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How many C ways can you group 3 people from 4 sets of twins if no two people from the same set of twins can be chosen?
The dimensions of a room are 25 feet * 15 feet * 12 feet. What is the cost of white washing the four walls of the room at Rs. 8 per square feet if there is one door of dimensions 6 feet * 3 feet and three windows of dimensions 4 feet * 3 feet each?
In a flight of 600 km, an aircraft was slowed down due to bad weather. Its average speed for the trip was reduced by 200 km/hr and the time of flight increased by 30 minutes. The duration of the flight is?
What is the next number in the sequence. 15 29 56 108 208 ?
There is a 10% chance that Tigers will not win at all during the whole season. There is a 90% chance that Federer will not play at all in the whole season. What is the greatest possible probability that the Tigers will win and Federer will play during the season?
At an upscale fast-food restaurant, Shin can buy 3 burgers, 7 shakes, and one cola for $120. At the same place it would cost $160.50 for 4 burgers, 10 shakes, and one cola. How much would it cost for a meal of one burger, one shake, and one cola?
A sum of Rs. 725 is lent in the beginning of a year at a certain rate of interest. After 8 months, a sum of Rs. 362.50 more is lent but at the rate twice the former. At the end of the year, Rs. 33.50 is earned as interest from both the loans. What was the original rate of interest?
A boat can move upstream at 25 kmph and downstream at 39 kmph, then the speed of the current is?
If x% of y is 100 and y% of z is 200, then find the relation between x and z.
The present ages of Reena and Usha are 24 and 36 yr. respectively . What was the ratio between the ages of Usha and Reena respectively 8 yr ago ?
At a certain paint store forest green is made by mixing 4 parts blue paint with 3 parts yellow paint.Verdant green is made by mixing 4 parts yellow paint with 3 parts blue paint.How many liters of yellow paint must be added to 7 liters of forest green to change it to Verdant green?
If a = (1/5)b and c = 9a, then which of the following represents the average (arithmetic mean) of a, b, and c, in terms of a ?
By selling 50 meters of cloth. I gain the selling price of 15 meters. Find the gain percent?
The average age of the mother and her six children is 9 years which is reduced by 5 years if the age of the mother is excluded. How old is the mother?
In the first 10 overs of a cricket game, the run rate was only 3.2. What should be the rate in the remaining 40 overs to reach the target of 282 runs?
A metallic sphere of radius 12 cm is melted and drawn into a wire, whose radius of cross section is 16 cm. What is the length of the wire?
The average of 50 numbers id 20. If two numbers, namely 45 and 55 are discarded, the average of the remaining numbers is :
John bought 2 shares and sold them for $90 each. If he had a profit of 20% on the sale of one of the shares but a loss of 20% on the sale of the other share, then on the sale of both shares John had
The manufacturing cost of a shoe is Rs.220 and the transportation lost is Rs.500 for 100 shoes. What will be the selling price if it is sold at 20% gains
Machine Z takes 2 more hours than machine B to make 20 widgets. If working together, the machines can make 25 widgets in 3 hours, how long will it take machine Z to make 40 widgets?
In how many different number of ways 8 men and 5 women can sit on a shopa which can accommodate persons?
A certain deck of cards contains 2 blue cards, 2 red cards, 2 yellow cards, and 2 green cards. If two cards are randomly drawn from the deck, what is the probability that they will both be not red?
Two bus tickets from city A to B and three tickets from city A to C cost Rs. 462 but three tickets from city A to B and two tickets from city A to C cost Rs. 438. What are the fares for cities B and C from A ?
The cost price of an article is 64% of the marked price. Calculate the gain percent after allowing a discount of 18%?
A shopkeeper buys mangoes at the rate of 4 a rupee and sells them at 3.5 a rupee. Find his net profit or loss percent?
A positive whole number has factors of 5 and 11. The number MUST be divisible by: I. 55 II. 110 III. 220
Two cars, one from Austin to Dallas and the other from Dallas to Austin, start simultaneously. After they meet, the cars reach their destinations after 4 hours and 9 hours respectively The ratio of their speeds is
A scientist has a set of weights {1Kg, 2Kg, 4Kg, 8Kg, 16Kg, 32Kg}. This set is good enough to weight any object having an integral weight between 1Kg and 63Kg (Eg. 19 Kg = 16Kg + 2Kg + 1Kg). If the 4 Kg weight is lost, how many weights between 1Kg & 63Kg can no longer be measured ?
An institute organised a fete and 1/5 of the girls and 1/8 of the boys participated in the same. What fraction of the total number of students took part in the fete ?
The profits of QRS company rose 35% from March to April, then dropped 20% from April to May, then rose 50% from May to June. What was the percent increase for the whole quarter, from March to June?
What percentage of numbers from 1 to 70 have 1 or 9 in the unit's digit?
What is the dividend. divisor 15, the quotient is 8 and the remainder is 5
If 34 men completed 2/5th of a work in 8 days working 9 hours a day. How many more man should be engaged to finish the rest of the work in 6 days working 9 hours a day?
If 25% of x is 15 less than 15% of 1500, then x is?
A computer program generates a single digit by a random process, according to which the probability of generating any digit is directly proportional to the reciprocal of one more than that digit. If all digits are possible to generate, then the probability W of generating an odd prime digit is between
A starts business with a capital of Rs.1200 B and C join with some investments after 3 and 6 months respectively. If the end of a year, the profit is divided in the ratio 2:3:5 respectively. What is B's investment in the business?
Solve below question 4x + 1 = 37
At a certain amateur bands rock show the ratio of freaks( F) to nerds to geeks is 1:2:3. If these are the only types of people in the crowd, and each person in the crowd has the same chance of yelling rock on!, what are the chances that the next person who yells rock on!will be a geek?
John is three times as old as Sam. If John will be twice as old as Sam in nine years, how old was Sam two years ago?
The sector of a circle has radius of 21 cm and central angle 135o. Find its perimeter?
If a dealer wants to earn 50% profit on an article after offering 60% discount to the customer, by what percentage should he increase his marked price to arrive at the label price?
A and B started a business and invested in 4:5 ratio.after 3 month A takes back 1/4 part of his investment and B takes back 1/5 part of his investment.after 10 month there is profit of 76000 rs.calculate the profit share of A.
If the numbers 19/36, 5/11, 12/25, 6/11, and 8/18 were arranged from least to greatest, which number would be in the middle?
A bag contains nine yellow balls, three white balls and four red balls. In how many ways can two balls be drawn from the bag?
54 is to be divided into two parts such that the sum of 10 times the first and 22 times the second is 780. The bigger part is
The salary of a typist was at first raised by 10% and then the same was reduced by 5%. If he presently draws Rs.3135.What was his original salary?
How many words can be formed using the letters of the word “DRAW”"
The length of a rectangular field is 7/5 its width. If the perimeter of the field is 240 meters, what is the width of the field?
Find the invalid no.from the following series 15, 16, 34, 105, 424, 2124, 12756
The average price of 10 books is Rs. 12 while the average price of 8 of these books is Rs. 11.75. Of the remaining two books, if the price of one book is 60% more than the price of the other, what ia the pice of each of these two books ?
Find the number of square tiles to cover the floor of a room measuring 4 m * 9 m leaving 0.25 m space around the room. A side of square tile is given to be 25 cms?
It takes 5 tons of copper ore and 9 tons of iron ore to make one ton of alloy A. How many tons of alloy A can be made from 60 tons of copper ore and 90 tons of iron ore?
4 guys buy same cellphones cost them 250 each. Two guy have 25% of for his first cellphone. What is the total cost all of them pay to seller.
In a public show 45 % of the seats were filled. If there were 600 seats in the hall, how many seats were vacant?
How many three digit numbers B greater than 330 can be formed from the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, if each digit can only be used once?
Let the sides of a rectangular prism are consecutive multiples of 5. Which among the following could be the base area
Two trains, 250 metres and 150 metres long respectively, are running on parallel lines. If they are running in the same directions, the faster train crosses the slower train in 40 seconds. If they are moving in the opposite direction they pass each other in eight seconds. What is the speed of the slower train?
If integers ending in zero are excluded, what is the unit digit of the product of the even integers from 502 to 598, inclusive?
Today is Brian's birthday. In two years from today he will be twice as old as he was 11 years ago. How old is Brian today ?
The arithmetic mean (average) of a set of 5 numbers is an integer A. Upon being divided by 180, A leaves a remainder of 30. If two of the numbers in the set are decreased by 120 and 180 units respectively, which of the following statements must be true about the new arithmetic mean B of the set? I. The remainder that B leaves upon division by 180 is less than the remainder that A leaves upon division by 180. II. When B is divided by 60, the remainder is 30. III. The value of the decimal digits is greater in the number A/90 than in the number B/90.
A light has a rating of 110 watts, it is replaced with a new light that has 30% higher wattage. How many watts does the new light have?
In what time will a train 135 m long cross an electric pole, it its speed be 140 km/hr?
A committee of four is to be chosen from seven employees for a special project at ACME Corporation. Two of the seven employees are unwilling to work with each other. How many committees are possible if the two employees do not work together?
The captain of a cricket team of 11 members is 26 years old and the wicket keeper is 3 years older. If the ages of these two are excluded, the average age of the remaining players is one year less than the average age of the whole team. What is the average age of the team?
The perimeter of a triangle is 28 cm and the inradius of the triangle is 2.5 cm. What is the area of the triangle?
IF 1+3=10 ; 3+5=52 ; 5+7=174 Then 7+11=?
CONVERT 1.3 hectares in ares
Lorna invests $8000, with some at 6% annual interest and some at 11% annual interest. If she receives a total of $580 from these investments at the end of a year, how much was invested at the 6% interest rate?
It would take one machine 8 hours to complete a large production order and another machine 7 hours to complete the same order. How many hours would it take both machines, working simultaneously at their respective constant rates, to complete the order?
An airplane travels 4362 km against the wind in 6 hours and 5322 km with the wind in the same amount of time. what is the rate of the wind?
5^2010 what will be the sum of digits?
If the true discount on s sum due 2 years hence at 14% per annum be Rs. 210, the sum due is:
From given equation find the value of x: 2x² + 9x − 5
The circumferences of two circles are 264 meters and 352 meters. Find the difference between the areas of the larger and the smaller circles.
An design manager has 10patterns of chairs & 6patterns of tables. In how many ways can he make a pair of table & chair?
A driver just filled the car's gas tank with 18 liters of gasohol, a mixture consisting of 5% ethanol and 95% gasoline. If the car runs best on a mixture consisting of 10% ethanol and 90% gasoline, how many liters of ethanol must be added into the gas tank for the car to achieve optimum performance?
The denominator of a fraction is 5 greater than the numerator. If the numerator and the denominator are increased by 1, the resulting fraction is equal to 7⁄12. What is the value of the original fraction?
The interest on a certain deposit at 5% per annum is Rs. 101.20 in one year. How much will the additional interest in one year be on the same deposit at 6% per annum?
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Two passenger trains start at the same hour in the day from two different stations and move towards each other at the rate of 16 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?
What will be the compound interest on a sum of Rs.25,000 after 3 years at the rate of 12 p.c.p.a?
In what ratio P:Q should the Mixture P of milk and water in the ratio of 5:3 be mixed with another Mixture Q of milk and water in the ratio 1:3 so that the resultant mixture contains equal quantities of milk and water?
The difference of two numbers is 2 and the difference of their squares is 12. The sum of the number is
For the positive integers x, x + 2, x + 4, x + 7, and x + 22, the mean is how much greater than the median?
There are cats got together and decided to kill the mice of 999951. Each cat kills equal number of mice and each cat kills more number of mice than cats there were. Then what are the number of cats?
A’s speed is 25/18 times that of B. If A and B run a race, what part of the length of the race should A give B as a head start, so that the race ends in a dead heat?
The sequence a(1), a(2), …, a(n), … is such that a(n)=4a(n–1) –3 for all integers n>1. If a(3)=x, then a(1)=?
What is the probability of randomly selecting one of the shortest diagonals from all the diagonals of a regular 11-sided polygon)?
The average of 11numbers is 60. Out of 11numbers the average of first 6no. is 98, and last 6numbers is 65 then find 6th number?
Solution A is 20% sugar and Solution B is 80% sugar. If you have 30 ounces of solution A and 60 ounces of solution B, in what ratio could you mix Solution A with Solution B to produce 50 ounces of a 50% sugar solution?
In a group of 90 students, 30 are taking History, and 32 are taking Statistics. If 59 students are taking History or Statistics or both, then how many students are taking History but not Statistics?
Two bullet train s are running in opposite directions with the same speed. If the length of each bullet train is 120 metres and they cross each other in 12 seconds, then the speed of each bullet train (in km/hr) is:
A nickel is placed flat on a table. What is the maximum number of nickels that can be placed around it, flat on the table, with each one tangent to it?
What is the remainder when 750*810*830*790 is divided by 13?
If a and b are the two values of t that satisfy the equation t^2 – 10t + 16 = 0, with a > b, what is the value of a – b?
k = 2^n + 5, where n is an integer greater than 1. If k is divisible by 9, which of the following MUST be divisible by 9?
A certain distance is covered by a cyclist at a certain speed. I a jogger covers half the distance in double the time, the ratio of the speed of the jogger to that of the cyclist is:
The area of a square is 4096 sq cm. Find the ratio of the breadth and the length of a rectangle whose length is twice the side of the square and breadth is 24 cm less than the side of the square?
A and B start a business, with A investing the total capital of Rs.100000, on the condition that B pays A interest @ 10% per annum on his half of the capital. A is a working partner and receives Rs.10000 per month from the total profit and any profit remaining is equally shared by both of them. At the end of the year, it was found that the income of A is twice that of B. Find the total profit for the year?
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 B?