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Word Problem
Q. 31 of the scientists that attended a certain workshop were Wolf Prize laureates, and 13 of these 31 were also Nobel Prize laureates. Of the scientists that attended that workshop and had not received the Wolf prize, the number of scientists that had received the Nobel Prize was 3 greater than the...
- by Joy Shaha
Sat Oct 07, 2017 12:40 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Word Problem
- Replies: 4
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word problems
Q.The cost of equities of type A and type B (in dollars) are two different integers. If 4 equities of type A & 5 equities of type B costs 27 dollars, What is the total cost of 2 equities of type A and 3 equities of type B in dollars?
A.15;
B.24;
C.35;
D.42;
E.55
- by Joy Shaha
Fri Apr 07, 2017 12:25 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: word problems
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3291
Percentage Problem
Q. A certain established organization has exactly 4096 members. A certain new organization has exactly 4 members. Every 5 members the membership of the established organization increased by 100 percent. Every 10 months the membership of new organization increases by 700 percent. New members join the...
- by Joy Shaha
Sat Jan 28, 2017 1:26 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Percentage Problem
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1643
- by Joy Shaha
Sat Jan 28, 2017 1:17 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Speed?distance problem
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2535
- by Joy Shaha
Sat Jan 28, 2017 1:11 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Time, Distance Problems
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1965
Time/speed/Distance problem
Q. James started from his home and drove eastwards at a constant speed. Exactly 90 minutes after James stated from his home, his brother Patrick started from the same point and drove in the same direction as James did at a different constant speed. Patrick overtook James exactly 90 minutes after Pat...
- by Joy Shaha
Tue Jan 24, 2017 10:39 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Time/speed/Distance problem
- Replies: 3
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Percentage problem
Q. A craftsman sold his identical handcrafted items at a profit of 20 percent. Had he charged 20 percent more per item, his profit per item would have been $9.6 more. What price did he charge, in dollars, for each item?
A. 24
B. 28.8
C. 40
D. 48
E. 57.6
- by Joy Shaha
Tue Jan 24, 2017 10:38 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Percentage problem
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2905
OG-17 Problem solving
Q. A sequence of numbers a1, a2, a3,…. is defined as follows: a1 = 3, a2 = 5, and every term in the sequence after a2 is the product of all terms in the sequence preceding it, e.g, a3 = (a1)(a2) and a4 = (a1)(a2)(a3). If an = t and n > 2, what is the value of an+2 in terms of t? A) 4t B) t2 C) t3 ...
- by Joy Shaha
Mon Jan 23, 2017 11:10 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: OG-17 Problem solving
- Replies: 5
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OG-17 Problem solving
Q. On Saturday morning, Malachi will begin a camping vacation and he will return home at the end of the first day on which it rains. If one of the first three days of the vacation the probability of rain o each day is 0.2, what is the probability that Malachi will return home at the end of the day o...
- by Joy Shaha
Mon Jan 23, 2017 11:09 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: OG-17 Problem solving
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OG-17 Problem solving
Q. A certain experimental mathematics program was tried out in 2 classes in each of 32 elementary schools and involved 37 teachers. Each of the classes had 1 teacher and each of the teachers taught at least 1, but not more than 3, of the classes. If the number of teachers who taught 3 classes is n, ...
- by Joy Shaha
Mon Jan 23, 2017 11:09 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: OG-17 Problem solving
- Replies: 4
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OG-17 Problem solving
Q. Last year 26 members of a certain club traveled to England, 26 members traveled to France, and 32 members traveled to Italy. Last year no members of the club traveled to both England and France, 6 members traveled to both England and Italy, and 11 members traveled to both France and Italy. How ma...
- by Joy Shaha
Mon Jan 23, 2017 11:08 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: OG-17 Problem solving
- Replies: 2
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OG-17 Problem solving
Q. If the range of the six numbers 4, 3, 14, 7, 10 and x is 12, what is the
difference between the greatest possible value of x and the least possible
value of x?
A) 0 B) 2 C) 12 D) 13 E) 15
- by Joy Shaha
Mon Jan 23, 2017 11:06 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: OG-17 Problem solving
- Replies: 5
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Official Guide problem
Q. Last year 26 members of a certain club traveled to England, 26 members traveled to France, and 32 members traveled to Italy. Last year no members of the club traveled to both England and France, 6 members traveled to both England and Italy, and 11 members traveled to both France and Italy. How ma...
- by Joy Shaha
Sun Jan 22, 2017 1:29 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Official Guide problem
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2683
OG-17 Problem solving
Q. Thabo owns exactly 140 books, and each book is either paperback fiction, paperback nonfiction, or hardcover nonfiction. If he owns 20 more paperback nonfiction books than hardcover nonfiction books, and twice as many paperback fiction books as paperback nonfiction books, how many hardcover books ...
- by Joy Shaha
Sun Jan 22, 2017 11:26 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: OG-17 Problem solving
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4720
OG-17 Problem solving
Q. A technician makes a round-trip to and from a certain service center by the
same route. If the technician completes the drive to the center and then
completes 10 percent of the drive from the center, what percent of the
round-trip has the technician completed?
A) 5% B) 10% C) 25% D) 40% E) 55%
- by Joy Shaha
Sun Jan 22, 2017 10:41 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: OG-17 Problem solving
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2649