Busa, Nicole Audrey G.

BSTM-101

1. You have 50 biscuits. How many times can you

subtract 5 from 50 biscuits?
EXPLANATION:
Once only because after that it will not be 50 biscuits.
As you subtract 5 biscuits it will be 45 and not 50 anymore.

2. There is a clothing store in Bartlesville. The owner has

devised his own method of pricing items. A vest costs $20,
socks cost $25, a tie costs $15 and a blouse costs $30.
Using the method, how much would a pair of underwear
cost?
Answer: $45.
EXPLANATION: The pricing method consists of
charging $5 for each letter required to spell the item.
 3. Take 9 from 6, 10 from 9, 50 from 40 and leave 6. How
Come?
Answer: SIX - 9 (IX) = S

EXPLANATION:
9 (IX) - 10 (X) = I
40 (XL) - 50 (L) = X
===>SIX

4. 8 apples are there, you take 4 away and then you return 1
apple. How many apples do you have?

EXPLANATION:
You got 4 apples for yourself and returned 1 apple
Therefore 4 - 1 = 3 apples

5. The speed of a train is 3m/sec and it takes 10 secs to cross a

lamp post. What is the length of the train?
EXPLANATION:
The Train covers 3m in 1 sec
Therefore in 10 secs it will cover = 3m X 10 sec = 30 m
In 10 sec, the train of length 30m will cross the lamp post.