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Problem 1 :

Suppose 6 kg of salt contains 6 × 10⁷ crystals. How many crystals are there is i) 7 kg of salt   ii) 3.5 kg of salt ?

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Problem 2 :

A machine in a Pepsi factory fills 680 bottles in 5 hrs. How many bottles will it fill in 3 hrs?

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Problem 3 :

Bacteria enlarged 60000 times attain a length of 3 cm. what is the length of bacteria if it is enlarged 10000 times only.

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Problem 4 :

A bus travels 40 kms in 30 minutes. If the speed of the bus remains same, how far can it travel in 3 hrs?

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Problem 5 :

A contractor estimates that 5 persons could plumb Ravi’s house in 8 days. If he uses 6 persons instead of 5, how long should they take to complete the job.

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Problem 6 :

If a box of pens is given to 25 children, they will get 2 pens each. How many would each get, if the number of children is reduced by 10?

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Problem 7 :

A batch of tablets were packed in 10 boxes with 6 tablets in each box. If the same batch is packed using 12 tablets in each box. How many boxes would be needed?

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Problem 8 :

In a toy company, it requires 36 machines to produce a car toys in 54 days. How many machines would be required to produce the same number of car toys in 81 days?

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Problem 9 :

Two persons could fit the AC unit a house in 2 days one person fell ill before the work started, how long would the job take now?

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Problem 10 :

In a college 7 period a day each of 45 minutes duration. How long each period be, if the school has 9 periods a day assuming the number of hours to be the same?

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Problem 11 :

There are 200 students in primary school. They need 50liters of drinking eater/day. If 50 of them are reduced how many liters of water needed per day?

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