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- The tourist
A man traveled a distance of 61 km in 9 hours. He traveled partly on foot at 4 kmph and party on bicycle at 9 kmph. Find the distance traveled on foot.
- 4100 USD
4100 USD was distributed in 50 boys and girls. Each boy got $ 90 and each girl $ 65. Then, find the number of boys.
- Susan 5
Susan has a water tank in his back garden that can hold up to 750L in water. At the start of a rainy day (at 0:00) there is 165L in the tank, and after a heavy day’s rain (at 24:00) there is 201 L in the tank. Assuming that the rain fell consistently duri
- 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?
- 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?
- Dilution
How many liters of water will have to be added to 1125 liters of the 45% solution of acid so that the resulting mixture will contain more than 25% but less than 30% acid content?
- Subtraction equation
What should be subtracted from -3/5 to get -2/3?
- Two trains 16
Two trains cross each other in 14 seconds when they are moving in opposite direction and when they are moving in the same direction they cross each other in 3 minutes 2 seconds . The speed of the faster train is by what percent more than the slower train?
- Failed in examination
In an examination, 20% of total students failed in history,15% failed in English and 5% of total number of students failed in both subjects. Find the percentage of total number of students who passed in both the subjects.
- Horses and hens
In a park, there are some horses and some hens. If total number of heads 68 and number of legs together is 198. Then find the number of hens in the park.
- Usual speed 2
A passenger train takes 1 h less for a journey of 120 km.If its speed increased by 10 k/h from its usual speed. What is its usual speed?
- Sarah 7
Sarah bought snacks for her team's practice. She bought a bag of chips for $1.56 and a 20-pack of juice bottles. The total cost before tax was $33.96. Write and solve an equation which can be used to determine, how much each bottle of juice cost.
- A man 23
A man has some money. He gives 50% of it to his wife and 40% of the remaining to his daughter. He gives the rest to his son. If the son receives 12000 euro, how much did his wife receive?
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