Exercise 1

Ashu reads at an average rate of 30 pages per hour while Neeru reads at an average rate of 40 pages per hour. If Ashu starts reading a novel at 2: 30 and Neeru begins reading an identical copy of the same book at 3: 20, at what time will they be reading the same page?

In a test, a candidate secured 336 marks out of maximum marks x. If the maximum marks x had been converted into 400 marks, he would have secured 192 marks. What was the maximum marks of the test?

The marks scored in an examination are converted from 50 to 10 for the purpose of internal assessment. The highest marks were 47 and the lowest were 14. The difference between the maximum and the minimum internal assessment scores is:

In an examination, a student scores 4 marks for every correct answer and loses 1 mark for every wrong answer. A student attempted all the 200 questions and scored in all 200 marks. The number of questions he answered correctly was

On a 26 question test, five points were deducted for each wrong answer and eight points were credited for each correct answer. If all the questions were answered, how many were correct if the score was zero?

In an examination, a student attempted 15 questions correctly and secured 40 marks. If there were two types of questions (2 marks and 4 marks questions), how many questions of 2 marks did he attempt correctly?

In an examination there are 30 questions. 1 mark is given for each correct answer and 0.25 is deducted for every incorrect answer. Ankur attempted all the questions and scored 13.75. How many incorrect answers did he have?

For aiming at a target a person gets one rupee each time when he hits it and loses one rupee when he misses it. If he gets 30 after aiming at the target one hundred times, then how many times did he miss the target?

There are some cows, bulls and 45 hens in a group. One caretaker looks after 15 animals. The number of bulls is twice the number of cows. If the number ofheads is less than the total number of feet by 186 (including the caretakers), how many caretakers are there?

A man's basic pay for a 40 hours' week is 200. Overtime is paid at 25% above the basic rate. In a certain week, he worked overtime and his total was certain week, he worked overtime and his total was Rs. 300. He, therefore, worked for a total of (in hours)