Half a swarm of bees went to collect honey from a mustard field.Three fourth of the rest went to a rose garden .The rest ten were still undecided.How many bees were there in all?

Half of a herd of deer are grazing in the field and three fourths of the remaining are playing nearby. The rest 9 are drinking water from the pond. Find the number of deer in the herd.

Out of a swarm of bees,one fifth settled on a blossom of Kadamba ,one third on a flower of Silindhiri and three times the difference between these two numbers flew to the blosssonKutaja.Only ten bees were the left from the swam.Whatwas the number of bees in the swarm?(Note,Kadamba,Silindyhiri anbd Kutaja are flowering trees.The problem is fom the ancient Indian text on algebra.)