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the salary of a worker is first increased by 25 % and afterwards reduced by 25 % . what is the net change in the worker ' s salary ?
2gain
a certain lab experiments with white and brown mice only . in one experiment , 2 / 3 of the mice are white . if there are 13 brown mice in the experiment , how many mice in total are in the experiment ?
0general
perimeter of front wheel = 30 , back wheel = 20 . if front wheel revolves 240 times . how many revolutions will the back wheel take ?
0general
15 litres of mixture contains 25 % alcohol and the rest water . if 3 litres of water be mixed with it , the percentage of alcohol in the new mixture would be ?
2gain
rs . 800 becomes rs . 956 in 3 years at a certain rate of simple interest . if the rate of interest is increased by 4 % , what amount will rs . 800 become in 3 years ?
2gain
a certain college ' s enrollment at the beginning of 1992 was 20 percent greater than it was at the beginning of 1991 , and its enrollment at the beginning of 1993 was 15 percent greater than it was at the beginning of 1992 . the college ' s enrollment at the beginning of 1993 was what percent greater than its enrollment at the beginning of 1991 ?
2gain
sonika deposited rs . 6200 which amounted to rs . 7200 after 5 years at simple interest . had the interest been 3 % more . she would get how much ?
2gain
a bag of potatoes weighs 50 lbs divided by half of its weight . how much does the bag of potatoes weight ?
0general
if x is a positive integer , then the least value of x for which x ! is divisible by 100,000 is ? can someone please explain intuitively what the question is asking ?
0general
there is enough provisions for 600 men in an army camp for 25 days . if there were 200 men less , how long will the provision last ?
1physics
a person spent rs . 8,550 from his salary on food and 8,640 on house rent . after that he was left with 40 % of his monthly salary . what is his monthly salary ?
2gain
when x is multiplied by 3 , the result is 26 more than the result of subtracting x from 62 . what is the value of x ?
0general
find the principle on a certain sum of money at 6 % per annum for 2 2 / 5 years if the amount being rs . 1120 ?
0general
my watch gains 5 min every hour . how many degrees the second hand moves in every min ?
1physics
if 5 cats can kill 5 rats in 5 minutes , how long will it take 100 cats to kill 100 rats ?
1physics
4.2 x 4.2 - 1.9 x 1.9 / 2.3 x 6.1 is equal to :
0general
a collection of books went on sale , and 2 / 3 of them were sold for $ 4 each . if none of the 36 remaining books were sold , what was the total amount received for the books that were sold ?
0general
calculate the number of bricks , each measuring 25 cm x 15 cm x 8 cm required to construct a wall of dimensions 10 m x 4 m x 5 m when 10 % of its volume is occupied by concrete ?
1physics
in how many ways 5 boys and 5 girls can be seated in a row so that boys and girls are alternate ?
4probability
the average monthly salary of laborers and supervisors in a factory is rs . 1250 per month ; where as the average monthly salary of 6 supervisors is rs . 2450 . if the average monthly salary of the laborers is rs . 850 find the number of laborers ?
0general
in a digital circuit which was to implement ( a b ) + ( a ) xor ( b ) , the designer implements ( a b ) ( a ) xor ( b ) what is the probability of error in it ?
0general
if 4 men can colour 48 m long cloth in 2 days , then 5 men can colour 36 m long cloth in
1physics
a man gains 10 % by selling an article for a certain price . if he sells it at double the price , the percentage of profit will be .
2gain
man 1 does a work in 10 days and man 2 does the same work in 15 days . in how many days they together will do the same work ?
1physics
from a container having pure milk , 20 % is replaced by water and the process is repeated thrice . at the end of the third operation , the milk is
5other
what is the greatest positive integer x such that 3 ^ x is a factor of 9 ^ 6 ?
0general
1396 x 1396
0general
a man invested rs . 4940 in rs . 10 shares quoted at rs . 9.50 . if the rate of dividend be 14 % , his annual income is
2gain
if 20 gallons of grape juice are added to 40 gallons of a mixture , which contains 10 percent grape juice then what percent of the resulting mixture is grape juice ?
0general
the l . c . m . of two numbers is 30 . the numbers are in the ratio 2 : 3 . then sum of the number is :
5other
a box has exactly 100 balls , and each ball is either red , blue , or white . if the box has 12 more blue balls than white balls , and twice as many red balls as blue balls , how many white balls does the box has ?
0general
bill and jane play a simple game involving two fair dice , each of which has 6 sides numbered from 1 to 6 ( with an equal chance of landing on any side ) . bill rolls the dice and his score is the total of the two dice . jane then rolls the dice and her score is the total of her two dice . if jane ’ s score is higher than bill ’ s , she wins the game . what is the probability the jane will win the game ?
4probability
the total age of a and b is 11 years more than the total age of b and c . c is how many year younger than a
0general
if the sides of a triangle are 30 cm , 40 cm and 50 cm , what is its area ?
3geometry
the area of an equilateral triangle is subtracted from its base , and the perimeter is then added to this total , the result is 4 . what is the height of the equilateral triangle if its base is 2 ?
3geometry
( 6 ! - 4 ! ) / 5 ! = ?
0general
a sum of money is sufficient to pay p ' s wages for 24 days and q ' s wages for 40 days . the same money is sufficient to pay the wages of both for ?
0general
if i walk at 5 km / h , i miss the bus by 9 minutes . if i walk at 3 km / h , i reach 6 minutes before the arrival of the bus . how far i walk to reach the bus stand ?
1physics
tom opened a shop investing rs . 30000 . jose joined him 2 months later , investing rs . 45000 . they earned a profit of rs . 27000 after completion of one year . what will be jose ' s share of profit ?
2gain
how many numbers from 10 to 50 are exactly divisible by 9 ?
0general
a certain family has 3 sons : richard is 6 years older than david , and david is 8 years older than scott . if in 8 years , richard will be twice as old as scott , then how old was david 7 years ago ?
0general
in a competitive examination in state a , 6 % candidates got selected from the total appeared candidates . state b had an equal number of candidates appeared and 7 % candidates got selected with 84 more candidates got selected than a . what was the number of candidates appeared from each state ?
0general
find the area of a parallelogram with base 34 cm and height 18 cm ?
3geometry
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 10 hours of the journey ?
1physics
in a sports club with 35 members , 15 play badminton and 18 play tennis and 5 do not play either . how many members play both badminton and tennis ?
5other
on day one , a store sold 96 pens . on each of the next d days , the company sold 44 pens . if the average daily sales of pens over this time period ( including day one ) is 48 pens , what is the value of d ?
0general
walking 7 / 6 of his usual rate , a boy reaches his school 5 min early . find his usual time to reach the school ?
2gain
carrie likes to buy t - shirts at the local clothing store . they cost $ 9.15 each . one day , she bought 22 t - shirts . how much money did she spend ?
0general
there were two candidates in an election . winner candidate received 56 % of votes and won the election by 288 votes . find the number of votes casted to the winning candidate ?
2gain
243 has been divided into 3 parts such that half of the first part , one - third of the second part and one - fourth of the third part are equal . the largest part is ?
0general
in the rectangular coordinate system , points ( 8 , 0 ) and ( – 8 , 0 ) both lie on circle c . what is the maximum possible value of the radius of c ?
3geometry
a polling company surveyed a certain country , and it found that 35 % of that country ’ s registered voters had an unfavorable impression of both of that state ’ s major political parties and that 20 % had a favorable impression only of party e . if one registered voter has a favorable impression of both parties for every two registered voters who have a favorable impression only of party b , then what percentage of the country ’ s registered voters have a favorable impression of both parties ( assuming that respondents to the poll were given a choice between favorable and unfavorable impressions only ) ?
2gain
if y ¤ w = y ^ ( 2 w ) for all positive integers , then ( 3 ¤ 4 ) ¤ 2 =
0general
a circular rim a having a diameter of 45 inches is rotating at the rate of x inches / min . another circular rim b with a diameter of 30 inches is rotating at the rate of y inches / min . what is the value of y in terms of x , if both the rims reach their starting positions at the same time after every rotation .
3geometry
a typist uses a sheet measuring 20 cm by 30 cm lengthwise . if a margin of 2 cm is left on each side and a 3 cm margin on top and bottom , then percent of the page used for typing is
2gain
the h . c . f . of two numbers is 12 and their difference is 12 . the numbers are :
0general
john , james and jim ' investment ratio in a business is 4 : 7 : 9 . if total total investment is 80000 . find jim ' s investment ?
5other
two persons a and b can complete a piece of work in 30 days and 45 days respectively . if they work together , what part of the work will be completed in 3 days ?
1physics
calculate how long it will take a swimmer to swim a distance of 8 km against the current of a river which flows at 1.4 km / hr , given that he can swim in still water at 3 km / h
2gain
if a no . when divided by 44 , gives 432 as quotient and 0 as remainder . what will be the remainder when dividing the same no . by 39
0general
a satellite is composed of 24 modular units , each of which is equipped with a set of sensors , some of which have been upgraded . each unit contains the same number of non - upgraded sensors . if the number of non - upgraded sensors on one unit is 1 / 8 the total number of upgraded sensors on the entire satellite , what fraction of the sensors on the satellite have been upgraded ?
0general
if the operation ø is defined for all positive integers x and w by x ø w = ( 2 ^ x ) / ( 2 ^ w ) then ( 4 ø 2 ) ø 1 = ?
0general
if 3 ^ x * 4 ^ y = 531,441 and x – y = 12 , then x = ?
0general
a man buys a cycle for rs . 2300 and sells it at a loss of 30 % . what is the selling price of the cycle ?
2gain
how many hours are there in 660 minutes ?
1physics
a is twice as good a workman as b and they took 9 days together to do the work b alone can do it in ?
1physics
tom read a book containing 480 pages by reading the same number of pages each day . if he would have finished the book 5 days earlier by reading 16 pages a day more , how many days did tom spend reading the book ?
0general
ajay and vijay have some marbles with them . ajay told vijay ` ` if you give me ' x ' marbles , both of us will have equal number of marbles ' ' . vijay then told ajay ` ` if you give me twice as many marbles , i will have 30 more marbles than you would ' ' . find ' x ' ?
0general
the average of temperatures at noontime from monday to friday is 45 ; the lowest one is 42 , what is the possible maximum range of the temperatures ?
0general
david is 12 years older than his daughter rosy . in 4 years david will be twice as old as rosy . what is rosy current age .
0general
one - third of 1200 is what percent of 236 ?
2gain
if 2 is the remainder when m is divided by 5 , what is the remainder when 3 m is divided by 5 ?
1physics
the population of a town is 8100 . it decreases annually at the rate of 10 % p . a . what was its population 2 years ago ?
2gain
average age of students of an adult school is 48 years . 120 new students whose average age is 32 years joined the school . as a result the average age is decreased by 4 years . find the number of students of the school after joining of the new students .
0general
if 9 - 4 / x = 7 + 8 / x , then x =
0general
calculate the circumference of a circular field whose radius is 4 centimeters .
1physics
it costs $ 4 for the first 1 / 4 hour to use the laundry machine at the laundromat . after the first ¼ hour it costs $ 12 per hour . if a certain customer uses the laundry machine for 3 hours and 25 minutes , how much will it cost him ?
1physics
the ratio of money with ram and gopal is 7 : 17 and that with gopal and krishan is 7 : 17 . if ram has rs . 637 , krishan has ?
5other
last week david spent 40 percent of his wages on recreation . this week , his wages are 5 percent less than last week ʼ s wages and he spent 50 percent of his wages on recreation . the amount he spends on recreation this week is what percent of the amount he spent on recreation last week
0general
the data a and b are equal to the data subtracted c ; the data b is 3 times the data a ; if the data a is equal to 12 what is the sum of the data a , b and c ?
0general
the population of a town is 30000 . it decreases annually at the rate of 20 % p . a . what will be its population after 2 years ?
2gain
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 . 150 more than a :
0general
a man can row downstream at 18 kmph and upstream at 6 kmph . find the speed of the man in still water and the speed of stream respectively ?
1physics
the ratio of 3 numbers is 1 : 2 : 4 and the sum of their squares is 1701 . the sum of the numbers is ?
5other
a lady builds 10 cm length , 18 cm width , and 4 cm height box using 12 cubic cm cubes . what is the minimum number of cubes required to build the box ?
3geometry
the sum of the first 80 positive even integers is 2,550 . what is the sum of the odd integers from 101 to 200 , inclusive ?
0general
a 300 m long train crosses a platform in 45 sec while it crosses a signal pole in 18 sec . what is the length of the platform ?
1physics
in assembling a bluetooth device , a factory uses one of two kinds of modules . one module costs $ 10 and the other one , that is cheaper , costs $ 3.5 . the factory holds a $ 45 worth stock of 11 modules . how many of the modules in the stock are of the cheaper kind ?
5other
the average salary of all the workers in a workshop is rs . 10000 . the average salary of 7 technicians is rs . 12000 and the average salary of the rest is rs . 8000 . the total number of workers in the workshop is :
0general
a salt manufacturing company produced a total of 4000 tonnes of salt in january of a particular year . starting from february its production increased by 100 tonnes every month over the previous months until the end of the year . find its ave 66 rage daily production for that year ?
0general
a little girl is numbering her collection of butterflies by placing single - digit stickers under each specimen . if the girl has 330 butterflies , how many stickers does she need ? ( the numbers are consecutive and the number of the first butterfly is 1 ) .
1physics
a batsman in his 17 th innings makes a score of 80 , and thereby increases his average by 2 . what is his average after the 17 th innings ? he had never been ’ not out ’ .
0general
19 times a number gives 342 . the number is
0general
1.45 , 2.56 , 4.78 , 8.11 , 12.55 , ( . . . . )
0general
how many positive integers less than 1000 are multiples of 5 but not of 4 or 7 ?
0general
a trader bought a car at 20 % discount on its original price . he sold it at a 45 % increase on the price he bought it . what percent of profit did he make on the original price ?
2gain
the diagonal of the floor of a rectangular closet is 7 feet . the shorter side of the closet is 4 feet . what is the area of the closet in square feet ?
3geometry
whats the reminder when 445876 , 985420 , 215546 , 656452 is divided by 8
0general
each day a man meets his wife at the train station after work , and then she drives him home . she always arrives exactly on time to pick him up . one day he catches an earlier train and arrives at the station an hour early . he immediately begins walking home along the same route the wife drives . eventually his wife sees him on her way to the station and drives him the rest of the way home . when they arrive home the man notices that they arrived 10 minutes earlier than usual . how much time did the man spend walking ?
1physics
in what time will a railway train 75 m long moving at the rate of 50 kmph pass a telegraph post on its way ?
1physics