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60 % of a number is added to 120 , the result is the same number . find the number ?
2gain
in a 60 member association consisting of men and women , exactly 20 % of men and exactly 25 % women are homeowners . what is the least number of members who are homeowners ?
0general
if a card is drawn from a well shuffled pack of cards , the probability of drawing a spade or a king is -
4probability
a man swims downstream 30 km and upstream 18 km taking 6 hours each time , what is the speed of the man in still water ?
1physics
what is the least value of x . so that 23 x 59 is divisible by 3 .
0general
if the sum of the 4 th term and the 12 th term of an arithmetic progression is 16 , what is the sum of the first 15 terms of the progression ?
0general
the side of a square is increased by 25 % then how much % does its area increases ?
3geometry
if x = 1 - 2 t and y = 2 t - 2 , then for what value of t does x = y ?
0general
pipes a and b can fill a tank in 6 and 4 hours . pipe c can empty it in 12 hours . if all pipes are opened together , then the tank will be filled in ?
1physics
hall is 15 m long and 12 m broad . if the sum of the areas of the floor and the ceiling is equal to the sum of the areas of four walls , the volume of the hall is :
3geometry
a candidate got 35 % of the votes polled and he lost to his rival by 2370 votes . how many votes were cast ?
2gain
sonika bought a v . c . r . at the list price of 18,500 . if the rate of sales tax was 8 % , find the amount she had to pay for purchasing the v . c . r .
2gain
a cistern 6 m long and 4 m wide contains water up to a depth of 1 m 25 cm . the total area of the west surface is :
1physics
at the wholesale store you can buy an 8 - pack of hot dogs for $ 1.55 , a 20 - pack for $ 3.05 , and a 250 - pack for $ 22.95 . what is the greatest number of hot dogs you can buy at this store with $ 220 ?
0general
if ( n + 2 ) ! / n ! = 90 , n = ?
0general
abcd is a square . f and e are the midpoints of sides ad and cd , respectively . the area of triangle fed is 2 square inches . what is the area of square abcd ( in square inches ) ?
3geometry
the triplicate ratio of 1 : 7 is ?
5other
what profit percent is made by selling an article at a certain price , if by selling at 3 / 4 rd of that price , there would be a loss of 20 % ?
2gain
275.124 x 16.98 ã · 5.001 + 22.22 = ?
0general
a clock store sold a certain clock to a collector for 30 percent more than the store had originally paid for the clock . when the collector tried to resell the clock to the store , the store bought it back at 60 percent of what the collector had paid . the shop then sold the clock again at a profit of 90 percent on its buy - back price . if the difference between the clock ' s original cost to the shop and the clock ' s buy - back price was $ 150 , for how much did the shop sell the clock the second time ?
0general
a certain junior class has 1000 students and a certain senior class has 900 students . among these students , there are 60 siblings pairs each consisting of 1 junior and 1 senior . if 1 student is to be selected at random from each class , what is the probability that the 2 students selected will be a sibling pair ?
4probability
a money lender lent rs . 1000 at 3 % per year and rs . 1400 at 3 % per year . the amount should be returned to him when the total interest comes to rs . 350 . find the number of years .
2gain
by weight , liquid x makes up 0.8 percent of solution a and 1.8 percent of solution b . if 400 grams of solution a are mixed with 700 grams of solution b , then liquid x accounts for what percent of the weight of the resulting solution ?
2gain
if a - b = 3 and a ( power 2 ) + b ( power 2 ) = 21 , find the value of ab .
0general
out of 460 students of a school , 325 play football , 175 play cricket and 50 neither play football nor cricket . how many students play both football and cricket ?
5other
in a 8 x 8 chess board what is the total number of squares .
0general
in a division , divident is 686 , divisior is 36 and quotient is 19 . find the remainder .
0general
a can do a work in 15 days and b in 20 days . if they work on it together for 4 days , then the fraction of the work that is left is :
1physics
rakesh credits 15 % of his salary in his fixed deposit account and spends 30 % of the remaining amount on groceries . if the cash in hand is rs . 2380 , what is his salary ?
2gain
a salesman â € ™ s terms were changed from a flat commission of 5 % on all his sales to a fixed salary of rs . 1000 plus 2.5 % commission on all sales exceeding rs . 4,000 . if his remuneration as per new scheme was rs . 600 more than that by the previous schema , his sales were worth
0general
if a light flashes every 6 seconds , how many times will it flash in ¾ of an hour ?
1physics
by selling an article at rs . 400 , a profit of 60 % is made . find its cost price ?
2gain
while working alone at their constant rates , computer x can process 240 files in 12 hours , and computer y can process 240 files in 3 hours . if all files processed by these computers are the same size , how many hours would it take the two computers , working at the same time at their respective constant rates , to process a total of 240 files ?
1physics
on dividing a number by 357 , we get 39 as remainder . on dividing the same number 17 , what will be the remainder ?
0general
two dogsled teams raced across a 300 mile course in wyoming . team a finished the course in 3 fewer hours than team r . if team a ' s average speed was 5 mph greater than team r ' s , what was team r ' s average mph ?
1physics
the average marks of a class of 24 students is 40 and that of another class of 50 students is 60 . find the average marks of all the students ?
0general
each month a retailer sells 100 identical items . on each item he makes a profit of $ 30 that constitutes 10 % of the item ' s price to the retailer . if the retailer contemplates giving a 5 % discount on the items he sells , what is the least number of items he will have to sell each month to justify the policy of the discount ?
2gain
if x gets 25 % more than y and y gets 20 % more than z , the share of z out of rs . 555 will be :
0general
for integers x , y , and z , if ( 3 ^ x ) ( 4 ^ y ) ( 5 ^ z ) = 13107 , 200000 and x + y + z = 16 , what is the value of xy / z ?
0general
the length of a rectangular plot is thrice its breadth . if the area of the rectangular plot is 972 sq m , then what is the breadth of the rectangular plot ?
3geometry
the mean of 15 observations was 25 . it was found later that an observation 40 was wrongly taken as 25 . the corrected new mean is
0general
what is the area of a square field whose diagonal of length 24 m ?
3geometry
if 40 % of a number is equal to two - thirds of another number , what is the ratio of the first number to the second ?
0general
( x ) + 3612 + 16125 - 6149 = 90189 . calculate the value of x
0general
if the radius of a circle is increased by 12 % , then the area of the circle
3geometry
a grocer has a sale of rs . 2500 , rs . 6500 , rs . 9855 , rs . 7230 and rs . 7000 for 5 consecutive months . how much sale must he have in the sixth month so that he gets an average sale of rs . 7500 ?
0general
a cyclist bikes x distance at 20 miles per hour and returns over the same path at 16 miles per hour . what is the cyclist ' s average rate for the round trip in miles per hour ?
1physics
if a is an integer greater than 6 but less than 17 and b is an integer greater than 3 but less than 29 , what is the range of a / b ?
0general
increasing the original price of a certain item by 25 percent and then increasing the new price by 25 percent is equivalent to increasing the original price by what percent ?
2gain
ramu bought an old car for rs . 42000 . he spent rs . 13000 on repairs and sold it for rs . 61900 . what is his profit percent ?
2gain
increasing the original price of an article by 5 percent and then increasing the new price by 5 percent is equivalent to increasing the original price by
2gain
there are 1200 jelly beans divided between two jars , jar x and jar y . if there are 400 fewer jelly beans in jar x than 3 times the number of beans in jar y , how many beans are in jar x ?
0general
if x is 20 percent more than y and y is 70 percent less than z , then x is what percent of z ?
0general
how many alphabets need to be there in a language if one were to make 1 million distinct 3 digit initials using the alphabets of the language ?
0general
a train covers a distance of 12 km in 10 min . if it takes 8 sec to pass a telegraph post , then the length of the train is ?
1physics
at a certain restaurant , the ratio of the number of cooks to the number of waiters is 3 to 11 . when 12 more waiters are hired , the ratio of the number of cooks to the number of waiters changes to 3 to 14 . how many cooks does the restaurant have ?
5other
bruce purchased 8 kg of grapes at the rate of 70 per kg and 11 kg of mangoes at the rate of 55 per kg . how much amount did he pay to the shopkeeper ?
2gain
a 56 gallon solution of salt and water is 10 % salt . how many gallons of water must be added to the solution in order to decrease the salt to 8 % of the volume ?
0general
a , b and c invest in the ratio of 3 : 4 : 5 . the percentage of return on their investments are in the ratio of 6 : 5 : 4 . find the total earnings , if b earns rs . 120 more than a :
0general
if log 2 = 0.3010 and log 3 = 0.4771 , the value of log 5 ( 512 )
5other
what is the smallest positive integer x such that 507 + x is the cube of a positive integer ?
0general
a train which has 440 m long , is running 45 kmph . in what time will it cross a person moving at 9 kmph in same direction ?
1physics
two numbers have a h . c . f of 16 and a product of two numbers is 2560 . find the l . c . m of the two numbers ?
1physics
what is the tens digit of 36 ^ 4 ?
0general
in an examination , there were 2,000 candidates , out of which 900 candidates were girls and rest were boys . if 38 % of the boys and 32 % of the girls passed , then the total percentage of failed candidates is ?
0general
an article is bought for rs . 600 and sold for rs . 450 , find the loss percent ?
2gain
0.003 * 0.5 = ?
0general
a man rows his boat 60 km downstream and 30 km upstream taking 3 hrs each time . find the speed of the stream ?
1physics
the ratio of the amount of the oil bill for the month of february to the amount of the oil bill for the month of january was 3 : 2 . if the oil bill for february had been $ 10 more , the corresponding ratio would have been 5 : 3 . how much was the oil bill for january ?
0general
what is the average ( arithmetic mean ) of all multiples of 10 from 10 to 600 inclusive ?
0general
a $ 74.95 lawn chair was sold for $ 59.95 at a special sale . by approximately what percent was the price decreased ?
0general
if rs . 595 be divided among a , b , c in such a way that a gets 2 / 3 of what b gets and b gets 1 / 4 of what c gets , then their shares are respectively ?
0general
a part - time employee ’ s hourly wage was increased by 50 % . she decided to decrease the number of hours worked per week so that her total income did not change . by approximately what percent should the number of hours worked be decreased ?
0general
cereal a is 10 % sugar by weight , whereas healthier but less delicious cereal b is 3 % sugar by weight . to make a delicious and healthy mixture that is 5 % sugar , what should be the ratio of cereal a to cereal b , by weight ?
0general
the q train leaves station a moving at a constant speed , and passes by stations b and c , in this order . it takes the q 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
what is the area of a square field whose sides have a length of 12 meters ?
3geometry
if 4 a – 2 b – 2 c = 32 and √ 3 a - √ ( 2 b + 2 c ) = 4 , what is the value of a + b + c ?
0general
a room is 6 meters 24 centimeters in length and 4 meters 32 centimeters in width . find the least number of square tiles of equal size required to cover the entire floor of the room .
0general
how many integers are between 8 and 122 / 7 , inclusive ?
0general
what percent of 10 is 10 percent of 1 ?
2gain
there are 60 supermarkets in the fgh chain . all of them are either in the us or canada . if there are 14 more fgh supermarkets in the us than in canada , how many fgh supermarkets are there in the us ?
0general
a man sitting in a train which is traveling at 50 kmph observes that a goods train , traveling in opposite direction , takes 9 seconds to pass him . if the goods train is 280 m long , find its speed . ?
1physics
the cricket team of 11 members is 26 yrs old & the wicket keeper is 3 yrs older . if the ages ofthese 2 are excluded , the average age of the remainingplayers is 1 year less than the average age of the whole team . what is the average age of the team ?
0general
the true discount on a bill of rs . 2160 is rs . 360 . what is the banker ' s discount ?
2gain
if the cost price is 82 % of the selling price , then what is the profit percent ?
2gain
the average of first six prime numbers which are between 50 and 90 is
0general
if 0.5 % of a = 85 paise , then the value of a is ?
2gain
suganya and suriya are partners in a business . suganya invests rs . 15,000 for 8 months and suriya invests rs . 42,000 for 10 months . out of a profit of rs . 31,570 . suganya ' s share is
2gain
find the compound interest on $ 1200 for 5 years at 20 % p . a . if ci is component yearly ?
2gain
a person want to give his money of $ 15800 to his 4 children a , b , c , d in the ratio 5 : 9 : 6 : 5 . what is the a + c share ?
5other
a certain class of students is being divided into teams . the class can either be divided into 12 teams with an equal number of players on each team or 24 teams with an equal number of players on each team . what is the lowest possible number of students in the class ?
0general
a group of 6 children and 10 adults are going to the zoo . child tickets cost $ 10 , and adult tickets cost $ 16 . how much will the zoo tickets cost in all ?
0general
the price of rice falls by 40 % . how much rice can be bought now with the money that was sufficient to buy 20 kg of rice previously ?
2gain
the sum of the squares of three numbers is 138 , while the sum of their products taken two at a time is 131 . find the sum ?
0general
divide rs . 1200 among a , b and c so that a receives 1 / 3 as much as b and c together and b receives 2 / 3 as a and c together . a ' s share is ?
0general
108 . triangle a ’ s base is 9 % greater than the base of triangle b , and a ’ s height is 9 % less than the height of triangle b . the area of triangle a is what percent less or more than the area of triangle b ?
3geometry
tourist purchased a total of 30 travelers checks in $ 50 and $ 100 denominations . the total worth of the travelers checks is $ 1800 . how many checks of $ 50 denominations can he spend so that average amount ( arithmetic mean ) of the remaining travelers checks is $ 62.5 ?
0general
what will be the compound interest on rs . 40000 after 3 years at the rate of 12 % per annum
2gain
how many pieces of 75 cm can be cut from a rope 54 meters long ?
1physics
working alone , printers x , y , and z can do a certain printing job , consisting of a large number of pages , in 16 , 10 , and 20 hours , respectively . what is the ratio of the time it takes printer x to do the job , working alone at its rate , to the time it takes printers y and z to do the job , working together at their individual rates ?
0general