WORD PROBLEMS: AGE

1. Mark is 3 years older than Jane. In 4 years, Mark will be 3/2 as old as Jane. How old is Mark now?

2. Lucy is 4 times as old as Amy. Three years ago, Lucy was 13 times as old as Amy. How old is Lucy now?

3. In 18 years, Jenny will be three times as old as she is now. How old is she?

4. 8 years ago, Jimmy was three times as old as Anne. In 4 years, Jimmy will be 3/2 of Annes age.

5. Dustin is 11 years younger than Elias. In two years, Dustin will be half as old as Elias. How old is Dustin?

6. Shawn is 4/5ths as old now as he will be in 7 years. How old is he now?

7. In 20 years, John will be 5 times as old as he is now. How old is he?

8. Kim is 3 times as old as she was 2 years ago. How old is she?

9. Jeff is two years younger than Carrie. 12 years ago, Carrie was twice as old as Jeff. How old is Jeff now?

10. Steve is twice as old as Sylvie. Sylvie is three years older than Jacob. 4 years ago, Sylvie was twice
Jacobs age. How old is Sylvie?

11. Samantha is 8 and two-third years older than Jason. The sum of their ages is 23 years. How old is Jason?

12. Brian is three years older than Sydney. The sum of the ages of Brian and Sydney is seven. How old is
Brian?

13. If Samantha were three times as old as she was five years ago, she will be sixty less than six times her
current age. How old is Samantha?

14. Ryan was born 6 and one-fourth years after Alexander. The sum of their ages is 66 and eleven-twelfth
years. How old is Alexander?

15. Twenty-five years ago, Hailey was five more than one-third as old as Jason was. Today, Jason is twenty-six
less than two times the age of Hailey. How old is Jason?

16. Hunter is five times as old as Rachel. Thomas is twice as old as Rachel. Rachel is twelve years younger
than Thomas. How old is Hunter?

17. Kayla would be one-half as old as Nathan if Kayla were four years older. Nathan is eight less than three
times as old as Kayla. How old is Nathan?

18. Isaac is nine years older than Kylie. Isaac is four times as old as Brian was three years ago. Brian is
eighteen years younger than Isaac. How old is Kylie?

Solutions 6. Shawn is 28.

1. Jane is 2, Mark is 5
2. Lucy is 16 and Amy is 4. 7. John is 5.
3. Jenny is 9. 8. Kim is 3.
4. Jimmy is 20 and Anne is 12. 9. Jeff is 14 and Carrie is 16.
5. Dustin is 9 and Elias is 20. 10. Steve is 20, Sylvie is 10 and Jacob is 7
WORD PROBLEMS: COIN

1. Samantha has a total of one hundred forty-one pennies, nickels and quarters. She has a total of $15.17.
She has fifteen more quarters than pennies and fifteen fewer quarters than nickels. How many of each coin
does she have?

2. Jordan has a total of one hundred thirty nickels, dimes and quarters. He has three and a half times as many
nickels as dimes, and one-half as many quarters as dimes. How much money does he have?

3. Austin has nickels, dimes and quarters. He has a total of $17.65. He has eleven fewer quarters than nickels
and six times as many dimes as quarters. How many of each coin does he have?

4. Cody has pennies, dimes and quarters. He has a total of $17.64. He has two times as many quarters as
dimes and one-third as many dimes as pennies. How many of each coin does he have?

5. A purse contains $3.20 in quarters and dimes. If there are 3 more quarters than dimes, how many coins of
each type are there?

6. A class collected $3.90 in nickels and dimes. If there were 6 more nickels than dimes, how many coins were
there of each type?

7. A jar contains 25 coins worth $3.05. If the jar contains only nickels and quarters, how many coins are there
of each type?

8. A pile of coins worth $10 consisting of quarters and half-dollars is lying on a desk. If there are twice as many
quarters as half-dollars, how many half-dollars are there?

9. A man purchased 10-cent, 15-cent, and 20-cent stamps with a total value of $8.40. If the number of 15-cent
stamps is 8 more than the number of 10-cent stamps and there are 10 more of the 20-cent stamps than of the
15-cent stamps, how many of each did he receive?

10. The pretzel vendor finds that her coin-changer contains $8.75 in nickels, dimes, and quarters. If there are
twice as many dimes as nickels and 10 fewer quarters than dimes, how many of each kind of coin are there?

11. A soda machine contains $3.00 in nickels and dimes. If the number of dimes is 5 times more than twice the
number of nickels, how many coins of each type are there?

12. A donation box has $8.50 in nickels, dimes, and quarters. If there are twice as many dimes as nickels, and
4 more quarters than dimes, how many coins of each type are there?

13. A wallet has $460 in $5, $10, and $20 bills. The number of $5 bills exceeds twice the number of $10 bills by
4, while the number of $20 bills is 6 fewer than the number of $10 bills. How many bills of each type are there?

14. A traveler buys $990 in travelers checks, in $10, $20, and $50 denominations. The number of $20 checks
is 3 less than twice the number of $10 checks, while the number of $50 checks is 5 less than the number of
$10 checks. How many travelers checks were bought in each denomination?

15. A movie theater charges $5 admission for an adult and $3 for a child. If 700 tickets were sold and the total
revenue received was $2900, how many tickets of each type were sold?

16. At a gambling casino a red chip is worth $5, a green one $2, and a blue one $1. A gambler buys $27 worth
of chips. The number of green chips is 2 more than 3 times the number of red ones, while the number of blue
chips is 3 less than twice the number of red ones. How many chips of each type did the gambler get?
17. A student buys 5-cent, 10-cent, and 15-cent stamps, with a total value of $6.70. If the number of 5-cent
stamps is 2 more than the number of 10-cent stamps, while the number of 15-cent stamps is 5 more than one
half the number of 10-cent stamps, how many stamps of each denomination did the student obtain?

18. An amateur theater group is converting a large classroom into an auditorium for a forthcoming play. The
group will sell $3, $5, and $6 tickets. They want to receive exactly $503 from the sale of the tickets. If the
number of $5 tickets to be sold is twice the number of $6 tickets, and the number of $3 tickets is 1 more than
3 times the number of $6 tickets, how many tickets of each type are there?

19. An amusement park sells 25-cent, 50-cent, and $1 tickets and a teacher purchases $32.50 worth of tickets.
A student remarks that there are twice as many 50-cent tickets as there are $1 tickets and that the number of
25-cent tickets is 30 more than the number of 50-cent tickets. How many tickets of each type are there?

20. A gym offers a variety of weights for use by its members. If there are 6 more 50-pound weights than 100-
pound weights and three times as many 20-pound weights as 50-pound weights, for a total of 3180 pounds,
how many of each weight are there?

21. A man has $ 0.70 in dimes and nickels. He has 8 coins altogether. How many nickels does she have?

22. A man has $ 0.55 in dimes and nickels. He has 6 coins altogether. How many nickels does she have?

23. A woman has $ 0.85 in dimes and nickels. She has 4 more dimes than nickels. How many nickels does
she have?

24. A woman has $ 1.90 in dimes and nickels; she has 4 more dimes than nickels. How many nickels does
she have?

25. A bank teller has some five-dollar bills and some twenty-dollar bills. The teller has 4 less of the fives. The
total value of the money is $280.00. Find the number of five-dollar bills that he has.

26. A bank teller has some five-dollar bills and some twenty-dollar bills. The teller has 4 less of the fives. The
total value of the money is $480.00. Find the number of five-dollar bills that he has.

27. A bank teller has some five-dollar bills and some twenty-dollar bills. The teller has a total of 24 bills. The
total value of the money is $330.00. Find the number of five-dollar bills that he has.

28. A bank teller has some five-dollar bills and some twenty-dollar bills. The teller has a total of 24 bills. The
total value of the money is $330.00. Find the number of five-dollar bills that he has.

Solutions: 10. 15 nickels, 30 dimes, and 20 quarters

5. 10 quarters, 7 dimes 21. 2
6. 24 dimes, 30 nickels 23. 3
7. 16 nickels, 9 quarters 25. 8
8. 10 half-dollars 28. 10
9. 16 15-cent stamps, 8 10-cent stamps, 26 20-cent
stamps
 WORD PROBLEMS: DISTANCE (d=rt)

1. An aircraft carrier made a trip to Guam and back. The trip there took three hours and the trip back took four
hours. It averaged 6 km/h on the return trip. Find the average speed of the trip there.

2. A passenger plane made a trip to Las Vegas and back. On the trip there it flew 432 mph and on the return
trip it went 480 mph. How long did the trip there take if the return trip took nine hours?

3. A cattle train left Miami and traveled toward New York. 14 hours later a diesel train left traveling at 45 km/h
in an effort to catch up to the cattle train. After traveling for four hours the diesel train finally caught up. What
was the cattle train's average speed?

4. Jose left the White House and drove toward the recycling plant at an average speed of 40 km/h. Rob left
some time later driving in the same direction at an average speed of 48 km/h. After driving for five hours
Rob caught up with Jose. How long did Jose drive before Rob caught up?

5. A cargo plane flew to the maintenance facility and back. It took one hour less time to get there than it did to
get back. The average speed on the trip there was 220 mph. The average speed on the way back was 200
mph. How many hours did the trip there take?

6. Kali left school and traveled toward her friend's house at an average speed of 40 km/h. Matt left one hour
later and traveled in the opposite direction with an average speed of 50 km/h. Find the number of hours Matt
needs to travel before they are 400 km apart.

7. Ryan left the science museum and drove south. Gabriella left three hours later driving 42 km/h faster in an
effort to catch up to him. After two hours Gabriella finally caught up. Find Ryan's average speed.

8. A submarine left Hawaii two hours before an aircraft carrier. The vessels traveled in opposite directions. The
aircraft carrier traveled at 25 mph for nine hours. After this time the vessels were 280 mi. apart. Find the
submarine's speed.

9. Chelsea left the White House and traveled toward the capital at an average speed of 34 km/h. Jasmine left
at the same time and traveled in the opposite direction with an average speed of 65 km/h. Find the number
of hours Jasmine needs to travel before they are 59.4 km apart.

10. Jose left the airport and traveled toward the mountains. Kayla left 2.1 hours later traveling 35 mph faster in an
effort to catch up to him. After 1.2 hours Kayla finally caught up. Find Jose's average speed.

11. Marie rode her bicycle from her home to the bicycle shope in town and then walked back home. If she
averaged 6 miles per hour riding and 3 miles per hour walking, how far is it from her home to the bicycle shop if
her total travel time was 1 hour?

12. A ski lift carries a skier up a slope at the rate of 800 feet per minute and he returns from the top to the
bottom on a path parallel to the lift at an average rate of 2640 feet per minute. How long is the lift if the round
trip traveling time is 20 minutes?

13. A hiker climbs a mountain path at the rate of 2 miles per hour. Following the same path down the mountain,
the hiker has a rate of 4 miles per hour. If the round trip took 3 hours, how far is it from the top to the bottom of
the mountain?

14. A man leaves the town of Elmsville at 8:00 am and drives to Oak City at a constant rate of 50 miles per
hour. Two hours later, a woman leaves Elmsville following the same route to Oak City. The man and woman
arrive in Oak City at 3:00 pm. What was the rate of the woman? How far is Elmsville from Oak City?
15. Tim and a friend left a campsite on a trip down a river in a canoe, maintaining a constant speed of 4 miles
per hour. Four hours later, Tim's father set out after them in a motorboat carrying the camping supplies. The
motorboat traveled at a rate of 12 miles per hour. How long after he
started did Tim's father overtake the boys?

16. It takes a passenger train 2 hours less time than it takes a freight train to make the trip from Brownsville to
Greentown. If the passenger train averages 60 miles per hour on the trip while the freight train averages 40
miles per hour on the trip, how far is it from Brownsville to Greentown?

17. Dylan drove to the beach, which is one hundred thirty-six kilometers away, at forty-eight kph. He drove
home the next day at sixty kph. How many hours in total did Dylan spend driving?

18. Elizabeth drove to Thomas' house at 57 mph. Thomas' house is seventy-one miles away. Elizabeth arrived
at Thomas' house at 4:27 p.m. What time did she leave?

19. Jason can run 7 3/7 miles in one hour. How long will it take Jason to run nine laps on the school's quarter-
mile track?

20. Christian drove to the beach, which is one hundred twelve kilometers away, at fifty kph. He drove home the
next day at sixty kph. What was his average speed for the round trip?

22. Thomas left Miami and drove at a speed of 41 mph. Katherine left 1 hour and 28 minutes later and drove at
a speed of 57 mph. How long will it take Katherine to catch up with Thomas?

Solutions: 8. 5 mph
1. 8 km/h 9. 0.6 hours
2. 10 hours 10. 20 mph
3. 10 km/h 11. 2 miles
4. 6 hours 12. 13,200 feet
5. 10 hours 13. 4 miles
6. 4 hours 14. 70 miles per hour; 350 miles
7. 28 km/h 15. 2 hours
16. 240 miles

WORD PROBLEMS: INVESTMENT (I=Prt)

1. Mr. Jackson invested a sum of money at 6% per year, and 3 times as much at 4% per year. How much did
he invest at each rate if his annual return totaled $144?

2. Ms. Blackmon invested $8000, part at 4% and the rest at 5% per year. How much did she invest at each rate
if her total return per year on the investments was $380?

3. A total of $9000 was invested, part at 6% and the rest at 3% per year. If the annual return from both
investments was $396, how much was invested at each rate?

4. A total of $8000 is invested, part at 3% and the rest at 4% per year. If the annual return on these investments
is $275, how much is invested at each rate?

5. A woman had two investments, one paying a 6% dividend. The other is $680 more than half the first
investment and pays a 5% dividend. If the total return is $102, find the investments.

6. A man invested a total of $1200 into two accounts, one paying a 4% dividend, the other paying a 6%
dividend. The total interest earned was $57. How much was invested into each account?
7. Apart of $7000 is invested at 6% annual interest and the remainder at 8%. If the total amount of annual
interest is $460, how much was invested at each rate?

8. A club decides to invest a part of $4600 in stocks earning 4.5% annual dividends, and the remainder in
bonds paying 7.5%. How much must the club invest in each to obtain a net return of 5.4%?

9. A part of $12,000 is invested at 5% annual interest, and the remainder at 9%. The annual income on the 9%
investment is $100 more than the annual income on the 5% investment. How much is invested at each rate?

10. $7500 is invested in two parts yielding 5% and 15% annual interest. If the interest earned on the 15%
investment is twice that earned on the 5% investment, how much is invested in each?

11. A shoe store owner had $6000 invested in inventory. The profit on womens shoes was 35%, while the profit
on mens shoes was 25%. If the profit on the entire stock was 28%, how much was invested in each type of
shoe?

12. An automobile dealer has $55,000 invested in compacts and midsize cars. The profit on sales of the
compacts is 10%, and the profit on sales of midsize cars is 16%. How much did the dealer invest in compact
cars if the overall profit on the total investment is 12%?

13. 1. A part of $8000 was invested at 7% annual interest, and the remainder at 8%. If the total annual interest
is $590, how much was invested at each rate?

14. A $20,000 scholarship endowment fund is to be invested in two ways: part in a stock paying 5.5% annual
interest in dividends and the remainder in a bond paying 7.5%. How much should be invested in each to obtain
a net yield of 6.8%?

15. A bicycle store selling 3-speed and 10-speed models has $16,000 in inventory. The profit on a 3-speed is
11%, while the profit on a 10-speed model is 22%. If the profit on the entire stock is 19%, how much was
invested in each type of bicycle?

16. A trust fund has invested $8000 at 6% annual interest. How much additional money should be invested at
8.5% to obtain a return of 8% on the total amount invested?

17. A businessman invested a total of $12,000 in two ventures. In one he made a profit of 8% and in the other
he lost 4%. If his net profit for the year was $120, how much did he invest in each venture?

Answers:
1. $800 at 6%, $2400 at 4% 8. $3220 in stocks, $1380 in bonds
2. $2000 at 4%, $6000 at 5% 9. $7000 at 5% and $5000 at 9%
3. $4200 at 6%, $4800 at 3% 10. $4500 at 5%, $3000 at 15%
4. $4500 at 3%, $3500 at 4%
11. $1800 in womens shoes and $4200 in mens
5. $800 at 6%, $1080 at 5%
6. $750 at __%, $450 at __ % shoes
7. $5000 at 6%, 7000 at 8% 12. $36,666.67

WORD PROBLEMS: MIXTURE

1) 2 m of soil containing 35% sand was mixed into 6 m of soil containing 15% sand. What is the sand content
of the mixture?

2) 9 lbs. of mixed nuts containing 55% peanuts were mixed with 6 lbs. of another kind of mixed nuts that
contain 40% peanuts. What percent of the new mixture is peanuts?

3) 5 fl. oz. of a 2% alcohol solution was mixed with 11 fl. oz. of a 66% alcohol solution. Find the concentration
of the new mixture.

4) 16 lb of Brand M Cinnamon was made by combining 12 lb of Indonesian cinnamon which costs $19/lb with 4
lb of Thai cinnamon which costs $11/lb. Find the cost per lb of the mixture.

5) Emily mixed together 9 gal. of Brand A fruit drink and 8 gal. of Brand B fruit drink which contains 48% fruit
juice. Find the percent of fruit juice in Brand A if the mixture contained 30% fruit juice.

6) How many mg of a metal containing 45% nickel must be combined with 6 mg of pure nickel to form an alloy
containing 78% nickel?

7) How much soil containing 45% sand do you need to add to 1 ft of soil containing 15% sand in order to
make a soil containing 35% sand?

8) 9 gal. of a sugar solution was mixed with 6 gal. of a 90% sugar solution to make a 84% sugar solution. Find
the percent concentration of the first solution.

9) A metallurgist needs to make 12.4 lb. of an alloy containing 50% gold. He is going to melt and combine one
metal that is 60% gold with another metal that is 40% gold. How much of each should he use?

10) Brand X sells 21 oz. bags of mixed nuts that contain 29% peanuts. To make their product they combine
Brand A mixed nuts which contain 35% peanuts and Brand B mixed nuts which contain 25% peanuts. How
much of each do they need to use?

11) Caroline needs a 3 % solution. How many liters of a 1 % solution should she add to 2 liters of a 32 %
solution to get a 3 % solution?

12) Caroline needs a 7 % solution. How many liters of a 1 % solution should she add to 18 liters of a 29 %
solution to get a 7 % solution?

13) How many gallons of pure alcohol solution should be added to 63 gal of a 32 % alcohol solution to make a
37 % solution?

14) How many gallons of pure alcohol solution should be added to 12 gal of a 12 % alcohol solution to make a
34 % solution?

15. How many gallons of 16 % alcohol solution should be added to 30 gal of a 45 % alcohol solution to make a
21 % solution?

16. How many gallons of 13 % alcohol solution should be added to 20 gal of a 43 % alcohol solution to make a
23 % solution?

17. How many gallons of 51 % alcohol solution should be added to some of a 57 % alcohol solution to make a
438 gal of a 55 % solution?

18. How many gallons of 16 % alcohol solution should be added to some of a 78 % alcohol solution to make a
576 gal of a 16 % solution?
19. Marion wants to dilute 2 gal of a 28 % soap solution to make an 8 % solution. How much pure water should
she add to make the 8 % solution?

20. Marion wants to dilute 2 gal of a 14 % soap solution to make an 7 % solution. How much pure water
should she add to make the 7% solution?

21. A tank contains 40 gallons of water and 10 gallons of alcohol. How many gallons of water must be removed
if the remaining solution is to be 30% alcohol?

22. A tank contains 90 quarts of an antifreeze solution that is 50% antifreeze. How much water should be
removed to raise the antifreeze level to 60% in the new solution?

23. A tank has a capacity of 10 gallons. When it is full, it contains 15% alcohol. How many gallons must be
replaced by an 80% alcohol solution to give 10 gallons of 70% solution?

ORIGINAL REMOVED ADDED RESUL

T
CONCENTRATIO 0.15 0.15 0.8 0,7
N
AMOUNT 10 X X 10
original removed + added = result

24. John has 20 ounces of a 20% of salt solution. How much water should he evaporate to make it a 25%
solution?
Let x = amount of water evaporated. The result would be 20 x.
ORIGINAL REMOVE ADDED
D
CONCENTRATIO 0.8 1 0.7
N
AMOUNT 20 X 20-X

Solutions: 12. 5
1. 20% 13. 144
2. 49% 14.
3. 46% 15. 146
4. $17/lb 16.
5. 14% 17. 5
6. 4 mg 18.
7. 2 ft 19.
8. 80% 20.
9. 6.2 lb. of 60% gold, 6.2 lb. of 40% gold 21. remove 16 gallons of water.
10. 8.4 oz. of Brand A, 12.6 oz. of Brand B 22. 15 quarts of water should be removed
11. 9 23. 8.46

WORD PROBLEMS: NUMBER

(1) When the smaller of two odd consecutive integers is added to 2 times the larger, the result is 61. Find the
smaller integer.

(2) When the smaller of two even consecutive integers is added to 3 times the larger, the result is 22. Find the
smaller integer.

(3) If 5 times the smaller of two consecutive integers is added to 2 times the larger, the result is 142 Find the
smaller integer.
(4) If 1 times the smaller of two consecutive integers is added to 1 times the larger, the result is 17. Find the
smaller integer.

(5) The smallest of the three consecutive integers is added to twice the largest, producing a result 18 less than
four times the middle integer. Find the smallest integer.

(6) The smallest of the three consecutive integers is added to twice the largest, producing a result 30 less than
four times the middle integer.

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7. Find two consecutive integers whose sum is 45.

8. Find three consecutive integers whose sum is 126.

9. Find two consecutive even integers whose sum is 186.

10. Find two consecutive odd integers whose sum is 128.

11. Find three consecutive even integers whose sum is 54.

12. Find three consecutive odd integers whose sum is 369.

13. Find two consecutive integers whose product is 132.

14. Find two consecutive even integers whose product is 224.

15. Find two consecutive odd integers whose product is 99.

16. Fifty-one more than 9 times a number is 114. What is the number?

17. 508 exceeds six times a number by 70. What is the number?

18. Sixty-three more than four-fifths of a number equals 111. What is the number?

19. One number is twenty-eight more than three times another number. If each number were multiplied by four,
their difference would be 232. What are the numbers?
20. A number is three less than four times another number. Their sum is one hundred two. What are the
numbers?

21. If the larger of two numbers were decreased by three hundred forty-nine, then the two numbers would be
the same. The sum of the two numbers is 735. What are the numbers?

22. The larger of two numbers is six more than six times the smaller number. The larger number is also one
hundred twenty-two more than two times the smaller number. What are the numbers?

23. There are three consecutive even integers. Half the sum of the second and third numbers is 35. What are
the integers?

24. What are two consecutive integers, such that seven times the larger minus three times the smaller is 95?

25. The tens digit of a two-digit number is two more than the ones digit. The number is thirty more than four
times the sum of the digits. What is the number?
26. The sum of the digits of a four-digit number is 22. The tens digit is two more than the ones digit. The
thousands digit is two less than two times the ones digit. The ones digit is two less than three times the ones
digit. What is the number?

27. If twenty-seven is added to a two-digit number, the original number will be reversed. The number is three
less than four times the sum of its digits. What is the number?

28. The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 4. The ones digit is three times the tens digit. The difference
between the digits is two. What is the number?
29. The product of two consecutive odd integers is seven thousand, fifty-five. What are the integers?

Solutions: 10. 63, 65

1) 1 11. 16, 18, 20
2) 4 12. 121, 123, 125
3) 10 13. 11, 12
4) 8 14. 14, 16
5) 18 15. 9, 11
6) 30
7) 22, 23
8, 4. 41, 42, 43
9. 6. 92, 94

WORD PROBLEMS: WORK

1) Working alone, Ryan can dig a 10 ft by 10 ft hole in five hours. Castel can dig the same hole in six hours.
How long would it take them if they worked together?

2) Shawna can pour a large concrete driveway in six hours. Dan can pour the same driveway in seven hours.
Find how long it would take them if they worked together.

3) It takes Trevon ten hours to clean an attic. Cody can clean the same attic in seven hours. Find how long it
would take them if they worked together.

4) Working alone, Carlos can oil the lanes in a bowling alley in five hours. Jenny can oil the same lanes in nine
hours. If they worked together how long would it take them?

5) Working together, Paul and Daniel can pick forty bushels of apples in 4.95 hours. Had he done it alone it
would have taken Daniel 9 hours. Find how long it would take Paul to do it alone.

6) Working together, Jenny and Natalie can mop a warehouse in 5.14 hours. Had she done it alone it would
have taken Natalie 12 hours. How long would it take Jenny to do it alone?

7) Rob can tar a roof in nine hours. One day his friend Kayla helped him and it only took 4.74 hours. How long
would it take Kayla to do it alone?

8) Working alone, it takes Kristin 11 hours to harvest a field. Kayla can harvest the same field in 16 hours. Find
how long it would take them if they worked together.

9) Krystal can wax a floor in 16 minutes. One day her friend Perry helped her and it only took 5.76 minutes.
How long would it take Perry to do it alone?

10) Working alone, Dan can sweep a porch in 15 minutes. Alberto can sweep the same porch in 11 minutes. If
they worked together how long would it take them?
11) Ryan can paint a fence in ten hours. Asanji can paint the same fence in eight hours. If they worked together
how long would it take them?

12) Working alone, it takes Asanji eight hours to dig a 10 ft by 10 ft hole. Brenda can dig the same hole in nine
hours. How long would it take them if they worked together?

13) Savannah can paint a room in seven hours. Jordan can paint the same room in nine hours. How long does
it take for both Savannah and Jordan to paint the room if they are working together?

14) It takes Shelby 2 hours and 3 minutes to cut the grass. Abigail needs 3 hours and 46 minutes to cut the
grass. If they work together, how long will it take them to cut the grass?

15) Megan and Julia can finish apiece of work in 15 days. Megan can do the job herself in twenty days. If Julia
wanted to do the job alone, how long would it take her?

16. Three machines A, B and C take 3 hours to do a job, when working together. Suppose A and B are identical
and that C working alone can complete the entire job in 12 hrs. How long would it take A working alone to do
the job?

17. If 2 people can paint a fence in 12 hours how long does it take 3 people each working at the same rate

18. If 6 men can do a job in 4 hours, how many hours will it take 8 men to do it

19. In 1 hour, a secretary can address 100 envelopes. Another secretary can address 100 envelopes in 10
hours. How long would it take the secretaries, working together, to address 300 envelopes?

20. It takes 10 hours to fill a pool with water, and 20 hours to drain it. If the pool is empty and the drain is open,
how long will it take to fill the pool?

21. It takes 15 workers to build 500 feet of fencing in 6 hours. At this rate, how many workers are needed to
build 1000 feet of fencing in 9 hours
It takes 15 workers to build 500 feet of fencing in 6 hours. Doubling the workers doubles the fencing in the same time. Therefore, it
takes 30 workers to build 1000 feet of fencing in 6 hours. Doubling the workers halves the time for the same amount of fencing.
Therefore, it takes 60 workers to build 1000 feet of fencing in 3 hours.
Using only one-third as many workers triples the time for the same amount of fencing. Therefore, It takes 20 workers to build 1000 feet
of fencing in 9 hours.

22. If nine large pipes can drain a pond in eight hours, and six small pipes can drain the same pond in sixteen
hours, how long will it take three large pipes and five small pipes to drain the pond?
(9 large pipes take 8 hours --> 1/8 of the pond drained per hour for 9 --> 1/72 pond per hour per large pipe.
6 small pipes take 16 hrs --> 1/16 pond/hr for 6 --> 1/96 pond/hr per small pipe. 3 large can do 3/72 ponds/hr = 1/24. 5 small can do
5/96 ponds/hr. 1/24 + 5/96 = 9/96 ponds/hr total = 3/32 ponds/hr --> 32/3 hours per pond
= 10 hours 40 minutes)

23. It takes 5 boys or 8 girls complete a job in 26 days. How many days would it take 4 boys and 5 girls to
complete the same job?

1. 2.73 hours 8. 6.52 hours

2. 3.23 hours 9. 9 minutes
3. 4.12 hours 10. 6.35 minutes
4. 3.21 hours 11. 4.44 hours
5. 11 hours 12. 4.24 hours
6. 8.99 hours 16. 8 hrs
7. 10.01 hours 17. 8 hrs of work
18. 24 man-hrs/8 men = 3 hours. 21. 20 workers
20. 20 (number of hours required to fill the pool) 22.10 hours 40 minutes
23. 18.246 days

WORD PROBLEMS: SYSTEM-OF-EQUATIONS

1) Find the value of two numbers if their sum is 12 and their difference is 4.

2) The difference of two numbers is 3. Their sum is 13. Find the numbers.

3) Flying to Kampala with a tailwind a plane averaged 158 km/h. On the return trip the plane only averaged 112
km/h while flying back into the same wind. Find the speed of the wind and the speed of the plane in still air.

4) The school that Stefan goes to is selling tickets to a choral performance. On the first day of ticket sales the
school sold 3 senior citizen tickets and 1 child ticket for a total of $38. The school took in $52 on the second
day by selling 3 senior citizen tickets and 2 child tickets. Find the price of a senior citizen ticket and the price of
a child ticket.

5) The sum of the digits of a certain two-digit number is 7. Reversing its digits increases the number by 9. What
is the number?

6) A boat traveled 210 miles downstream and back. The trip downstream took 10 hours. The trip back
took 70 hours. What is the speed of the boat in still water? What is the speed of the current?

7) The state fair is a popular field trip destination. This year the senior class at High School A and the
senior class at High School B both planned trips there. The senior class at High School A rented and
filled 8 vans and 8 buses with 240 students. High School B rented and filled 4 vans and 1 bus with 54
students. Every van had the same number of students in it as did the buses. Find the number of students in
each van and in each bus.

8) The senior classes at High School A and High School B planned separate trips to New York City. The senior
class at High School A rented and filled 1 van and 6 buses with 372 students. High School B rented and filled 4
vans and 12 buses with 780 students. Each van and each bus carried the same
number of students. How many students can a van carry? How many students can a bus carry?

9) Brenda's school is selling tickets to a spring musical. On the first day of ticket sales the school sold 3 senior
citizen tickets and 9 child tickets for a total of $75. The school took in $67 on the second day by selling 8 senior
citizen tickets and 5 child tickets. What is the price each of one senior citizen ticket and one child ticket?

10) Matt and Ming are selling fruit for a school fundraiser. Customers can buy small boxes of oranges and
large boxes of oranges. Matt sold 3 small boxes of oranges and 14 large boxes of oranges for a total of $203.
Ming sold 11 small boxes of oranges and 11 large boxes of oranges for a total of $220. Find the cost each of
one small box of oranges and one large box of oranges.

11) A boat traveled 336 miles downstream and back. The trip downstream took 12 hours. The trip back took 14
hours. What is the speed of the boat in still water? What is the speed of the current?

12) DeShawn and Shayna are selling flower bulbs for a school fundraiser. Customers can buy bags of
windflower bulbs and bags of daffodil bulbs. DeShawn sold 10 bags of windflower bulbs and 12 bags of daffodil
bulbs for a total of $380. Shayna sold 6 bags of windflower bulbs and 8 bags of daffodil bulbs for a total of
$244. What is the cost each of one bag of windflower bulbs and one bag of daffodil bulbs?

solutions 3. Plane: 135 km/h, Wind: 23 km/h

1. 4 and 8 4. senior citizen ticket: $8, child ticket: $14
2. 5 and 8 5. 34
6. boat: 12 mph, current: 9 mph
7. Van: 8, Bus: 22
8. Van: 18, Bus: 59
9. senior citizen ticket: $4, child ticket: $7
10. small box of oranges: $7, large box of oranges:
$13
11. boat: 26 mph, current: 2 mph
12. bag of windflower bulbs: $14, bag of daffodil
bulbs: $20
WORD PROBLEMS: RATIO

1. In a bag of red and green sweets, the ratio of red sweets to green sweets is 3:4. If the bag contains 120
green sweets, how many red sweets are there?
Write the items in the ratio as a fraction.

2. John has 30 marbles, 18 of which are red and 12 of which are blue. Jane has 20 marbles, all of them either
red or blue. If the ratio of the red marbles to the blue marbles is the same for both John and Jane, then John
has how many more blue marbles than Jane?

John has 30 marbles, 18 of which are red and 12 of which are blue.

We use the same ratio for Jane.

3. A special cereal mixture contains rice, wheat and corn in the ratio of 2:3:5. If a bag of the mixture contains 3
pounds of rice, how much corn does it contain?
Write the items in the ratio as a fraction.

4. Clothing store A sells T-shirts in only three colors: red, blue and green. The colors are in the ratio of 3 to 4 to
5. If the store has 20 blue T-shirts, how many T-shirts does it have altogether?
Write the items in the ratios as fractions.

5. Christina and Julia were running for mayor in a small town. Christina received thirty percent of the votes.
Julia received four thousand, sixty votes. How many votes were cast in the town, assuming that everybody in
the town voted for either Christina or Julia?

6. The ratio of adult tickets to student tickets for the school play was four to five. If the sum of the adult tickets
and one half of the students tickets is 260, how many adult tickets were sold?

7. The hourly wages of Luis and Eric are in the ratio of 17:18. Today, they each worked nine hours. Eric earned
$5.67 more than Luis for today's work. How much does Luis earn per hour?

8. Some money will be divided in the ratio of 1 to 3. Four times the smaller amount is five hundred ninety-five
dollars less than three times the larger amount. William will receive the smaller amount and Michael will
receive the larger amount. How much will William receive?

9. The ratio of votes for Brian to votes for Jose in an election is 13:5. There were a total of 1,530 votes. How
many people voted for Jose?
10. The measures of two angles in a supplementary triangle are in the ratio of 2:8. What is the measure of the
larger angle?
11.The measures of two angles in a triangle are in the ratio of 2:4. The measure of the larger angle is twenty-
four degrees less than three times the smaller angle. What is the measure of the larger angle?
The measures of two angles in a triangle are in the ratio of 1:2. The third angle is 54 . What are the measures
of the two angles?

Solutions
1. 90 red sweets
2. John has 4 more marbles than Jane
3. The mixture contains 7.5 pounds of corn.
4. There are 60 shirts