Quicker Maths

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It was vacation time, and so I decided to visit my cousin’s home. In the mornings, we both would go for a jog. The evenings were spent on the tennis court. Tiring as these activities were, we could manage only one per day, i.e., either we went for a jog or played tennis each day. There were days when we felt lazy and stayed home all day long……

Jimmy takes the underground train to work and uses an escalator at the railway station. If Jimmy runs up 7 steps of the escalator, then it takes him 28.5 seconds to reach the top of the escalator. If he runs up 13 steps of the escalator, then it takes him only 19.5 seconds to reach the top…..

The 10″ pizza sells for $ 3.99 at my favorite pizza store. The store claims they have a great deal on the large 12″ pizza, which is specially priced at $ 4.88. What is the per cent discount the store is offering?….

There is a pole in a lake. One-half of the pole is in the ground, another one-third of it is covered by water, and 8 ft is out of the water. What is the total length of the pole in ft?….

Samir purchased a house for Rs. 155965. He wants to sell it for a profit of exactly 15%. However, he does not want to sell it himself. He wants a Real Estate Agent to sell it for him. The Agent must make a commission of exactly 5.6% (in addition to Samir’s 15% profit). How much must the Agent sell the house for? Give your answer to the nearest Rs.?….

Divide $547 (in whole $ increments) into a number of bags so that I can ask for any amount between $1 and $547, and you can give me the proper amount by giving me a certain number of these bags without opening them. What is the minimum number of bags you will require?….

A snail creeps 6 ft up a wall during the daytime. After all the labor it does throughout the day, it stops to rest a while but falls asleep!! The next morning it wakes up and discovers that it has slipped down 3 ft while sleeping.

If this happens every day, how many days will the snail take to reach the top of a wall 18 ft in height?….

A Black man is wearing Black shoes, socks, trousers, coat, gloves and ski mask. He is walking down a back street with all the street lamps off. A black car is coming towards him with its light off but somehow manages to stop in time. How did the driver see the man?

A man paid a large sum of money to be the first to climb a particular mountain. When he reached the top he discovered a cabin and 3 frozen bodies. Since he was the first to ever climb the mountain, is this possible? Justify your answer