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- Somebody
Somebody spend 5% of his wages on paying school fees. That is 800 shillings . How much does he earn?
- Tomatoes 3
The price of tomatoes was $5.45 per kilo last week; this week, it has increased by $1.35 per kilo. Find the price of tomatoes this week.
- Mowing lawn
Tara is mowing her lawn. She mows 3/5 of her 925-square-meter lawn before stopping to chat with a neighbor. How many square meters does Tara have left to mow after chatting with her neighbor?
- A hill
Juan is walking up a hill at 130 3/4 feet above sea level when he kicks a pebble. If the pebble falls to the base of the hill, which is 18.5 feet below sea level, what is the vertical distance that the pebble fell?
- The track 3
Patra runs around the track at school while training for a race. Each lap is 1/4 of a mile. On Wednesday she runs 9 laps. How far did she run?
- The sum 51
The sum of two numbers is 100 and difference is 37 . Find the difference between their squares.
- By selling 2
By selling 100 pens, a shopkeeper gains the selling price of 20 pens. Find his gain percent.
- Percents and ratio
When 20% of a number is added to another number, the number increases by 50%. What is the ratio of the two numbers?
- 5 yrs
5 yrs ago, the average age of Rasmi and Suravi was 20 yr. Now, the average age of Rasmi, Suravi and Mita is 30 yrs. What will be the age of Mita after 15 years?
- Quarter of 60 grams
For a science experiment, students need to find 25% of 60 grams. John says " I can find this by calculation 1/4 of 60" Andre says: 25% of 60 means 25/100 times 60. Do you agree with either of them? Show your reasoning
- Adela
Adela saves part of her allowance every month. She can save about 25 pesos monthly. Her target is to save 1350 pesos for a pair of shoes. If she starts saving by June, can she buy the shoes by December?
- Inverse percentages
If a is 40 percent of b then, what percent is b of a?
- A baseball
A baseball is hit over the 325 foot fence, which is 110 feet tall. How far did the ball carry on a straight line when it reached the fence?
- Apples 31
Tim picked 1 1/10 buckets of apples, and Sally picked buckets 2 1/8 of apples. How many more buckets did Sally pick?
- Reciprocal in equation
A positive number, when increased by 10 equals 200 times its reciprocal. What is the number?
- The boat
A boatman goes 2 km against the stream in 40 minutes and returns to the same spot in 30 minutes. What is his rate of rowing in still water?
- A plane 3
A plane left 30 minutes later than the scheduled time and in order to reach the destination 1500 km away in time, it has to increase the speed by 250 km/hr from the usual speed. Find its usual speed.
- Dual profit
A merchant has 1000 kg of sugar, part of which he sells at 8% profit and the rest 18%. He gains 14% on the whole. Find the quantity of 8% profit.
- Fund raising
A number of persons decided to raise 3 millions euros by equal contributions from each. Had they contributed 50 euros each extra, the contribution would have been 3.25 millions euros . How many persons are there?
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