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there are 24 students in chad â € ™ s class . he brought 27 cookies to pass out for his birthday . how many cookies will each student get ? will there be any cookies left over ?
1physics
a shopkeeper sells 450 metres of cloth for rs . 18000 at a loss of rs . 5 per metre . find his cost price for one metre of cloth ?
2gain
a vessel of capacity 2 litre has 20 % of alcohol and another vessel of capacity 6 litre had 55 % alcohol . the total liquid of 8 litre was poured out in a vessel of capacity 10 litre and thus the rest part of the vessel was filled with the water . what is the new concentration of mixture ?
0general
a man goes from a to b at a speed of 35 kmph and comes back to a at a speed of 28 kmph . find his average speed for the entire journey ?
1physics
the parameter of a square is equal to the perimeter of a rectangle of length 22 cm and breadth 20 cm . find the circumference of a semicircle whose diameter is equal to the side of the square .
3geometry
a certain lab experiments with white and brown mice only . in one experiment , 2 / 5 of the mice are brown . if there are 12 white mice in the experiment , how many mice in total are in the experiment ?
0general
the area of a rectangular field is equal to 300 square meters . its perimeter is equal to 70 meters . find the length and width of this rectangle .
3geometry
last month , john rejected 0.5 % of the products that he inspected and jane rejected 0.6 percent of the products that she inspected . if total of 0.75 percent of the products produced last month were rejected , what fraction of the products did jane inspect ?
2gain
the total number of digits used in numbering the pages of a book having 346 pages is
0general
a light has a rating of 110 watts , it is replaced with a new light that has 30 % higher wattage . how many watts does the new light have ?
2gain
a train 150 m long crosses a platform 100 m long in 10 sec ; find the speed of the train ?
1physics
calculate the time it will take for a train that is 240 meter long to pass a bridge of 130 meter length , if the speed of the train is 50 km / hour ?
1physics
there are 200 doctors and nurses at a hospital . if the ratio of doctors to nurses is 4 to 6 , how many nurses are at the hospital ?
5other
milk contains 5 % water . what content of pure milk should be added to 10 liters of milk to reduce this to 2 % ?
2gain
the current in a river is 4 mph . a boat can travel 18 mph in still water . how far up the river can the boat travel if the round trip is to take 10 hours ?
1physics
a batsman scored 90 runs which included 2 boundaries and 5 sixes . what percent of his total score did he make by running between the wickets .
0general
for any integer k greater than 1 , the symbol k * denotes the product of all integers between 1 and k , inclusive . if k * is a multiple of 2835 what is the least possible value of k ?
0general
in a class of 120 students , 25 did not opt for math . 10 did not opt for science and 2 did not opt for either . how many students of the class opted for both math and science ?
5other
the ratio of three numbers is 1 : 2 : 4 and the sum of their squares is 1701 . the sum of the numbers is ?
5other
at joes steakhouse the hourly wage for a chef is 20 % greater than that of a dishwasher , and the hourly wage of a dishwasher is half as much as the hourly wage of a manager . if a managers wage is $ 8.50 per hour , how much less than a manager does a chef earn each hour ?
0general
101 ã — 101 + 99 ã — 99 = ?
0general
in a village of 2,600 people , 800 people are over 70 years old and 850 people are female . it is known that 40 percent of the females are younger than 70 years old . if no one in the village is 70 years old , what is the probability that a person chosen at random is either a female or younger than 70 years old ?
2gain
jaclyn buys $ 40 000 worth of debentures in a company . she earns 9.5 % p . a . simple interest , paid to her quarterly ( that is , every 3 months ) . if the agreed period of the debenture was 18 months : calculate the amount of interest jaclyn will earn for each quarter
2gain
60 percent of andrea ' s living room floor is covered by a carpet that is 4 feet by 9 feet . what is the area of her living room floor ?
2gain
a case contains c cartons . each carton contains b boxes , and each box contains 500 paper clips . how many paper clips are contained in 2 cases ?
0general
a car started running at a speed of 30 km / hr and the speed of the car was increased by 2 km / hr at the end of every hour . find the total distance covered by the car in the first 8 hours of the journey .
1physics
a , b and c start a business with each investing rs 20000 . after 5 months a withdraws rs 5000 , b withdraws rs 4000 and c invests rs 6000 more . at the end of the year , a total profit of rs 69900 was recorded . find the share of a .
2gain
the c . p of 15 books is equal to the s . p of 20 books . find his gain % or loss % ?
2gain
vishal invested 10 % more than trishul . trishul invested 10 % less than raghu . if the total sum of their investments is rs . 6647 , how much amount did raghu invest ?
0general
sonika bought a v . c . r . at the list price of 18,800 . if the rate of sales tax was 8 % , find the amount she had to pay for purchasing the v . c . r .
2gain
a dishonest milkman wants to make a profit on the selling of milk . he would like to mix water ( costing nothing ) with milk costing rs . 42 per litre so as to make a profit of 20 % on cost when he sells the resulting milk and water mixture for rs . 48 in what ratio should he mix the water and milk ?
2gain
4524 - ? = 2456
0general
in a weight - lifting competition , the total weight of joe ' s two lifts was 600 pounds . if twice the weight of his first lift was 300 pounds more than the weight of his second lift , what was the weight , in pounds , of his first lift ?
0general
find the area of trapezium whose parallel sides are 20 cm and 18 cm long , and the distance between them is 12 cm .
1physics
in measuring the sides of a rectangle , one side is taken 8 % in excess , and the other 7 % in deficit . find the error percent in the area calculated from these measurements .
3geometry
what is the 9 th digit to the right of the decimal point in the decimal equivalent of 48 / 11 ?
0general
a is two years older than b who is twice as old as c . the total of the ages of a , b and c is 27 . how old is b ?
0general
find the value of x : x ² + 6 x + 9 .
0general
joe needs to paint all the airplane hangars at the airport , so he buys 360 gallons of paint to do the job . during the first week , he uses 1 / 6 of all the paint . during the second week , he uses 1 / 5 of the remaining paint . how many gallons of paint has joe used ?
1physics
the e train leaves station a moving at a constant speed , and passes by stations b and c , in this order . it takes the e train 7 hours to reach station b , and 5 additional hours to reach station c . the distance between stations a and b is m kilometers longer than the distance between stations b and c . what is the distance between stations a and c in terms of m ?
1physics
dana borrows 5000 pounds annually for her college education . if dana gives her parents 4 % of that amount back each month , how much will she still owe her parents after 4 years of college ?
2gain
a student scored an average of 75 marks in 3 subjects : physics , chemistry and mathematics . if the average marks in physics and mathematics is 90 and that in physics and chemistry is 70 , what are the marks in physics ?
0general
a positive number x is multiplied by 8 , and this product is then divided by 3 . if the positive square root of the result of these two operations equals x , what is the value of x ?
0general
a and b working together could mow a field in 28 days and with the help of c they could have mowed it in 21 days . how long would c take by himself ?
1physics
two employees x and y are paid a total of rs . 590 per week by their employer . if x is paid 120 percent of the sum paid to y , how much is y paid per week ?
0general
tom opened a shop investing rs . 30000 . jose joined him 2 months later , investing rs . 45000 . they earned a profit of rs . 36000 after completion of one year . what will be jose ' s share of profit ?
2gain
if 10 % of x = 20 % of y , then x : y is equal to ?
0general
in a certain math department , students are required to enroll in either calculus or trigonometry , each of which is offered in beginner and advanced courses . the number of students enrolled in trigonometry is 50 % greater than the number of students enrolled in calculus , and 70 % of calculus students are enrolled in the beginner course . if 4 / 5 of students are in the beginner courses , and one student is selected at random , what is the probability that a beginner trigonometry student is selected ?
2gain
a and b can do a work in 12 days , b and c in 30 days and c and a in 36 days . in how many days will the work be completed , if all three of them work together ?
1physics
if the median of a list of numbers is m , the first quartile of the list is the median of the numbers in the list that are less than m . what is the first quartile of the list of numbers 42 , 24 , 30 , 22 , 28 , 19 , 33 and 35 ?
0general
a and b can do a piece of work in 18 days ; band c can do it in 24 days a and c can do it in 36 days . in how many days will a , band c finish it together ?
1physics
what is the sum of all possible solutions to | x - 3 | ^ 2 + | x - 3 | = 30 ?
0general
let the number which when multiplied by 12 is increased by 198 .
0general
200 college students were asked in a survey if they preferred windows or mac brand computers . 70 students claimed that they preferred mac to windows brand computers . one third as many of the students who preferred mac to windows , equally preferred both brands . 80 of the students had no preference . how many of the students in the survey preferred windows to mac brand computers ?
5other
what is the smallest no . that should be added to 27452 to make it exactly divisible by 9 ?
0general
a circle graph shows how the megatech corporation allocates its research and development budget : 14 % microphotonics ; 25 % home electronics ; 15 % food additives ; 29 % genetically modified microorganisms ; 8 % industrial lubricants ; and the remainder for basic astrophysics . if the arc of each sector of the graph is proportional to the percentage of the budget it represents , how many degrees of the circle are used to represent basic astrophysics research ?
2gain
two trains 140 m and 160 m long run at the speed of 60 km / hr and 40 km / hr respectively in opposite directions on parallel tracks . the time ( in seconds ) which they take to cross each other , is :
1physics
a certain company that sells only cars and trucks reported that revenues from car sales in 1997 were down 11 percent from 1996 and revenues from truck sales were up 7 percent from 1996 . if total revenues from car sales and truck sales in 1997 were up 1 percent from 1996 , what is the ratio t of revenue from car sales in 1996 to revenue from truck sales in 1996 ?
5other
in a recent election , geoff received 0.5 percent of the 6,000 votes cast . to win the election , a candidate needed to receive more than x % of the vote . if geoff needed exactly 3,000 more votes to win the election , what is the value of x ?
2gain
if a ^ 3 is divisible by 240 what is the least possible value of integer a ?
0general
a goods train runs at a speed of 72 kmph and crosses a 250 m long platform in 26 seconds . what is the length of the goods train ?
1physics
a metallic sheet is of rectangular shape with dimensions 40 m x 30 m . from each of its corners , a square is cut off so as to make an open box . if the length of the square is 8 m , the volume of the box ( in m cube ) is :
3geometry
the average of temperatures at noontime from monday to friday is 60 ; the lowest one is 50 , what is the possible maximum range of the temperatures ?
0general
find the area of a rhombus one side of which measures 20 cm and one diagonal is 26 cm .
3geometry
what are the last two digits of ( 301 * 402 * 503 * 604 * 646 * 547 * 448 * 349 ) ^ 2
0general
if two of the 4 expressions x + y , x + 5 y , x - y , and 5 x - y are chosen at random , what is the probability t that their product will be of the form of x ^ 2 - ( by ) ^ 2 , where b is an integer ?
0general
if n = 2.0767 and n * is the decimal obtained by rounding n to the nearest hundredth , what is the value of n * – n ?
0general
list f consists of 12 consecutive integers . if - 4 is the least integer in list f , what is the range of positive integers in list f ?
0general
a man is 32 years older than his son . in two years , his age will be twice the age of his son . the present age of the son is ?
0general
a man can row upstream at 8 kmph and downstream at 13 kmph . the speed of the stream is ?
1physics
a vessel of capacity 30 litres is fully filled with pure milk . nine litres of milk is removed from the vessel and replaced with water . nine litres of the solution thus formed is removed and replaced with water . find the quantity of pure milk in the final milk solution ?
1physics
the tax on a commodity is diminished by 20 % but its consumption is increased by 5 % . find the decrease percent in the revenue derived from it ?
0general
if 15 ! / 3 ^ x is an integer , what is the greatest possible value of x ?
0general
how many cubes of 50 cm edge can be put in a cubical box of 1 m edge .
1physics
we have boxes colored either red or blue . in each blue box there is a fixed number of blueberries . in each red box there is a fixed number of strawberries . if we dispose of one blue box for one additional red box , the total number of berries would increase by 20 , and the difference between the total number of strawberries and the total number of blueberries would increase by 80 . each blue box contains how many blueberries ?
0general
a portion of the 90 % solution of chemicals was replaced with an equal amount of 20 % solution of chemicals . as a result , 40 % solution of chemicals resulted . what part of the original solution was replaced ?
2gain
in smithtown , the ratio of right - handed people to left - handed people is 3 to 1 and the ratio of men to women is 3 to 2 . if the number of right - handed men is maximized , then what s percent of all the people in smithtown are left - handed women ?
0general
a man is 24 years older than his son . in two years , his age will be twice the age of his son . the present age of this son is
0general
how many cubes of 10 cm edge can be put in a cubical box of 1 m edge
1physics
each of the integers from 1 to 14 is written on the a seperate index card and placed in a box . if the cards are drawn from the box at random without replecement , how many cards must be drawn to ensure that the product of all the integers drawn is even ?
0general
two trains of length 200 m and 300 m are 200 m apart . they start moving towards each other on parallel tracks , at speeds 36 kmph and 72 kmph . in how much time will the trains cross each other ?
1physics
a salesman ’ s terms were changed from a flat commission of 5 % on all his sales to a fixed salary of rs . 1200 plus 2.5 % commission on all sales exceeding rs . 4,000 . if his remuneration as per new scheme was rs . 1200 more than that by the previous schema , his sales were worth ?
0general
i chose a number and divide it by 6 . then i subtracted 15 from the result and got 5 . what was the number i chose ?
0general
veena ranks 44 rd from the top in a class of 182 . what is her rank from the bottom if 22 students have failed the examination ?
5other
an alloy of copper and zinc contains copper and zinc in the ratio 5 : 4 . another alloy of copper and zinc contains copper and zinc in the ratio 3 : 6 . in what ratio should the two alloys be mixed so that the resultant alloy contains equal proportions of copper and zinc ?
0general
find the area of a parallelogram with base 26 cm and height 14 cm ?
3geometry
after decreasing 24 % in the price of an article costs rs . 532 . find the actual cost of an article ?
2gain
a motorcyclist started riding at highway marker a , drove 120 miles to highway marker b , and then , without pausing , continued to highway marker c , where she stopped . the average speed of the motorcyclist , over the course of the entire trip , was 25 miles per hour . if the ride from marker a to marker b lasted 3 times as many hours as the rest of the ride , and the distance from marker b to marker c was half of the distance from marker a to marker b , what was the average speed , in miles per hour , of the motorcyclist while driving from marker b to marker c ?
1physics
an engineer designed a ball so that when it was dropped , it rose with each bounce exactly one - half as high as it had fallen . the engineer dropped the ball from a 16 - meter platform and caught it after it had traveled 44.5 meters . how many times did the ball bounce ?
0general
of 70 players on a cricket team , 37 are throwers . the rest of the team is divided so one third are left - handed and the rest are right handed . assuming that all throwers are right handed , how many right - handed players are there total ?
0general
a rectangular grass field is 75 m * 55 m , it has a path of 2.5 m wide all round it on the outside . find the area of the path and the cost of constructing it at rs . 5 per sq m ?
3geometry
an integer n between 1 and 100 , inclusive , is to be chosen at random . what is the probability that n ( n + 1 ) will be divisible by 4 ?
0general
the product of two numbers is 120 and the sum of their squares is 289 . the sum of the number is ?
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 1400 were finally selected , what was the value of n ?
0general
express a speed of 342 kmph in meters per second ?
1physics
how many positive integers less than 50 are multiples of 3 but not multiples of 5 ?
0general
out of 9 persons , 8 persons spent rs . 30 each for their meals . the ninth one spent rs . 20 more than the average expenditure of all the 9 . the total money spent by all of them was
0general
a driver just filled the car ' s gas tank with 36 liters of gasohol , a mixture consisting of 5 % ethanol and 95 % gasoline . if the car runs best on a mixture consisting of 10 % ethanol and 90 % gasoline , how many liters of ethanol must be added into the gas tank for the car to achieve optimum performance ?
0general
a cylinder and a cone have the same height and same radius of base . the ratio between the volumes of the cylinder and the cone is :
3geometry
when working alone , painter w can paint a room in 2 hours , and working alone , painter x can paint the same room in f hours . when the two painters work together and independently , they can paint the room in 3 / 4 of an hour . what is the value of f ?
1physics