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dick and jane each saved $ 4,000 in 1989 . in 1990 dick saved 10 percent more than in 1989 , and together he and jane saved a total of $ 6,500 . approximately what percent less did jane save in 1990 than in 1989 ?
0general
the area of a sector of a circle of radius 5 cm formed by an arc of length 3.5 cm is ?
1physics
if one positive integer is greater than another positive integer by 3 , and the difference of their cubes is 189 , what is their sum ?
0general
there are 16 bees in the hive , then 5 more fly . how many bees are there in all ?
0general
a special municipal payroll tax charges not tax on a payroll less than $ 250,000 and only 0.1 % on a company ’ s payroll above $ 250,000 . if belfried industries paid $ 200 in this special municipal payroll tax , then they must have had a payroll of
0general
for what value of x , is | x – 3 | + | x + 1 | + | x | = 11 ?
0general
an auction house charges a commission of 16 % on the first $ 50,000 of the sale price of an item , plus 10 % on the amount of of the sale price in excess of $ 50,000 . what was the price of a painting for which the house charged a total commission of $ 24,000 ?
0general
two passenger trains start at the same hour in the day from two different stations and move towards each other at the rate of 13 kmph and 21 kmph respectively . when they meet , it is found that one train has traveled 60 km more than the other one . the distance between the two stations is ?
1physics
what should be the least number to be added to the 1202 number to make it divisible by 4 ?
0general
a sum of money deposited at c . i . amounts to rs . 3250 in 2 years and to rs . 3830 in 3 years . find the rate percent ?
2gain
if | 20 x - 10 | = 150 , then find the product of the values of x ?
0general
a certain car uses 12 gallons of gasoline in traveling 180 miles . in order for the car to travel the same distance using 10 gallons of gasoline , by how many miles per gallon must the car ’ s gas mileage be increased ?
1physics
a man is 24 years older than his son . in two years , his age will be twice the age of his son . what is the present age of his son ?
0general
in the hillside summer camp there are 60 children . 90 % of the children are boys and the rest are girls . the camp administrator decided to make the number of girls only 5 % of the total number of children in the camp . how many more boys must she bring to make that happen ?
0general
if x and y are integers such that x ^ 2 = 3 y and xy = 36 , then x – y = ?
0general
49 pumps can empty a reservoir in 13 / 2 days , working 8 hours a day . if 196 pumps are used for 5 hours each day , then the same work will be completed in :
1physics
a couple decides to have 3 children . if they succeed in having 4 children and each child is equally likely to be a boy or a girl , what is the probability that they will have exactly 2 girls and 1 boy ?
0general
working together at their respective constant rates , machine a and machine b can produce 600 units in 8 hours . working alone , machine b would complete that same output in 50 % more time . if machine a were to work on its own for an 8 - hour shift , what percent of the 600 unit total would it produce ?
2gain
some of the 50 % solution of acid was removed and this was replaced with an equal amount of 30 % solution of acid . as a result , a 40 % solution of acid was obtained . what fraction of the original solution was replaced ?
2gain
in a certain brick wall , each row of bricks above the bottom row contains one less brick than the row just below it . if there are 5 rows in all and a total of 200 bricks in the wall , how many bricks does the bottom row contain ?
0general
a certain business school has 500 students , and the law school at the same university has 800 students . among these students , there are 30 sibling pairs consisting of 1 business student and 1 law student . if 1 student is selected at random from both schools , what is the probability that a sibling pair is selected ?
5other
a number increased by 40 % gives 700 . the number is
2gain
when positive integer k is divided by 5 , the remainder is 2 . when k is divided by 6 , the remainder is 5 . if k is less than 41 , what is the remainder when k is divided by 7 ?
0general
the profits of qrs company rose 40 % from march to april , then dropped 20 % from april to may , then rose 50 % from may to june . what was the percent increase for the whole quarter , from march to june ?
2gain
find the value of 4 x [ ( 3.6 x 0.48 x 2.50 ) / ( 0.12 x 0.09 x 0.5 ) ]
0general
an army ’ s recruitment process included n rounds of selection tasks . for the first a rounds , the rejection percentage was 60 percent per round . for the next b rounds , the rejection percentage was 50 percent per round and for the remaining rounds , the selection percentage was 70 percent per round . if there were 100000 people who applied for the army and 175 were finally selected , what was the value of n ?
0general
from the sale of sleeping bags , a retailer made a gross profit of 12 % of the wholesale cost . if each sleeping bag was sold for $ 28 , what was the wholesale cost per bag ?
2gain
there is enough provisions for 700 men in an army camp for 25 days . if there were 300 men less , how long will the provision last ?
1physics
the distance between delhi and mathura is 140 kms . a starts from delhi with a speed of 24 kmph at 7 a . m . for mathura and b starts from mathura with a speed of 46 kmph at 8 a . m . from delhi . when will they meet ?
1physics
3 distinct single - digit numbers . a , b , c are in gp . if abs ( x ) for real x is the absolute value of x ( x if x is + ve or 0 and - x if x is - ve ) , then the number of different possible values of abs ( a + b + c ) is
0general
the charge for a single room at hotel p is 25 percent less than the charge for a single room at hotel r and 20 percent less than the charge for a single room at hotel g . the charge for a single room at hotel r is what percent greater than the charge for a single room at hotel g ?
2gain
if the average ( arithmetic mean ) of x , x + 2 , and x + 4 is 53 , what is the value of x ?
0general
a courtyard is 18 meter long and 12 meter board is to be paved with bricks of dimensions 12 cm by 6 cm . the total number of bricks required is :
1physics
a person travels equal distances with speeds of 3 km / hr , 4 km / hr and 5 km / hr and takes a total time of 52 minutes . the total distance is ?
1physics
a batch of cookies was divided among 3 tins : 2 / 3 of all the cookies were placed in either the blue tin or the green tin , and the rest were placed in the red tin . if 1 / 4 of all the cookies were placed in the blue tin , what fraction w of the cookies that were placed in the other tins were placed in the green tin ?
0general
two trains of equal lengths take 12 sec and 15 sec respectively to cross a telegraph post . if the length of each train be 120 m , in what time will they cross other travelling in opposite direction ?
1physics
the difference of two numbers is 11 and one - fifth of their sum is 9 . find the numbers .
0general
40 % of major airline companies equip their planes with wireless internet access . 70 % of major airlines offer passengers free on - board snacks . what is the greatest possible percentage of major airline companies that offer both wireless internet and free on - board snacks ?
0general
a boat moves down stream at the rate of 1 km in 6 minutes and upstream at the rate of 1 km in 10 minutes . the speed of current is
1physics
a certain car dealership sells economy cars , luxury cars , and sport utility vehicles . the ratio of economy to luxury cars is 5 : 2 . the ratio of economy cars to sport utility vehicles is 4 : 3 . what is the ratio of luxury cars to sport utility vehicles ?
5other
the sector of a circle has radius of 21 cm and central angle 130 o . find its perimeter ?
1physics
the population of a city increases by 8 % per year but due to migration it decrease by 1 % per years . what will be the percentage increase in population in 3 years ?
0general
pipe a can fill a tank in 3 hours . due to a leak at the bottom , it takes 9 hours for the pipe a to fill the tank . in what time can the leak alone empty the full tank ?
1physics
the radius of a semi circle is 4.8 cm then its perimeter is ?
1physics
the number of stamps that p and q had were in the ratio of 9 : 2 respectively . after p gave q 33 stamps , the ratio of the number of p ' s stamps to the number of q ' s stamps was 6 : 5 . as a result of the gift , p had how many more stamps than q ?
5other
a man can row a distance of 5 km in 60 min with the help of the tide . the direction of the tide reverses with the same speed . now he travels a further 40 km in 10 hours . how much time he would have saved if the direction of tide has not changed ?
1physics
how many 3 - digit numerals end with a digit that represents a prime number ?
0general
machine a and machine b process the same work at different rates . machine c processes work as fast as machines a and b combined . machine d processes work 3 times as fast as machine c ; machine d ’ s work rate is also exactly 4 times machine b ’ s rate . assume all 4 machines work at fixed unchanging rates . if machine a works alone on a job , it takes 6 hours and 20 minutes . if all 4 machines work together on the same job simultaneously , how many minutes will it take all of them to complete it ?
1physics
in a fuel station the service costs $ 1.50 per car , every liter of fuel costs 0.65 $ . assuming that a company owns 12 cars and that every fuel tank contains 55 liters and they are all empty , how much money total will it cost to fuel all cars ?
0general
cole drove from home to work at an average speed of 60 kmh . he then returned home at an average speed of 90 kmh . if the round trip took a total of 2 hours , how many minutes did it take cole to drive to work ?
1physics
a certain sum of money is divided among a , b and c so that for each rs . a has 80 paisa , b has 65 paisa and c 40 paisa . if c ' s share is rs . 40 , find the sum of money ?
0general
from a group of 5 boys and 5 girls , 6 children are to be randomly selected . what is the probability that 3 boys and 3 girls will be selected ?
4probability
what is the area of square field whose side of length 14 m ?
3geometry
3 types of tea the a , b , c costs rs . 95 / kg , 100 / kg and 70 / kg respectively . how many kgs of each should be blended to produce 100 kg of mixture worth rs . 90 / kg , given that the quantities of band c are equal
0general
# p is defined as 2 p - 20 for any number p . what is p , if # ( # ( # p ) ) = 6 ?
0general
a watch was sold at a loss of 9 % . if it was sold for rs . 220 more , there would have been a gain of 4 % . what is the cost price ?
2gain
two persons a and b can complete a piece of work in 30 days and 60 days respectively . if they work together , what part of the work will be completed in 10 days ?
1physics
by travelling at 30 kmph , a person reaches his destination on time . he covered two - third the total distance in one - third of the total time . what speed should he maintain for the remaining distance to reach his destination on time ?
1physics
33 1 / 3 % of 270 ?
2gain
mr . hernandez , who was a resident of state x for only 8 months last year , had a taxable income of $ 22,500 for the year . if the state tax rate were 6 percent of the year ’ s taxable income prorated for the proportion of the year during which the taxpayer was a resident , what would be the amount of mr . hernandez ’ s state x tax for last year ?
2gain
in an office in singapore there are 60 % female employees . 50 % of all the male employees are computer literate . if there are total 62 % employees computer literate out of total 1300 employees , then the no . of female employees who are computer literate ?
2gain
each digit 1 through 5 is used exactly once to create a 5 - digit integer . if the 5 and the 4 can not be adjacent digits in the integer , how many 5 - digit integers are possible ?
0general
susan drove an average speed of 15 miles per hour for the first 40 miles of a tripthen at a average speed of 60 miles / hr for the remaining 20 miles of the trip if she made no stops during the trip what was susan ' s avg speed in miles / hr for the entire trip
1physics
the sides of a triangle are in the ratio 5 : 12 : 13 and its perimeter is 480 m , its area is ?
3geometry
the perimeter of a semi circle is 113 cm then the radius is ?
1physics
a boat having a length 4 m and breadth 3 m is floating on a lake . the boat sinks by 1 cm when a man gets on it . the mass of the man is :
1physics
a train 450 m long running at 108 kmph crosses a platform in 25 sec . what is the length of the platform ?
1physics
when the price of sugar was increased by 32 % , a family reduced its consumption in such a way that the expenditure on sugar was only 10 % more than before . if 30 kg were consumed per month before , find the new monthly consumption .
0general
find the 25 th term of an arithmetic progression whose first term is 5 and the common difference is 7 .
0general
in a graduating class , 40 percent of the students are male . in this class , 50 percent of the male students and 30 percent of the female students are 25 years old or older . if one student in the class is randomly selected , approximately what is the probability that he or she will be less than 25 years old ?
0general
the function g ( a ) is defined for integers a such that if a is even , g ( a ) = a / 2 and if a is odd , g ( a ) = a + 5 . given that g ( g ( g ( g ( g ( a ) ) ) ) ) = 19 , how many possible values for a would satisfy this equation ?
0general
there are 16 bees in the hive , then 9 more fly . how many bees are there in all ?
0general
seller selling an apple for rs . 20 , a seller loses 1 / 6 th of what it costs him . the cp of the apple is ?
0general
what are the last two digits of ( 301 * 402 * 503 * 604 * 645 * 547 * 448 * 349 ) ^ 2
0general
nina has exactly enough money to purchase 6 widgets . if the cost of each widget were reduced by $ 1.15 , then nina would have exactly enough money to purchase 8 widgets . how much money does nina have ?
0general
a broker invested her own money in the stock market . during the first year , she increased her stock market wealth by 60 percent . in the second year , largely as a result of a slump in the stock market , she suffered a 30 percent decrease in the value of her stock investments . what was the net increase or decrease on her overall stock investment wealth by the end of the second year ?
2gain
a fair coin is tossed 3 times . what is the probability of getting at least 2 tails ?
4probability
a 75 - liter solution of cool - drink is made from 10 % jasmine water . if 3.5 liters of jasmine and 9.5 liters of water were added to the solution , what percent of the solution is jasmine ?
2gain
a 1200 m long train crosses a tree in 120 sec , how much time will i take to pass a platform 1200 m long ?
1physics
a 300 meter long train crosses a platform in 39 seconds while it crosses a signal pole in 18 seconds . what is the length of the platform .
1physics
a and b go around a circular track of length 100 m on a cycle at speeds of 18 kmph and 36 kmph . after how much time will they meet for the first time at the starting point ?
1physics
zoey won the lottery and got $ 7 , 348340 . she wants to split it among herself and 5 friends evenly . how much money must she add if she wants to split it evenly ?
0general
in a certain code language , ' book ' is coded as ' pencil ' , ' pencil ' is coded as ' mirror ' , ' mirror ' is coded as ' board ' . then what is useful to write on a paper ?
0general
what is the angle between the hands of a clock when time is 8 : 40 ?
3geometry
how many integers from 0 to 50 inclusive have a remainder of 3 when divided by 6 ?
0general
a box contains 4 red balls and 4 black balls . one by one , every ball is selected at random without replacement . what is the probability that the fourth ball selected is black ?
4probability
if 50 % of ( x - y ) = 30 % of ( x + y ) , then what percent of x is y ?
0general
30 ^ 10 / 180 ^ 5 = ?
0general
an army ’ s recruitment process included n rounds of selection tasks . for the first a rounds , the rejection percentage was 60 percent per round . for the next b rounds , the rejection percentage was 50 percent per round and for the remaining rounds , the selection percentage was 70 percent per round . if there were 100000 people who applied for the army and 245 were finally selected , what was the value of n ?
0general
when the price of an article was reduced by 30 % its sale increased by 80 % . what was the net effect on the sale ?
2gain
if the simple interest on a certain sum of money for 4 years is one – fifth of the sum , then the rate of interest per annum is
2gain
the average of 11 results is 60 . if the average of first 6 results is 58 and that of the last 6 is 63 , find the sixth result ?
0general
if a student loses 5 kilograms , he will weigh twice as much as his sister . together they now weigh 116 kilograms . what is the student ' s present weight in kilograms ?
5other
a circular path of 13 m radius has marginal walk 2 m wide all round it . find the cost of leveling the walk at 25 p per m 2 ?
1physics
tom drives from town q to town b , driving at a constant speed of 60 miles per hour . from town b tom immediately continues to town c . the distance between q and b is twice the distance between b and c . if the average speed of the whole journey was 36 mph , then what is tom ' s speed driving from b to c in miles per hour ?
1physics
a watch was sold at a loss of 10 % . if it was sold for rs . 540 more , there would have been a gain of 8 % . what is the cost price ?
2gain
a man took a loan from a bank at the rate of 8 % p . a . simple interest . after 3 years he had to pay rs . 5400 interest only for the period . the principal amount borrowed by him was :
2gain
what is the remainder when the number q = 14 ^ 2 * 15 ^ 8 is divided by 5 ?
0general
a jar contains 3 black , 3 white and 1 green balls . if you pick two balls at the same time , what ' s the probability that one ball is black and one is white ?
4probability
of the two square fields , the area of the one is 1 hectare , while anothe one is broader by 1 % . there differences in area is :
3geometry