3 men, A,B, and C, worked together to paint a wall. If the painting was done by one man, the time taken to complete the wall for A,B and C would have been 6hours, 8 hours and 12hours respectively. A and B had painted for 3hours after which A rested, B and C then continued with the painting. What would be the total number of hours taken to complete the wall.
Adam and Rahmad shared some beads. If Adam gave 1/3 of his share to Rahmad, Rahmad would have 70 more beads than Adam. If Adam gave 1/5 of his share to Rahmad, Rahmad would have 10 more beads than Adam. How many beads does Adam have at first?
2/7 of the number of girls was equal to 3/5 of the number of boys at a funfair. (a) what fraction of the number of children were girls? (b) There were 253 more girls than boys. How many girls were at the funfair.
Based on the pricing (first three from left to right), how much does the rice cost ? Also, based on all the four pricings, which one is considered not fair?
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From ChannelNewsAsia: Jim bought some chocolates and gave half of it to Ken. Ken bought some sweets and gave half of it to Jim. Jim ate 12 sweets and Ken ate 18 chocolates. The ratio of Jim's sweets to chocolates became 1:7 and the ratio of Ken's sweets to chocolates became 1:4. How many sweets did Ken buy?
20% of John's savings is $120 more than 30% of Brian's savings.
After John spends 5/6 of his savings, and Brian spends 1/2 of his savings, John has $20 more than Brian. How much did John and Brian save ?
There were 40 more raisin buns than strawberry buns. After 3/4 of the raisin buns and 4/5 of the strawberry buns were sold, there were 28 buns left.
(a) How many strawberry buns were there at first?
(b) What fraction of the buns sold were raisin buns?
