Word problems

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

1. A train covers 192 km in 6 hours at a steady speed. What is its speed in km per hour?

2. A student scored 92, 99, 81, 94, 58, 80 in 6 tests. What is the average score?

3. A student scored 98, 61, 51, 56, 89 in 5 tests. What is the average score?

4. A student scored 79, 68, 84, 73, 65, 51 in 6 tests. What is the average score?

5. Find the simple interest on Rs. 2800 at 5% per year for 3 years.

6. A student scored 50, 59, 72, 79 in 4 tests. What is the average score?

7. A train covers 497 km in 7 hours at a steady speed. What is its speed in km per hour?

8. 3 friends share a bill of Rs. 192 equally, and each also gives a tip of Rs. 8. How much does each friend pay in all?

9. A train covers 270 km in 9 hours at a steady speed. What is its speed in km per hour?

10. A train covers 288 km in 8 hours at a steady speed. What is its speed in km per hour?

11. 9 friends share a bill of Rs. 360 equally, and each also gives a tip of Rs. 5. How much does each friend pay in all?

12. In a class of 375 students, 60% are girls. How many boys are there?

13. A tank is 20 m long, 15 m wide and 5 m deep. How many cubic metres of water can it hold?

14. 7 shirts cost Rs. 660 each. A discount of 25% is given on the total bill. What is the amount to pay?

15. A train covers 406 km in 7 hours at a steady speed. What is its speed in km per hour?

16. A student scored 44, 43, 62, 79, 56, 82 in 6 tests. What is the average score?

17. Rs. 252 is divided between two friends in the ratio 9 : 5. How much does each get?

18. A student scored 72, 53, 54, 69 in 4 tests. What is the average score?

19. A train covers 336 km in 6 hours at a steady speed. What is its speed in km per hour?

20. Find the simple interest on Rs. 1800 at 4% per year for 3 years.

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