Mixture and Allegations-Test 3

The ratio of A & B in a mixture is 8:1, 15ltr of mixture is taken out and same amount of
B is added, now ratio become 4:3. Find the initial amount of A in the mixture (approx)?

A shopkeeper sells his milk at cost price but he add some water and earn 16(2/3)% profit. Find the ratio of milk and water?

There is 70ltr milk in a container. From this 7ltr of milk is taken out and added some
quantity of water. This process is repeated two more times. Find the remaining milk in
container?

A man has to distribute Rs65 in a class of 50 students. He gives 1.5 rupee to boys and
1 rupee to girls each. Find how many girls are there in the class?

In an alloy the ratio of copper and aluminum is 4:5 and in other alloy the ratio of copper and aluminum is 6:7. In what ratio these alloy should be taken to make ratio of copper and aluminum is 5:6?

In a bag there are three types of coins, 1 rupee, 50 paisa and 25 paisa in the ratio of
5:10:24. There total value is Rs 208. The total number of coins is?

400 gm of sugar solution has 30% sugar in it. How much sugar should be added to make it 50% in the solution (in gm)?

A mixture of certain quantity of milk with 15 ltr of water is sold at 80 paisa/ltr. If pure
milk be worth Rs 1.10 per ltr. How much milk is there in the mixture?

A merchant borrowed Rs 3500 from two money lenders. For one loan he paid 14%
p.a and for other 18% p.a. the interest paid for one year was Rs525. How much did he
borrow at 18%p.a?

How many kg of salt at 42 paisa per kg must a man mix with 25 kg of salt at 24
paisa per kg, so that he may on selling the mixture at 40 paisa per kg, gain 25% on the
outlay?

After selling an article a man gains 25%. Also he uses a false weight of 10%. Find the total profit earn by him?

A man wants to gain 20% after selling milk at cost price. So in what ratio he has to add
water to earn this profit?

A shopkeeper has two types of article. The CP of 1st article is 20Rs/kg and other
article is X Rs/kg. He has quantity of 1st article is 10kg and other article is 20 kg. He
sold the mixture of these article at Rs 39/kg with a profit of 30%. Find the value of X?

A sugar solution of 60 kg has 20% sugar in it. How much sugar must be added in this to make it half of the solution?

A man has 80 pens. He sells some of these at 15% profit and the rest at 10%loss.
Overall he gets a profit of 10%. Find how many pens were sold at 15% profit ?

How much tea at Rs 4 a kg should be added to 15 kg of tea at Rs 10 a kg so that the mixture be worth Rs 6.50 a kg?

There are two types of jar. In the 1st jar the ratio of copper and aluminium is 1:2 and in
the 2nd Jar is 1: 4. In what ratio these two jar should be mix to make 3rd jar In which
the ratio of copper & aluminium become 1:3?

A butler stole wine from a butt of sherry which contained 50% spirit and he replaced
it with wine which contains 20% spirit. Now the strength of butt remain only 30%.
How much of the butt did he steal?

There are 65 students in a class. 39 rupees were distributed among them so that each
boy gets 80 paisa and each girl gets 30 paisa. Find the number of girls in the class?

A container has 40 l of milk. From this, 4 l of milk is taken out and replaced with
water. Now 4 l of mixture is taken out and replaced with water again. Find how much
quantity of milk is remaining in the container?

A container contains 80 Litre milk. From this container 8 Litre milk was taken out
and replaced with water. This process was further repeated two times. How much milk
is now contained in the container?

A trader sold two articles in Rs 800. On one he gained 33(1/3)% and on another he
gained 20%. In this whole transaction he gained 25%. Find the cost price of the
second article (the one sold at 20% gain)

A mixture of certain quantity of milk with 20 Litre of water is sold at 80 paise per litre. If pure milk be worth Rs 1.20 per litre. How much milk is present in the mixture?

In an alloy, zinc and copper are in the ratio 1:3. In the second alloy the same elements
are in the ratio 2:3. If what proportion should the two alloys be mixed so as to
form a new alloy in which zinc and copper are in the ratio 1:2.

400 grams of sugar solution has 40% sugar in it. How much sugar should be added to
make it 50% in the solution?