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A student 8
A student was asked to write 2⁵ * 9² . By mistake he write 2592. Find the difference.
A tradesman
A tradesman marks his goods at 35% above the cost price and then allows a discount of 15%. Find his profit percentage.
The petrol tank
Tinny's car's petrol tank was full. He drove around the city and used 1/4 of the petrol. What fraction of the petrol was left?
Von went
Von went to a mall to buy some things for his school projects. He spent 5/8 of his money in a bookstore and 1/5 of the remainder in a grocery store. If he spent P120 in the grocery store, how much money did he have at the start? How much money did he have
Row of students
In a row of 40 girls A is 5th from the right and B is 10th from the left end. How many girls are there between A and B? Many got it wrong!
River current
In a river, a man takes 3 hours in rowing 3 km upstream or 15 km downstream. What is the speed of the current?
Days, hours, minutes
Add the following: 1 day 18 hr 45 m 55 sec, 13 hr 55 m 58 sec and 23 hr 49 m 45 sec
A baby
A baby weighs 8 and 1/4 pounds at birth. Two weeks later, she weighs 8 and 7/8 pounds. How much did the baby gain?
At 5:16
At 5:16, what is the acute angle between a minute hand and an hour hand?
Lily spent
Lily had $812. She spent 1/7 of the money on a cupboard and 1/6 of the remaining amount on a dressing table. How much did Lily spend on the dressing table?
Puppy
A family adopts a puppy that weighs seven and 7/8 pounds. Two weeks later, they take him to the vet, and he weighs 12 and 3/16 pounds. How much weight did the pit puppy gain?
The mystery number
Find the number that is 10,000 less than 632,724.925
The speed 3
The speed of a boat in still water is 10 km/h. If the boat goes 37.5 km upstream in 5 h, find the speed of the stream.
Four years
Four years ago the average age of A and B was 18 years . If the present average age of A, B, and C is 24 years. Find the age of C after 8 years .
Income comparing
Arnold's income is 60% more than that of Brandy. By what percent is Brandy's income less than Arnolds's?
Add five to lcm
The least number, which, when diminished by 5, is divisible by each of 21, 28, 36, and 45.
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?
Charlie 2
Charlie has $10 1/2; she went to the store and bought a chap-stick for $1.75. How much money does she have now?
Fraction operations
For items - fractions 1/6 - 1/9 perform the indicated operation/s. Write your answer in improper fractions, and it must be in the simplest form.
Closer to one
Here are two sums: A=1/2 + 1/3 and B=1/5 + 1/3. Which of the two sums is closer in value to 1? You must show your work and state clearly whether the answer is A or B.

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