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Siva used up one third of a cup of apple juice in place of one fourth of a cup of orange juice in his smoothie. How many cups of apple juice will he use in place of 1 cup of orange juice?
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Sep 1, 2016
Siva used up one third of a cup of apple juice in place of one fourth of a cup of orange juice.Four ...
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Shyam used one third of a bottle of vinegar last month and used up one sixth today. How much vinegar is left in decimals?
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Sep 1, 2016
Total vinegar used up $\large\frac{1}{3}$$ + \large\frac{1}{6}$$ = \large\frac{2+1}{6}$$ = \large\fr...
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Vidya has 2 bottles of vinegar. She used 1 and a half bottles last week and used one fifth of a bottle today. How much vinegar is left in decimals?
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Sep 1, 2016
She started with 2 bottles and used up one and half last week. So she had $2 - 1\large\frac{1}{2}$$ ...
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Ram has Rs. 50. He used $\large\frac{3}{10}$ of it to buy an ice-cream. How much did the ice-cream cost?
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Sep 1, 2016
Money spent on ice-cream $ = \large\frac{3}{10}$$\times 50 = 3 \times 5 = 15$
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Ram has Rs. 50. He used $\large\frac{1}{10}$ of it to buy an ice-cream. How much money is left with him?
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Sep 1, 2016
Money spent on ice-cream $ = \large\frac{1}{10}$$\times 50 = 5$Therefore money left with Ram $ = 50 ...
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Bob reads 80 pages a day except Saturdays. How many pages did Bob read in a year (1 year = 52 weeks)?
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Sep 1, 2016
Total number of pages read per week = 80 x 6 = 480 (Bob reads 80 pages a day except Saturdays)Total...
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Chris read 120 pages a day except Sundays. How many pages did Chris read in 21 weeks?
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Sep 1, 2016
Total number of pages read per week = 120 x 6 = 720 (Chris does not read on Sundays)Total number of ...
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Ravi read 420 pages a day except Fridays and Mondays. How many pages did he read in 5 weeks?
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Sep 1, 2016
Total number of pages read per week = 420 x 5 = 2100 (Ravi does not read Mondays and Fridays).Total ...
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The library bought 84039 science books, 13467 novels and 13093 comics. How many books did the library buy in all?
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Sep 1, 2016
Total number of books procured by the library:
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Ramu is a driver who drove 213404, 134558 and 233445 miles in three consecutive years. How many miles did he drive in all?
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Sep 1, 2016
Total distance traveled is just the sum of those miles in those years:
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Each bag of bananas weighs 3 kgs 130 grams. If the total weight of a sack containing bananas bags is 97.03 kgs, then how many bags are in the sack?
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Sep 1, 2016
Total weight of the sack $=97.03$ kgs $=97030$ gramsWeight of one banana $ = 3.13$ kgs $=3130$ grams...
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Find the breadth of a football field, whose area is 5000 sq m and length is 250 m.
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Sep 1, 2016
The area of the football field = 5000 sq m.The length of the field = 250 m.It is a rectangular field...
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Raj spent one-fourth of his salary on rent and one-third on living expenses, and saved the remaining amount. What fraction of his salary did he save?
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Sep 1, 2016
Raj spent one-fourth of his salary on rent and one-third on living expenses.Fraction of the salary s...
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Ashwin has a nice garden, three-fifths of which is vegetables and one-tenth is fruits. If he wants to plant herbs, what fraction of the garden is available to him for cultivation?
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Sep 1, 2016
He has used up $\large\frac{3}{5}$ of his garden for vegetables and $\large\frac{1}{10}$ for fruits....
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Ram bought $3 \large \frac{2}{3}\;$ Kg of potatoes and $2 \large\frac{1}{3}\;$ Kg of onions. What is the total weight of the vegetables bought?
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Sep 1, 2016
The weight of potatoes in Kgs $\;=3 \large \frac{2}{3}\;$ $ = \large\frac{9+11}{3}$$ = \large\frac{1...
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In a movie hall, 126 seats are vacant after I have sold 1234 tickets. What is the total capacity of the hall?
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Sep 1, 2016
The total capacity = number of tickets sold (occupied) + number of tickets unsold (vacant)Therefore ...
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There are 120 chocolates in a box. How many such chocolates are there in all if I have 24 boxes of chocolates?
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Sep 1, 2016
The number of boxes is 24. Each box has 120 chocolates.Therefore there are 24 x 120 = 2880 chocolate...
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The cost of a dozen laptops is Rs. 2 lakhs 22 thousand. What is the cost of one laptop in rupees?
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Sep 1, 2016
The number of laptops is 12.The total cost of 12 laptops is Rs. 2, 22,000.Therefore the cost of one ...
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A farmer packed an equal number of apples in each of his 22 baskets. If each basket could hold 80 apples, how many apples are there in all?
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Sep 1, 2016
Number of baskets is 22.Each basket can hold 80 apples exactly.Therefore, the total number of apples...
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If each box could hold 24 mangoes, how many boxes are required to hold 3360 mangoes?
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Sep 1, 2016
Each box could hold 24 mangoes. There are 3360 mangoes in all.Therefore, the number of boxes require...
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What number am I?
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Sep 1, 2016
Let us go through the options:(A): 18: has the following factors, 1, 2, 3, 6, 9 and 18 = 6 factors,...
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What number am I?
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Sep 1, 2016
Let us go through the options:(A): 18: has the following factors, 1, 2, 3, 6 and 9 = 5 factors, is a...
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Which of the following is incorrect?
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Sep 1, 2016
All statements are correct.(1) Every number 1, 2. 3 and so on are multiples of 1, i.e, can be divide...
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The natural number that is a multiple of every natural number greater than 0 is?
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Sep 1, 2016
Natural numbers greater than 0 are all numbers that are whole numbers greater than 0, i.e, 1, 2, 3 a...
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All numbers greater than 0 that end in 0 are divisible by ____?
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Sep 1, 2016
All numbers greater than 0 that end in 0 are 10, 20, 30.... and so on, i.e, multiples of 10.All numb...
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Which of the following statements is incorrect?
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Sep 1, 2016
An equilateral triangle has 3 equal sides and also 3 equal angles, all $60^{\circ}$ each.Therefore, ...
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In the triangle ABC, if AB $\neq$ BC, which of the following is correct?
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Sep 1, 2016
In the given figure $\angle{B} = 90^{\circ}$ but AB $\neq$ BC.Therefore it is definitely not an isos...
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In the triangle ABC, if AB = BC, which of the following is correct?
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Sep 1, 2016
In the given figure $\angle{B} = 90^{\circ}$ and AB = BC.Therefore it is an isosceles right triangle...
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Which of the following statements is incorrect?
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Sep 1, 2016
A segment that connects two points on a circle is called a chord.(C) (1), (2) and (4)Therefore all d...
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Which of the following is the correct answer?
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Sep 1, 2016
The length of car-A is 8 cm - 2 cm = 6 cm.The length of car-B is 5 cm - 0 cm = 5 cm.3 yellow cars = ...
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Which of the following options is correct with respect to the length of the cars?
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Sep 1, 2016
The length of car-A is 8 cm - 2 cm = 6 cm.The length of car-B is 5 cm - 0 cm = 5 cm.(A) is 5 yellow ...
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Find the difference in length between the two model cars A and B.
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Sep 1, 2016
The length of car-A is 8 cm - 2 cm = 6 cm.The length of car-B is 5 cm - 0 cm = 5 cm.The difference i...
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Work out the answer from the given information. What is the capacity of one cylinder and twice the volume of water tank A?
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Sep 1, 2016
3 cylinders make up one water tank.Two cylinders make up 20 litres. Therefore, one cylinder's capaci...
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What is the volume (or capacity) of the Water Tank A.
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Sep 1, 2016
3 cylinders make up one water tank.Two cylinders make up 20 litres. Therefore, one cylinder's capaci...
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What is the cost of one cake?
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Sep 1, 2016
3 ice creams cost the same as one cake!Also, 3 ice creams and one cake together cost Rs. 30.Therefor...
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What is the cost of one ice-cream?
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Sep 1, 2016
2 ice creams and one cake costs Rs. 14.The picture has 6 ice creams and 3 cakes, i.e, 3 times 14= Rs...
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What is the cost of one ice-cream?
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Sep 1, 2016
3 ice creams and one cake costs Rs. 16.However, if I want 1 ice cream less, i.e, 2 ice creams and on...
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In the US currency system, a quarter is equal to 25 cents, and a dollar is equal to 100 cents. How many quarters are there in twenty dollars?
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Sep 1, 2016
One dollar is = 100 cents and one quarter = 25 cents, therefore one dollar = $\large\frac{100}{25}$$...
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How many Rs. 25 will make Rs. 1000?
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Sep 1, 2016
To find out how many Rs. 25 will make Rs.1000, we need to divide Rs.1000 by Rs. 25 which is $\large\...
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Zero in Roman numerals is represented as?
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Sep 1, 2016
Roman numerals are based on the following seven symbols: I = 1, V = 5, X = 10, L = 50, C = 100, D = ...
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300 in Roman numerals is?
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Sep 1, 2016
Roman numerals are based on the following seven symbols: I = 1, V = 5, X = 10, L = 50, C = 100, D = ...
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Match the following
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Sep 1, 2016
Roman numerals are based on the following seven symbols: I = 1, V = 5, X = 10, L = 50, C = 100, D = ...
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Which of the following statements is incorrect?
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Sep 1, 2016
(B), (C) and (D) are all correct.(A) states that in general, Roman numeral symbols are placed from l...
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How many symbols are used in Roman Numerals?
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Sep 1, 2016
Roman numerals, as used today, are based on seven symbols:I = 1, V = 5, X = 10, L = 50, C = 100, D =...
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Which of the following is the correct answer?
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Sep 1, 2016
The original shaded square has 64 squares; so if the entire grid is shaded, it translates to 64 out ...
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How many more squares need to be shaded so that the decimal number that represents the shaded portion will be 0.5?
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Sep 1, 2016
This is a 8x8 grid, i.e, 64 squares.For the fraction of squares to be shaded be equal to 0.5, i.e, h...
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I think of a number between 0 and 2. I divide the number by 2, and then subtract 2 and then multiply that by 3. I end up 7.5. What number did I have in mind?
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Sep 1, 2016
Let us work backwards, i.e, if the question asks us to divide, we multiply, if it asks us to subtrac...
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Which of the following is true?
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Sep 1, 2016
(A) 6123.2 > 6123.2776123.277 rounds off to 6123.28 and then to 6123.3, which is greater than 612...
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What is 6123.277 rounded off to the nearest tenths?
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Sep 1, 2016
6123.277 rounds off to 6123.28 and then to 6123.3. (D) is the answer.
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Which of the following triangles have no lines of symmetry?
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Aug 26, 2016
The scalene triangle which has all 3 unequal sides and unequal angles has no lines of symmetry. An I...
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