Word problems

Read each problem carefully and write the answer with its unit.

1. A train covers 280 km in 4 hours at a steady speed. What is its speed in km per hour?

2. Find the simple interest on Rs. 2600 at 10% per year for 1 years.

3. A tank is 9 m long, 4 m wide and 5 m deep. How many cubic metres of water can it hold?

4. A tank is 7 m long, 5 m wide and 5 m deep. How many cubic metres of water can it hold?

5. A tank is 17 m long, 6 m wide and 10 m deep. How many cubic metres of water can it hold?

6. A tank is 6 m long, 10 m wide and 6 m deep. How many cubic metres of water can it hold?

7. In a class of 380 students, 20% are girls. How many boys are there?

8. In a class of 348 students, 25% are girls. How many boys are there?

9. In a class of 44 students, 75% are girls. How many boys are there?

10. A tank is 7 m long, 4 m wide and 8 m deep. How many cubic metres of water can it hold?

11. A shopkeeper buys a bag for Rs. 660 and sells it for Rs. 560. What is the loss?

12. A train covers 325 km in 5 hours at a steady speed. What is its speed in km per hour?

13. 6 shirts cost Rs. 1000 each. A discount of 25% is given on the total bill. What is the amount to pay?

14. Find the simple interest on Rs. 3000 at 4% per year for 2 years.

15. In a class of 12 students, 75% are girls. How many boys are there?

16. A tank is 19 m long, 7 m wide and 12 m deep. How many cubic metres of water can it hold?

17. 8 shirts cost Rs. 480 each. A discount of 10% is given on the total bill. What is the amount to pay?

18. 6 shirts cost Rs. 840 each. A discount of 20% is given on the total bill. What is the amount to pay?

19. In a class of 80 students, 60% are girls. How many boys are there?

20. 3 shirts cost Rs. 860 each. A discount of 10% is given on the total bill. What is the amount to pay?

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