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Tyraj, Jae, Teriq Problem Solving (BENCO Section B & C) + Ratio


These questions are all multi-step. You must be able to calculate and explain each step. 


1. There are 420 pupils at a rural primary school. 140 of them are in the infants' department and the remainder is in juniors. What percentage of the school make up the junior department?


2. Williams has $9.00 and Rico has thrice as much. How much money do they have altogether?



3. Mr. Arthur had 385 bananas. 1/7 of them were rotten and had to be thrown away. If he sold half of the remainder, how many bananas were left?


4. A rod 15m long is cut equally at four different points. What is the length of each piece?


**Ratio**

5. Divide $240 in the ratio 3:5. 


6. Divide 70 into 3 parts in the ratio 1:2:4. 


7. Divide $100 among 3 children so that when one child gets $2, another gets $3 and the third child gets $5. How much does each child get?


8. A woman is twice as tall as her daughter. The sum of their heights is 270cm. 

a. How tall is Pam?

b. How tall is her mother?


9. Mr. Brown had 120 pigeons. He divided them between his two sons so that one son got twice as many as the other. How many did each son get?

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