Recent questions tagged problem-solving-and-data-analysis

Renting space at Brent's self storage costs $\$$ 10 per square feet. If Judy wants to rent a space at this storage, which has dimensions $a$ feet by $b$ feet, What will be the total cost in dollars, that she can expect to pay ?

asked Nov 4, 2019 by priyanka.clay6

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The number of terms tournaments won by Harry from the year 2000 to 2004 is shown in the figure given below . What was percentage increase from the year 2001 to 2002 ?

asked May 28, 2019 by meena.clay6

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The number of terms tournaments won by Harry from the year 2000 to 2004 is shown in the figure given below . What is the ratio of the tournaments won in the year 2000 to that of the tournaments won in the year 2002 ?

asked May 28, 2019 by meena.clay6

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Price per share of stocks A and B on January 1 for 6 years is shown below. What was the average yearly increase in the value of a share of stock A from 2005 to 2010 ?

asked May 28, 2019 by meena.clay6

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Price per share of stocks A and B on January 1 for 6 years is given below. In what year was the percentage increase in the value of a share of stock B the greatest ?

asked May 28, 2019 by meena.clay6

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Which of the following are greater than x where $x= \large\frac{5}{11} \\(i) \frac{1}{x} , (ii) \frac{x-1}{x},(iii)\frac{x-1}{x+1}$

asked May 28, 2019 by meena.clay6

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In 1987, a factory produced $18,500$ screws. In 1988 the factory could only 15,000 screws. What is the percentage of decrease in production from 1987 ?

asked May 28, 2019 by meena.clay6

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If the area of the shaded region is $K \pi$, what is the value of K

asked May 21, 2019 by meena.clay6

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John spends 2 hours on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday practicing football. On Monday he practices for 90 minutes and on Friday for 1 hour. What is the median time he spends practicing football in a given week ?

asked May 13, 2019 by meena.clay6

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If $x^{-4}=\large\frac{1}{64x}$, which is one possible value of x?

asked May 13, 2019 by meena.clay6

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Five people shared a prize of $\$150$. Each one received a whole number of dollars and no two people received the same amount. If the largest share $\$40$ and smallest share was $\$20$ , what is the most money that the person with the third largest share could have received ?

asked May 13, 2019 by meena.clay6

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If $a=5$ and $ b=-3$, what is the value of $\large\frac{2a+3b}{5b}$ ?

asked May 13, 2019 by meena.clay6

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If x varies inversely with Z, and if y and z are both 20 When $x=4$ what is the value of y+x when $x=5$

asked May 10, 2019 by meena.clay6

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$25\%$ of 800 is equal to $20\%$ of what number ?

asked May 9, 2019 by meena.clay6

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There are 100 people in a line. Sandy is the 40th person and Enai is the 67th person. If person on line is chosen at random, what is the probability that the person is standing between Sandy and Enai ?

asked May 7, 2019 by meena.clay6

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A pool can hold 30,000 gallons of water. If is $\frac{1}{4}^{th}$ full. A pump can deliver $'g'$ gallons of water every $m$ minute. If the pumping company charges $'d'$ dollars per minutes, how much will it cost in dollars to fill the pool ?

asked May 7, 2019 by meena.clay6

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If the average of x,y and 12 is 80, What is the average of x and y

asked May 7, 2019 by meena.clay6

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Time taken to paint a wall is inversely proportional to the number of painters working on it. If it takes 4 painters 6 days to complete the job, how many days longer will it take if there are only 3 painters working ?

asked May 7, 2019 by meena.clay6

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Solve the problem and enter your answer in the grid, as described below on the answer sheet. If $2a = 3b$ and $5b = 3c$, what is the ratio of $a $ to $c$ ?

asked Apr 30, 2019 by priyanka.clay6

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One pound of oranges cost $\$3$, how many dollars will $x$ pound of oranges cost ?

asked Apr 30, 2019 by priyanka.clay6

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If $\large(a^2)^{\normalsize{1/3}} \large (a^5)^{\normalsize{1/3}}=a^n$ then what is the value of $n$ ?

asked Apr 29, 2019 by meena.clay6

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A biology class at Troy high school predicted that the local population of animals double in every 10 years. The population at the beginning of 2012 was estimated to be 40 animals. If $P$ represents population $n$ years after 2012, then which of the following equation represents the classes model of the population over time ?

asked Apr 29, 2019 by priyanka.clay6

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$25$ students attended by an exam conducted an university. But only $32\%$ of them managed to pass. How many students failed in the exam ?

asked Apr 29, 2019 by meena.clay6

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In a chocolate factory 100 pounds of chocolate were being divided into packages each weighing 3.5 pounds. How many pounds of chocolate were used when there is'nt enough to make another whole package ?

asked Apr 29, 2019 by meena.clay6

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At 4.00 AM the temperature was $12^{\circ}$ below zero. By noon it raised to $30^{\circ}$. What was the average hourly increase in temperature ?

asked Apr 28, 2019 by priyanka.clay6

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Which of the following is not the lowest term of $\frac{3}{4} \times \frac{8}{9} \times \frac{25}{40}$

asked Apr 28, 2019 by priyanka.clay6

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The ratio of number of math tests Joddy passed to the number he failed is $7:3$. What percent of his math test did he pass ?

asked Apr 27, 2019 by priyanka.clay6

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If 600 pounds of food can feed 25 pigs for a week ,for how many days will 200 pounds of mash feed 21 pigs ?

asked Apr 27, 2019 by priyanka.clay6

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What is the average of $2^{15}$ and $2^{25}$ ?

asked Apr 27, 2019 by priyanka.clay6

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On wednesday 20 of the 25 students in a Math class took a test, and this average score was 85. On Thursday the other 5 students took the test and this average score was 90. What was the average score of the entire class ?

asked Apr 27, 2019 by priyanka.clay6

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Which of the following accurately rewrites the expression $\begin{align}\frac{7.3^{2t-1}}{8.2^{t+1}} \end{align}$ in the form $A.B^t$?

asked Apr 27, 2019 by priyanka.clay6

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Mark drove to his office at 60 miles per hour. Returning over the same route, to his home, he encountered heavy traffic and was able to drive at only 40 miles per hour. If the return trip took 1 hour longer, how many miles did he drive each way ?

asked Apr 25, 2019 by priyanka.clay6

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A jar contains 1600 marbles, and all the red marbles are removed and replaced by equal no. of marbles, all of which are blue or yellow. If the ratio of blue to yellow marbles remain the same, how many additional yellow marbles are there ?

asked Apr 25, 2019 by priyanka.clay6

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An integer between 10 and 99 is chosen at random. What is the probability that all the digits are even ?

asked Apr 25, 2019 by priyanka.clay6

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