1500 math practice

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Math 15:
if you add up the digits of a three digit number you get 18.The tens digit is twice the hundreds digit
and the hundred digits is 1/3 the units digit.what is the number?
Solution:
Unit digit=3x
Hundred digit=x
Tens digit=2x
3x+x+2x=18
x=3
Unit digit=3*3=9
Hundred digit=3
Tens digit=6
The number is 369.
Math 16:
A person wishes to accumulate taka 150,000 by the end of 15 years by a making equal half yearly
deposits over the next 15 years. If he/she earns 10% on the investment, how much must he/she
deposit at the end of each half year?
Solution:
Future value of Annuity (FVA) = P * [(1 + r/m)^n*m - 1] / r
Where,
P = Periodic payment or Annuity
r = Rate of Interest
n = Number of years
150000 = P * [{1 + (10/100)/2}^(15*2) - 1} / {(10/100)/2}]
=> 150000 = P * {(1.05^30 - 1 ) / .05}
=> P = 150000 / {(4.32194237515 - 1) / .05}
=> P = 150000 / (66.438847503)
=> P = 2257.72 (Ans.)
Math 17:
Two workers A & B are engaged to do a work. A working alone takes 8 hrs more to complete the job
than if both worked together. If B worked along, he would need 4.5 hrs more to complete the job
than they both working together. What time would they take to do the work together?
Solution:
1/(x+8)+1/(x+4.5)=1/x
x(x+4.5+x+8)=(x+8)(x+4.5)
2x^2+12.5x=x^2+12.5x+36
x^2=36
x=6
Math 18:
Tania's grandfather was 8 times older to her 16 years years ago. He would be 3 times of her age 8
years from now. 8 years ago what was the ratio of Tania & her grandfather.
Solution:
16 years ago, Tania=x
Grandfather=x+8x=9x
At present Tania=x+16
Grandfather=9x+16
9x+16+8=3(x+16+8)
9x+24=3x+72
6x=48
x=8
Tania=8+16=24
Grandfather=9*8+16=88
8 years ago, Tania=24-8=16
Grandfather=88-8=80
Required ratio=16 : 80=1:5
Math19: A train which travels at a uniform speed due to some mechanical fault after traveling for an
hour goes at 3/5 th of the original speed and reached the destination 2 hours late.If the fault had
occurred after traveling another 50 miles, the train would have reached 40 minutes earlier. What is
the distance between the two stations?
Solution:
Let,
Original speed =x km
Reduced " = 3x/5
Or, .6x
ATQ
50/(3x/5)-50/x=40/60
Or, x = 50
Again,
let,
Distance=D
ATq
1+(D-50)/.6x=(D/50)+2(converting into time)
Or, D= 200
=Distance= 200 km
Math 20: A &B can do a piece of work in 10 & 15 days. They work together for 5 days and the rest of
the work is done by C in 2 days. If they get Tk. 4500 for the whole work, how should they divide the
money?
Solution:
A 10 day =1 part
5 day=5/10=1/2,
B 15 day =1part
5 day=5/15=1/3
C does=1-(1/2+1/3)
=1/6
Ratio of A:B:C= 1/2:1/3:1/6
1/2*6:1/3*6:1/6*6
=3:2:1
A gets=4500*3/6=2250
B gets=4500*2/6=1500
C gets=4500*1/6=750
Math 21:
A,B,and C can do a piece of work in 16,32 and 48 days respectively. They started working together
but C left after working 4 days and B,2 days before the completion of work. How many days it took to
completed the work ?
Solution:
C's 4 days work=4/48=1/12
B's (x-2) days work=(x-2)/32
1/12+x/16+(x-2)/32=1
8+6x+3(x-2)=96
8+6x+3x-6=96
9x=94
x=94/9
Math 22:
The speed of the railway engine is 42 hour when no compartment is attached, and the reduction of
the speed directly proportional to the square root of the number of compartments attached. If the
speed of the train carried by this engine is 24 km per hour when 9 compartments are attached. what
is the maximum number of compartments that can be carried by the engine.
Solution: এই ইভেভটে ম্যাথ োর সম্াধান বেশ কভেকোর বেো হভেভে। ননজ োনেভে বেভে ননভেন।
Math 23: Divided Tk. 600 among A, B and C so that Tk. 40 more than 2/5th of A's share, Tk.20 more
than 2/7th of B's share & Tk. 10 more than 9/17th of C's share may all be equal. What is the A's
share?
Solution:
Let's( 2A/5)+40=x
A=(5x-200)/2
Again, (2B/7)+20=x
B=(7x-140)/2
Likewise,
(9C/17)+10=x
C=(17x-170)/9
ATQ
A+B+C=600
[(5x-200)/2+(7x-140)/2+(17x-170)/9]=600
Solving x=100
So A=(5*100-200)/2=150
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Math 24:
Divide tk 5625 among A,B and C so that A may receive 1/2 as much as B & C and B 1/4 of what A
and C together receive?
Solution:
Let,
B+C=2x
So, A=x
“3x=5625
“x(A) =1875
C=2x-B
“C=3750-B
So, A+C=1875+3750-B
So,B=(5625-B)/4
ATQ,
A+B+C=5625
1875+(5625-B)/4+(3750-B)=5625
Solving, B=1125
So,C=3750-1125
=2625
Math 25:
A & B are 2 alloys of gold & copper prepared by mixing metals in proportions 7:2 & 7:11 respectively.
If equal quantities of the alloys are melted to form a third alloy C, the proportion of gold and copper
in C will be:
Solution:
1 kg of A and 1 kg of B make the 2 kg of alloy C.
Gold in 1 kg of A =1*7/9 Copper in 1 Kg of A = 1*2/9 =2/9.
Gold in 1 kg of B =1*7/18 = 7/18
copper in 1kg of B =11/18.
Gold in C =7/9 + 7/18 =21/18
Copper in C =2/9 +11/18 =15 /18
G: C =21/15 =7:5

Math 26: Average age of 18 men is decreased by 1 year when one man whose age is 49 years is
replaced by a new man. Find the age of new man.

Solution: Let, per person avg age=x

So, 18 person total age =18x

Let, new man’s age= y

So, A.T.Q

18x-49+y =18(x-1)

Y=31

So, age of new man is 31 (Ans)

Math 27: Average age of 7 members of a family is 29 years. If present age of younger member is 5
year, find average age of the remaining members at the time of birth of the youngest member?

Solution:

Total age of 7 members now= 29*7 =203 years.

Without younger member sum of remaining 6 members is 203-5=198 years.

Before 5 years, total age of 6 members was=198-30=168 years

So, at the time of the youngest member born the avg age of remaining 6 members was 168/6=28
years (Ans)

Math 28: The average mark obtained by some students in an exam is 54.If 20% of the students got a
mean score of 90 marks, and the 30% of the students got a mean score of 20.Find the average
marks of the remaining students.

Solution: Let, total students =100, and average marks of remaining students =x

A.T.Q

20*90 +30*20 +50*x =100*54

Or, x= 60

Math 29: A does half as much work as B in three-forth of the time. if together they take 18 days to
complete the work, how much time shall B take to do it?
Solution: Let, B takes x dáys to do the work.
So, A will take = 2 * 3/4 * x = 3x/4 days

(A+B)s 1 days work= 1/18

Or, 1/x + 2/3x = 1/18
Or, x = 30 days (Ans.)

Math 30: A 60 meter long train passes a 240 meter long railway station in 10 seconds. How many
seconds will it take to pass an electric pole?

Solution: Speed=(60+240)/10=30, so time required=60/30=2 sec

Math 31:

A train went 300 miles from x to y at an average speed of 80 mph .At what speed did it travel on the
way back it its average speed for the whole trip was 100 mph?

Solution: Return speed=x, ATQ, 300/80+300/x=600/100 or, 15x+1200=24x or,9x=1200 or, x=133.33

Math 32: the current of stream runs at 1 km/ h.A motor boat goes 35 km upstream and back again to
the starting point in 12 hours. The speed of the motor boat in still water is...

Solution: Let, the speed of the boat in still water x km/h

(35/x+1) + (35/x-1) = 12
=> 12x^2 -70x -12 =0
=> 12x^2 - 72x +2x -12 =0
=> (x-6) (12x+2)
{Ignore the negative value}

X = 6 (Ans.)

Math 33: A man can row 8 km/hr in still water and the river is running at 2km/hr. If the man takes 1 hour to row to a
place and back, how far is the place?

Solution: Let, the distance =x

Speed downstream= 8+2= 10 km/hr

Speed upstream =8-2= 6 km/hr

A.T.Q

x/10 +x/6 = 1

or, x= 3.75 km (Ans)

Math 34: A boat travels for three hours with a current of 3 mph & then returns the same distance
against the current in four hours. What's the boat's speed?

Solution: Let, speed of boat = x mph.

ATQ, 3(x+3) = 4(x-3)
=> 3x+9 = 4x-12
=> x = 21 mph.
Math 35: A man can row at 5 kmph in still water. If the velocity of current is 1 kmph and it takes him
1 hour to row to a place and come back,how far is the place?

Solution: let,
distance=x

ATQ,
x/(5+1) - x/(5-1) =1
x= 2.4 km (ans)