A rectangular lot 50 feet by 100 feet is surrounded on all sides by a concrete walk 5 feet wide. Find the number of square feet in the surface of the walk.
A man bought 27 packets of Chilli Milli at $280 each, 9 packets of Chilli Milli at $320 each and 6 packets of Chilli Milli at $360 each. Find the average price per packet of Chilli Milli.
David receives his allowance on Sunday. He spends 1/4 of his allowance on Monday and 2/3 of the remainder on Tuesday. What part of his allowance is left for the rest of the week ?
In solving an arithmetic example, Donna, by mistake multiplied by 6 instead of dividing by 6. If her anser was 13 1/5, what should be the correct answer to the example ?
The average height of a class of 14 boys is 5.3 feet. A new boy admitted to the class, the new average of height now becomes 5.25. What is the height of the new boy ?
If you have 50 green, 50 orange, and 50 yellow jelly beans, how many bags can you fill for Halloween each containing 2 green, 3 orange, and 4 yellow jelly beans ?
A piece of fabric is cut into three sections so that the first is three times as long as the second and the second is three times as long as the third. What part of the entire piece is the smallest section ?
A word processing operator typed 44 words per minute. After practice, the operator's speed increased to 55 words per minutes. By what percent did the operator's speed increase ? (25%)
A clerk filed 73 forms on Monday, 85 forms on Tuesday, 54 on Wednesday, 92 on Thursday and 66 on Friday. What was the average number of forms filed per day ?
A car that gets 15 miles per gallon of gasoline can travel 250 miles on a full tank. If the same car got 20 miles per gallon, how many miles could it travel on a full tank ?
If a pipe can fill a tank in 2 hours and another pipe can fill the same tank in 40 minutes. How much time in minutes is needed to fill the tank if both the pipes are working together ?
The average height of five men is 68 inches. If one man is 70 inches tall and three others have an average of 67 inches, the height of the fifth man, in inches, is
A candy recipe calls for 5 parts milk, 4 parts cocoa, 4 parts syrup, 2 parts sugar, and 1 part butter. If you use 8 ounces of milk, how many ounces of candy mixture can you make ?
The population of 8 villages is 900, 750, 1100, 1050, 835, 1250, 555, and 630. Find the population of Ninth village if the average population of Nine villages is 900.
One half of the employees of Al Karim Co. earn salaries above Rs. 18,000 monthly. One third of the remainder earn salaries between Rs. 15,000 and Rs. 18,000. What part of the staff earns below Rs. 15,000 ?
A rectangle is 16 cm long and 10 cm wide. If the length is reduced by k cm and its width is increased also by k cm so as to make it a square then its area changes by