A fruit seller sells mangoes at the rate of Rs. 9 per kg and thereby loses 20% . At what price per kg, he should have sold, them to make a profit of 5% ?
A fruit-seller buys lemons at 2 for a rupee and sells them at 5 for three rupees What is his gain per cent ?
A garden is 24 m long and 14 m wide. There is a path 1 m wide outside the garden along its sides. If the path is to be constructed with square marble tiles 20 cm × 20 cm, then find the number of tiles required to cover the path :
A garrison had provisions for a certain number of days. After 10 days, 1 / 5 of the men desert and it is found that the provisions will now last just as long as before. How long was that?
A girl while walking diametrically across a semicircular playground, takes 3 minutes less than if she had kept walking round the circular path from A to B. If she walks 60 metres a minute, what is diameter of the play ground?
A gold bracelet is sold for тВ╣ 14500 at a loss of 20%. What is the cost price of the gold bracelet?
A goods train left A for B at 3pm at an average speed of 60km/hr. At 6 pm, an express train also had left A for B on a parallel track at an average speed of 90km/hr. How far from A, is the express train expected to overtake the goods train?
A goods train runs at the speed of 72 kmph and crosses a 250 m long platform in 26 seconds. What is the length of the goods train?
A grocer has a sale of Rs 6435, Rs. 6927, Rs. 6855, Rs. 7230 and Rs. 6562 for 5 consecutive months. How much sale must he have in the sixth month so that he gets an average sale of Rs, 6500 ?
A grocer professes to sell goods at the cost price but uses false weights. He gains 100/9% in this manner. He uses a weight of
