Simplification

1. The cost of 4 bags and 3 boxes is taka 555 and the cost of 3 bags and 4 boxes is taka 460.
What is cost of any bag? Ex 20

2. Ram went to a shop to buy 50 kg of rice. He buys two varieties of rice which cost him
taka 4.50 per kg and taka 5 per kg. He spends a total of taka 240. What was the quantity
of rice bought which cost him taka 4.5 per kg? Ex 28

3. A boy was asked to multiply a certain number by 53. He multiplied it by 35 and got his
answer less than the correct one by 1206. Find the number to be multiplied? EX 29

4. A man spends 2/5 of his salary on house rent, 3/10 of his salary on food and 1/8 of his
salary on conveyance. If he has taka 1400 left with him, find his expenditure on food and
conveyance? Ex 32

5. A third of Arun’s marks in Mathematics exceeds a half of his marks in English by 30. If
he got 240 marks in the two subjects together, how many marks did he get in English? Ex
33

6. At a college football game, 4/5 of the seats in the lower deck of the stadium were sold. If
¼ of all the seating in the stadium is located in the lower deck and if 2/3 of all the seats in
the stadium were sold, what fraction of the unsold seats in the stadium was in the lower
deck? Ex 36

7. In a certain office, 1/3 of the workers are women, ½ of the woman are married and 1/3 of
the married women have children. If ¾ of the men are married and 2/3 of the married
men have children, what part of workers is without children? Ex 37

8. Taka 6500 are divided equally among a certain number of persons. Had there been 15
more persons, each could have got taka 30 less. Find the original number of persons. Ex
48

9. Village X has population of 68000, which is decreasing at the rate of 1200 per year.
Village Y has a population of 42000 which is increasing at the rate of 800 per year. In
how many years will the population of the two villages be equal? Ex 49

10. In a caravan, in addition to 50 hens there are 45 goats and 8 camels with some keepers. If
the total number of feet be 224 more than the number of heads, find the number of
keepers? Ex 53

11. A railway half ticket costs half the full fare. But the reservation charge one half ticket is
the same as that of full ticket. One reserved first class ticket for a journey between two
 stations is taka 525 and the cost of one full and one half reserved first class tickets is taka
850. What is the reservation charge? Ex 56.

12. In an objective examination of 90 questions, 5 marks are allotted for every correct answer
and 2 marks are deducted for every wrong answer. After attempting all the 90 questions a
student got a total of 387 marks, find the number of questions that he attempted wrong?
Ex 58

13. Kiran had 85 currency notes in all, some of which were of tk. 100 denomination and the
remaining of tk. 50 denominations. The total amount of All these currency notes was tk.
5000. How much amount did she have in the denomination of tk. 50.ex. 59

14. A train starts full of passengers. At the first station, it drops one- third of the passengers
and takes 280 more. At the second station, it drops one- half of the new total and takes 12
more. On arriving at the third station, it is found to have 248 passengers. Find the number
of passengers in the beginning. Ex. 61

15. Arun and Sajal are friends. Each has some money. If Arun gives tk. 30 to Sajal, then
Sajal will have twice the money left with Arun. But if Sajal gives tk 10 to Arun , then
Arun will have thrice as much as is left with Sajal. How much money does each have?
Ex. 62

16. A car company sold 150 cars in a special 6- day sale. Each day, the company sold 6
more than the previous day. How many cars were sold on the 6 th day?150

17. A family has several children. Each boy in the family has as many sisters as brothers and
each girl has twice as many brothers as sisters. How many brothers and sisters are there?
158

18. The cost of one pencil, two pens and four erasers is tk. 22 while the cost of five pencils,
four pens and two erasers is tk. 32. How much will three pencils, three pens and three
erasers cost? 192

19. Ram Singh goes to Pushkar Mela with tk 10000 to buy exactly 100 animals. He finds
that cows are sold at tk. 1000, horses at tk. 300 and chicken at tk. 50. How many chickens
should he buy to meet his target of 100 animals? 193

20. A man's investment doubles in every 5 years. If he invested tk 5000 in each of the years
1990, 1995, 2000 and 2005, then what was the total amount received by him in 2010?
223
21. A candidate was asked to find 7/8 of a positive number. He found 7/18 of the same by
mistake. If his answer was 770 less than the correct one, then the original given number
was?227

22. A person travels 3.5 km from place A to place B. Out of his distance, he travels 5/3 km
on bicycle, 7/6 km on scooter and the rest on foot. What portion of the whole distance
does he cover on foot? 247

23. One third of Rahul savings in national savings certificate is equal to one- half of his
savings in public provident fund. If he has tk 1,50000 as total savings, how much has he
saved in public provident fund? 255

24. To fill a tank, 25 buckets of water is required. How many buckets of water will be
required to fill the same tank if the capacity of the bucket is reduced to two- fifth of it's
present? 267

25. Rita travelled 1200 km by air, which formed 2/5th of her journey. One-third of the whole
journey she travelled by car and the remaining journey by train. Find the distance
travelled by the train?

26. A fires 5 shots to B's 3 but A kills only once in 3 shots while B kills once in 2 shots.
When B has missed 27 times, A has killed? Aggarwal 283

27. Mechanics are paid twice the hourly wages of sales people. Custodial workers are paid
one-third the hourly wages of mechanics. What fraction of the hourly wages of custodial
workers are sales people paid? Aggarwal 292

28. There are 200 questions on a 3-hour examination. Among these questions are 50
mathematics problems. It is suggested that twice as much time be allowed for each
mathematics problem as for each other question. How many minutes should be spent on
mathematics problems? Aggarwal 300

29. In a group of buffaloes and ducks, the number of legs is 24 more than twice the number
of heads. What is the number of buffaloes in the group? Aggarwal 410

30. An employee may claim tk 7 for each km when he travels by taxi and tk6 for each km if
he drives his own car. If in one week he claimed tk675 for travelling 90 km, how many
kilometers did he travel by taxi? Aggarwal 415
31. In an examination a student scores 4 marks for every correct answer and loses 1 mark for
every wrong answer. A student attempted all the 200 questions and scored in all 200
marks. The number of questions, he answered correctly was? Aggarwal 424

32. In a regular week, there are 5 working days and for each day, the working hours are 8. A
man gets Rs. 2.40 per hour for regular work and Rs. 3.20 per hours for overtime. If he
earns Rs. 432 in 4 weeks, then how many hours does he work for? Aggarwal 431

33. On a 2 km road, a total number of 201 trees are planted on each side of the road at equal
distances. How many such trees in all will be planted on both sides of a 50 km road such
that the distance between two consecutive trees is the same as that of the consecutive
trees on the 2 km road? Aggarwal 363

34. There are benches in class room .If 4 students sit on each bench ,3 benches are left vacant
and if 3 students sit on each bench , 3 students are left standing .what is the total number
of students in the class? Aggarwal 367

35. The taxi charges in a city comprise of a fixed charge, together with the charge of the
distance covered. For a journey of 16 km, the charges paid are Rs. 156 and for a journey
of 24 km, the charges paid are Rs. 204. What will a person have to pay for travelling a
distance of 30 km? Aggarwal 436

36. Reena bought chocolates to distribute among her friends on her 18th birthday. If she
gives 3 chocolates to each friend, one friend will get only 2 chocolates. However, if she
gives 2 chocolates to each friend, she will be left with 15 chocolates. How many
chocolates did she buy? Aggarwal 496