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PRACTICE SET - 10
NAME : _______________________________________ DATE : ___/___/______

1. If the mean of the numbers 27 + x, 31 + x, 89 + x, 107 + x, 156 + x is 82, then the mean of 130
+ x, 126 + x, 68 + x, 50 + x, 1 + x is

2. The least number, which when divided by 48, 60, 72, 108 and 140 leaves 38, 50, 62, 98 and
130 remainders respectively, is

3. Find the probability of throwing a sum 9 with two dice.

4. If the HCF of 408 and 1032 is expressible in the form 𝟏𝟎𝟑𝟐𝒑 − 𝟒𝟎𝟖 × 𝟓, find the value of p.

𝒙 𝟏 𝟏
5. If = , find 𝒙𝟐 + .
𝟐𝒙𝟐 𝟓𝒙 𝟐 𝟔 𝒙𝟐

6. The numerator of a fraction is 4 less than its denominator. If the numerator is decreased by
2 and the denominator is increased by 1, then denominator is eight times the numerator. The
fraction is

7. 3 chairs and 2 tables cost Rs 700 and 5 chairs and 3 tables cost Rs 1100. The cost of 2 chairs
and 2 tables: is

8. A number between 10 and 100 is five times the sum of its digits. If 9 is added to it, the digits
are reversed, then number is

9. In the adjoining diagram AB=AC, find x, y and ∠𝑨.

10. The length of a rectangle is 2 less than 3 times the width. If the width is tripled while the
length is decreased by 2, the new perimeter is 12 more than the original perimeter. Find the
original dimensions.

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11. A secretary and a trainee are processing a pile of 124 forms. The secretary processes 15
forms per hour while the trainee processes 7 forms per hour. If the trainee begins working at
9.00 a.m. and is then joined by the secretary 2 hours later, at what time will they finish the
pile of forms?

12. An alloy of silver and gold weighs 90 gm in air and 84 gm in a liquid. Assuming that silver
loses one-tenth of its weight in the liquid and that gold loses one-nineteenth of its weight. Find
the weight of each metal in the alloy.

𝟏
13. Find the distance travelled by Asha and Nisha, if th of the distance travelled by Asha is 5
𝟒
𝟏 𝟏
km more than th of the distance travelled by Nisha. Also th the sum of the distances
𝟔 𝟏𝟎
travelled by both is 128 km.

14. Find the greatest number of five digits which is a perfect square.

𝟑 𝟑
15. Find the value of √𝟓𝟏𝟐 × √𝟑. 𝟑𝟕𝟓

𝟗 𝒙 𝟖 𝒙 𝟏 𝟐
16. If . = , then the value of 𝒙.
𝟒 𝟐𝟕 𝟑

17. The sum of two-digit number and the number obtained by reversing the order of its digits
is 165. If the digits differ by 3. Find the number.

18. Advanced purchase tickets to an art exhibition cost Rs 4, while tickets purchased at the
door cost Rs. 6. If a total of 150 tickets were sold and Rs 680 was collected, how many advanced
purchase tickets were sold?

19. Three numbers are in the ratio 1: 2: 3. The sum of their cubes is 98784. Find the numbers.

20. If 𝑸𝑻 ⊥ 𝑷𝑹, ∠𝑻𝑸𝑹 = 𝟒𝟎𝟎 and ∠𝑺𝑷𝑹 = 𝟑𝟎𝟎 , values of x and y are

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21. A man cycles at the speed of 8km/hr and reaches office at 11 am and when he cycles at the
speed of 12 km/hr he reaches office at 9 am. At what speed should he cycle so that he reaches
his office at 10 am?

22. A motor boat covers a certain distance downstream in a river in 3 hours. It covers the same
distance upstream in 3 hours and a half. If the speed of water is 1.5 km/h, then the speed of
the boat in still water is:

23. Three pipes 1, 2 and 3 together take 24 hours to fill a tank. The three pipes are opened for
6 hours after which Pipe 3 is closed. Pipe 1 and 2 take another 30 hours to fill the tank. In how
much time would Pipe 3, alone fill the tank?

24. A contractor was engaged to construct a road in 16 days. After working for 12 days with 20
𝟓
labours it was found that only th of the road had been constructed. To complete the work in
𝟖
stipulated time the number of extra labours required is:

25. One man, 3 women and 4 boys can do a piece of work in 96 hours, 2 men and 8 boys can do
it in 80 hours, 2 men and 3 women can do it in 120 hours. 5 men and 12 boys can do it in

26. Represent the following data by a pie-diagram.

Expenditure
Items
Family A Family B
Food 4000 6400
Clothing 2500 480
Rent 1500 3200
Education 400 1000
Miscellaneous 1600 600
Total 10000 16000

27. On tossing three coins at a time, find

(i) all possible outcomes
(ii) events of occurrence of 3 heads, 2 heads, 1 head and 0 head.
(iii) probability of getting 3 heads, 2 heads, 1 head and no head.

28. Given that Carbon- 14(C14) decays at a constant rate in such a way that it reduces to 50%
in 5568 years. Find the age of an old wooden piece in which the carbon is only 12.5% of the
original

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29. In the adjoining figure, ABCD is a parallelogram in which P and Q are mid-points of
opposite sides AB and CD. If AQ intersects DP at S and BQ intersects CP at R, show that:
(i) APCQ is a parallelogram.
(ii) DPBQ is a parallelogram.
(iii) PSQR is a parallelogram.

30. A lead pencil consists of a cylinder of wood with a solid cylinder of graphite filled in the
interior. The diameter of the pencil is 7 mm and the diameter of the graphite is 1 mm. If the
length of the pencil is 14 cm, find the volume of the wood and that of the graphite.

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