English Medium Class 10 - CBSE Question Bank Solutions for Mathematics

The sum of two number a and b is 15, and the sum of their reciprocals `1/a` and `1/b` is 3/10. Find the numbers a and b.

The sum of two numbers is 9. The sum of their reciprocals is 1/2. Find the numbers.

Three consecutive positive integers are such that the sum of the square of the first and the product of other two is 46, find the integers.

The difference of squares of two number is 88. If the larger number is 5 less than twice the smaller number, then find the two numbers.

The difference of squares of two numbers is 180. The square of the smaller number is 8 times the larger number. Find two numbers.

The speed of a boat in still water is 8 km/hr. It can go 15 km upstream and 22 km downstream in 5 hours. Find the speed of the stream.

A passenger train takes 3 hours less for a journey of 360 km, if its speed is increased by 10 km/hr from its usual speed. What is the usual speed?

A fast train takes one hour less than a slow train for a journey of 200 km. If the speed of the slow train is 10 km/hr less than that of the fast train, find the speed of the two trains.

A passenger train takes one hour less for a journey of 150 km if its speed is increased by 5 km/hr from its usual speed. Find the usual speed of the train.

The time taken by a person to cover 150 km was 2.5 hrs more than the time taken in the return journey. If he returned at a speed of 10 km/hr more than the speed of going, what was the speed per hour in each direction?

A plane left 40 minutes late due to bad weather and in order to reach its destination, 1600 km away in time, it had to increase its speed by 400 km/hr from its usual speed. Find the usual speed of the plane.

An aeroplane take 1 hour less for a journey of 1200 km if its speed is increased by 100 km/hr from its usual speed. Find its usual speed.

A passenger train takes 2 hours less for a journey of 300 km if its speed is increased by 5 km/hr from its usual speed. Find the usual speed of the train.

A train covers a distance of 90 km at a uniform speed. Had the speed been 15 km/hour more, it would have taken 30 minutes less for a journey. Find the original speed of the train.

A toy is in the form of a cone surmounted on a hemisphere. The diameter of the base and the height of cone are 6cm and 4cm. determine surface area of toy?

An aeroplane left 50 minutes later than its scheduled time, and in order to reach the destination, 1250 km away, in time, it had to increase its speed by 250 km/hr from its usual speed. Find its usual speed.

Ashu is x years old while his mother Mrs Veena is x² years old. Five years hence Mrs Veena will be three times old as Ashu. Find their present ages.

A solid is in the form of a right circular cylinder, with a hemisphere at one end and a cone at the other end. The radius of the common base is 3.5 cm and the heights of the cylindrical and conical portions are 10 cm. and 6 cm, respectively. Find the total surface area of the solid. (Use π =`22/7`)

The sum of ages of a man and his son is 45 years. Five years ago, the product of their ages was four times the man's age at the time. Find their present ages.

The product of Shikha's age five years ago and her age 8 years later is 30, her age at both times being given in years. Find her present age.