Friday, May 8, 2009

Q1.

Ryan is 26 years old and Nurul is 11 years old now.
How many years ago was Nurul's age of Ryan's age?

PLease ignore this question till further notice.


Q2.
In Exhibition Hall A, 30% of the 800 people were men. In Exhibition Hall B, 40% of the 400 people were women and children. After some of the people in both the halls had switched hall, 25% of the people in Exhibition Hall A and 75% of those in Exhibition Hall B were men.
How many people were there in Exhibition Hall B after the change?

Q3
Mr Lim left City A for City B at 9.00 a.m. At the same time, Mr Wang left City B for City A. Mr Lim’s average speed was 100 km/h while Mr Wang’s average speed was 120 km/h. Mr Lim passed Mr Wang at a place, 20 km from the midway of the two cities.
(a) Find the distance between the two cities.
(b) At what time did they pass each other along the way?

Q4
Four boxes, A, B, C and D, contained a total of 375 balls at first. Then the number of balls in A was increased by 25; the number in B was decreased by 10; the number in C was halved and the number in D was tripled. As a result, the number of balls in each box was the same. Find the number of balls in Box A at first.

Q5
Mrs Ling had a total of 1 000 pieces of $5 and $10 notes. After she spent 3/7 of her $5 notes and 1/3 of her $10 notes, she had thrice as many $10 notes as $5 notes left.
(a) How many $5 notes did Mrs Ling have?
(b) What is the total amount of the $5 notes did she spend?

Q6
In an exhibition, 1/6 of the visitors were children. 60% of the adults were women. There were 48 more women than children.
(a) How many women were in the exhibition?
(b) After some men left the exhibition, only 25% of the remaining visitors were men. How many men left the exhibition?

Q7
At 10.30a.m., a bus moved off from Town X to Town Y at an average speed of 70km/h. At the same time, a motorcycle travelled from Town Y to Town X. After some time, the bus and the motorcycle passed each other. At 1.30p.m., they were 10 km apart. The bus reached Town Y at 3.30p.m.
(a) Find the average speed of the motorcycle.
(b) At what time did the motorcycle reach Town X?

Q8
Aisha, Benny and Chufen shared the cost of a birthday gift. The gift cost $90. Aisha paid $12 more than Benny. Chufen paid 4 times the total amount paid by Aisha and Benny. How much must Aisha and Benny each pay to Chufen if the three of them were to share the cost of the gift equally?

Q9
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Alisa had to sell 200 pieces of $2 and $5 donation tickets. After she sold 1/2 of the $2 tickets, she was given 21 more pieces of $5 donation tickets. As a result, the total number of $5 donation tickets she had was 3/5 the remaining number of $2 tickets. What was the total value of the $5 donation tickets Alisa had at first?

Q10
Suzanne earns a fixed salary every month. Each month, she saves 3/8 of her salary and spends the rest. 1/3 of her spending is used to pay for her handphone bill and 1/6 of the remainder is spent on transport. The rest is then spent on food. If the amount spent on food is $480 more than the amount spent on transport, what is Suzanne’s monthly salary?

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