Saturday, May 30, 2009

5 Maths questions a day (1)

1. A container of sand weighed 5 kg when it was 1/2 full, and weighed 4 kg when it was 1/3 full. What was the weight of the container when it was full?

2. YY had some money. She bought a necklace for $250 and spent 1/4 of the remaining money on a ring. She still had 1/3 of her money left. How much did YY spend on the ring?

3. Joanne, Ann and Yati share $240. Joanne receives 1/3 as much money as Yati. After Ann gave $20 of her money to Joanne, Joanne has 1/2 as much money as Yai. How much money does Ann have at first?

4. Adi and Furqan had $71 altogether. Furqan and Zam had $105 altogether. Adi had 3/5 of the money that Zam had. How much money did Furqn have?

5. A cook had a total of 336 large and small eggs. She use 4/7 of the large eggs and bought another 24 small eggs. As a result, the number of small eggs she had was 2/3 the number of large eggs left. How many more large eggs than small eggs had she at first?

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