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#6651 2020-07-11 00:49:07
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#4795. a, b, c, d, e, f, and g are consecutive even numbers; j, k, l, m, and n are consecutive odd numbers. Find the average of all the numbers.
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#6652 2020-07-13 00:24:52
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#4796. When a student weighing 45 kilograms left a class, the average weight of the remaining 59 students increased by 200 grams. What is the average weight (in kilograms) of the remaining 59 students?
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#6653 2020-07-15 00:42:24
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#4797. The average age of a family of 5 members is 20 years. If the age of the youngest member is 10 years, what is the average age of the family at the time of the birth of the youngest member?
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#6654 2020-07-17 00:29:19
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#4798. Find the average of the first five multiples of 6.
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#6655 2020-07-19 00:25:35
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#4799. The average of 50 numbers is 38. If two numbers, namely, 45 and 55 are discarded, find the average of the remaining numbers.
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#6656 2020-07-21 00:42:59
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#4800. The average of 11 results is 50. If the average of the first six numbers is 49, and that of the last six is 52, then find the sixth number.
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#6657 2020-07-23 00:37:43
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#4801. The average of six consecutive even numbers is 25. Find the difference between the largest and the smallest number.
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#6658 2020-07-25 00:42:19
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#4802. The average of first three numbers is double of the fourth number. If the average of all the four numbers is 12, find the 4th number.
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#6659 2020-07-27 00:49:30
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#4803. The average of five consecutive positive integers is n. If the next two integers are also added, then find the average of all the integers.
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#6660 2020-07-29 00:39:34
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#4804. If the salary of A is 50% more than the salary of B and 20% less than the salary of C, the salary of C is what percentage more than the salary of B?
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#6661 2020-07-31 00:30:51
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#4805. In a school, 30% of a class consists of girls and there are 21 boys in the class. How many girls are there in the class?
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#6662 2020-08-02 00:05:44
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#4806. What is 10% of 20% of 30% of 40?
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#6663 2020-08-04 00:33:34
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#4807. A student multiplied a number by 3/4 instead of 4/3. What is the percentage error in the calculation?
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#6664 2020-08-06 00:23:41
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#4808. Which of the following is the largest number?
a) 10% of 100
b) 5% of 300
c) 100% of 5
d) 500% of 5.
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#6665 2020-08-08 00:31:26
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#4809. If 10% of a number is 70, then what is 25% of that number?
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#6666 2020-08-10 00:15:35
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#4810. What is 10% of 20% of 25% of 200?
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
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#6667 2020-08-12 00:43:55
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#4811. A number when reduced by 10% gives 30.Find the number.
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#6668 2020-08-14 00:38:30
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#4812. If 60% of x = 20% of y, find the value of x if y = 20.
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#6669 2020-08-16 00:26:06
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#4813. 50% of x% of y is equal to 75% of y% of z. What is the value of z?
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#6670 2020-08-18 00:21:13
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#4814. A number increased by 22.5% gives 98. Find the number.
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
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#6671 2020-08-20 00:53:49
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#4815. 20% of a number subtracted from 120, gives the number itself. Find the number.
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#6672 2020-08-22 00:28:15
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#4816. If A exceeds B by 60%, and B is less than C by 20%, find the ratio A:C.
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
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#6673 2020-08-24 00:14:16
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#4817. If 120 is 20% of a number, then what is 120% of that number?
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
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#6674 2020-08-26 00:27:19
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#4818. A fruit seller had some apples. He sells 40% apples and has 480 apples. Originally, how many did he had?
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#6675 2020-08-28 00:24:37
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#4819. What percentage of numbers from 1 to 60 have 1 or 9 in the unit's digit?
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