Practice Mixture Questions and Answers

• 300 liters of oil was poured into a tank, which was still 40% empty. How much oil must be poured into the tank to fill it to the brim? 
• An 84-litre mixture contains 75% milk. If 'x' litres of water are added to this mixture, the quantity of milk in the resulting mixture becomes 27 litres mo...
• A container holds a mixture of alcohol and water in the ratio 4:7, respectively. 25 liters of the mixture is drawn out and replaced with the same quantity ...
• A 120 litres mixture contains 40% milk and rest water. How much water should be added to the mixture, such that milk constitutes 25% of the resultant mixtu...
• If 50L of liquid containing 20% spirit is added with 15L of water then what would be the percentage of spirit in the resulting mixture?
• The ratio of the quantity of milk to that of water in a 21-liter mixture is 5:2. How much milk should be added to the mixture such that the ratio of milk t...
• Sugar costing Rs. 140/kg is mixed with sugar costing Rs. 100/kg in a ratio of 6:4, respectively. Calculate the price per kg of the mixture....
• Three types of wheats costing Rs. 60/kg, Rs. 80/kg and Rs. 100/kg are mixed in the ratio of 3:2:1 respectively. Find the average cost of wheat per kg. Answ...
• A container holds a mixture of two liquids, A and B, in the ratio 2:3. If the total volume of the mixture is 70 liters, how many liters of liquid A must be...
• A mixture of 280 ml contains milk and water in the ratio of 3:1. If 60 ml of milk and 20 ml of water are added to the mixture, find the ratio of milk to wa...
• A vessel contains a mixture of milk and water in the ratio 7:2 respectively. 90 liters of the mixture is taken out of the vessel and is replaced with 10 li...
• A fuel tank at a depot has a capacity of 500 liters. The attendant sells 50 liters of diesel to one customer and then refills the tank with water. This pro...
• A 280 ml mixture is composed of milk and water in the ratio 11:9. If an equal amount 'x' ml of both milk and water is added, the new ratio of milk to water...
• A 360-liter mixture consists of milk and water in a 5:4 ratio. If 7.5% of the mixture is removed and replaced with the same amount of water, what is the ne...
• Suppose you have 60 litres of milk, which you can purchase at Rs. 35 for every 1.5 litres. How many litres of water should you add to this milk to reduce t...
• "A jar contains 480 liters of a orange juice and water mixture in the ratio of 5:3. If (p + 35) liters of water are added to the jar, the new ratio of oran...
• A container was initially filled to the brim with milk. After removing 52% of the milk, 348 ml remained in the container. Calculate the original volume of ...
• A mixture consists of milk and water in a ratio of 5:3. When 160 ml of this mixture is removed and replaced with 60 ml of water, the quantity of milk becom...
• A fuel blend composed of diesel and petrol is mixed in a ratio of 5:3, respectively. If one-fourth of this blend is removed and replaced with 24 liters of ...
• A 78-liter mixture contains milk and water in a ratio of 6:7. If an additional 24 liters of milk and 48 liters of water are added to the mixture, what will...
• A tank initially contains a water-alcohol mixture in a 7:3 ratio. After removing 20 liters of the mixture and replacing it with pure alcohol, the ratio bec...
• A container holds a mixture of milk and water, with milk making up 60% of its contents. If 525 ml of the mixture is removed, and subsequently 50 ml of milk...
• A container holds a 512 ml mixture of milk and water in a 9:7 ratio. If 'x' ml of water and (x + 36) ml of milk are added, the new ratio of milk to water b...
• Anjum bought 1 litre of milk at Rs. 50 per litre, 500 grams of sugar for Rs. 30 per kg, and 200 grams of coffee for Rs. 125 per kg. From these ingredients,...
• A 456 ml mixture consists of milk and water in a 12:7 ratio. If 'x + 22' ml of milk and 'x - 18' ml of water are added, the new ratio of milk to water beco...
• Two alloys are combined to create a new alloy. The first alloy contains 20% copper, and the second alloy contains 40% copper. If the resulting alloy has 30...
• A factory has a mixture containing 60% iron and 40% copper. If 20 kg of copper is added, resulting in a mixture that is 50% iron, what was the initial weig...
• A chemical plant produces two types of solutions, Solution X and Solution Y, which it combines to create a final product. The details are as follows: Solut...
• In a mixture, the ratio of milk to water is 4:5. If the mixture is augmented by adding 12 liters of milk and 20 liters of water, the new ratio of milk to w...
• A mixture consists of milk and water in a 5:4 ratio. If 108 liters of this mixture are removed and 64 liters of water are then added, the new quantity of w...
• A mixture weighing 600 grams consists of sand and cement in a ratio of 3:7. If an additional 20 grams of sand and 80 grams of cement are added to it, what ...
• Bucket A holds 600 liters of a mixture with milk and water in a 3:5 ratio. Calculate the percentage, 'x', of the mixture removed if the extracted portion c...
• A container has 60 liters of a mixture of milk and water in the ratio of 3:2. How many liters of water should be added to make the ratio 2:3?
• A merchant has 20 liters of alcohol. To achieve a 75% profit by selling the mixture at the original cost price of the alcohol, how much water should he mix...
• A mixture measuring 720 ml consists of milk and water in an 8:7 ratio. How much water should be added to ensure that the water content is 12.5% greater tha...
• A mixture contains alcohol and water in the ratio of 3:2. If 15 liters of water is added to the mixture, the ratio becomes 3:5. Find the initial quantity o...
• A mixture contains milk and water, where the difference between the quantities of milk and water is 20% of the total mixture, which is 180 ml. If adding 18...
• Mixture 'A' consists of 'm' liters of milk, while mixture 'B' includes '11 + m' liters of milk. Determine the ratio in which mixture 'B' to mixture 'A' sho...
• In a solution, 35% of the water's quantity is chlorine. After extracting 81 liters of this solution and adding 15 liters of chlorine and 15 liters of water...
• A container holds 'x' liters of a mixture composed of liquids A and B in a 5:2 ratio. If 25% of this mixture is removed and then 6 liters of liquid B are a...