Tag: math & puzzles

A fruit vendor had a basket of oranges. A customer approached him and purchased one half of the oranges plus half an orange. A second customer came and purchased one half of what he had left plus half an orange. A third customer bought one half of what was left plus half an orange, leaving the vendor's basket empty.

The sale price of an article including the sales tax is Rs.616.The rate of sales tax is 10%.If the shopkeeper has made a profit of 12% ,then the cost price of the article is ?

The salaries of A and B together amount to Rs. 2000. A spends 95% of his salary and B, 85% of his. If now, their savings are the same, what is A's salary ?

There are three clocks One shows 9:05, another 8:15 and the third 8:35. “One of the clocks is 20 minutes fast, one is slow and one is wrong by 30 minutes.” So Whats the correct time?

My flight takes of at 2pm from a place at 18N 40E and landed 10 Hrs later at a place with coordinates 36N40W. What is the local time when my plane landed?