Saturday, October 3, 2009

Jiaru's Math Questions

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Q1.Josephine had a total of 540 Singapore and Malaysian stamps in the ratio 11:7. After she had given away an equal number of each type of stamps, thr number of singapore and Malaysian stamps left was in the ratio of 7:1. How many Singapore stamps did she give away?

Q2.The number of members in the fitness club increased by 15% fromYear 2006 to Year 2007. However, it decreased by 6% from Year 2007 to Year 2008.The number pf members increased by 162 from Year 2006 to Year 2008.
(a)How many members were there in Year 2006?
(b)How many members were there in Year 2007?

Q3. In a club, 70% of the members were men and the rest were women. When new member joined the club, the number of women increased by 25% while the number of men increased to 4650. Find the percentage increased in the number of members if there were 1800 women in the club at first.


7 comments:

  1. Q1) Ans: 190
    Btw the the in question 1 spell wrong

    (Chuanhui)

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  2. ya it is correct....


    Jiaru

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  3. q1....190
    q2....2000 and 2300
    q3....15%

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  4. will 2012 really be the end of the world?

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  5. if the plural of goose is geese,isn't the plural of moose meese?
    true of false???

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  6. that's just dumb anonymous...

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  7. Answers:
    Question 1.Josephine had a total of 540 Singapore and Malaysian stamps in the ratio 11:7. After she had given away an equal number of each type of stamps, thr number of Singapore and Malaysian stamps left was in the ratio of 7:1. How many Singapore stamps did she give away?

    1st question: 190 Singapore stamps were given away.

    Question 2.The number of members in the fitness club increased by 15% from Year 2006 to Year 2007. However, it decreased by 6% from Year 2007 to Year 2008. The number of members increased by 162 from Year 2006 to Year 2008.
    (a)How many members were there in Year 2006?
    (b)How many members were there in Year 2007?

    2nd question: a) There were 2000 members in the year 2006.
    b) There were 2300 members in the year 2007.

    Question 3. In a club, 70% of the members were men and the rest were women. When new member joined the club, the number of women increased by 25% while the number of men increased to 4650. Find the percentage increased in the number of members if there were 1800 women in the club at first.

    3rd question: The increase of percentage is 15%.

    Reflection: I think that all the questions are easy!!

    Hazique

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