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7. Rizwan lives 7 km away from his workshop. In the morning, he covers 2 km of this
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distance on foot and the remaining by a local bus. How much distance is covered by him
in the local bus?
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8. Jagdeep travelled 1 km from Karol Bagh to Pusa Road in an autorickshaw and 5 km
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from Pusa Road to New Delhi Railway Station by a taxi. After that Jagdeep covered km
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from the parking of New Delhi Railway Station to the platform on foot. What is the total
distance covered by Jagdeep from Karol Bagh to reach the platform?
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9. Ranjana used 7 L of refined oil to fry puris and 6 L of oil for cooking all other food
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items. How much oil was left after complete cooking if she had a container with 15 L oil?
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10. Three friends Pawan, Sudhir and Diwan rented a house. Pawan occupied of the
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accommoda tion and Sudhir occupied of the accommodation. How much accommodation
was left for Diwan? 3

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11. An oil container had 2 L of oil. Ananya put 1 L more oil in it. But later she found that
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there was a leakage in the container. She transferred the remaining oil into a new container
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and found that it was only 2 L. How much oil had leaked?
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12. To complete a project, Pinki spent hours on the first day, hours on the second day, an
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hour on the third day and 1 hour on the fourth day. Find the total time she spent to
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complete the project?
Problems Related to Thinking Skills

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1. What should be added to 3 to get 8 ?
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2. A marathon runner took 2 hours 15 minutes to complete a race. During the race he spent
50 minutes in the lead. Write in the simplest form, what fraction of time he spent in the
lead.

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3. In a school, of the students are boys. If the school has 1,176 students on roll, calculate
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the number of girls in the school. What fraction of students in the school are girls?
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4. A paint mixture is made up of of red paint, of blue paint and the remainder is
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(a) What fraction of the mixture is white paint?
(b) If the paint mixture is packed in 10 L containers, how many litres of red and blue
paints are required for each container?

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