A two-digit number is ascending if its units digit is greater than its tens digit, for example $12,56,39,27$. How many two-digit ascending numbers are there?
Mdm Jones distributes $20$ rice dumplings and $25$ apple pies to her neighbours. She has $2$ dumplings left but is short of $2$ pies. How many neighbours receive the food?
A car leaves $A$ and a motorcycle leaves $B$ simultaneously, travelling in the same direction. At $60\text{ km/h}$ the car catches the motorcycle in $5$ hours; at $70\text{ km/h}$ it catches it in $3$ hours. Find the motorcycle’s speed.
The solid consists of three layers of $2\text{ cm}\times2\text{ cm}\times2\text{ cm}$ cubes. Find the total area of exposed surfaces on the top and sides.
There are $48$ books on three shelves. Candy moves $8$ books from the top to the middle, then $6$ from the middle to the bottom. The shelves then have equal numbers. How many books were originally on the top shelf?
Students $A,B,C,D,E$ occupy the top five ranks. Their guesses are: $A$: $B$ is second, $C$ fifth; $B$: $D$ second, $E$ fourth; $C$: $E$ first, $A$ fifth; $D$: $C$ second, $B$ third; $E$: $D$ third, $A$ fourth. Each student has exactly one correct statement. Who is first?
Starting on $1$ January $2022$, $A$ works three days then rests one day. $B$ works five days then rests two days. $C$ covers days on which both are off. How many days does $C$ work in $2022$?