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if a car went the first third of the distance at 60 kmh , the second third at 24 kmh , and the last third at 48 kmh , what was the average speed of the car for the entire trip ?
1physics
a reduction of 10 % in the price of oil enables a house wife to obtain 6 kgs more for rs . 900 , what is the reduced price for kg ?
2gain
the triplicate ratio of 3 : 5 is ?
5other
a , b and c are partners . a receives 2 / 3 of profits , b and c dividing the remainder equally . a ' s income is increased by rs . 200 when the rate to profit rises from 5 to 7 percent . find the capital of a ?
0general
find out the square of a number which when doubled exceeds its quarter by 7 ?
0general
a sports equipment store sold ping pong rackets for a total of $ 490 . if the average ( arithmetic mean ) price of a pair of rackets is $ 9.8 , how many pairs were sold ?
0general
a little girl went to the farm to buy fruits . she bought a bag of apples and grabbed a bag of oranges which was 5 times as heavy as the apples . she brought home a total of 12 pounds of fruits . how many pounds was the oranges ?
0general
a batsman scored 120 runs which included 3 boundaries and 8 sixes . what percent of his total score did he make by running between the wickets .
0general
if 7 < x < 9 < y < 15 , then what is the greatest possible positive integer difference of x and y ?
0general
on the number line , the number p is twice as many units from - 2 as - 2 is from 2 . if p is less than – 2 , what is the value of p ?
0general
when 100 is divided by positive integer x , the remainder is 3 . what is the remainder when 197 is divided by x ?
0general
if 4 ^ k + 4 ^ k = ( 4 ^ 9 ) ^ ( 4 ^ 9 ) - 4 ^ k , then k = ?
0general
if n is a positive integer and n ^ 2 is divisible by 212 , then the largest positive integer that must divide n is
0general
a survey of employers found that during 1993 employment costs rose 3.5 percent , where employment costs consist of salary costs and fringe benefit costs . if salary costs rose 3 percent and fringe - benefit costs rose 5.5 percent during 1993 , then fringe - benefit costs represented what percent of employment costs at ...
2gain
a man performs 1 / 2 of the total journey by rail , 1 / 3 by bus and the remaining 5 km on foot . his total journey is
0general
the sum of two consecutive even integers is 26 . what are the two numbers ?
1physics
total 75 cows 25 cow gives each 2 liter milk 25 cow gives each 3 / 4 liter milk 25 cow gives each 1 / 4 liter milk this is split into 3 son per each 25 cows & 25 liter milk how ?
0general
if the wheel is 14 cm then the number of revolutions to cover a distance of 968 cm is ?
1physics
two trains 210 m and 260 m long run at the speed of 60 km / hr and 40 km / hr respectively in opposite directions on parallel tracks . the time which they take to cross each other is ?
1physics
a certain sum is invested at simple interest at 15 % p . a . for two years instead of investing at 12 % p . a . for the same time period . therefore the interest received is more by rs . 900 . find the sum ?
2gain
a batsman scored 125 runs which included 5 boundaries and 5 sixes . what percent of his total score did he make by running between the wickets ?
0general
a certain basketball team that has played 2 / 3 of its games has a record of 15 wins and 5 losses . what is the greatest number of the remaining games that the team can lose and still win at least 3 / 4 of all of its games ?
0general
on selling 13 balls at rs . 720 , there is a loss equal to the cost price of 5 balls . the cost price of a ball is :
2gain
3 friends neha , sabi and mahi divide $ 1100 amongs them in such a way that if $ 5 , $ 8 and $ 4 are removed from the sums that neha , sabi and mahi received respectively , then the share of the sums that they got will be in the ratio of 2 : 8 : 6 . how much did mahi receive ?
0general
the maximum number of girls among them 2923 bags and 3239 eyeliners can be distributed in such a way that each student gets the same number of bags and eyeliners .
0general
for any integer n greater than 1 , n * denotes the product of all the integers from 1 to n , inclusive . how many prime numbers w are there between 6 * + 2 and 6 * + 6 , inclusive ?
0general
in may , the groundskeeper at spring lake golf club built a circular green with an area of 95 π square feet . in august , the groundskeeper doubled the distance from the center of the green to the edge of the green . what is the total area of the renovated green ?
3geometry
i have a huge bed - sheet of 1 meter long . i want to cuts this role into pieces of 20 centimeter long cloth . how long will it take me to cut the bed sheet if each 20 centimeter cut took me 5 minutes ?
1physics
30 men can do a work in 40 days . when should 14 men leave the work so that the entire work is completed in 40 days after they leave the work ?
1physics
if the cost price of 50 articles is equal to the selling price of 32 articles , then the gain or loss percent is ?
2gain
on dividing 23 by a number , the quotient is 7 and the remainder is 2 . find the divisor .
0general
what is the value of 3 x ^ 2 − 1.8 x + 0.3 for x = 0.3 ?
0general
the average of temperatures at noontime from monday to friday is 50 ; the lowest one is 42 , what is the possible maximum range of the temperatures ?
0general
a , b and c enter into a partnership and theirs shares are in the ratio 1 / 2 : 1 / 3 : 1 / 4 . after two months , a withdraws half of his capital and after 10 months , a profit of rs . 378 is divided among them . what is b ’ s share ?
0general
on a scale that measures the intensity of a certain phenomenon , a reading of d + 1 corresponds to an intensity that is 10 times the intensity corresponding to a reading of d . on that scale , the intensity corresponding to a reading of 8 is how many times as great as the intensity corresponding to a reading of 3 ?
0general
if 6 x ^ 2 + x - 12 = ( hx + b ) ( cx + d ) , then | h | + | b | + | c | + | d | = for a complete solution and more practice problems , see this blog : http : / / magoosh . com / gmat / 2012 / algebra - on . . . to - factor /
0general
4 men and 6 women finish a job in 8 days , while 3 men and 7 women finish it in 10 days . in how many days will 10 women working together finish it ?
1physics
how many trailing zeros will be there after the rightmost non - zero digit in the value of 25 ! ( factorial 25 ) ?
5other
alice leaves her home and walks toward bob ' s house . one hour later , bob leaves his home and walks toward alice ' s house . the distance between their homes is 41 kilometers , alice ' s walking speed is 5 km / h , and bob ' s walking speed is 4 km / h . how many kilometers will alice walk before she meets bob ?
1physics
the average of 1 st 3 of 4 numbers is 6 and of the last 3 are 5 . if the sum of the first and the last number is 17 . what is the last numbers ?
0general
a man can row 7 kmph in still water . when the river is running at 1.2 kmph , it takes him 1 hour to row to a place and back . what is the total distance traveled by the man ?
1physics
how many prime numbers between 1 and 100 are factors of 67830 ?
5other
the speed of a car is 20 km in the first hour and 30 km in the second hour . what is the average speed of the car ?
1physics
how many shots of 1 cm radius can be prepared from a sphere of 4 cm radius ?
1physics
in a class , 7 students like to play basketball and 8 like to play cricket . 3 students like to play on both basketball and cricket . how many students like to play basketball or cricket or both ?
5other
p has $ 42 more than what q and r together would have had if both b and c had 1 / 8 of what p has . how much does p have ?
0general
one hour after yolanda started walking from x to y , a distance of 24 miles , bob started walking along the same road from y to x . if yolanda ' s walking rate was 3 miles per hour and bob т ' s was 4 miles per hour , how many miles had bob walked when they met ?
1physics
the cost of an article is decreased by 10 % . if the original cost is $ 100 , find the decrease cost .
2gain
how long will a boy take to run round a square field of side 35 metres . if he runs at the rate of 9 km / hr ?
2gain
a can do a piece of work in 20 days , b can do a piece of work in 12 days , both are working together for 3 days after a left the job , then how many days b requires to complete the remaining work ?
1physics
the average ( arithmetic mean ) of the integers from 200 to 800 , inclusive , is how much greater than the average of the integers from 50 to 300 , inclusive ?
0general
the sum of the first 50 positive even integers is 2550 . what is the sum r of even integers from 102 to 200 inclusive ?
0general
bipin is 6 times old as alok . bipin ' s age will be twice of chandan ' s age after 10 years . if chandan ' s 7 th birthday was celebrated 3 years ago , what is alok ' s present age ?
0general
a big container is 30 % full with water . if 36 liters of water is added , the container becomes 3 / 4 full . what is the capacity of the big container ?
0general
find the cost of fencing around a circular field of diameter 42 m at the rate of rs . 5 a meter ?
1physics
length of a rectangular plot is 60 mtr more than its breadth . if the cost of fencing the plot at 26.50 per meter is rs . 5300 , what is the length of the plot in mtr ?
1physics
exactly 36 % of the numbers in set a are even multiples of 3 . if 40 % of the even integers in set a are not multiples of 3 , what percent of the numbers in set a are not even integers ?
2gain
the number of timeshare condos available at sunset beach is 3 / 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 320 , what is the difference between the number of condos available at sunset beach and the number of condos avai...
0general
find the area of trapezium whose parallel sides are 20 cm and 18 cm long , and the distance between them is 15 cm
1physics
if the operation @ is defined for all a and b by the equation a @ b = ( a ^ 2 * b ) * 3 , then 2 @ ( 3 @ - 1 ) =
0general
a rectangular photograph is surrounded by a border that is 1 inch wide on each side . the total area of the photograph and the border is m square inches . if the border had been 7 inches wide on each side , the total area would have been ( m + 264 ) square inches . what is the perimeter of the photograph , in inches ?
3geometry
a picnic attracts 240 persons . there are 60 more men than women , and 60 more adults than children . how many men are at this picnic ?
0general
the price for a loaf of bread in april was $ 1.17 , in may the price was $ 1.30 , and in june the price was $ 1.05 . if 2 / 3 as much bread was sold in april as in may , and twice as much was sold in june as in april , what was the average price for a loaf of bread sold during the 3 - month period ?
0general
a person travels equal distances with speeds of 9 km / hr , 10 km / hr and 11 km / hr and takes a total time of 47 minutes . the total distance is ?
1physics
if the sides of a triangle are 26 cm , 22 cm and 10 cm , what is its area ?
3geometry
the average mark of the students of a class in a particular exam is 72 . if 5 students whose average mark in that exam is 40 are excluded , the average mark of the remaining will be 92 . find the number of students who wrote the exam ?
0general
suresh borrowed some money at the rate of 12 % p . a . for the first 3 years , 9 % p . a . for the next 5 years and 13 % p . a . for the period beyond 8 years . if the total interest paid by him at the end of 11 years is rs . 8160 , how much money did he borrow ?
2gain
in township k , 1 / 4 of the housing units are equiped with cable tv . if 1 / 10 of the housing units , including 1 / 3 of those that are equiped with cable tv , are equipped with videocassette recorders , what fraction of the housing units have neither cable tv nor videocassette recorders ?
5other
if both 5 ^ 2 and 3 ^ 4 are factors of the number a * 4 ^ 3 * 6 ^ 2 * 13 ^ 11 , then what is the smallest possible value of a ?
5other
the ratio between the length and the breadth of a rectangular park is 3 : 2 . if a man cycling alongthe oundary of the park at the speed of 12 km / hr completes one round in 8 min , then the area of the park ( in sq . m ) is ?
1physics
what will be the result of 12 ^ 4 + 3 + 2 ^ 9 + 3 - 8 / 2 ?
0general
in a certain game of dice , the player ’ s score is determined as a sum of two throws of a single die . the player with the highest score wins the round . if more than one player has the highest score , the winnings of the round are divided equally among these players . if jim plays this game against 21 other players ,...
0general
how many times will the digit 6 be written when listing the integers from 1 to 1000 ?
0general
an assembly line produces 20 cogs per hour until an initial order of 60 cogs is completed . the speed of the assembly line is then immediately increased so that it can produce 60 cogs per hour until another 60 cogs are produced . what is the overall average output , in cogs per hour , for the assembly line during this ...
0general
what is 120 % of 13 / 24 of 960 ?
2gain
3 candidates in an election and received 1136 , 7636 and 11628 votes respectively . what % of the total votes did the winningcandidate got in that election ?
2gain
the average of first 80 non - zero positive numbers is :
0general
yesterday it took robert 4 hours to drive from city a to city b . today it took robert 3.5 hours to drive back from city в to city a along the same route . if he had saved 15 minutes in both trips , the speed for the round trip would be 60 miles per hour . what is the distance between city a and city b ?
1physics
a shopkeeper loses 15 % , if an article is sold for rs . 153 . what should be the selling price of the article to gain 20 % ?
2gain
the sum of two numbers is 45 . sum of their quotient and reciprocal is 2.05 , find the product of the numbers .
0general
in smithtown , the ratio of right - handed people to left - handed people is 3 to 1 and the ratio of men to women is 3 to 2 . if the number of right - handed men is maximized , then what q percent of all the people in smithtown are left - handed women ?
0general
company p had 15 percent more employees in december than it had in january . if company p had 500 employees in december , how many employees did it have in january ?
2gain
at a certain fruit stand , the price of each apple is 50 cents and the price of each orange is 60 cents . mary selects a total of 10 apples and oranges from the fruit stand , and the average ( arithmetic mean ) price of the 10 pieces of fruit is 56 cents . how many oranges must mary put back so that the average price o...
0general
mary can do a piece of work in 28 days . rosy is 40 % more efficient than mary . the number of days taken by rosy to do the same piece of work is ?
1physics
company x provides bottled water to its employees in 5 liter bottles , $ 5 each . at least how many 5 l bottles must company x buy monthly , so that new contract with $ 40 fixed monthly rate and $ 2 for 20 l bottle each paid off ? ( assume that no other costs apply )
0general
a reduction of 15 % in the price of oil enables a house wife to obtain 5 kgs more for rs . 800 , what is the reduced price for kg ?
2gain
a certain number when divided by 39 leaves a remainder 18 , what is the remainder when the same number is divided by 13 ?
0general
the membership of a committee consists of 4 english teachers , 2 mathematics teachers , and 2 social studies teachers . if 2 committee members are to be selected at random to write the committee ’ s report , what is the probability that the two members selected will both be english teachers ?
4probability
a train 360 m long is running at a speed of 45 km / hr . in what time will it pass a bridge 215 m long ?
1physics
a and b complete a work in 5 days . a alone can do it in 10 days . if both together can do the work in how many days ?
1physics
when tom works alone he chops 2 lb . salad in 3 minutes , and when tammy works alone she chops 3 lb . salad in 2 minutes . they start working together , and after some time finish chopping 65 lb . of salad . of those 80 lb . , the salad quantity chopped by tom is what percent lesser than the quantifying chopped by tamm...
1physics
suresh can complete a job in 15 hours . ashutosh alone can complete the same job in 35 hours . suresh works for 9 hours and then the remaining job is completed by ashutosh . how many hours will it take ashutosh to complete the remaining job alone ?
1physics
a and b can together finish a work in 40 days . they worked together for 10 days and then b left . after another 9 days , a finished the remaining work . in how many days a alone can finish the job ?
1physics
two trains of length 90 m and 95 m are 250 m apart . they start moving towards each other on parallel tracks , at speeds 64 kmph and 92 kmph . after how much time will the trains meet ?
1physics
what is the greatest 6 - digit number when divided by 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , and 10 leaves a remainder of 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , and 8 respectively ?
0general
in one alloy there is 12 % chromium while in another alloy it is 10 % . 15 kg of the first alloy was melted together with 35 kg of the second one to form a third alloy . find the percentage of chromium in the new alloy .
2gain
a baseball card decreased in value 10 % in its first year and 10 % in its second year . what was the total percent decrease of the card ' s value over the two years ?
2gain
at a certain restaurant , the average ( arithmetic mean ) number of customers served for the past x days was 80 . if the restaurant serves 120 customers today , raising the average to 90 customers per day , what is the value of x ?
0general
bhanu spends 30 % of his income on petrol on scooter 10 % of the remaining on house rent and the balance on food . if he spends rs . 300 on petrol then what is the expenditure on house rent ?
2gain
how many 4 digit numbers are there , if it is known that the first digit is odd , the second is odd , the third is prime , the fourth ( units digit ) is divisible by 3 , and the digit 1 can be used only once ?
1physics