38 years now, the son's age five years back was:
A hiker walked for 3 days. She walked 18 miles on the first day, walking 3 miles per hour. On the second day she walked for one less hour but she walked one mile per hour, faster than on the first day. On the third day she walked the same number of hours as on the first day, but at the same speed as on the second day. ...
If a, b, and c are consecutive integers such that a > b > c and the sum of a, b, and c is a multiple of 10, which of the following could be the value of a?
Find the odd man out. 331, 482, 551, 263, 383, 362, 284
Which one of the following is the least number of four digits divisible by 71?
Salad dressing A is made up of 30% vinegar and 70% oil, and salad dressing B contains 10% vinegar and 90% oil. If the 2 dressing are combined to produce a salad dressing that is 15% vinegar, dressing A comprises what % of the new dressing?
A and B started a business with their capitals Rs. 12,000 and 36,000 respectively. Annual profit will be distributed between them in the ratio
How many positive integers less than 60 have a reminder 01 when divided by 4?
On a test, students receive 6 points for each correct answer and are penalized by losing 3 points for each incorrect answer. There are 6 questions on the test and each question has 4 answer options, A, B, C, and D. It is known that 5 of the questions have option B as the correct answer and one question has option C as ...
A metallic sheet is of rectangular shape with dimensions 48 m x 34 m. From each of its corners, a square is cut off so as to make an open box. If the length of the square is 8 m, the volume of the box (in m3) is:
How many of the positive factors of 14 are not factors of 21?
Find 96 ×× 98
In one year, the population, of a village increased by 25% and in the next year, it decreased by 25%. If at the end of 2nd year, the population was 18750, what was it in the beginning?
A manufacturer of a certain product can expect that between 0.3 percent and 0.5 percent of the units manufactured will be defective. If the retail price is $2,500 per unit and the manufacturer offers a full refund for defective units, how much money can the manufacturer expect to need to cover the refunds on 20,000 uni...
In Mike's opinion, his weight is greater than 65kg but leas than 72 kg. His brother does not agree with Mike and he thinks that Mike's weight is greater than 60kg but less than 70kg. His mother's view is that his weight cannot be greater than 68 kg. If all of them are correct in their estimation, what is the average of...
The number of timeshare condos available at Sunset Beach is 2/5 the number of timeshare condos available at Playa del Mar. If the total number of timeshare condos available at the two beaches combined is 280, what is the difference between the number of condos available at Sunset Beach and the number of condos availabl...
A boat can travel with a speed of 15 km/hr in still water. If the speed of the stream is 6 km/hr, find the time taken by the boat to go 86 km downstream.
Find out the C.I on Rs.5000 at 4% p.a. compound half-yearly for 1 1/2 years.
If we have 10 people in a meeting, in how many ways they can sit around a table?
If the average (arithmetic mean) of five consecutive negative integers is 2k – 1, what is the difference W between the greatest and least of the five integers?
Find the least number must be subtracted from 427398 so that remaining no.is divisible by 15?
In how many ways can you distribute 6 prizes among 5 children if every child must get atleast one?
During a trip, Francine traveled x percent of the total distance at an average speed of 30 miles per hour and the rest of the distance at an average speed of 40 miles per hour. In terms of x, what was Francine's average speed for the entire trip?
The cost of 3 kg of sugar is $7.50. What will the cost of 8 kg of sugar be?
Kim bought a total of $2.65 worth of postage stamps in four denominations. If she bought an equal number of 5-cent and 25-cent stamps and twice as many 10-cent stamps as 4-cent stamps, what is the least number of 1-cent stamps she could have bought?
The length of a rectangle is two - fifths of the radius of a circle. The radius of the circle is equal to the side of the square, whose area is 1225 sq.units. What is the area (in sq.units) of the rectangle if the rectangle if the breadth is 8 units?
8 cups of water are to be poured into a 4-cup bottle and a 8-cup bottle. If each bottle is to be filled to the same fraction of its capacity, how many cups of water should be poured into the 8-cup bottle?
300 meter long train crosses a platform in 39 seconds while it crosses a signal pole in 18 seconds. What is the length of the platform?
The distance from the x-axis to point P is half the distance from the y-axis to point P. If the coordinates of P are (x,-8), how many units is P from the y-axis?
In a group of 650 readers who read science fiction or literacy works or both, 250 read science fiction and 550 read literacy works. How many read both science fiction and literacy works?
9, 16, 22, 25, 36,49
What percent of 60 is 120?
If a certain number is divided by 5, the quotient, dividend, and divisor, added together, will amount to 65. What is the number?
A project has three test cases. Three teams are formed to study the three different test cases. James is assigned to all three teams. Except for James, each researcher is assigned to exactly one team. If each team has exactly 9 members, then what is the exact number of researchers required?
The banker's gain on a bill due due 1 year hence at 12% per annum is Rs.7.2. The true discount is
In the next Cricket World Cup T-20, Team A has decided to score 200 runs only through 4s and 6s. In how many ways can the Team A score these 200 runs?
A photo-mat shop charges $0.60 for the first photo inside a film, and 40% cents less for each additional photo. How many photos can we develop with $42 if each film contains 36 photos?
1000 men have provisions for 20 days. If 200 more men join them, for how many days will the provisions last now?
The cost C, in dollars, to remove p percent of a certain pollutant from a pond is estimated by using the formula C = 100,000p/(100 - p). According to this estimate, how much more would it cost to remove 90 percent of the pollutant from the pond than it would cost to remove 70 percent of the pollutant?
A fair sided die labeled 1 to 6 is tossed three times. What is the probability the sum of the 3 throws is 16? A) B) C) D) E)
How many leading zeros (zeros after the decimal point but before the first nonzero digit of a number) are in 1/7!?
How many 6's are there in the following number sequence which are immediately preceded by 9 but not immediately followed by 4 ? 5 6 4 3 2 9 6 3 1 6 4 9 6 4 2 1 5 9 6 7 2 1 4 7 4 9 6 4 2
In a jar there are balls in different colors: blue, red, green and yellow. The probability of drawing a blue ball is 1/8. The probability of drawing a red ball is 1/5. The probability of drawing a green ball is 1/7. If a jar cannot contain more than 50 balls, how many yellow balls are in the Jar?
If after 200 grams of water were added to the 15%-solution of alcohol, the strength of the solution decreased by one-third, how much of the 15%-solution was used?
Find the unknown term X,8,6,2,-4, -12
How many even integers n, such that 20<=n<=250 are of the form 3k+4, where k is any natural number?
If it takes 4 identical printing presses exactly 6 hours to print 8,000 newspapers, how long would it take 2 of these presses to print 6,000 newspapers?
A girl swims downstream 48 km and upstream 16 km taking 8 hours each time; what is the speed of the current?
A reduction of 25% in the price of salt enables a lady to obtain 10kgs more for Rs.100, find the original price per kg?
In business, A and C invested amounts in the ratio 2:1, whereas the ratio between amounts invested by A and B was 2:3, If Rs 15,0000 was their profit, how much amount did B receive.
What least number must be added to 1170, so that the sum is completely divisible by 23 ?
Consider two different cloth-cutting processes. In the first one, n circular cloth pieces are cut from a square cloth piece of side a in the following steps: the original square of side a is divided into n smaller squares, not necessarily of the same size, then a circle of maximum possible area is cut from each of the ...
If Dale works at full efficiency he needs a break of 1 day after every 2 days of work and he completes a job in a total of 17 days. If he works at reduced efficiency, he can work without break and finish that same job in 17 days. Dale's output at reduced efficiency is what fraction of his output at full efficiency?
If the product 4864 x 9 P 2 is divisible by 12, then the value of P is:
You collect coins. Suppose you start out with 11. Since his mother makes coins, Miguel decides to double your coins. Since you're nice, you give Mary 12 coins. How many coins do you have at the end?
From his monthly salary a man spends 10% of his salary for house rent, 20% on food, 25% for all other expenses and saves Rs 2520 per month. His monthly salary is?
The banker's gain on a bill due due 1 year hence at 12% per annum is Rs.7.8. The true discount is
A runs 25% faster than B and is able to give him a start of 7 meters to end a race in dead heat. What is the length of the race?
If a wholesaler distributes items to several outlets (A, B, C and D) in the ratio of 1/10 : 1/11 : 1/15 : 1/16, then find the total number of items the wholesaler distributes?
A is 3 years older to B and 3 years younger to C, while B and D are twins. How many years older is C to D?
A man was born on January 1st, 23 B.C. and died January 2nd, 23 A.D. How old did he live to be?
Seven men and four boys can complete a work in 6 days. A man completes double the work than a boy. In how many days will 5 men and 4 boys complete the work?
The population of a town is 10000. It increases annually at the rate of 20% p.a. What will be its population after 2 years?
Pradeep has to obtain 20% of the total marks to pass. He got 160 marks and failed by 25 marks. The maximum marks are
There are 12 teams in a certain league and each team plays each of the other teams exactly twice. If each game is played by 2 teams, what is the total number of games played?
The area of a sector of a circle of radius 5 cm formed by an arc of length 4.5 cm is?
Given that on 27th February 2003 is Thursday. What was the day on 27th February 1603?
If X is to be chosen at random from the integers between 1 to 6, inclusive, and Y is to be chosen at random from the integers between 7 and 11, inclusive, what is the probability that X + Y will be even?
How many positive two-digit whole numbers are divisible by 7?
Two trains are running in opposite directions in the same speed. The length of each train is 120 meter. If they cross each other in 24 seconds, the speed of each train (in km/hr) is
In a class of 25 students, 2 students did not borrow any books from the library, 12 students each borrowed 1 book, 4 students each borrowed 2 books, and the rest borrowed at least 3 books. If the average number of books per student was 2, what is the maximum number of books any single student could have borrowed?
3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, ____
Two pipes X and Y can separately fill a cistern in 18 and 24 hours respectively. If they are turned on alternately for one hour each, how long will it take to fill the cistern?
9548 + 7314 = 5362 + (?)
Tom and John traveled in the same direction along the equal route at their constant speed rates of 15 km per hour and 10 km per hour, respectively. After 15 minutes Tom passed John, Tom reaches a certain Gas station, how many W minutes it takes John to reach the station?
What is the least integer that is a sum of four different prime numbers each greater than 50?
A milkman professes to sell his milk at cost price but he mixes it with water and thereby gains 25%. The percentage of water in the mixture is:
If integers x and b are distinct factors of 30, which of the following CANNOT be a factor of 30? I. xb + b^2 II. (x + b)^2 III. x + b
If r and s are negative integers, which of the following statements must be true? I. (-r)^s is positive. II. (-r)^(-s) is positive. III. r^(-s) is positive.
A boat can travel with a speed of 24 km/hr in still water. If the speed of the stream is 4 km/hr, find the time taken by the boat to go 168 km downstream
A portion of the 85% solution of chemicals was replaced with an equal amount of 30% solution of chemicals. As a result, 40% solution of chemicals resulted. What part of the original solution was replaced?
Three friends Dhoni, Rahul and Aswin divide $1540 amongs them in such a way that if $10, $12 and $18 are removed from the sums that Dhoni, Rahul and Aswin received respectively, then the share of the sums that they got will be in the ratio of 15: 17: 18. How much did Aswin receive?
Every student at Tarcy School is in at least one of three clubs: horseback riding, embroidery, and country dancing, which are the only clubs in existence at the school. The ratio of the number of students in exactly two clubs to the number of students in exactly one club is 4:3, while the ratio of the number of student...
Suresh started a business with Rs.20,000. Kiran joined him after 4 months with Rs.30,000. After 2 more months, Suresh withdrew Rs.5,000 of his capital and 2 more months later, Kiran brought in Rs.20,000 more. What should be the ratio in which they should share their profits at the end of the year?
A trained covered x km at 40 kmph and another 2x km at 20 kmph. Find the average speed of the train in covering the entire 3x km?
I chose a number and divide it by 2. Then I subtracted 100 from the result and got 4. What was the number I chose?
Jack and Jill work at a hospital with 7 other workers. For an internal review, 2 of the 9 workers will be randomly chosen to be interviewed. What is the probability that Jack and Jill will both be chosen?
A milk man sells the milk at the cost price but he mixes the water in it and thus he gains 9.09%. The quantity of water in the mixture of 1 liter is
If the LCM of two integers c, d (where d> c and c>1) is c*d, then which of the following can not be true?
Vishal invested 10% more than Trishul. Trishul invested 10% less than Raghu. If the total sum of their investments is Rs. 6647, how much amount did Raghu invest ?
At what time between 9 and 10 o’clock will the hands of a watch be together?
A sum of Rs. 427 is to be divided among A, B and C such that 3 times A’s share, 4 tunes B’s share and 7 times C’s share are all equal. The share of C is :
The weights of one liter vegetable ghee packet of two brands ‘A’ and ‘B’ are 900 gm and 850 gm respectively. If they are mixed in the ratio of 3 : 2 by volumes to form a mixture of 4 liters, what is the weight (in kg) of the mixture?
What profit percent is made by selling an article at a certain price, if by selling at 2/3rd of that price, there would be a loss of 10%?
While planning their outing, Abhishek understood that their boat could travel with a speed of 12kmph in still water.The group decided to travel 24 minutes downstream. Aarti had prior experience in that route and mentioned that the speed of stream was 4kmph.How many kms will the group travel downstream?
What will come in place of the x in the following Number series? 46080, 3840, 384, ?, 8, 2, 1
What is the solution of the equations x - y = 0.08 and 1(x + y)-1 = 2 ?