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The shop keeper sells three different types of marbles. The Blue marbles cost 20 paise each, the Green ones cost 90 paise each and the Black ones cost 5 paise each. Each bag of marbles has 5 Black marbles, 1 Green marble and 2 Blue marbles. I bought a certain number of bags and paid Rs. 6.50 in all for the Blue and Green Marbles. How many bags did I buy in all?

asked Sep 26, 2016 by balaji.thirumalai

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What will be the labor charge for tiling a hall 26 m long and 18 m wide at the rate of $18 per sq. m?

asked Sep 26, 2016 by balaji.thirumalai

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Raj bought two rolls of tape. The first roll had 11.8 metres of tape and the second roll had 19.5 metres of tape. How many metres of tape did Raj buy in all?

asked Sep 26, 2016 by balaji.thirumalai

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I buy 10 boxes of mangoes each box weighing 5 Kgs. I also buy 5 boxes of apples, each box weighing 10 Kgs. I pay a total of Rs. 281.90. I store them in a freezer and consume 1/2 a Kg every day. How long does it take me to finish all the fruits?

asked Sep 26, 2016 by balaji.thirumalai

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If the cost of milk is Rs. 14 per litre and I bought in 14.4 litres, how much did I have to pay?

asked Sep 26, 2016 by balaji.thirumalai

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I bought 3.75 Kgs of Grapes and 2.18 Kgs of mangoes and 0.89 Kgs of Apple. If each Kg of fruit cost Rs. 25, how much did I pay in total?

asked Sep 1, 2016 by balaji.thirumalai

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I bought 3.75 Kgs of Grapes and 2.18 Kgs of mangoes and 0.89 Kgs of Apple. What is the total weight of the fruits purchased?

asked Sep 1, 2016 by balaji.thirumalai

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If the cost of milk is Rs. 24 per litre and I bought 2.5 litres, how much did I have to pay in Rupees?

asked Sep 1, 2016 by balaji.thirumalai

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If the cost of petrol is Rs. 48 per litre and I filled in 2.2 litres at the pump, how much did I have to pay?

asked Sep 1, 2016 by balaji.thirumalai

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A tailor cut 6 metres of ribbon into 8 equal pieces. What is the length of each piece?

asked Sep 1, 2016 by balaji.thirumalai

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In May, Gary attended school for 21 days. It took him 18 minutes to walk to school and 18 minutes on the way back. What was the total time spent traveling in May?

asked Sep 1, 2016 by balaji.thirumalai

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In May, Viv attended college for 15 days. It took Viv 15 minutes to walk to college and 20 minutes on the way back. What was the total time spent traveling in May?

asked Sep 1, 2016 by balaji.thirumalai

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Mr. Smith drove from A to B in 3 hours 18 minutes. If he started at 11:07 AM. when did he reach B?

asked Sep 1, 2016 by balaji.thirumalai

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Mr. Smith drove from A to B in 3 hours 18 minutes. When he reached B the clock showed 11:07 AM. When did he leave A?

asked Sep 1, 2016 by balaji.thirumalai

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Tom drove from Melbourne to Sydney in 2 hours 20 minutes. When he reached Sydney, the clock showed 1:05 PM. When did he leave Melbourne?

asked Sep 1, 2016 by balaji.thirumalai

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How many 50 paise coins are there in Rs 500?

asked Sep 1, 2016 by balaji.thirumalai

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The postage rate to ship the first 80 grams of a package is 75 paise. Each additional 10 grams or part thereafter is 10 paise. If I paid Rs. 3.00 in postage, what is the maximum weight of the pacel I would have shipped?

asked Sep 1, 2016 by balaji.thirumalai

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The postage rate to ship the first 80 grams of a package is 75 paise. Each additional 10 grams or part thereafter is 10 paise. What is the cost to ship a 200 gram parcel?

asked Sep 1, 2016 by balaji.thirumalai

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If 12 boxes of pencils cost Rs. 144, what is the cost of 7 boxes?

asked Sep 1, 2016 by balaji.thirumalai

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If 10 cartons of milk cost Rs. 240, what is the cost of 8 cartons of milk?

asked Sep 1, 2016 by balaji.thirumalai

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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?

asked Sep 1, 2016 by balaji.thirumalai

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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?

asked Sep 1, 2016 by balaji.thirumalai

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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?

asked Sep 1, 2016 by balaji.thirumalai

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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?

asked Sep 1, 2016 by balaji.thirumalai

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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?

asked Sep 1, 2016 by balaji.thirumalai

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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)?

asked Sep 1, 2016 by balaji.thirumalai

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Chris read 120 pages a day except Sundays. How many pages did Chris read in 21 weeks?

asked Sep 1, 2016 by balaji.thirumalai

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Ravi read 420 pages a day except Fridays and Mondays. How many pages did he read in 5 weeks?

asked Sep 1, 2016 by balaji.thirumalai

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The library bought 84039 science books, 13467 novels and 13093 comics. How many books did the library buy in all?

asked Sep 1, 2016 by balaji.thirumalai

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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?

asked Sep 1, 2016 by balaji.thirumalai

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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?

asked Sep 1, 2016 by balaji.thirumalai

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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?

asked Sep 1, 2016 by balaji.thirumalai

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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?

asked Sep 1, 2016 by balaji.thirumalai

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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?

asked Sep 1, 2016 by balaji.thirumalai

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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?

asked Sep 1, 2016 by balaji.thirumalai

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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?

asked Sep 1, 2016 by balaji.thirumalai

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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?

asked Sep 1, 2016 by balaji.thirumalai

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If each box could hold 24 mangoes, how many boxes are required to hold 3360 mangoes?

asked Sep 1, 2016 by balaji.thirumalai

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The following pictograph shows the number of absentees in a class of 30 students during the previous week. On which day were the maximum number of students absent?

asked Aug 2, 2016 by meena.p

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Observe this bar graph which is showing the sale of shirts in a ready-made shop from Monday to Saturday. How many shirts were sold on Wednesday?

asked Aug 2, 2016 by meena.p

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Bars of uniform width can be drawn ____________ with equal spacing between them and then the length of each bar represents the given number.

asked Aug 2, 2016 by meena.p

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The colours of fridges preferred by people living in a locality are shown by the following pictograph. Find the number of people preferring blue colour.

asked Aug 2, 2016 by meena.p

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The following pictograph shows the number of absentees in a class of 30 students during the previous week. What was the total number of absentees in that week?

asked Aug 2, 2016 by meena.p

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Find using distributive property: $58 \times 101$

asked Aug 2, 2016 by meena.p

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If the product of two whole numbers is zero, can we say that one or both of them will be zero?

asked Aug 2, 2016 by meena.p

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A vendor supplies 32 litres of milk to a hotel in the morning and 68 litres of milk in the evening. If the milk costs Rs 15 per litre, how much money is due to the vendor per day?

asked Aug 2, 2016 by meena.p

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Simplify : $75 \times 56 +25 \times 56$

asked Aug 2, 2016 by meena.p

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The canteen charges Rs 50 for lunch and Rs 20 for milk for each day. How much money do you spend in 5 days on these things?

asked Aug 2, 2016 by meena.p

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Find the breadth of a football field, whose area is 5000 sq m and length is 250 m.

asked Dec 31, 2015 by pady_1

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Find the cost of painting square board of side 44 cm at the rate of Rs.7 per sq. cm.

asked Dec 31, 2015 by pady_1

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