1. Two pencils costs 8 cents, then 5 pencils cost how much (Ans:20 cents).
2. A work is done by the people in 24 min. one of them can do this work a lonely in 40 min. how much time required to do the same work for the second person. (ans:60 min.)
3. A car is filled with four and half gallons of oil for fullround trip. fuel is taken 1/4 gallons mor3 in going than coming. what is the fiel consumed in coming up? (2 gallons)
4. low temperature at the night in a city is 1/3 more than 1/2 hinge as higher temperature in a day. sum of the low temp and higherst temp is 100C. then what is the low temperature (40 C)
5. A person who decided to go weekend trip should not exceed 8hoursdriving in a day Average speed of forward journy is 40 mph. due to traffic in sundays, the return journey average speed is 30 mph. how far he can select a picnic spot (120 miles).
6. A sales person multiplied a number and get the answer is 3,instead of that number divided by 3. what is th answer he actuallyhas to get ? (1/3).
7. A ship started from port and moving with I mph and another shipstarted from L and moving with H mph. At which place these two ships meet ? ( Ans is between I and J and close to J)
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port G H I J K L
8. A building with hight D ft shadow upto G A neighbour building
with what height shadow C ft is (B ft.)
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A B C D E F G H
9. A person was fined for exceeding the speed limit by 10 mph.Anotherperson was also fined for exceeding the same speed limit by twicethe same. If the second person was travelling at a speed of 35mph. find the speed limit (15 mph)
10. A bus started from bustand at 8.00a m and after 30 min stayingat destination, it returned back to the bustand. the destination is 27 miles from the bustand. the speed of the bus 50 percent fastspeed.at what time it retur4ns to the bustand (11.00)
11.in a mixture, R is 2 parts, S is 1 part. in order to make S to25% of the mixture, howmuch R is to be added ( one part).
12. wind flows 160 miles in 330 min, for 80 miles how much timerequired.
13. with 4/5 full tank vehicle travels 12 miles, with 1/3 full tank how much distance travels ( 5 miles).
14. two trees are there. one grows at 3/5 of the other. in 4 years, total growth of trees is 8 ft. what growth will smaller tree willhave in 2 years. (<2ft)
15. A storm will move with a velocity of towords the center inhours. At the same rate how much far will it move in hrs.
(but Ans is 8/3 or 2 2/3).
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1. If two pencils cost 8 cents, then how much do 5 pencils cost?Ans. 20 cents
2. Some work is done by two people in 24 minutes. One of them can do this work alone in 40 minutes. How much time does the second person take to do the same work ? Ans. 60 minutes
3. A car is filled with four and half gallons of fuel for a round trip.If the amount of fuel taken while going is 1/4 more than the amount taken for coming, what is the amount of fuel consumed while coming back? Ans.2 gallons
4. The lowest temperature in the night in a city A is 1/3 more than 1/2 the highest during the day. Sum of the lowest temperature and the highest temperature is 100 degrees. Then what is the low temp? Ans.40 degrees
5. Javagal, who decided to go to weekened trip should not exceed 8 hours driving in a day. The average speed of forward journey is 40 miles/hr.Due to traffic on sundays, the return journey's average speed is 30 m/h. How far he can select a picnic spot?
a) 120 miles b) between 120 and 140 miles c) 160 miles
Ans. 120 miles
6. A salesperson by mistake multiplied a number and got the answer as 3, instead of dividing the number by 3.What is the answer he should have actually got? Ans. 3
7. A building with height D shadow upto G. What is the height of a neighbouring building with a shadow of C feet. Ans. (C*D)/G
8. A person was fined for exceeding the speed limit by 10 mph. Another person was also fined for exceeding the same speed limit by twice the same. If the second person was travelling at a speed of 35 mph, find the speed limit. Ans. 15 mph
9. A bus started from bustand at 8.00am, and after staying for 30 minutes at a destination, it returned back to the busstand. The destination is 27 miles from the busstand. The speed of the bus is 18mph. During the return journey bus travels with 50% faster speed.At what time does it return to the busstand? Ans. 11.00am
10. In a mixture, R is 2 parts and S is 1 part. In order to make S to 25% of the mixture, how much of R is to be added?
Ans.One part of R
11. Wind flows 160 miles in 330 min, for travelling 80 miles how much time does it require?Ans. 2 hrs 45 mins
12. With a 4/5 full tank a vehicle can travel 12 miles, how far can it travel with a 1/3 full tank Ans. 5 miles
13. There are two trees in a lawn. One grows at a rate 3/5 of the other in 4 years. If the total growth of trees is 8 ft. What is the height of the smaller tree after 2 years Ans. 1 1/2 feet
14. Refer to the figure below.A ship started from P and moves at a speed of I miles per hour and another ship starts from L and moving with H miles per hour simultaneously.Where do the two ships meet?
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PG H I J K L are the various stops in between denoted by || . The values g, h, i, j, k, l denote the distance between the ports.
Ans. Between I and J, closer to J
15. If A is travelling at 72 km per hour on a highway. B is travelling at a speed of 25 meters per second on a highway. What is the difference in their speeds in m/sec. Ans. 1 m/sec
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