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(#M40020950) SELF QUESTION Keep an EYE

Calvin went cycling in San Francisco, which is extremely hilly. He can pedal up a hill at a speed of 12 mph, and down a hill at a speed of 36 mph. If he went up and down a hill (back to the same point), what is his average speed (in mph) for the entire journey?

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(#M40020949) SELF QUESTION Keep an EYE

Jack and Danny are bricklayers. Jack can build a certain brick wall in 8 hours whereas Danny takes 11 hours. If they work together, their combined rate decreases by 7 bricks an hour, and it only takes them 5 hours to build the wall together. Find the number of bricks in the wall

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(#M40020948) SELF QUESTION Keep an EYE

What is term number 19 in the following progression:
1,0,1,0,1,...?

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(#M40020947) SELF QUESTION Keep an EYE

You are planning to lay square tiles on an entire 1323cm by 3087cm rectangular floor without cutting or overlapping any tiles. If all the tiles must be the same size, what is the least possible number of tiles you could use?

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(#M40020946) SELF QUESTION Keep an EYE

What is the smallest possible positive integer x>5, that leaves a remainder of 5 whenever it is divided by 10, 8 or 85?

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(#M40020945) SELF QUESTION Keep an EYE

The sum of 3 consecutive integers is 57. What is the smallest integer in this list?

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(#M40020944) SELF QUESTION Keep an EYE

On a school test, Abby scored 71, Brian scored 63, Charlie scored 82, Daniel scored 54 and Eldy scored 95. What is the mean of their scores?

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(#M40020148) SELF QUESTION Keep an EYE

Calvin is running a luggage shop. A brand-new item priced at 30% above the cost price did not sell well. So he took 43 dollars off the price, and found that the bags sold very well. If the profit for each bag is now 10% of the cost price, what is the cost price (in dollars)?

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(#M40020147) SELF QUESTION Keep an EYE

Calvin is trying to finish reading a book with 414 pages in 9 days by reading 1 more page each day than the previous day. How many pages will he end up reading on the last day?

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(#M40020146) SELF QUESTION Keep an EYE

Two water pipes are used to fill a water tank. The first pipe alone can fill the tank in 7 hours, and the second pipe alone can fill the tank in 14 hours. If both pipes are used for the first 4 hours, and then the first one is shut off, how long, in hours, will it take for the second pipe to finish the job ?

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