EVERYDAY MATHEMATICS

Author:Mahabir Singh

Mahabir Singh Mathematics Solutions for Exercise - EVERYDAY MATHEMATICS

Simple step-by-step solutions to EVERYDAY MATHEMATICS questions of Quadratic Equations from IMO Olympiad Work Book 10. Also get 3D topic explainers, cheat sheets, and unlimited doubts solving on EMBIBE.

Questions from EVERYDAY MATHEMATICS with Hints & Solutions

EASY
10th Foundation
IMPORTANT

In a bangle shop, if the shopkeeper displays the bangles in the form of a square then he is left with 38 bangles. If he wanted to increase the size of square by one unit each side of the square, he found that 25 bangles fall short of in completing the square. The actual number of bangles which he had with him in the shop was _______.

HARD
10th Foundation
IMPORTANT

In the Maths Olympiad of 2020 at Animal Planet, two representatives from the donkey’s side, while solving a quadratic equation, committed the following mistakes.
(i) One of them made a mistake in the constant term and got the
roots as 5 and 9.
(ii) Another one committed an error in the coefficient of x and he
got the roots as 12 and 4.
But in the meantime, they realised that they are wrong and they managed to get it right jointly. Find the quadratic equation.

EASY
10th Foundation
IMPORTANT

6500 were divided equally among a certain number of people. If there had been 15 more people, each would have got 30 less. Find the original number of people.

MEDIUM
10th Foundation
IMPORTANT

Swati can row her boat at a speed of 5 km/hr in still water. If it takes her 11 hour more to row the boat 5.25 km upstream than to return downstream, find the speed of the stream.