alleryA queue has 9 people ahead of Mira and 6 behind her. Total people?
- 15
- 16
- 17
- 14
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Correct answer: B. 16
Including Mira, the queue contains 9 + 1 + 6 = 16 people.
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A queue has 9 people ahead of Mira and 6 behind her. Total people?Read the answer and worked solution →A bus has 23 riders; 8 board and 5 leave. How many riders remain?Read the answer and worked solution →Of 84 badges, 6 are reserved; the rest go equally to 13 teams. Each gets?Read the answer and worked solution →Four folders should hold 18 sheets each; 7 sheets are missing. Sheets left?Read the answer and worked solution →A teacher gives 9 stickers to each child and uses 72. How many children?Read the answer and worked solution →Nila is 29 years old and 11 years older than Tara. Tara's age?Read the answer and worked solution →A filled case weighs 8.6 kg; the empty case weighs 1.4 kg. Contents weigh?Read the answer and worked solution →A 12-hour clock shows 10. What hour will it show 5 hours later?Read the answer and worked solution →A number is tripled, then reduced by 4, giving 23. The number is?Read the answer and worked solution →A lift starts at floor −2 and rises 7 floors. Which floor does it reach?Read the answer and worked solution →A target is 90 forms; 37 and 28 are completed in two shifts. Still needed?Read the answer and worked solution →Three pens cost ₹17 each and a pad costs ₹29. Change from ₹100?Read the answer and worked solution →Queues have 18 and 23 people; 4 move from the second to the first. Difference?Read the answer and worked solution →A pass needs at least 12 stamps. Isha has 11. Minimum extra stamps needed?Read the answer and worked solution →An 8 L jug is full; 3 L is poured out. How much remains?Read the answer and worked solution →A rule defines a ◇ b = 2a + b. What is 6 ◇ 5?Read the answer and worked solution →A clerk checks pages 24 through 39, including both. How many pages?Read the answer and worked solution →A purse holds seven ₹5 coins and four ₹2 coins. Total value?Read the answer and worked solution →One-third of 27 volunteers are assigned to registration. How many?Read the answer and worked solution →Which number makes 5 × □ + 6 = 46 true?Read the answer and worked solution →A cart carries at most 45 kg. Which pair of loads can it carry together?Read the answer and worked solution →Every parcel with a broken seal is rejected. A parcel is accepted. Its seal?Read the answer and worked solution →Red tokens score 2 each and blue tokens 5 each. Score for 4 red and 3 blue?Read the answer and worked solution →Route lengths are P:12+9, Q:8+17, R:14+5 km. Shortest total length?Read the answer and worked solution →Two siblings' ages total 46 years and differ by 8 years. Younger age?Read the answer and worked solution →Entry costs ₹35 plus ₹12 per ride. A visitor pays ₹143. Number of rides?Read the answer and worked solution →₹160 is shared equally; with 2 fewer people, each gets ₹4 more. Original count?Read the answer and worked solution →Two shelves hold 54 files; moving 7 from the first to the second equalises them. First initially?Read the answer and worked solution →A dial cycles 1 to 8. Starting at 6, where do 19 forward steps end?Read the answer and worked solution →Two-fifths of stock is sent out; 18 more items are damaged and 42 remain. Initial stock?Read the answer and worked solution →
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A bus has 23 riders; 8 board and 5 leave. How many riders remain?
- 28
- 30
- 24
- 26
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Correct answer: D. 26
The number remaining is 23 + 8 − 5 = 26 riders.
Of 84 badges, 6 are reserved; the rest go equally to 13 teams. Each gets?
- 7
- 5
- 6
- 8
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Correct answer: C. 6
Each team receives (84 − 6) ÷ 13 = 6 badges.
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