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Two different schools, A and B, have the same number of students. The ratio of the boys in school A and the boys in school B is 2:1 and the ratio of the girls in school A and the girls in school B is 4:5. What is the ratio of the boys in school A to the girls in school A?
A 1:2
B 2:3
C 3:4
D 4:5
A brother and sister leave home for school. The brother goes 0.5 km East, then turns right and goes 3.5 km and reaches his school. The sister goes 2.5 km North, then 1 km West, then turns left and goes 6 km and reaches her school. Where is the brother's school with respect to the sister's school?
A 0.5 km East
B 1.5 km West
C 0.5 km West
D 1.5 km East
Half the graduating class of a college was accepted by a business school. One-third of the class was accepted by a law school. It one-fifth of the class was accepted by both types of school, what fraction of the class was accepted only by a law school?
A 2/15
B 1/6
C 1/3
D 1/2
There are 900 students in a school. 4% of them left the school and 50% of the remaining are girls. How many girls remained in the school?
A 432
B 450
C 464
D 448
One day at a school, one -twelfth of the students were absent and 20% of those present went on a field trip. If the number of students staying back in the school that day was 660, how many students are enrolled at that school ?
A 900
B 960
C 1000
D 1220
One day at a school , one-twelfth of the students were absent and 20% of those present went on a field trip. If the number of students staying back at school that day was 704 , how many students are enrolled in that school ?
A 960
B 1,080
C 1,600
D 3,520
Rafia ran from her house to school at an average speed of 6 miles per hour and returned along the same route at an average speed of 4 miles per hour . If it took her one hour in total to run to the school and come back, how many minutes did it take her to run from her house to school?
A 16
B 18
C 20
D 22
E 24
A student walks from his house at a speed of 2 12 K per hour and reaches his school 6 minutes late. The next day he increases his speed by 1 km per hour and reaches 6 minutes before school time. How far is the school from his house?
A 1 14km
B 1 34km
C 2 14km
D 2 34km
A school district has 1,989 computers, which is approximately one computer for every 68.6 students. Of the following, which is the closest approximation, in thousands, of the number of students in the school district?
A 300
B 120
C 140
D 160
If the ratio of boys and girls in a school is 5: 3 . which of the following could not be the number of students in the school?
A 512
B 416
C 224
D 178

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