WORD PROBLEMS

NUMBER RELATION:
1. 12 more than 5 times a certain number gives 57, what is the number?
2. The sum of two numbers is 25. Twice the first added to thrice the second gives 64. What are the two numbers?
3. Two numbers are in the ratio 2:5. If their sum is 98, what are the two numbers?
4. The numerator of a fraction is 5 more than twice the denominator. If the numerator is increased by 5 and the
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denominator is decreased by 2, the fraction reduces to . Find the original fraction.
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5. The sum of the digits of a 2-digit number is 13. When the digits are reversed, the number increases by 27. Find
the number.
6. The tens digit of a 3-digit number is 3 more than twice its hundreds digit, while the units digit is one more than
the tens digit. When the digits are reversed, the new number is 594 more than the original. Find the original
number.
7. The sum of a number and its reciprocal is 25 .
AGE PROBLEMS:
1. The sum of the ages of a man and his son is 53. 14 years from now, the man will be twice as old as his son. How
old are they now?
2. A certain womans age is 5 more than 4 times her daughters age. In 6 years, she will be thrice as old as her
daughter. How old is the woman now?
3. Adam is now 33 years old, while Kris is 17 years old. How many years ago was Adam thrice as old as Kris?
4. Abis age is 3 more than twice the age of Karen. In 3 years, Abis age will be four times Karens age 3 years
ago. How old are they now?
GEOMETRY PROBLEMS:
1. The length of a rectangle is 5 less than 3 times its width. If its perimeter is 86 cm, find the dimensions of the
rectangle.
2. In ABC, B is twice the measure of A, and C is 5o more than twice B. What are the angles of the
triangle?
3. An angle is 10 degrees more than thrice its complement. Find the angle.
4. The hypotenuse of a certain right triangle is 4 less than thrice the shorter leg. While the longer leg is 4 more
than twice the shorter leg. How long is the shorter leg of the triangle?
5. The length of a rectangle is 4 cm less than twice its width. If the width is increased by 2 cm, and the length is
decreased by 1 cm, the area of the rectangle increases by 21cm2 . Find the original dimensions of the rectangle.
6. A path of constant width is to be made around a garden 8 m by 12 m. If the area of the path alone is equal to
the area of the garden, find the width of the path.

7. Alex is mowing around a square garden. When he has mowed 4 m around the perimeter of the garden, he has
mowed 34 of the area of the garden. How long is the side of the square garden?
INVESTMENT PROBLEMS:
1. I invested part of Php12,000 at 10% interest and the rest at 6%. If the annual income from the two investments
are equal. How much did I invest at 10%?
2. Michael invested a certain amount of money at 4% and an amount Php2,500 greater at 10%. If the total annual
income from the two investments is Php1,300, how much was invested at 4%?
3. Lucky invested a certain amount of money at 12% annual interest, while his friend John invested an amount
Php3,000 greater at 8% annual interest. If the annual income from Luckys investment is Php240 greater than
the annual income from Johns investment. How much did Lucky invest at 12%?

MIXTURE PROBLEMS:
1. How much of a 25% salt solution must be mixed with 60L of a 50% salt solution to reduce it to a 40% salt
solution?
2. How much water should be added to 30L of a 70% alcohol solution to reduce it to a 30% solution?
3. How much pure antifreeze must be mixed with 50L of a 30% antifreeze solution to get a 60% solution?
4. How much water must be evaporated from 80L of a 40% salt solution to create a 50% salt solution?
5. How much of a 30% alcohol solution must be mixed with a 55% solution to produce 150L of a 40% alcohol
solution?
6. How much water must be evaporated from 60L of a 15% salt solution and replaced with a 60% salt solution to
get a 40% salt solution?
7. Willy Wonka wants to mix 75 cent/gram candy with 50 cent/gram candy to make a mixture of 1000 grams of
candy to be sold at 59 cents/gram. How much of each kind of candy must he use?
WORK PROBLEMS:
1. Keish can finish a certain job in 8 hours. Elo can finish the same job in 5 hours. How long will it take them to
finish the job together?
2. Rayla can paint a house in 5 days. Together, Rayla and Joyce can paint the house in 3 days. How long will it
take Joyce to paint the same house on her own?
3. Mariz can finish a certain job in 6 hours, Chey can finish the same job in 4 hours. After working together for 2
hours, Chey gets sick and Mariz has to finish the rest of the job alone. How long will it take Mariz to finish the
job?
4. Chino can clean his room in 2 hours and 30 minutes. After working for 1 hour, Jeff joins him and together they
finish cleaning the room in 40 minutes. How long will it take Jeff to clean the room on his own?
5. Annie takes 4 hours longer than Gelain to finish a certain job. Together, they can complete the job in 4 hours
and 45 minutes. How long does it take Annie to finish the job alone?
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6. Cath and Joy can finish painting a house together in 3 hours and 20 minutes. They can finish the same job if
Cath works alone for 3 hours, and then Joy works alone for 4 hours. How long will they each take to paint the
house on their own?
7. Two pipes can fill a pool alone in 3 hours and 4 hours respectively. A 3rd pipe can empty the pool when full in
6 hours. How long would it take to fill the pool when it is empty if all 3 pipes are accidentally left open?
UNIFORM MOTION:
1. Two cars start from the same point and travel in opposite directions at 55kph and 75kph respectively. In how
many hours will they be 455 km apart?
2. At 5PM, two cars start from the same point and travel in the same direction at 45kph and 70kph respectively.
At what time will the two cars be 100km apart?
3. Pia leaves a certain town at 3PM travelling at 60kph. After 2 hours, Bianca leaves the same town travelling in
the same direction at 85kph. At what time will Bianca overtake Pia?
4. The current of a river is 2kph, a man rows 12km upstream, and then returns in a total of 4.5 hours. How fast
can the man row in still water?
5. On a certain river, a boat travels 36km upstream in 4 hours, and can travel 48km downstream in 3 hours and
12 minutes. Find the rate of the current of the river.
MISCELLANEOUS:
1. A farm has a total of 75 cows and chickens. If there are a total of 194 legs, how many cows are there?
2. My wallet contains 36 Php20 and Php50 bills. If I have a total of Php1,110, how many of each kind of bill do I
have?
3. Summer has a total of 80 coins, each worth either 5 cents, 10 cents or 25 cents. The 5-cent coins and the 10-cent
coins cost a total of Php5.70. While the 5-cent coins and the 25-cent coins cost a total of Php4.20. How many
of each kind of coin does Summer have?
4. A gift store is making a mixture of almonds, pecans, and peanuts, which cost $3.50 per pound, $4 per pound,
and $2 per pound, respectively. The storekeeper wants to make 20 pounds of the mix to sell at $2.70 per pound.
The number of pounds of peanuts is to be three times the number of pounds of pecans. Find the number of
pounds of each to be used in the mixture.
5. A box contains $7.15 in nickels (5 cents), dimes (10 cents), and quarters (25 cents). There are 42 coins in all,
and the sum of the numbers of nickels and dimes is two less than the number of quarters. How many coins of
each kind are there?
6. Different amounts of money are invested at 10%, 11%, and 12% annual interest. The amount invested at 11%
is $300 more than what is invested at 10%, and the total yearly income from all three investments is $324. A
total of $2900 is invested. Find the amount invested at each rate.
7. A certain diet consists of dishes A, B, and C. Each serving of A has 1 gram of fat, 2 grams of carbohydrate, and
4 grams of protein. Each serving of B has 2 grams of fat, 1 gram of carbohydrate, and 3 grams of protein. Each
serving of C has 2 grams of fat, 4 grams of carbohydrate, and 3 grams of protein. The diet allows 15 grams of
fat, 24 grams of carbohydrate, and 30 grams of protein. How many servings of each dish can be eaten?
8. In 20 oz. of Alloy R, there are 6 oz. of Copper, 4 oz. of Zinc, and 10 oz. of Lead. In 20 oz. of Alloy M, there
is 12 oz. of Copper, 5 oz. of Zinc and 3 oz. of Lead, while in 20 oz of Alloy D, there are 8 oz. of Copper, 6 oz.
of Zinc, and 6 oz. of Lead. How many ounces of each alloy should be combined to create a new alloy containing
34 oz. of Copper, 17 oz. of Zinc and 19 oz. of Lead?