The ratio of the prices of two houses A and B was 4 : 5 last year. This year, the price of A is increased by 25% and that of B by 50000. If their prices are now in the ratio 9 : 10, the price of A last year was :

The sum of three numbers is 98. If the ratio of the first to the second is 2 : 3 and that of the second to the third is 5 : 8, then the second number is:

The average score of boys in an examination of a school is 71 and that of the girls is 73. The average score of the whole school in that examination is 71.8. Find the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls that appeared in the examination.

Three friends A, B and C started a business by investing a sum of money in the ratio of 5 : 7 : 6. After 6 months C withdraws half of his capital.Out of a total annual profit of 33,000, C’s share will be

The numbers of students speaking English and Hindi are in the ratio of 4:5. If the number of students speaking English increased by 35% and that speaking Hindi increased by 20%, what would be the new respective ratio?

A bag contains an equal number of one rupee, 50 paise and 25 paise coins respectively. If the total value is 35, how many coins of each type are there?

1104 is divided between 3 men, 4 women and 6 boys, so that the share of a man, a woman and a boy are in the proportion of 3 : 2 : 1. How much does each boy get?

The sum of the cubes of three numbers is 584 and the ratio of the first to second as also of second to the third is 1 : 2. What is the third number?

The ratio of the expenditure of X, Y and Z are 16: 12: 9 respectively and their savings are 20%, 25% and 40% of their income. If the sum of their income is Rs. 3060, find Y’s salary.

The price of silver is directly proportional to square of its weight. A person broke down the silver in the ratio of 3 : 2 : 1 and faces a loss of Rs. 4730. Find the initial price of silver.