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With words that indicate portions—percent, fraction, part, majority, some, all,none, remainder, and so forth —look at the noun in the‘of’ phrase (object of thepreposition) to determine whether to use a singular or plural verb. If the object ofthe preposition is singular, use a singular verb. If the object of the preposition isplural, use a plural verb. Here, ‘have’ is correct. At least one-third of all women over ninety have sustained a hip fracture.
The ratio of income of A and B is 4:9 and their expenditures are in the ratio of 1:4. If the 40% more than the income of A is equal to the expenditure o...
Given that (4A = 5B = 7C), determine the ratio (B:C:A).
P, Q, and R began a business with their investments in the ratio 3:5:6. The profits were distributed in the ratio of 12:54:35 among P, R, and Q, respect...
A container holds 180 litres of a milk and water mixture, where the amount of milk exceeds the amount of water by 44 litres. If 8 litres of milk and 12 ...
‘x’ varies directly as ‘y’. If at x = 24 the value of ‘y’ is 25% more than ‘x’, then find the value of ‘x’ when ‘y’ = 55.
...In 2018, the ratio of males to females in a club was 6:7. By 2019, the number of males had decreased by 10%, while the number of females had increased b...
The ratio of A to B is 3: 4 and that of B to C is 1: 2. If B equals 720, A equals
Rs 1813 was divided among Anil, Bhanu and Charan in the ratio of 13:8:16 respectively. Find the amount received by Anil and Bhanu together.
A plot has to be divided among P, Q and R in the ratio 3:5:8 respectively. If the area of plot received by R is 4500m² more than the area of plot recei...
The total number of students in a school is 24600. If the ratio of boys to the girls in the school is 75:89 respectively, then find the total number of ...