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A vessel is filled with liquid, 3 parts of which are water and 5 parts syrup. How much of the
mixture must be drawn off and replaced with water so that the mixture may be half water
and half syrup?
A can contains a mixture of two liquids A and B is the ratio 7 : 5. When 9 litres of mixture
are drawn off and the can is filled with B, the ratio of A and B becomes 7 : 9. How many
litres of liquid A was contained by the can initially?
A milk vendor has 2 cans of milk. The first contains 25% water and the rest milk. The
second contains 50% water. How much milk should he mix from each of the containers so as
to get 12 litres of milk such that the ratio of water to milk is 3 : 5?
A container contains 40 litres of milk. From this container 4 litres of milk was taken out and
replaced by water. This process was repeated further two times. How much milk is now
contained by the container?
A jar full of whisky contains 40% alcohol. A part of this whisky is replaced by another
containing 19% alcohol and now the percentage of alcohol was found to be 26%. The
quantity of whisky replaced is:
John bought 20 kg of wheat at the rate of Rs.8.50 per kg and 35 kg at the rate of Rs.8.75 per
kg. He mixed the two. Approximately at what price per kg should he sell the mixture to
make 40% profit at the cost price?

The cost of Type 1 rice is Rs. 15 per kg and Type 2 rice is Rs. 20 per kg. If both Type 1 and
Type 2 are mixed in the ratio of 2 : 3, then the price per kg of the mixed variety of rice is:
A merchant has 1000 kg of sugar, part of which he sells at 8% profit and the rest at 18%
profit. He gains 14% on the whole. The quantity sold at 18% profit is:

A 20 litre mixture of milk and water contains milk and water in the ratio 3 : 2. 10 litres of the
mixture is removed and replaced with pure milk and the operation is repeated once more.At
the end of the two removals and replacement, what is the ratio of milk and water in the
resultant mixture?

How many litres of water should be added to a 30 litre mixture of milk and water containing
milk and water in the ratio of 7 : 3 such that the resultant mixture has 40% water in it?
How many kgs of Basmati rice costing Rs.42/kg should a shopkeeper mix with 25 kgs of
ordinary rice costing Rs.24 per kg so that he makes a profit of 25% on selling the mixture at
Rs.40/kg?
Two vessels A and B contain spirit and water in the ratio 5 : 2 and 7 : 6 respectively. Find the
ratio in which these mixtures be mixed to obtain a new mixture in vessel C containing spirit
and water in the ratio 8 : 5 ?
How many kilograms of sugar costing Rs. 9 per kg must be mixed with 27 kg of sugar
costing Rs. 7 per kg so that there may be a gain of 10 % by selling the mixture at Rs. 9.24
per kg?
In what ratio must tea at Rs.62 per kg be mixed with tea at Rs. 72 per kg so that the mixture
must be worth Rs. 64.50 per kg?
A dishonest milkman sells his milk at cost price but he mixes it with water and thereby
gains 25%. What is the percentage of water in the mixture?
In 1 kg mixture of iron and manganese, 20% is manganese. How much iron should be added
so that the proportion of manganese becomes 10%
In what ratio must rice at Rs.7.10 be mixed with rice at Rs.9.20 so that the mixture may be
worth Rs.8 per kg?
We have a 630 ml mixture of milk and water in the ratio 7:2. How much water must be
added to make the ratio 7:3?
Rs.460 was divided among 41 boys and girls such that each boy got Rs.12 and each girl got
Rs.8. What is the number of boys?
A trader has 1600 kg of sugar. He sells a part at 8% profit and the rest at 12% profit. If he
gains 11% on the whole , find the quantity sold at 12%.

In what ratio must a person mix three kinds of tea costing Rs.60/kg, Rs.75/kg and Rs.100 /kg
so that the resultant mixture when sold at Rs.96/kg yields a profit of 20%?
3 litre of water is added to 11 litre of a solution containing 42% of alcohol in the water. The
percentage of alcohol in the new mixture is
In what ratio should a 20% methyl alcohol solution be mixed with a 50% methyl alcohol solution so
that the resultant solution has 40% methyl alcohol in it?
How many kg of rice at Rs.6.60 per kg be mixed with 56 kg of rice at Rs.9.60 per kg to get a
mixture worth Rs.8.20 per kg?
A merchant has 1000 kg of sugar part of which he sells at 8% profit and the rest at 18%
profit. He gains 14% on the whole. The quantity sold at 18% profit is
The ratio of the income to expenditure of a family is 10: 7. If the familyexpenses are
10500/-, then the savings of the family is
In a town, the population was 8000. In one year, male population increased by 10% and
female population increased by 8% but the total population increased by 9%. The no. of
males in the town was......
A jar contains 10 red marbles & 30 green ones. How many red marbles must be added to the
jar so that 60% of the marble will be red
A water tank contains 5% salt by weight. X- liters of fresh water is added to 40 liters of tank
water, so that the solution contains 2% salt. The value of X is ......
60 kg of rice-1 at 32/- per kg is mixed with 48 kg of rice-2 and the mixture is sold at the
average price of 28/- per kg. If there be no profit or loss due to the sale price, then the price
of the second variety of rice is .....
A vessel is filled with milk & water. 70% of milk and 30% of water is taken out of the
vessel. It is found that the vessel is vacated by 55% and has 240L mixture. Find the quantity
of milk in mixture .
Cost of sugar is decreased by 20%. By how much %, consumption can be increased so as to
maintain the same expenditure?
Cost of sugar is increased by 20% and consumption is reduced by 10%.What is the net effect
on the expenditure?
In what ratio must tea worth Rs. 60 per kg be mixed with tea worth Rs. 65 a kg such that by
selling the mixture at Rs. 68.20 a kg ,there can be a gain 10%?
In what ratio should rice at Rs.9.30 per kg be mixed with rice at Rs. 10.80 per kg so that the
mixture be worth Rs.10 per kg ?
Some amount out of Rs.7000 was lent at 6% per annum and the remaining was lent at 4%
per annum. If the total simple interest from both the fractions in 5 years was Rs.1600, the
sum lent at 6% per annum was
How many litres of a 90% of concentrated acid needs to be mixed with a 75% solution of
concentrated acid to get a 30 litre solution of 78% concentrated acid?
A mixture of a certain quantity of milk with 16 litres of water is worth 90p per litre. if pure
milk be worth Rs.1.08 per litre, how much milk is there in the mixture?
A solution of 25 litres contain 20% sugar, if 10 litres of the solution is evaporated, find the
percentage of sugar in the final solution?
Average marks of a,b,c is 48. When d joins average becomes 47. E has 3 more marks than d.
Average marks of b,c,d,e is 48. What is the marks of a?
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10 20 21 25 21

4 litres, 6 litres, 5 litres, 7 litres, 6 litres,

8 litres 6 litres 7 litres 5 litres 6 litres

26.34 27.36 29.16 29.16

litres litres 28 litres litres litres

1/3 2/3 2/5 3/5 2/3

Rs.12 Rs.8 Rs.16 Rs.20 Rs.12

Rs. Rs.
Rs. 18 18.50 Rs. 19 19.50 Rs. 18

400 kg 560 kg 600 kg 640 kg 600 kg

17:03 9:01 3:17 5:03 9:01

None of
5 litres 7 litres 10 litres these 5 litres

200.0
20.0 kgs 12.5 kgs 16.0 kgs kgs 20.0 kgs
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60 kg 63 kg 58 kg 56 kg 63 kg

1:2 2:01 3:01 1:03 3:01

25% 20% 22% 24% 20%

1.5 kg 2 kg .5 kg 1 kg 1 kg

5:4 2:1 3:2 4:3 4:3

70 ml 60 ml 80 ml 50 ml 70 ml

33 30 36 28 33
1200
1200 kg 1400 kg 1600 kg 800 kg kg

1:2:4 1:4:2 1:2:1 3:7:6 1:4:2

25% 20% 30% 33% 33%

1:2 1:1 2:1 1:2 1:2

56 kg 52 kg 44 kg 49 kg 49 kg

300 400 600 500 600

4500 4000 3500 3000 4500

4500 4000 3500 3000 4000

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30
60 liters Liters 40 liters 50 liters 0liters

32 23 25 28 23

100 L 150 L 200 L 300 L 150 L

25% 50% 30% 20% 25%

25% 8% 30% 20% 8%

3:2 2:3 4:3 3:4 3:2

7:8 8:7 6:7 7:6 8:7

Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs.

2400 2200 2000 1800 2000

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75 80 65 60 80

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