CET Equations Basics Questions with Solutions – Page 6

A woman sells to the first customer half of her stock of apples and half an apple, to the second customer she sells half her remaining stock and half an apple, and so on to the third and to the fourth customer. She finds that she now has 15 apples left. How many apples did she have before she started selling them?

A boy has enough money to buy 20 exercise books. If each book cost 25 paise less, he could buy two more books and still have 70 paise left. How much money did he have originally?

An employer engaged a servant with free boarding and lodging for one year with the condition that the servant will be given Rs.15000 and a cycle at the end of the year. The servant agreed but served the employer only for 9 months and thus received Rs. 11000 and a cycle. The price of the cycle is:

A farmer travelled a distance of 61 km in 9 hours. He travelled partly on foot at the rate 4 kmph and partly on bicycle at the rate 9 kmph. The distance travelled on foot is