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There are 2000 students in a school and among them 10 % of them attends chess class. 50% of the students who are in the chess class are also enrolled for swimming. No other students are interested in swimming so how many will attend the swimming class if all enrolled attends?
If y is an integer, then y(y - 1)( y- k) must be evenly divisible by three when k is any of the following values EXCEPT
The grocer ordered deliveries of apples on each weekday. The numbers of apples he ordered per day were 80, 30, 100, 90 and x. If the median apple delivery was 10 apples larger than the average (arithmetic mean) number of apples delivered, which of the following could be x?
In the simple subtraction problem below some single digits are replaced by letters .Fined the value of 7A+5D+6CD?
There are 3 teams each with 6 basket players. How many combinations are there if we were to pick 2 players from the 3 teams such that no team was picked twice?
For any 8 given numbers, which of the following is always equivalent to adding the 3 numbers together and then dividing the sum by 3? I. Ordering the 3 numbers numerically, from highest to lowest, and then selecting the middle number. II. Dividing each of the numbers by 3 and then adding the results together. III. Multiplying each number by 6, adding the resulting products together, and then dividing the sum by 9.
A father is now three times as old as his son. Seven years back, he was four times as old as his son. The age of the son (in years) is
In a group of 86 students, each student is registered for at least one of three classes – History, Math and English. Twenty-eight students are registered for History, twenty-three students are registered for Math, and forty-four students are registered for English. If only three students are registered for all three classes, how many students are registered for exactly two classes?
If a person walks at 14 km/hr instead of 10 km/hr, he would have walked 20 km more. The actual distance travelled by him is
A test paper has 10 questions each worth 4 marks. While taking the test, a student realises that he has attempted questions worth 16 marks. Assuming that whatever question he attempts is completely correct, how many more questions should he attempt so that he is able to secure 90 percent marks?
The average age of three boys is 48 years and their ages are in proportion 2:5:5. What is the age in years of the youngest boy?
The cash realised on selling a 14% stock is Rs.106.25, brokerage being 1/4% is
A jogger running at 9 kmph along side a railway track is 270 metres ahead of the engine of a 120 metre long train running at 45 kmph in the same direction. In how much time will the train pass the jogger?
Find the average of all prime numbers between 80 and 100
In a birthday party, every person shakes hand with every other person. If there was a total of 28 handshakes in the party, how many persons were present in the party?
A train passes a man standing on the platform. If the train is 180 meters long and its speed is 72 kmph, how much time it took in doing so?
The average age of a class of 39 students is 15 years. If the age of the teacher be included, then the average increases by3 months. Find the age of the teacher.
A boat running downstream covers a distance of 44 km in 8 hours while for covering the same distance upstream, it takes 10 hours. What is the speed of the boat in still water?
Population of a city in 20004 was 1000000. If in 2005 there isan increment of 15% , in 2006 there is a decrements of 35 % and in 2007 there is an increment of 45%, then find the population of city atthe end of the year 2007
Two numbers are in the ratio 3 : 4. If the sum of numbers is 63, find the numbers.
The residents of the town Q participated in a survey to determine the number of hours per week each resident spent watching television. The distribution of the results of the survey had a mean of 21 hours and a standard deviation of 6 hours. The number of hours that Pat, a resident of town Q, watched television last week was between 1 and 2 standard deviations below the mean. Which of the following could be the number of hours that Pat watched television last week?
The average amount with a group of seven numbers is Rs. 20. If the newly joined member has Rs. 50 with him, what was the average amount with the group before his joining the group?
A work 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 in?
There are 10 orators A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I and J. In how many ways can the arrangements be made so that A always comes before B and B always comes before C.
A completes 80% of a work in 20 days. Then B also joins and A and B together finish the remaining work in 3 days. How long does it need for B if he alone completes the work?
The present average age of a family of five members is 26 years. If the present age of the youngest member in the family is ten years, then what was the average age of the family at the time of the birth of the youngest member ? (Assume no death occurred in the family since the birth of the youngest)
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In an increasing sequence of 8 consecutive integers, the sum of the last 4 integers is 822. What is the sum of the first 4 integers in the sequence?
A lemonade stand sold only small and large cups of lemonade on Tuesday. 3/5 of the cups sold were small and the rest were large. If the large cups were sold for 11/5 as much as the small cups, what fraction of Tuesday's total revenue was from the sale of large cups?
Find the area of the quadrilateral of one of its diagonals is 40 cm and its off sets 11 cm and 9 cm?
The mean of 50 observations was 36. It was found later that an observation 48 was wrongly taken as 23. The corrected new mean is
The length of a rectangular plot is thrice its breadth. If the area of the rectangular plot is 867 sq m, then what is the breadth of the rectangular plot?
In seven given numbers,the average of first four numbers is 4 and that of last four numbers is also 4. if the average of these seven numbers is 3, the fourth number is?
Which of the following fractions R has a decimal equivalent that is a terminating decimal?
A code is to be made by arranging 7 letters. Three of the letters used will be the letter A, two of the letters used will be the letter B, one of the letters used will be the letter C, and one of the letters used will be the letter D. If there is only one way to present each letter, how many different codes are possible?
How many times are the hands of a clock at right angle in a day?
An amount of Rs.1638 was divided among A, B and C, in the ratio 1/2 : 1/3 : 1/4. Find the share of A?
Find the total number of distinct vehicle numbers that can be formed using two letters followed by two numbers. Letters need to be distinct.
If a letter is picked randomly from the alphabet, what are the odds of it being in the first 10 letters or being a vowel (a, e, i, o, u, y)?
Seed mixture X is 40% ryegrass and 60% bluegrass by weight; seed mixture Y is 25% ryegrass and 75% fescue. If a mixture of X and Y contains 31% ryegrass, what percent of the weight of the mixture is from mixture X?
A train covers a distance of 100km in 1 hour. If its speed is decreased by 30km/hr, the time taken by the car to cover the same distance will be?
In a flower shop there were 5 flowers in each bouquet. If the seller has doubled the number of flowers in each bouquet then the new average of flowers in each bouque is
(A% of B + B% of A) is equal to ?
A train running at 50 km/hr takes 9 seconds to pass a platform. Next, it takes 6 seconds to pass a man walking at 5 km/hr in the same direction. Find the length of the train and that of the platform.
Ravi's salary was reduced by 25%. Percentage increase to be effected to bring salary to original level =
If p and q are positive integers, and 3 is not a factor of q, then q may be which of the following?
If 7 (A's capital) = 8 (B's capital) = 10 (C's capital). Then the ratio of their capitals is?
What least number must be added to 686, so that the sum is completely divisible by 5 ?
Dividing by 3⁄6 and then multiplying by 5⁄6 is the same as dividing by what number?
If a fair 6-sided die is rolled three times, what is the probability that exactly one 3 is rolled?
The cost to park a car in a certain parking garage is $9.00 for up to 2 hours of parking and $1.75 for each hour in excess of 2 hours. What is the average (arithmetic mean) cost per hour to park a car in the parking garage for 9 hours?
A bag has 4 blue, 3 yellow and 2 green balls. The balls of the same color are identical. In how many ways can a child picks ball(s) out of the bag? He could even decide to pick ZERO balls.
If it is true that x > -2 and x < 9, which of the following must be true?
Roshan is 5 years younger than Raj and they have an age ratio 3:4 respectively. How old is Roshan?
If A, B and C together can finish a piece of work in 6 days. A alone in 12 days and B in 18 days, then C alone can do it in?
An archer is shooting arrows from various distances. She shoots at a target from 50 yards, 60 yards, and 70 yards. The probability that she hits within the bullseye from 50 yards is 3/4, the probability that she hits within the bullseye from 60 yards is 2/3, and the probability that she hits within the bullseye from 70 yards is 3/5. What is the probability that she hits the bullseye at least once in three shots, one from each distance listed.
The probability that A speaks truth is 3/5 and that of B speaking truth is 4/7. What is the probability that they agree in stating the same fact?
There are 10 points in a given plane, no three of which are on the same line. If one of the points is represented as 'A', then how many triangles can be determined with the 10 points that contain the point A?
Six years ago Anita was P times as old as Ben was. If Anita is now 17 years old, how old is Ben now in terms of P ?
If I walk at 4 km/h, I miss the bus by 10 minutes. If I walk at 5 km/h, I reach 5 minutes before the arrival of the bus. How far I walk to reach the bus stand ?
If Yury has been writing programming code for 16 hours at a rate of 5 lines of code per 20 seconds, how many lines of code has he written?
In your classes you counted 130 hands. How many students were at the class?
In how many ways can you sit 7 people on a bench if 3 of them must sit together?
A basket contains 5 apples, of which 1 is spoiled and the rest are good. If Henry is to select 2 apples from the basket simultaneously and at random, what is the probability E that the 2 apples selected will include the spoiled one?
The side of a square is increased by 25% then how much % does its area increases?
Find the total no. of distinct bike no.'s that can beformed using 2 letters followed by 2 no.'s. How many letters need to be distinct?
A box contains 3 blue marbles, 4 red, 6 green marbles and 2 yellow marbles. If two marbles are picked at random, what is the probability that they are either blue or yellow?
Two pipes A and B together can fill a cistern in 4 hours. Had they been opened separately, then B would have taken 6 hours more than A to fill cistern. How much time will be taken by A to fill the cistern separately?
What will come in place of the x in the following Number series? 46080, 3840, 384, 48, 8, 2, x
power windows: 60% anti-lock brakes: 25% CD player: 60% The table above shows the number of vehicles at Bill's car dealership that have certain features. No vehicle has all three features, but 10% have power windows and anti-lock brakes, 15% have anti-lock brakes and a CD player, and 22% have power windows and a CD player. What percent of the vehicles at Bill's car dealership have a CD player but no power windows or anti-lock brakes?
A boat ma goes 2km against the current of the stream in 1 hr and goes 1 km along the current in 10 min. how long will it take to go 6 km in stationary water
The average age of 15 students of a class is 16 years. Out of these, the average age of 6 students is 14 years and that of the other 9 students is 16 years. Tee age of the 15th student is?
If p is the product of the integers from 1 to 35, inclusive, what is the greatest integer k for which 3^k is a factor of p?
A boat goes 100 km downstream in 10 hours, and 75 m upstream in 15 hours. The speed of the stream is?
The current of a stream runs at the rate of 4 kmph. A boat goes 6 km and back to the starting point in 2 hours, then find the speed of the boat in still water?
A pipe can fill a cistern in 55 minutes. Find the time in which 1/11 part of the cistern will be filled?
Ravi, Ramu and Raja are three partners in business. If Ravi’s capital is equal to twice Ramu’s capital and Ramu’s capital is three times Raja’s capital, the ratio of the capitals of Ravi, Ramu, Raja is
A basketball team scored x points per game in its first n games of the season, and in all the following games it scored an average (arithmetic mean) of y points per game. What was the average number of points per game in its first n + 3 games?
How should a profit of Rs.500 be divided into two partners, if one of them invested Rs.6000 for 5 months and other invested Rs.5000 for 4 months? (in Rs.)
In a set of numbers from 100 to 1000 inclusive, how many integers are odd and do not contain the digit 7?
There are two decks of 11 cards each. The cards in each deck are labeled with integers from 11 to 20 inclusive. If we pick a card from each deck at random, what is the probability that the product of the numbers on the picked cards is a multiple of 6?
Find out the number of ways in which 6 rings of different types can be worn in 3 fingers?
Out of four numbers ,the average of first three is 16 and that of the last three is 15. If the last number is 22,the first number is :
25 buses are running between two places P and Q. In how many ways can a person go from P to Q and return by a different bus?
if m^3 has 16 factors then m^4 will have how many factors ????? and m is not a prime no.
The area of a triangle is with base 3m and height 6m?
Find the number of zero's in the expression 1^1 * 2^2 * 3^3 * 4^4 * 5^5 * ……..10^10.
If the numerator of a fraction is increased by 20% and its denominator is diminished by 25% value of the fraction is 2/15. Find the original fraction?
How many words can be formed by using all the letters of the word “DAUGHTER” so that vowels always come together & vowels are never together?
5 men or 8 women do equal amount of work in a day. a job requires 3 men and 5 women to finish the job in 10 days how many woman are required to finish the job in 14 days.
A meeting has to be conducted with 6 managers. Find the number of ways in which the managers be selected from among 10 managers, if 2 managers will not attend the meeting together?
The first three terms of a proportion are 3, 9 and 12. The fourth term is?
5000 voted in an election between two candidates.14% of the votes were invalid.The winner won by a margin approximately closer to 15%.Find the number of votes secured by the person
A store reduced the price of all items in the store by 10% on the first day and by another 14% on the second day. The price of items on the second day was what percent of the price before the first reduction took place?
A contractor undertook to do a certain piece of work in 6 days. He employed certain number of men, but 5 of them being absent from the very first day, the rest could finish the work in 10 days. The number of men originally employed were :
Pipe A can fill a tank in 32 minutes. Pipe B can fill the same tank 3 times faster than pipe A. If both the pipes are connected to the tank so that they fill the tank simultaneously, how long will it take for the empty tank to overflow?
The first flight out of Phoenix airport had a late departure. If the next three flights departed on-time, how many subsequent flights need to depart from Phoenix on-time, for the airport's on-time departure rate to be higher than 70%?
If 2x+y = 10, 2y+z = 20 and 2x+z = 30. Where x, y,and z are real number. What is the value of 2x ?
The function F is defined for all positive integers n by the following rule: f(n) is the number of position integer each of which is less than n, and has no position factor in common with n other than 4. If p is any prime number then f(p)=
A computer manufacturer produces a certain electronic component at a cost of $80 per component. Shipping costs for delivering the components are $3 per unit. Further, the manufacturer has costs of $16,500 a month related to the electronic component regardless of how many it produces. If the manufacturer produces and sells 150 components a month, what is the lowest price it can sell them for such that the costs don't exceed the revenues?