Exercise 1

In a garden, there are 10 rows and 12 columns of mango trees. The distance between the two trees is 2 meters and a distance of one meter is left from all sides of the boundary of the garden. The length o the garden is

A farmer has decided to build a wire fence along one straight side of his property. For this, he planned to place several fence-posts at 6 m intervals, with posts fixed at both ends of the side. After he bought the posts and wire, he found that the number of posts he had bought was 5 less than required. However, he discovered that the number of posts he had bought would be just sufficient if he spaced them 8 m apart. What is the length of the side of his property and how many posts did he buy?

On a 2 km road, a total number of 201 trees are planted on each side of the road at equal distances. How many such trees in all will be planted on both sides ofa 50 km road such that the distance between two consecutive trees is the same as that of the consecutive trees on the 2 km road?

When all the students in a school are made to stand in rows of 54, 30 such rows are formed. If the students are made to stand in rows of 45, how many such rows will be formed?

There are x trees and y parrots. If in each tree only one parrot is sitting, then one parrot remains without a tree. If in each tree, two parrots are sitting, then one tree remains without a parrot. Therefore, x and y are respectively

In a classroom, there are certain numbers of benches. If 6 students are made to sit on a bench, then to accommodate all of them, one more bench is needed. However, if 7 students are made to sit on a bench then after accommodating all of them, space for 5 students is left. What is the total number of students in the class?

There are benches in a classroom. If 4 students sit on each bench, then three benches are left vacant and if 3 students sit on each bench, then 3 students are left standing. The total number of students in the class is

Students of a class are preparing for a drill and are made to stand in rows. If 4 students are extra in a row, then there would be 2 rows less. But there would be 4 more rows if 4 students are less in a row. The number of students in the class is

If a sum of Rs.275 is to be divided between Ram and Shyam so that Ram getsth more of what Shyam gets, then the share of Ram will be

Sweets were distributed equally among 64 children. After giving 7 sweets to each child 15 sweets were left out. Total how many sweets were there?