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A cube with all the sides painted was divided into small cubes of equal measurement. The side of a small cube is exactly one fourth as that of the big cube. Therefore, the number of small cubes with only one side painted is

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How many minimum number of colours will be required to paint all the sides of a cube without the adjacent sides having the same colours ?

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A motorbike race was scheduled to start at 4.10pm; however, it started 10 minutes behind schedule. If the motorbike that came first finished one hour and fifteen minutes after the race began, and the motorbike that came in second place finished 15 minutes after this, at what time did the motorbike that came second cross the finish line?

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The Olympic record time for running the endurance event was 4 hours and 40 minutes. Rahul recently broke that record, running a time of 3 hours and 20 minutes. What fraction of the original record time was Rahul’s time?

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Grandma`s cookie mixture has eight parts flour and six parts sugar. If Grandma needs to make 28 kilograms of the cookie mixture for a party, how many kilograms of flour will she need?

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In an examination, a studnet was asked to find 3/14 of a certain number. By mistake, he found 3/4 of it. His answer was 150 more than the correct answer. Find the given number.

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In a jar of lollies there are 6 more orange lollies than green ones and there is only one red lolly. If there are 47 lollies in the jar, how many orange ones are there?

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How many gold coins are there in a jar of 88 coins, if there are 1/3 as many silver coins as gold coins?

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The sum of the present age of the father and his daughter is 42 years. 7 years later, the father will be 3 times old than the daughter. The present age of the father is

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42 oranges are distributed among some boys and girls. If each boy gets 3, then each girl gets 6. But if each boy gets 6 and each girl gets 3, it needs 6 more. The number of girls is

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If A : B = 3 : 4, C : B = 5 : 4, C : D = 10 : 9, then A : B : C : D is

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Two identical bottles A and B of sweet drinks contain sugar such that 30% of sugar in A is equal to 40% sugar in B. The ratio of sugar in the two bottles is

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A hawker purchased oranges at the rate of 4 oranges per rupee, but he sells at the rate of 5 oranges per rupee. His loss is

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The ratio of daily wages of two workers is 4 : 3 and one gets daily Rs 9 more than the other, what are their daily wages?

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A square garden has fourteen posts along each side at equal interval. Find how many posts are there in all four sides.

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Three years ago the average age of A and B was 18 years. If C joins them today, the average becomes 22 years. How old is C now?

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A two digit number is three times the sum of its digits. If 45 is added to it, the digits are reversed. The number is

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If the area of a circle is 75.44 square cm then what is the circumference of the circle?

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What is 50% of 40% of Rs. 3,450?

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A and B are two taps which can fill a tank individually in 10 minutes and 20 minutes respectively. However, there is a leakage at the bottom which can empty a filled tank in 40 minutes. If the tank is empty initially, how much time will both the taps take to fill the tank (leakage is still there) ?

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If the fractions 8/5, 7/2, 9/5, 5/4, 4/5 are arranged in descending order of their values, which one will be fourth?

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The length of a rectangular field is thrice its breadth. If the cost of cultivating the field at Rs. 367.20 per square meter is Rs. 27,540, then what is the perimeter of the rectangle?

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A shopkeeper purchased 200 bulbs for Rs. 10 each. However, 5 bulbs were fused and had to be thrown away. The remaining were sold at Rs. 12 each. What will be the percentage profit?

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The sum of the digits of a two digit number is 12. If the new number formed by reversing the digits is greater than the original number by 54, then what will be the original number?

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Three numbers are in the ratio of 3: 4 :5 respectively. If the sum of the first and third numbers is more than the second number by 52, then which will be the largest number?

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The ratio between the speeds of two trains is 7 : 8. If the second train runs 400 kms in 4 hours, then the speed of the first train is

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Q is as much younger than R as he is older than T. If the sum of the ages of R and T is 50 years, what is the difference between R and Q’s age?

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A is two years older than B who is twice as old as C. If the total of the ages of A, B and C be 27, the how old is B?

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What is the sum of two consecutive even numbers, the difference of whose squares is 84?

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A man on tour travels first 160 km at 64 km/hr and the next 160 km at 80 km/hr. The average speed for the first 320 km of the tour is

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When you reverse the digits of age of father, you will get the age of son. one year ago the age of father was twice that of son’s age. what are the current ages of father and son?

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Two trains of equal lengths take 10 seconds and 15 seconds respectively to cross a telegraph post. If the length of each train be 120 metres, in what time will they cross each other travelling in opposite direction?

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A can contains a mixture of two liquids A and B in the ratio 7:5.When 9 litres of mixture are drawn off and the can is filled with B, the ratio of A and B becomes 7:9. How many litres of liquid A was contained by the can initially?

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A can type 10 pages in 5 minutes. B can type 5 pages in 10 minutes. Working together, how many pages can they type in 30 minutes?

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A candidate appearing for an examination has to secure 40% marks to pass paper I. But he secured only 40 marks and failed by 20 marks. What is the maximum mark for paper I?

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A person lost 10% when he sold goods at Rs.153. For how much should he sell them to gain 20%?

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At what rate of simple interest per annum an amount will be doubled in 10 years?

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Water is filled in a cylindrical vessel in such a way that its volume doubles after every five minutes. If it takes 30 minutes for the vessel to be full, then the vessel will be one fourth full in

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A school has enough food for 400 children for 12 days. How long will the food last if 80 more children join them?

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The perimeter of a rectangular field is 480 meters and the ratio between the length and breadth is 5:3. The area of the field is

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In a school of 1100 students of class 5 to 8 , 250 students passed in Class 5 and 320 passed in Class 6 , 150 students Passed in class 7 and the rest of the student failed. How many students failed ?

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An aeroplane covers a certain distance at a speed of 240 kmph in 5 hours. To cover the same distance in 1hours, it must travel at a speed of:

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Find the area of a right angled triangle whose hypotenuse is 10 cm and base 8 cm.

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The next term in the series: 3, 6, 9, 18, 27, 54, ...

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A father is 30 years older than his son. He will be three times as old as his son after 5 years. What is the father's present age?

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A goat is tied to one corner of a square plot of side 12m by a rope 7m long.Find the area it can graze?

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A student is ranked 13th from right and 8th from left. How many students are there in total?

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4 men & 6 women can complete a work in 8 days, while 3 men and 7 women can complete it in 10 days. In how many days will 10 women complete it?

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There are eight mango trees in a straight line. The distance between each mango tree with other is 3 metres. What is the distance between first tree and eighth tree?

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A man wants to reach a window which is 40 feet above the ground. The distance from the foot of the ladder to the wall is 9 feet. How long should the ladder be ?

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