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- Square yards
What is 4 1/3 yards times 5 2/3 yards? - Fraction or percent
Which is smaller, 0.3 or 25%? - Kevin and Mary
Kevin is 4 times as old as Mary was 2 years ago. In seven years Mary will be as old as Kevin is now. How old are they now. - Two persons
Two persons are walking beside a railway track at respective speeds of 2 and 4 km per hour in the same direction. A train came from behind them and crossed them in 90 and 100 seconds, respectively. Find the length of the train.
- PC and laptop
A person spent Rs 50000 to purchase a desktop computer and a laptop computer. He sold the desktop at a 20% profit and the laptop at a 10% loss. If, overall, he made a 2% profit, then find the purchase price, in rupees, for the desktop. - Train same direction
Find the time taken by a train 170 m long, running at the speed of 83 km/h to cross another train 180 m running at the speed of 65 km/h in the same direction . - 20 men
20 men are supposed to complete a work in 10 days. After working for 5 days, they realize that only one-fourth of the work is done. How many more men they need to employ to complete the work on time? - Offset the mean
The mean of 16 numbers is 8. If 2 is added to every number, what will be the new mean? - Paul makes
Paul makes a cuboid of plasticine of sides 5 cm, 2 cm, 5 cm. How many such cuboids will he need to form a cube?
- To percentages
Convert the following ratios to percentages. (a) 3 : 4 (b) 2 : 3 (c) 5/8 (d) 15/16 - Overtime and salary
An employee earns R150 per hour, and the agreed normal working hours are 45 hours per week. Overtime is paid at 1 1/2 of the normal rate. Suppose Dave works 52 hrs during the first week of March. What will the total earnings for that particular week be? - Prawns and carbs
I buy 3 1/4 kg of prawns and 4 2/5 kg of carbs. 1 kg of prawns is RM 24 and 1 kg of carbs is RM 10. If I pay RM 50, what is my change? - Double sides
If each side of a triangle is doubled, then find the ratio of the area of the new triangle thus formed to the given triangle. - Mean and sum
If the arithmetic mean of 6 numbers is 45, what is the total sum of these numbers?
- The angles 5
The angles of a triangle are in arithmetic progression (AP). The greatest angle is twice the least. Find all the angles. - Taps and a tank
A tap can fill a tank in 6 hours. After half the tank is filled, three more similar taps are opened. What is the total time taken to fill the tank completely? - Manday, manhour
Job problem: 10 men can make 20 toys in 12 days working 12 hours a day.Then, in how many days can 24 persons make 32 toys working 16 hours a day? - Older or younger
The age of a man after 15 years is 4 times the age of that man 15 years before. Find his present age. - Tricky result
Classic adding with percentages: Evaluate 28% of 450 + 45% of 280
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