Question 1: If the cost of toys is
Rs. what is the cost of one dozen such toys?
Answer:
Cost of toys
Rs.
Therefore cost of toy
Rs.
Hence the cost of one dozen toys ( toys)
Rs.
Question 2: If notebooks cost
Rs. how many notebooks can be purchased for
Rs?
Answer:
Cost of notebooks
Rs
Cost of one notebook Rs.
Hence number of notebooks that can be purchased for Rs
Question 3: If pencils can be bought for
Rs. how many pencils can be bought for
Rs.?
Answer:
pencils cost
Rs.
Cost of one pencil Rs.
Hence the number of pencils that can be bought for Rs.
pencils
Question 4: If iron rods of the same size weigh
kg, how much is the weight of
such rods?
Answer:
Weight of rods
kg
Weight of one rod kg
Weight of such rods
kg
Question 5: If a laborer earns Rs. per week, how much will he earn in
days?
Answer:
Weekly salary of the labor Rs.
Earning for days
Daily Salary of the labor Rs
Question 6: If a car covers km in
liters of petrol, how many kilometres will it cover in
liters of petrol?
Answer:
In liters of petrol the car covers
km
In one liter of petrol the car will cover km
In liters of petrol, the car will cover
km
Question 7: men can do a piece of work in
hours. How many men will be required to finish the work in
hours?
Answer:
men can do a piece of work in
hours
Total man hours required for finishing the job man hours
To finish the work in hours we would need
men
Question 8: men can weave
baskets in a week. How many men will be needed to weave
baskets in
days?
Answer:
baskets are produced in
man days
To produce one basket man days
The no. of men required to produce baskets in
days
men
Question 9: A journey by car takes minutes at
km/hr. How fast must the car go to finish the journey in
minutes?
Answer:
Distance covered by the car in minutes
km
Speed at which the car must go to finish the journey in minutes
km/hr.
Question 10: In a zoo, parrots consume
g of nuts in a day. If
parrots are sent to another zoo, what quantity of nuts will be required in a day?
Answer:
parrots consume
gm of nuts
parrot will consume
gm of nuts
Hence parrots will consume
g of nuts per day
Question 11: If men or
women can earn
Rs. per day, how much would
men and
women earn per day?
Answer:
men earn
Rs. Per day
Hence, man would earn
Rs. Per day
Similarly, woman would earn
Rs. Per day
Therefore men and
women would earn
Rs. Per day.
Question 12: If laborers earn
in
days, how many laborers can earn
in
days?
Answer:
laborers in
days earn
Rs.
labor days
Rs.
Labor Day
Rs. Per day
Hence the number of laborers days required to earn Rs in
days =
Therefore the number of laborer required laborers
Question 13:. A fort had provisions for men for
days. After
days,
more men arrived. How long will the remaining food last at the same rate?
Answer:
Provision man days
Food consumed by men in
day
man days
Provisions left man days
After days, the number of men
Therefore the number of days the provision would last days
Question 14: typists working
hours a day, type a thesis in
days. For how many hours per day should
typists work to finish it in
days?
Answer:
Total work to be done man hours
So the number of hours per day by for typists in
days
hours per day
Question 15: workers working
hours a day can build a wall in
days. How many days will
workers take to build a similar wall, working
hours a day?
Answer:
Total man hours to build a wall man hours
Number of days workers working
hours a day to complete the wall
days