Word problems

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

1. Find the simple interest on Rs. 2700 at 8% per year for 3 years.

2. In a class of 308 students, 75% are girls. How many boys are there?

3. A shopkeeper buys a bag for Rs. 430 and sells it for Rs. 490. What is the profit?

4. A train covers 42 km in 2 hours at a steady speed. What is its speed in km per hour?

5. 5 shirts cost Rs. 780 each. A discount of 20% is given on the total bill. What is the amount to pay?

6. A student scored 90, 43, 46, 60, 76 in 5 tests. What is the average score?

7. 5 shirts cost Rs. 540 each. A discount of 20% is given on the total bill. What is the amount to pay?

8. A student scored 46, 99, 66, 61 in 4 tests. What is the average score?

9. A train covers 390 km in 5 hours at a steady speed. What is its speed in km per hour?

10. A shopkeeper buys a bag for Rs. 760 and sells it for Rs. 690. What is the loss?

11. A student scored 97, 89, 54, 52 in 4 tests. What is the average score?

12. A train covers 513 km in 9 hours at a steady speed. What is its speed in km per hour?

13. Find the simple interest on Rs. 1900 at 2% per year for 2 years.

14. 5 shirts cost Rs. 460 each. A discount of 10% is given on the total bill. What is the amount to pay?

15. In a class of 160 students, 40% are girls. How many boys are there?

16. A student scored 47, 87, 66, 88 in 4 tests. What is the average score?

17. Rs. 748 is divided between two friends in the ratio 8 : 9. How much does each get?

18. A student scored 56, 69, 71, 40, 93, 61 in 6 tests. What is the average score?

19. A tank is 17 m long, 7 m wide and 10 m deep. How many cubic metres of water can it hold?

20. Find the simple interest on Rs. 2900 at 5% per year for 1 years.

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