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A man takes 3 hours 45 minutes to row a boat 15 km downstream of a river and 2 hours 30 minutes to cover a distance of 5 km upstream. Find the speed of the current.
A train 120 m long is running with a speed of 54 km per hour. In what time will it pass a telegraph post?
A candidate who gets 30% of the marks fails by 60 marks. But another candidate who gets 45% marks gets 30 marks more than necessary for passing. Find the number of marks for passing?
A can do a particular work in 6 days . B can do the same work in 8 days. A and B signed to do it for Rs. 3520. They completed the work in 3 days with the help of C. How much is to be paid to C?
Running at the same constant rate, 6 identical machines can produce a total of 360 bottles per minute. At this rate, how many bottles could 10 such machines produce in 4 minutes?
Farm A had an average output of 350 kgs of wheat per acre. Farm B had an average output of 300 kgs of wheat per acre. It is known that Farm B's area is 15 acres less than Farm A's. It is also known that Farm B in total harvested 2000 kgs of wheat more than Farm A. What is the area of Farm A?
Which letter will come exactly between the tenth letter from your left and the seventh letter from your right. Without changing any order in the original from the alphabet?
If f(x)=4x−1 and g(x)=2x+5 for all integers, which of the following is a possible value of g(f(x))?
A vendor sells 30 percent of the apples he had and throws away 20 percent of the remainder. The next day, the vendor sells 50 percent of the remaining apples and throws away the rest. In total, what percent of his apples does the vendor throw away?
A car traveled 340 miles per tankful of gasoline on the highway and 336 miles per tankful of gasoline in the city. If the car traveled 6 fewer miles per gallon in the city than on the highway, how many miles per gallon did the car travel in the city?
A can do a piece of work in 14 days and B in 20 days. They began the work together but 5 days before the completion of the work, A leaves. The work was completed in?
Two cars cover the same distance at the speed of 60 and 64 kmps respectively. Find the distance traveled by them if the slower car takes 1 hour more than the faster car?
The ratio between the number of sheep and the number of horses at the Stewar farm is 2 to 7. If each of horse is fed 230 ounces of horse food per day and the farm needs a total 12880 ounces of horse food per day. what is number sheep in the form??
A box contains eight apples out of which 4 are rotten. If four apples are chosen at random, find the probability that all the four apples are rotten?
Which of the following equations has a root in common with x^2−7x+10=0 ?
The difference between simple and compound interest on Rs. 1600 for one year at 10% per annum reckoned half-yearly is?
How many numbers greater than 1000 can be formed with the digits 3,4,6,8,9 if a digit cannot occur more than once in a number?
A fair coin is tossed 9 times. What is the probability of getting more heads than tails in 9 tosses?
A certain fraction is equivalent to 2/5. If the numerator of the fraction is increased by 3 and the denominator is doubled, the new fraction is equivalent to 1/3. What is the sum of the numerator and denominator of the original fraction?
Dawson’s salary is reduced by 20% and then reduced salary is increased by 20%. Find ,how many percentage his present salary is less as compared to his previous salary?
Vlaudia can choose any two of four different candles and any 8 of 9 different flowers for a centerpiece arrangement. Given these choices, how many candle + flower groupings can she select?
The proportion of water to alcohol in Solution A is 4:1 and the proportion of water to alcohol in Solution B is 3:1. If an equal amount of each solution is mixed together, what is the concentration of alcohol in the new solution?
A trader bought a car at 20% discount on its original price. He sold it at a 40% increase on the price he bought it. What percent of profit did he make on the original price?
In a partnership, A invests 1⁄6 of the capital for 1⁄6 of the time, B invests 1⁄3 of the capital for 1⁄3 of the time and C, the rest of the capital for whole time. Find A’s share of the total profit of 2,300.
A and B can do a piece of work in 10 days and 10 days respectively. They work together for 10 days and B leaves. In how many days the whole work is completed?
A furniture store owner decided to drop the price of her recliners by 20% to spur business. By the end of the week she had sold 40% more recliners. What is the percentage increase of the gross?
In a class, the number of girls is 20% more than that of the boys. The strength of the class is 66. If 4 more girls are admitted to the class, the ratio of the number of boys to that of the girls is
A batsman scored 150 runs which included 3 boundaries and 8 sixes. What percent of his total score did he make by running between the wickets?
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The student manager of the university theater estimated that for every 6 movie tickets sold on Valentine's Weekend, the theater will sell 3 packs of grain crackers at $2.25 each, 4 bottles of a beverage at $1.50 each, and 4 chocolate bars at $1.00 each. Find the approximate average (arithmetic mean) amount of estimated...
A deck of 9 cards contains 2 red cards, 3 blue cards, and 4 green cards. 3 cards are randomly drawn with replacement from the deck. What is the probability that all three cards are the same color?
The H.C.F. of two numbers is 11 and their L.C.M. is 7700. If one of the numbers is 275, then the other is:
The compound ratio of 1:3, 3:2 and 4:5?
How many numbers are divisible by both 2 and 3 up to 300?
Find the least number must be subtracted from 427398 so that remaining no.is divisible by 15?
what is the product of first three whole no.
The result when a number subtracted from 150 is the same as the number added to 68. what is the number?
The ratio of the incomes of Chetan and Dinesh is 3:4. The ratio of their expenditures is 5:7. If each of them saves Rs.200, find the incomes of both?
A sum of Rs.2200 has been divided among A, B and C such that A gets 1/4 of what B gets and B gets 1/5 of what C gets. What is B's share?
P can do the work in 10 days and Q can do the same work in 15 days. If they work together for 4 days, what is the fraction of work that is left?
On his first 3 tests, Rajeev received an average score of X points. If on his fourth test, he exceeds his previous average score by 24 points, what is his average score for his first 4 tests?
Find the value of (1/(2*3))+(1/(3*4))+(1/(4*5))+(1/(5*6))+…..+ ((1/(9*10)).
If 314,314 football shoes need to be placed in boxes and each box can contain at most 6 pair of football shoes. How many pair of football shoes will be in the last unfilled box? Options:
A man bought a horse and a cart. If he sold the horse at 10 % loss and the cart at 20 % gain, he would not lose anything; but if he sold the horse at 5% loss and the cart at 5% gain, he would lose Rs. 10 in the bargain. The amount paid by him was Rs._______ for the horse and Rs.________ for the cart.
The average age of the district level hockey team of eleven is 22 years.The average age gets increased by 3 years when the coach age is also included.what is the age of the coach ?
When anunfaircoin is tossed twice, the probability of getting one tails and one heads is 1/2. What is the probability of getting two heads and two tails if the coin is tossed 4 times?
If 1000 microns = 1 decimeter, and 1,000,000angstroms = 1 decimeter, how many angstroms equal 1 micron?
How many positive integers less than 50 have a reminder 01 when divided by 4?
A factory has a fixed cost of $50,000 a month, and a cost of $2.5 for every item produced. If the selling price of a single item is $5, what is the number of items must be sold monthly for the factory to cover its cost exactly?
Three 7 faced dice are thrown together. The probability that all the three show the same number on them is ?
A garrison of 400 men had a provision for 31 days. After 25 days 320 persons re-enforcement leave the garrison. Find the number of days for which the remaining ration will be sufficient?
A and B are in a relay race. A runs the first leg of the course in 42 seconds. B runs the second leg of the course in 19 seconds. What was the average time they took to run a leg of the course?
How many positive integers less than 260 are multiple of 4 but NOT multiples of 6?
How much greater is the combined area in square inches of the front and back of a rectangular sheet of paper measuring 11 inches by 19 inches than that of a rectangular sheet of paper measuring 9.5 inches by 11 inches?
n^(n/2)=2 is true when n=2 in the same way what is the value of n if n^(n/2) =4?
A man sold an article offering a discount of 5% and earned a profit of 23.5%. What would have been the percentage of profit earned if no discount was offered?
The average of 11numbers is 60. Out of 11numbers the average of first 6no. is 58, and last 6numbers is 65 then find 6th number?
John was 22 years old when he married Betty. They just celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary, and Betty's age is now 7/9 of John's. How old is Betty?
If a particular is never chosen, in how many ways can a cricketbe chosen out of 15 players?
A jogger running at 9 km/hr along side a railway track is 240 m ahead of the engine of a 110 m long train running at 45 km/hr in the same direction. In how much time will the train pass the jogger?
Two passenger trains start at the same hour in the day from two different stations and move towards each other at the rate of 28 kmph and 21 kmph respectively. When they meet, it is found that one train has traveled 60 km more than the other one. The distance between the two stations is?
Stock / Number of shares V ------------ 68 W ---------- 112 X ------------ 56 Y ------------ 94 Z ------------ 45 The table shows the number of shares of each of the 5 stocks owned by Mr Sami. If Mr. Sami was to sell 20 shares of Stock X and buy 26 shares of stock Y, what would be the increase in the range of the numbe...
If n is a positive integer and the product of all the integers from 1 to n, inclusive, is a multiple of 1000, what is the least possible value of n?
Shawn invested one half of his savings in a bond that paid simple interest for 2 years and received $500 as interest. He invested the remaining in a bond that paid compound interest, interest being compounded annually, for the same 2 years at the same rate of interest and received $555 as interest. What was the value o...
IF GO=32& SHE=49 the SOME will be equal to?
If the positive integer y is divisible by 4, 8, and 12, then which of the following must y be divisible by? I. 24 II. 36 III. 48
Of the books standing in a row on a shelf, an atlas is the 30th book from the left and the 33rd book from the right. If 3 books to the left of the atlas and 4 books to the right of the atlas are removed from the shelf, how many books will be left on the shelf?
John, James and Jim' investment ratio in a business is 4:7:9. If total total investment is 80000. Find Jim's investment?
clay brought 4 chocolates for 4 guests. 1 of the guest arrive early and eat 3 chocolates each. How many chocolates are left over if the other guests all have the same number of chocolates?
If the selling price is trippled,the profit is quadrupled, what is the percentage of profit??
A is thrice as good as workman as B and therefore is able to finish a job in 60 days less than B. Working together, they can do it in:
Two cars cover the same distance at the speed of 60 and 64 kmps respectively. Find the distance traveled by them if the slower car takes 1 hour more than the faster car
4 mat-weavers can weave 4 mats in 4 days. At the same rate, how many mats would be woven by 6 mat-weavers in 6 days?
What is the largest power of 3 contained in 200!
A bank offers 5% C.I. calculated on half-yearly basis . A customer deposits Rs. 1600 each on 1st January and 1st July of a year. At the end of the year, the amount he would have gained by way of interest is?
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Find the value of 72519 x 9999 = m.
Each week, Harry is paid x dollars per hour for the first 30 hours and 1.5x dollars for each additional hour worked that week. Each week, Annie is paid x dollars per hour for the first 40 hours and 2x dollars for each additional hour worked that week. Last week Annie worked a total of 47 hours. If Harry and Annie were ...
In a garden man has to pick some flowers ans has to pass thru 3 doors. Each door has a guard. Man has to give half of the flowers he had to the guard and in return guard returns the man him one flower back. how many flower should man pick so that at the end he is left with same number of flowers he has picked?
A boy wants to go abroad by boat and return by flight. He has a choice of 4 different boat to go and 5 flight to return. In how many ways, can the boy perform his journey?
Tane can make a handcrafted drum in 4 weeks. Zane can make a similar handcrafted drum in 6 weeks. If they both work together, how many weeks will it take for them to produce 15 handcrafted drums?
The difference between the ages of two person is 10 years. Fifteen years ago, the elder one was twice as old as the younger one. The present age of the elder person is
How many 4 digit numbers are there, if it is known that the first digit is odd, the second is even, the third is prime, the fourth (units digit) is divisible by 3, and the digit 2 can be used only once?
A cricket team played 200 games and won 80 percent of them. How many games did it win?
Teams A, B, C,D and E were in a baseball tournament. Each team played each other team once. Team A beat team D. Teams A, B and C won the exact same number of games. How many games did team D lose?
At Company X, senior sales representatives visit the home office once every 12 days, and junior sales representatives visit the home office once every 8 days. The number of visits that a junior sales representative makes in a 2-year period is approximately what percent greater than the number of visits that a senior re...
Pipe A can fill a tank in 15 hours, pipe B in 10 hours and pipe C in 3 hours. If all the pipes are open, in how many hours will the tank be filled?
If x/y= 4 and y is not '0' what % of x is 2x-y
A sum of money invested for a certain number of years at 8% p.a. simple interest grows to Rs.180. The same sum of money invested for the same number of years at 4% p.a. simple interest grows to Rs.120 only. For how many years was the sum invested?
WHEN A PERSON SELLS TWO ITEMS $1150 each, ONE AT A GAIN OF 20% AND OTHER AT A LOSS OF 20%.THEN THE SELLER INCURES A LOSS OR GAIN OF:
Units digit of 7^5^6^13?
Two trains of length 120 m and 280 m are running towards each other on parallel lines at 42 kmph and 30 kmph respectively. In what time will they be clear of each other from the moment they meet?
E and F work at a hospital with 4 other workers. For an internal review, 2 of the 6 workers will be randomly chosen to be interviewed. What is the probability that E and F will both be chosen?
If the sides of a triangle are 78 cm, 72 cm and 30 cm, what is its area?
The labeled price of a table is Rs. 8,500. The shopkeeper sold it by giving 5% discount on the labeled price and earned a profit of 15%. What approximately is the cost price of the table?
Two trains travelling in the same direction at 30 and 22 kmph completely pass off another in 1 minute. If the length of the first train is 125 m, what is the length of the second train?
Find the odd man out. 2, 5, 10, 17, 26, 38, 50, 65
A batsman scored 110 runs which included 3 boundaries and 8 sixes. What percent of his total score did he make by running between the wickets?
(x —1)(x + 3) > 0 (x +5)(x—4) < 0 Which of the following values of x satisfy both inequalities shown? I. -6 II. -4 III. 5 IV. 2
A salesperson receives a base salary of $1000 per month and a commission of 7.5% of the selling price of each item sold above the first 50 item. If this month she sold 530 items for $150 each, what will her monthly salary be?