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Math for Food & Supply-1
A&M, Average, T&D, B&S
1. A mixture of a certain quantity of
milk with 16 litres of water is sold
at 90 paisa per litter. If pure milk be
worth Rs. 1.08 per litter. How much
milk is there in the mixture?
2. A person has a chemical of Rs. 25
per litter. In what ratio should
water be mixed the mixture at Rs.
20 litter he may get a profit of 25%?
3. A vessel of 80 litter is filled with
milk and water. 70% of milk and
30% of water are taken out of the
vessel . It is found that the vessel is
empty by 55%. Find the initial
quantity of milk and water.
4. A container contained 80 L of milk.
From this container 8 L of milk was
taken out and replaced by water.
This process was further repeated
two times. How much milk is now
contained in the container?
5. 200 litres of a mixture contains milk
and water in the ratio 17:3. After
the addition of some more milk to
it, the ratio of milk to water in the
resulting mixture becomes 7:1. The
quality of milk added to it was:
contains 80% gold. The quantity of
gold, that is to be mixed up with
this alloy, so that it may contain
95% gold, is
7. The number of employees are
reduced in the ratio 3: 2 and the
salary of each employee is
increased in the ratio 4: 5. By doing
so, company saves Rs.12,000. So,
find the initial expenditure on
salary.
8. The ratio of income of A and B is 3:
2 and the ratio of their expenditure
is 4: 3 and their savings are
respectively Rs.2000 and Rs.1000.
Find the income of A and B
respectively.
9. A bag contains Rs.410 in the form
of Rs.5, Rs.2 and Rs.1 coins. The
numbers of coin are in the ratio 4:
6: 9. So, find the number of 2 Rs.
coins.
10. A bag contains Rs.55 in the
denominations of Rs.1, 50 paise
and 25 paise coins. The coins are in
the ratio 1: 2: 3. Find the number of
50 p coins.
11. A milkman makes 20% profit by
selling milk mixed with water at Rs.
9 per litre. If the cost price of 1 litre
pure milk is Rs. 10, then the ratio of
milk and water in the mixture is
12. A man ordered 4 pairs of black
socks and some pairs of brown
socks. The price of a black socks is
double that of a brown pair. While
preparing the bill the clerk
interchanged the number of black
and brown pairs by mistake which
 increased the bill by 50%. The ratio
of the number of black and brown
pairs of socks in the original order
was :
13. My grandfather was 9 times older
than me 16 years ago. He will be 3
times of my age 8 years from now.
Eight years ago, the ratio of my age
to that of my grandfather was?
14. In a class, there are 20 boys whose
average age is decreased by 2
months, when one boy aged 18
years is replaced by a new boy. Find
the age of new boy.
15. There were 35 students in a hostel.
If the number of students increased
by 7, the expenses of the mess
increases by Rs. 42 per day, while
the average expenditure per head
diminishes by Rs.1.Find the original
expenditure of the mess.
16. In an exam, the average was found
to be 50 marks. After deducting
computational errors the marks of
the 100 candidates had to be
changed from 90 to 60 each and
average came down to 45 marks.
Total No of candidates who took
the exam were.
17. Gopal went to the Hospital at the
speed of 60 km/hr while returning
for his home he covered the half of
the distance at the speed of 10
km/hr, but suddenly he realized
that he was getting late so he
increased the speed and reached
the home by covering rest half of
the distance at the speed of
30km/hr. The average speed of the
Pankaj in the whole length of
journey is:
18. The average age of Sachin and
Ganguli is 35 years. If Kaif replaces
Sachin, the average age becomes 32
years and if Kaif replaces Ganguli,
then the average age becomes 38
years. If the average age of Dhoni
and Irfan be half of the average age
of Sachin,Ganguly , and Kaif ,then
the average age of all the five
people is:
19. The average weight of A, B, C and D
is 40 kg. A new person E is also
included in the group, then the
average weight of the group is
increased by 1kg. Again a new
person F replaces A, then the new
average of 5 person becomes 42.
The average weight of B, C, D, F is:
20. The average of 30 boys of a class is
equal to 14 yrs. When the age of
the class teacher is included the
average becomes 15 yrs. Find the
age of the class teacher.
21. The average of 11 results is The
average of 11 results is50. If the
average of first six results is 49 and
that of last six is 52, find the sixth
result?
22. A bats man is his 17th innings makes
a score of 85, and thereby increases
his average by 3. What is his
average after 17 innings?
23. The average salary of the entire
staff in a office is Rs 120 per month.
The average salary of officers is Rs
460 and that of non- officers is Rs
110. If the number of officers is 15,
then find the number of non –
officers in the office.
24. The average of 10 numbers is 7. If
each number is multiplied by 12,
then the average of the new set of
numbers is
25. The average age of a family of 6
members is 22 years. If the age of
the youngest member be 7 years,
the average age of the family at the
birth of the youngest member was.
26. In an election between two
candidates, one got 55% of the
total valid votes, 20% of the votes
were invalid. If the total number of
votes was 7500, what was the
number of valid votes that the
other candidate got?
27. Ratio of land and water on earth is
1: 2. In northern hemisphere, the
ratio is 2: 3. What is the ratio in
Southern hemisphere.
28. A swimmer can swim downstream
at 14 km/hr and upstream at 6
km/hr. What is the speed of the
swimmer in still water?
29. The speed of the stream is 5 km/hr.
A Motorboat goes 10km upstream
and back again to the starting point
in 50 minutes. What is the speed of
the motorboat in still water?
30. A man rows a distance of 16 km
upstream in 4 hour while a distance
of 36 km downstream in 6 hours.
What is the velocity of the stream?
31. Sound travels 330 metres per
second. If the sound of a thunder
cloud follows the flash after
10seconds, the thunder cloud is at
distance of-
32. A boat covers 12 km. upstream and
18 km downstream in 3 hours while
it covers 36 km upstream and 24
km downstream in 6& ½ hours,
what is the velocity of the stream?
33. In a flight of 600 kms, an aircraft
was slowed down due to bad
weather. Its average speed for the
trip is reduced by 200 kms/hr. and
the time of flight increased by
300min. The duration of the flight
is-
34. A walks around a circular field at
the rate of one round/hour, while B
runs around it at the rate of six
rounds/hour. They starts in the
same direction from the same point
at 7:30 am. They shall first cross
each other at-
35. A person travels from P to Q at a
speed of 40km./hr and returns by
increasing his speed by 50%. What
in his average speed for both the
trips?
36. Walking at 6/7th of his usual speed,
a man is 12 minutes late. The usual
time taken by him to cover that
distance is-