February 2004
February 3, 2004: What is the maximum percentage discount that a merchant can offer on his Marked Price so that she ends up selling at no profit or loss, if she had initially marked her goods up by 50%? Answer »

February 4, 2004: In a class 40% of the students enrolled for Math and 70% enrolled for Economics. If 15% of the students enrolled for both Math and Economics, what % of the students of the class did not enroll for either of the two subjects? Answer »

February 5, 2004: A runs 25% faster than B and is able to give him a start of 7 meters to end a race in dead heat. What is the length of the race? Answer »

February 9, 2004: How many integral divisors does the number 120 have? Answer »

February 10, 2004: The difference between the value of a number increased by 12.5% and the value of the original number decreased by 25% is 30. What is the original number? Answer »

February 17, 2004: In what ratio should a 20% methyl alcohol solution be mixed with a 50% methyl alcohol solution so that the resultant solution has 40% methyl alcohol in it? Answer »

February 23, 2004: Jim travels the first 3 hours of his journey at 60 mph speed and the remaining 5 hours at 24 mph speed. What is the average speed of Jim’s travel in mph? Answer »

February 26, 2004: When 242 is divided by a certain divisor the remainder obtained is 8. When 698 is divided by the same divisor the remainder obtained is 9. However, when the sum of the two numbers 242 and 698 is divided by the divisor, the remainder obtained is 4. What is the value of the divisor? Answer »