Hi, can some kind soul please help without solving this in algebra? Thanks .... Tom's present age is twice more than Sam's age years ago. Today, Sam's age is Tom's age the same number of years ago. How old is Tom now if the sum of their present age is 30? Hi, it can be solved using model. A common ...

A, B and C shared 360 cards. If A gives 10% of her cards to B and in turn B gives 2/7 of his cards to C, the ratio of A's cards to B's cards to C's cards will be 1:3:4. How many cards did B have at first ? Hi, skvn Ratio in the end -> A : B : C = 1 : 3 : 4 Total 8u -> 360 1u -> 45 in the end, A -> ...

Hi quekcc, I was stumped with what to do with 5 and 3. Ask you a qn that sounds very silly. At first when she had some apples, 5 and 3 were part of it. When she bought 48 apples, is there a need a include 5 and 3 in each unit too when it was 3 times what she originally bought? Meaning for each of t...

PLease help. Thanks. http://i57.tinypic.com/2m4ogmv.jpg It can be solved using 'set' 1 set --> 8 bags of sweets and 1 bag of chocolate Money collected for 1 set --> 8 x 5.5 + 2 = 46 No. of sets = 3128 / 46 = 68 No. of sweets sold --> 68 x 8 x 4 = 2176 No. of chocolates sold --> 68 x 8 = 544 Hope th...

HI, Have another hard question to ask. Thanks. Alex, Ben and Caleb had some stamps. Alex had 90 stamps more than Ben, and Ben had 10 stamps more than Caleb. After Alex had given Ben 95 of his stamps and Caleb bought some stamps, Alex and Caleb had the same number of stamps while Ben had thrice as m...

please help...its urgent.. Thanks very much The cost of a birthday present was shared between benjamin and christopher. at first,benjamin paid 2/3 of what christopher paid. when benjamin paid $50 more, he ended up paying 4/5 of what christopher paid. how much was the cost of the present? Hi use tot...

Need help, thanks.. The long staircase at a tourist attraction has 300 steps. Gerald climbed up the staircase 2 steps at a time while his father climbed up the staircase 3 steps at a time. How many steps on the long staircase were not stepped on at all by either Gerald or his father? No. of steps b...

Please advise if answer is 80 or 800.. thanks In a bookshelf,4/5 of the books are fiction books.1/3 of the remainder are non fiction books.the remaining books are magazines. there are 800 more fiction books than magazines. find the number of magazines in the bookshelf? Fiction : non fiction : magaz...

Need help, thanks.. The long staircase at a tourist attraction has 300 steps. Gerald climbed up the staircase 2 steps at a time while his father climbed up the staircase 3 steps at a time. How many steps on the long staircase were not stepped on at all by either Gerald or his father? No. of steps b...

Cd you plus help.... From Red swastika sa12013: The ratio of the age of Mdm Huda to her son's age is 5:1 now. In 7 years time, she would be thrice as old as her son. What is the total age of Mdm Huda and her son now? Thank you. ... Before ratio --> H : S = 5 : 1 (difference 4u) After ratio --> H : ...