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A can do a piece of work in 4 hours ;B and C together can do it in 3 hours,while A and C together can do it 2 hours.How long will B alone take to do it ?
The distance between Delhi and Mathura is 180 kms. A starts from Delhi with a speed of 20 kmph at 7 a.m. for Mathura and B starts from Mathura with a speed of 25 kmph at 8 p.m. from Delhi. When will they meet?
Danny is sitting on a rectangular box. The area of the front face of the box is half the area of the top face, and the area of the top face is 1.5 times the area of the side face. If the volume of the box is 192, what is the area of the side face of the box?
A $84.95 lawn chair was sold for $59.95 at a special sale. By approximately what percent was the price decreased?
A trader mixes 26 kg of rice at Rs. 20 per kg with 30 kg of rice of other variety at Rs. 36 per kg and sells the mixture at Rs. 30 per kg. His profit percent is:
What is the smallest number which, when increased by 9, is divisible by 7, 8, and 24?
I am an odd number; take away an alphabet and I become even. What number am I?
The avg. age of a group of 12 students is 20yers.If 4 more students join the group,the avg age increases by 1 year.The avg age of the new student is?
The difference between a two digit number and the number obtained by interchanging the digits is 36. What is the difference between the sum and the difference of the digits of the number if the ratio between the digits of the number is 1 : 2?
Valentine day 14 Feb. 2005 was celebrated by Anand and shilpa on Sunday. They were very happy. What day of the week would come on 14 Feb. 2010?
A bill for Rs. 3000 is drawn on 14th July at 5 months. It is discounted on 5th October at 10%. What is the Banker's Discount?
A train 500m long takes 10 sec to cross a man walking at 4kmph in a direction opposite to that of the train. Find the speed of the train?
What will be the result of 2^25 - 2^14 +(2*4 /8) ?
If a, q, and c are consecutive even integers and a < q < c, all of the following must be divisible by 4 EXCEPT
Reena took a loan of Rs. 1200 with simple interest for as many years as the rate of interest. If she paid Rs. 432 as interest at the end of the loan period, what was the rate of interest?
A train passes a station platform in 30 seconds and a man standing on the platform in 12 seconds. If the speed of the train is 72 km/hr, what is the length of the platform?
What was the day of the week on 24th Feb, 2006?
A WORKS TWICE AS FAST AS B. IF B CAN COMPLETE A WORK IN 20DAYS INDEPENDENTLY, THE NUMBER OF DAYS IN WHICH A AND B CAN TOGETHER FINISH THE WORK IS:
The length of a rectangle is 3 times its width. If the width of the rectangle is 6 inches, what is the rectangle's area, in square inches?
c, q, and r are positive integers. If c, q, and r are assembled into the six-digit number cqrcqr, which one of the following must be a factor of cqrcqr?
Given two cylindrical containers--A and B. Cylinder A has a diameter of 12 meters and a height of 10 meters. Cylinder B has a radius of 2 meters and a height of 4 meters. If cylinder A is filled to capacity with water, how many cylinder B will be filled to capacity with the content of cylinder A?
A container contains 30 liters of milk. From this container 5 liter of milk was taken out and replaced by water. This process was repeated further two times. How much milk is now contained by the container?
If 10 people contributed a total of $20.00 toward a gift and each of them contributed at least $1.00, then the maximum possible amount any one person could have contributed is
A man, a woman and a boy can together complete a piece of work in 3 days. If a man alone can do it in 6 days and a boy alone in 18 days, how long will a woman take to complete the work?
If ab - 2c = a(b - c), which of the following must be true?
A number x is 8 times another number y. The percentage that y is less than x is
If xy > 0, 1/x + 1/y = 6, and 1/xy = 12, then (x+y)/6 = ?
What is the measure of the radius of the circle that circumscribes a triangle whose sides measure 2, 3 and 5?
There are 810 male and female participants in a meeting. Half the female participants and one-quarterof the male participants are Democrats. One-third of all the participants are Democrats. How many of the Democrats are female?
Suppose 10 monkeys take 10 minutes to eat 10 bananas. How many monkeys would it take to eat 70 bananas in 70 minutes?
For each color copy, Print Shop X charges $1.25 and Print Shop Y charges $2.75. How much greater is the charge for 80 color copies at Print Shop Y than at Print Shop X?
What is the sum of the multiples of 3 from 33 to 60, inclusive?
Car A runs at the speed of 33km/hr & reaches its destination in 7hr. Car B runs at the speed of 44 km/h & reaches its destination in 5h. What is the respective ratio of distances covered by Car A & Car B?
A group of 7 fishermen chartered a boat for a day to fish for flounder. The boat costs x dollars per day to rent. If the group can find 4 more fishermen on the docks who are willing to come aboard and share the rental costs, how much less will the rental cost be per person in terms of x?
Mahesh, Ramesh and Suresh invest Rs. 45000, Rs. 55000 and Rs. 65000 respectively for 9 months in a partnership firm. If the total profit of Rs.13200 was made at the end of 9 months. How much did Suresh get more than Mahesh?
According to the direction on a can of frozen orange juice concentrate is to be mixed with 3 cans of water to make orange juice . How many 10 - ounce cans of the concentrate are required to prepare 200 6-ounce servings of orange juice?
A tap can fill a tank in 6 hours. After half the tank is filled then 3 more similar taps are opened. What will be total time taken to fill the tank completely.
How many words can be formed using the letters of the word “CORPORBTION”?
The majority owner of a business received 25% of the profit, with each of 4 partners receiving 25% of the remaining profit. If the majority owner and two of the owners combined to receive $40,000, how much profit did the business make?
How many pounds of salt at 50 cents/lb must be mixed with 45 lbs of salt that costs 35 cents/lb so that a merchant will get 20% profit by selling the mixture at 48 cents/lb?
The price of lunch for 15 people was $209.00, including a 15 percent gratuity for service. What was the average price per person, EXCLUDING the gratuity?
At a constant Rate of flow, it takes 12 minutes to fill a swimming pool if a large hose is used and 60 minutes if a small hose is Used. At these constant rates, how many minutes will it take to fill the pool when both hoses are used simultaneously?
The sides of a rectangle are in the ratio 4:3 and its area is 972sq.m find the perimeter of rectangle
In a kilometer race, A beats B by 25 meters or 10 seconds. What time does A take to complete the race?
Last year Manfred received 26 paychecks. Each of his first 6 paychecks was $760; each of his remaining paychecks was $30 more than each of his first 6 paychecks. To the nearest dollar, what was the average (arithmetic mean) amount of his pay checks for the year?
An oil cylinder was 3/4th full. When ONE bottles of oil is poured into it, it is 4/5th full. How many bottles of oil can the full cylinder hold?
The difference between the length and breadth of a rectangle is 23 m. If its perimeter is 206 m, then its area is :
In a game of billiards, A can give B 40 points in 120 and he can give C 60 points in 120. How many points can B give C in a game of 200?
The area of a square field is 1225 km2. How long will it take for a horse to run around at the speed of 20 km/h ?
Two stations A and B are 110 km apart on a straight line. One train starts from A at 7 a.m. and travels towards B at 20 kmph. Another train starts from B at 8 a.m. and travels towards A at a speed of 25 kmph. At what time will they meet?
The speed of a boat in still water is 60kmph and the speed of the current is 30kmph. Find the speed downstream and upstream?
A train crosses a platform of 150 m in 15 sec, same train crosses another platform of length 250 m in 20 sec. then find the length of the train?
Find the smallest positive integer n such that tn of the arithmetic sequence 20,19¼ ,18½ ,… is negative
On a certain day, orangeade was made by mixing a certain amount of orange juice with an equal amount of water. On the next day, orangeade was made by mixing the same amount of orange juice with five times the amount of water. On both days, all the orangeade that was made was sold. If the revenue from selling the orange...
The retirement plan for a company allows employees to invest in 10 different mutual funds. Six of the 10 funds grew by at least 10% over the last year. If Sam randomly selected 4 of the 10 funds, what is the probability R that 3 of Sam’s 4 funds grew by at least 10% over last year?
A teacher grades students’ tests by subtracting twice the number of incorrect responses from the number of correct responses. If Student A answers each of the 100 questions on her test and receives a score of 79, how many questions did Student A answer correctly?
What is the probability R of randomly selecting an arrangement of the letters of the wordMEDITERRANEANin which the first letter is E and the last letter is R?
A man buys an article and sells it at a profit of 20%. If he had bought it at 20% less and sold it for Rs.75 less, he could have gained 25%. What is the cost price?
A train running at the speed of 60 km/hr crosses a pole in 12 seconds. Find the length of the train?
Find the least number of vans needed to transport a group of 98 sports fans who are travelling for a sporting event, given that each van can carry 7 persons only?
From a pack of 52 cards, 1 card is drawn at random. What is the probability that a heart is drawn?
x is a positive integer less than 100. When x is divided by 7, the remainder is 1; when x is divided by 3, the remainder is 2. How many x are there?
A boat running up stram takes 5 hours to cover a certain distance, while it takes 8 hours to cover the same distance running down stream. what is the ratio between the speed of the boat and the speed of water current respectively?
Income and expenditure of a person are in the ratio 5 : 4. If the income of the person is Rs. 18000, then find his savings?
A can do a job in 12 days and B can do it in 20 days. A and B working together will finish twice the amount of work in days?
When integer n is divided by 15, the remainder is 5. Which of the following has a remainder of 10 when divided by 15 ? I. 3l II. 4l+10 III. 5l IV. 2l V .6l
An aeroplane covers a certain distance at a speed of 240 kmph in 5 hours. To cover the same distance in 1 2/3 hours, it must travel at a speed of:
A man can row 6 kmph in still water. When the river is running at 1.2 kmph, it takes him 1 hour to row to a place and black. What is the total distance traveled by the man?
A train 330 metres long is moving at a speed of 25 kmph. It will cross a man coming from the opposite direction at a speed of 2 km per hour in :
The average weight of 26boys in a class is 50.25 kg and that of the remaining 8 boys is 45.15 kg. Find the average weights of all the boys in the class.
If a and b are positive integers such that a – b and a/b are both even integers, which of the following must be an odd integer?
In how many ways can Ann, Bob, Chuck, Don and Ed be seated in a row such that Ann and Don are not seated next to each other?
Katherine invested a certain sum of money in a bank that paid simple interest. The amount grew to $350 at the end of 2 years. She waited for another 3 years and got a final amount of $425. What was the principal amount that she invested at the beginning?
The area of a square field 3136 sq m, if the length of cost of drawing barbed wire 3 m around the field at the rate of Rs.1.50 per meter. Two gates of 1 m width each are to be left for entrance. What is the total cost?
What is the median from the below series 90, 92, 93, 88, 95, 88, 97, 87
Find the least number of vans needed to transport a group of 189 people who are travelling for an event, given that each van can carry 13 persons only?
A monkey ascends a greased pole 12 metres high. He ascends 2 metres in first minute and slips down 1 metre in the alternate minute. In which minute, he reaches the top ?
Basmati rice costs $(a−b) per kilogram in standard 7 kilogram packages, where a>b>0, and $(a) per kilogram in non-standard packages. In terms of a and b, what is the lowest possible price of exactly 24 kilograms of Basmati rice, in dollars?
Two coins are tossed. Find the probability of at most 2 tails ?
Patrick has a lock that contains a 3 digit password. He forgets the combination, but knows that he only used prime numbers for each digit in the combination and he did not repeat any numbers. How many different passwords could he possibly try before opening the briefcase?
If a = 105 and a^3 = 21 × 25 × 45 × e, what is the value of e?
A cylinder with base radius of 8 cm and height of 2 cm is melted to form a cone of height 6 cm. The radius of the cone will be :
The following sets each have a mean of 16 and the standard deviations are given in variable form. Set I = {11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21}, standard deviation = P Set II = {16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16}, standard deviation = Q Set III = {10, 10, 10, 22, 22, 22}, standard deviation = R Rank these three standard deviations from greate...
Harold and Millicent are getting married and need to combine their already-full libraries. If Harold, who has 1/2 as many books as Millicent, brings 1/3 of his books to their new home, then Millicent will have enough room to bring 1/4 of her books to their new home. What fraction of Millicent's old library capacity is ...
If x is a sum of all even integers on the interval 23...65 and y is their number, what is the GCD (x, y)?
To reach her destination, Jeanette must drive 90 miles. If she drives 7 miles every 7 minutes, how much time will it take her to reach her destination?
In the diagram below, the points P and Q are the midpoints of opposite sides of a regular hexagon. What fraction of the hexagon is shaded?
Look at this series: 36, 34, 30, 28, 24, ... What number should come next?
A book store bought copies of a new book by a popular author, in anticipation of robust sales. The store bought 400 copies from their supplier, each copy at wholesale price p. The store sold the first 150 copies in the first week at 80% more than p, and then over the next month, sold a 100 more at 20% more than p. Fina...
Fresh grapes contain 80% water by weight, whereas dried grapes contain 15% water by weight. How many pounds of dried grapes can be obtained from 34 pounds of fresh grapes?
Two trains are moving at 50 kmph and 70 kmph in opposite directions. Their lengths are 150 m and 100 m respectively. The time they will take to pass each other completely is?
How many cases do you need if you have to pack 112 pairs of shoes into cases that each hold 28 shoes?
The concentration of spirit in three different vessels A, B and C are 45%, 30% and 16% respectively. If 4 litres from vessel A, 5 litres from vessel B and 6 litres from vessel C are mixed, find the concentration of spirit in the resultant solution.
In a BCCI meeting there are 13 people. All shake hands with each other once. How many handshakes will be there altogether?
Bill has a small deck of 12 playing cards made up of only 2 suits of 6 cards each. Each of the 6 cards within a suit has a different value from 1 to 6; thus, there are 2 cards in the deck that have the same value. Bill likes to play a game in which he shuffles the deck, turns over 5 cards, and looks for pairs of cards ...
If MELT is coded as 54 and WATER is coded as 42, then PRESSED is coded as
A guy was asked to specify his age in years. He said, “Take my age 7 years hence, multiply it by seven and subtract seven times of my age 7 years ago and get the half of the result , you will know my age.” What was the age of that guy?
There are two bridges running parallel over river Kauvery, and they are 1 KM apart. A man started rowing the boat upstream under first bridge, his hat fell into river while he was exactly under second bridge. He realized that after 15 mts, and started rowing in opposite direction, he eventually caught his hat under Fir...
A 1200 m long train crosses a tree in 120 sec, how much time will I take to pass a platform 700 m long?
Profit earned by an organization is distributed among officers and clerks in the ratio of 5:3 respectively. If the number of officers is 45 and the number of clerks is 80 and the amount received by each officer is Rs.25,000/-, what was the total amount of profit earned?