Math Questions

1. 5 horses and 7 oxen take 4.5 days to plough a field. How long will it take 4
horses and 10 oxen to do it? (Note: in this case, assume that 2 horses can do as
much work as 3 oxen)

2. Express the speed of rotation (degrees moved / time) of the hour and the
minute hand of a clock in ratio form.

3. A certain cube weighs 50 kg. What would be the ratio of the side of this cube
to another cube (of the same material) that weighs 40% less.

4. I should increase the radius of a circle by a factor of _________ to increase the

area by 100%

5. _______% of x^2 is x.

6. 16% decrease followed by a 50% increase amounts to________% increase

over all.

7. List 3 numbers and 3 algebraic terms that are both a perfect square and perfect
cube

8. If a: b = 3:4, b:c = 7:9, c:d = 5:7, find a:d?

9. If A = x% of y and B = y% of x, what can you conclude about A and B?

10.The cost price of 10 pens is the same as the selling price of 'n' pens. If there is a
loss of 40%, approximately what is the value of n?

11.The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 7. When the digits are reversed,
the number is increased by 27. Find the number.

( x 21) (53x 2)
2a 9
12. ( ) = ( 2) ; find 'x'
3 4a

13.It is determined that under certain conditions 3 fans consume the same amount
of electricity as 4 bulbs. Now if 6 fans and 6 bulbs cost Rs. 20 per day, how
much would 10 fans and 5 bulbs for 3 days cost?

14.Half the sum of 4 consecutive odd numbers is equal to 2 more than twice the
second odd number. Find the 4 odd numbers.
15.8 litres of paint is needed to paint circles of certain size. How many circles
whose radii are 100% more can be painted with the same volume of paint?

16.Express
1
2
( x y) ( xy )
as a difference of 2 terms with no denominator

17.For what values of 'l' and 'n' would this equation be true?
1
( l n) = ( l+ n)

18.Find 'r' in the diagram.