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    Tutor MathsGuru: Ask me for your burning Maths questions!

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    • V Offline
      Vanilla Cake
      last edited by

      Pls help to solve the following Maths sums:


      Question
      (19/20+1919/2020+191919/202020+.......1919...19/2020...20)x20/2011=?
      Note: 1919...19/2020...20 means 2011 \"19\"/2011 \"20\"
      (4 marks)

      Question
      (100xa+10xb+c)x(a+b+c)=1926
      What is the a+b+c?
      (6 marks)

      Question 29
      Sn where S is the sum of the digits of n.
      Example: S1 -> S=1 and S29 -> S=2+9=11
      What is the sum of S1+S2+S3+.......S2010+S2011?
      (6 marks)

      Note:
      Sn-> n is a subscript
      S1-> 1 is a subscript
      S2-> 2 is a subscript
      S3-> 3 is a subscript
      S29-> 29 is a subscript
      S2010-> 2010 is a subscript
      S2011-> 2011 is a subscript

      Thanks in advance for your time and effort to provide the worked solutions.

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        YumYum
        last edited by

        Hi,


        Can anyone help with this Qn :

        Tony and Sam each have some money. If Tony spends $80 per day and Sam spends $40 per day, Tony will have $500 left when Sam has spent all his money. If Tony spent $40 each day and Sam spent $80 each day, Tony will have $1100 left when Sam has spent all his money. Find the amount of money Sam has.

        thanks.

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          Chan09
          last edited by

          Have another query:

          A spent 3/10 of her salary on food, she spent 1/4 of the remainder on a luggage and $120 more on a toy than luggage. She had $468 left. How much was her salary?
          Ans: $1680 :stupid:

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            jieheng
            last edited by

            YumYum:
            Hi,


            Can anyone help with this Qn :

            Tony and Sam each have some money. If Tony spends $80 per day and Sam spends $40 per day, Tony will have $500 left when Sam has spent all his money. If Tony spent $40 each day and Sam spent $80 each day, Tony will have $1100 left when Sam has spent all his money. Find the amount of money Sam has.

            thanks.
            If Tony spent $40 each day and Sam spent $80 each day, the ratio of the amount of money that Tony spent to the amount of money that Sam spent is $40 : $80 = 1 : 2

            T [][-----1100-----] (1u+1100)

            S [][]

            If Tony spent $80 each day and Sam spent $40 each day, the ratio of the amount of money that Tony spent to the amount of money that Sam spent is $80 : $40 = 2 : 1 = 4 : 2

            T [][][][][---500---] (4u+500)

            S [][]

            Compare the models of T ,

            4u+500 -----> 1u+1100
            3u -----> 600
            1u -----> 200

            The amout of money that Sam has = 2u = 2*200 = $400 (Ans)

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              jieheng
              last edited by

              Chan09:
              Have another query:

              A spent 3/10 of her salary on food, she spent 1/4 of the remainder on a luggage and $120 more on a toy than luggage. She had $468 left. How much was her salary?
              Ans: $1680
              Salary [-----][-----][-----][------][----][-----][----][---][---][---]

              As 7units is not divisible by 4 , change [----] to [-4u-]

              Salary [-4u-][-4u][-4u-][-4u-][-4u][-4u-][-4u-][4u][4u][4u]

              Salary [--------------21--------------][----7u----][4u][4u][4u]

              Salary [$468][$120][----7u----][----7u----][4u][4u][4u]

              From the model ,

              14u -----> 468 + 120
              14u ----->588
              1u -------> 42

              Her salary was = 40 u = 40 * 42 = $1680 (Ans)

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                Jcong
                last edited by

                Please help me.


                Beaker A and Beaker B contained 9 litres of water altogether at first. Jamie poured 1/3 of the water from Beaker A to Beaker B. Next she poured 3/8 of the water from Beaker B to Beaker A. She then had the same volume of water in the 2 beakers. How much water was there in each beaker at first? Express your answer in ml.

                Thanks for your help.

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                  MathIzzzFun
                  last edited by

                  Vanilla Cake:
                  Pls help to solve the following Maths sums:


                  Question
                  (19/20+1919/2020+191919/202020+.......1919...19/2020...20)x20/2011=?
                  Note: 1919...19/2020...20 means 2011 \"19\"/2011 \"20\"
                  (4 marks)

                  Question
                  (100xa+10xb+c)x(a+b+c)=1926
                  What is the a+b+c?
                  (6 marks)

                  Question 29
                  Sn where S is the sum of the digits of n.
                  Example: S1 -> S=1 and S29 -> S=2+9=11
                  What is the sum of S1+S2+S3+.......S2010+S2011?
                  (6 marks)

                  Note:
                  Sn-> n is a subscript
                  S1-> 1 is a subscript
                  S2-> 2 is a subscript
                  S3-> 3 is a subscript
                  S29-> 29 is a subscript
                  S2010-> 2010 is a subscript
                  S2011-> 2011 is a subscript

                  Thanks in advance for your time and effort to provide the worked solutions.
                  Q1.
                  (19/20+1919/2020+191919/202020+.......1919...19/2020...20)x20/2011
                  >> number of terms within the brackets = 2011

                  19/20 = 19/20 x 1
                  1919/2020 = 19/20 x 101/101 = 19/20 x 1
                  191919/202020 = 19/20 x 10101/10101 = 19/20

                  so, (19/20+1919/2020+191919/202020+.......1919...19/2020...20)x20/2011
                  = (19/20 x 1 x 2011 ) x 20/2011
                  = 19

                  Q2.
                  1926 < 2000 (= 100 x 20) so a + b + c is less than 20

                  list the factors ie
                  1926 = 1 x 1926 = 2 x 963 = 3 x 642 = 6 x 321 = 9 x 214 = 18 x 107

                  so a+ b + c = 6 (a = 3, b = 2, c =1)

                  cheers.

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                    jieheng
                    last edited by

                    Jcong:
                    Please help me.


                    Beaker A and Beaker B contained 9 litres of water altogether at first. Jamie poured 1/3 of the water from Beaker A to Beaker B. Next she poured 3/8 of the water from Beaker B to Beaker A. She then had the same volume of water in the 2 beakers. How much water was there in each beaker at first? Express your answer in ml.

                    Thanks for your help.
                    To solve this type of question , we need to count backwards .

                    A [------------------]

                    B [------------------]

                    Jamie poured 3/8 of the water from Beaker B to Beaker A ,

                    the volume of water remained in breaker B is 5/8

                    A [--][--][--][--][--]

                    B [--][--][--][--][--]

                    Transferred back 3u (3/8 of B) from A to B

                    A [--][--]

                    B [--][--][--][--][--][--][--][--]

                    Jamie poured 1/3 of the water from Beaker A to Beaker B

                    A left 2u as 1u was poured to B

                    Transferred back 1u from B to A

                    A [--][--][--] (3u)

                    B [--][--][--][--][--][--][--] (7u)

                    9 litres = 9000 ml

                    total 10u -----> 9000
                    1u ------> 900

                    the amount of water in breaker A at first = 3u = 3*900 = 2700 ml (Ans)

                    the amount of water in breaker B at first = 7u = 7*900 = 6300 ml (Ans)

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                    • C Offline
                      charken
                      last edited by

                      hi mathsguru,

                      1st question

                      I have a very tough question for you.Matthew used 1/5 of a box of sugar
                      for cooking and 3/4 of the remainder to make bread.The rest were packed
                      equally into 5 packets.what fraction of the total amount of sugar was in each packet?
                      2nd question
                      Serene filled up7/8 of her petrol tank for a trip .She used 6/11of the petrol by the end of the trip.The capacity of her petrol tank was 70literes.
                      how much did she use for the trip.
                      express the answer as a decimal correct to 1 decimal place.
                      (only for this question.)
                      ths

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                        jieheng
                        last edited by

                        charken:
                        hi mathsguru,

                        1st question

                        I have a very tough question for you.Matthew used 1/5 of a box of sugar
                        for cooking and 3/4 of the remainder to make bread.The rest were packed
                        equally into 5 packets.what fraction of the total amount of sugar was in each packet?
                        2nd question
                        Serene filled up7/8 of her petrol tank for a trip .She used 6/11of the petrol by the end of the trip.The capacity of her petrol tank was 70literes.
                        how much did she use for the trip.
                        express the answer as a decimal correct to 1 decimal place.
                        (only for this question.)
                        ths
                        Q1)

                        [-----][-----][-----][-----][-----]

                        [-----] for cooking

                        [-----][-----][-----] for making bread

                        [-----] -----> 1/5

                        The fraction of the total amount of sugar was in each packet = (1/5) / 5 = 1/25 (Ans)

                        Q2)

                        the amount of petrol in 7/8 of the petrol tank = ( 7/8 ) * 70 = 61.25

                        the amount of petrol she used for the trip was = ( 6/11 ) * 61.25 = 33.4 litres (Ans)

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