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Clock error
How much does a watch lose per day, if its hands coincide every 64 minutes?
Remainder one
Find the least number when divided by 2,3,4,5,6, and 7, leaving the remainder as 1 in each case.
Titanic
Titanic and Star Wars have made the most money at the box office. Star Wars made about 76.7% of the money that Titanic made at the box office. If Star Wars made about $461 million, how much did Titanic make? Round to the nearest million dollars.
Collecting money
Rs 180 contained in a box of one rupee, 50 Paise and 25 Paise coins in the ratio 2:3:4. What is the number of 50 Paise coins? (One rupee = 100 paisa)
Numerator and denominator
If the numerator of a fraction is increased by 200% and the denominator of the fraction is increased by 150%, the resultant fraction is 9/35. What is the original fraction?
The balance 2
If your balance at the end of 4 years is 50000, at a 5% interest rate, What was your original investment?
Emu vs. Ostrich
The ostrich and the emu are the two largest birds. An emu is usually 1/2 the size of an ostrich. The sum of their heights is 150 inches. How tall is the average ostrich?
Doubling every day
If you start with 1 euro on day 1 and double your money daily, how many days before you get at least 1 million?
Money sharing
A sum of money is to be distributed among A, B, C, and D in the proportion of 5: 2: 4 : 3. If C gets 1000 USD more than D, what is B's share?
The enrolment 2
The enrolment at a school has increased from 1400 learners to 1600 learners over 5 years. What is the percentage increase in enrolment?
Gift baskets
Alessia and Alexia made some gift baskets to sell. 2/5 of them were Yu-Gi-oh themed, and the rest were Barbie-themed. They sold 3/4 of the yu-gi-oh-themed baskets and 7/12 of the Barbie-themed baskets. They remained with 56 gift baskets. How many gift bas
Division with a remainder
Find the least number which when divided by 8, 12, and 20 leaves a remainder of 5 in each case.
Sum of squares
If the first number is 80% of the second number and 4 times the sum of their squares is 656, find the numbers.
Orange juice
Water and orange are mixed in a ratio of 7:4. An amount of 36 cm³ of orange is used. What volume of water is used?
Geometric series
How many terms of the geometric series 8+4+2+1+0.5+... must be taken for the sum to get within 10 to the power minus 4 of its sum to infinity?
Two men
Two men earn in the ratio 5 : 3 and expend in the ratio 9: 5. If each saves 30000 USD every year, find their income.
Shares
1300 USD are divided among A, B, C and D in such a way that: share of (A/B)=(B/C)=(C/D) = (2/3)
Selling the article
If an article is sold at a gain of 6% instead of at a loss of 6%, then the seller gets 6 euros more. Find the cost price of the article.
Same expenses
If the price of tea increases by 20%, what percent must the consumption be reduced to keep the expense the same?
Interest over time
If certain sum at compound interest becomes double in 5 years, then, in how many years, it will be 16 times at the same rate of interest?

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