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Algebra: Word
Problems
Directions: Solve each problem.
1. If 4 apples and 2 oranges equals $1 and
2 apples and 3 orange equals $0.70, how
much does each apple and each orange
cost?
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2. Tom's father is 3 times old as Tom. 4
years ago, he was 4 times older. How old is
Tom?
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3. It takes Sal 5 hours to paint a house. It
takes Sal 3 hours to paint the same house.
How long will it take to paint the house if
both of them work together?
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4. The sum of twice a number and 13 is 75.
Find the number.
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5. Find a number which decreased by 18 is
5 times its opposite.
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Directions: Solve each problem.
1. The sum of 6 and three times a number
equals 33. Find the number.
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2. The difference between 55 and four
times a number is equal to fifteen. Find the
number.
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3. The sum of 3 and six times a number is
equal to 39. Find the number.
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4. The sum of 5 and a number divided by 4
is 9. Find the number.
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5. The difference between 8 and a number
is 2. Find the number.
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Directions: Solve each problem.
1. The sum of a number and the difference
between 16 and a number plus 5 is 21.
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2. Stu has twice as much money invested in
stocks as in bonds. Stocks earn 8% interest
per year and bonds 2% per year. If Stu
earned a total of $400 dollars from his
stocks and bonds last year how much
money did he have invested in stocks?
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3. John's present age is three-fourths of
Sally's present age. In five years, John's
age will be four-fifths of Sarah's age at that
time. What are the present ages of John
and Sally?
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4. The sum of two numbers is 91. The
larger number is 1 more than four times the
smaller number. Find the numbers.
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5. Find three consecutive odd integers such
that three times the second minus the third
is 17 more than the first.
Directions: Solve each problem.
1. Adam is 3 times as old as Cynthia and
Fred is 16 yrs. younger than Adam. One
year ago, Adam's age was twice the sum of
Chyntia's & Fred's age. Find their present
age.
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2. In the first year of production a play sells
1572 tickets, in its second year it sells 1753
tickets, in its third year it sells 152 less than
in its second year. How many tickets are
sold in 3 years?
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3. Mark reads at an average rate of 30
pages per hour, while Mindy reads at an
average rate of 40 pages per hour. If Mark
starts reading a novel at 4:30 PM, and
Mindy begins reading the same novel at
5:20 PM, at what time will they be reading
the same page?
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4. Eight times a number plus 3 times the
number is the same as 20 more than 9
times the number. Find the number.
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5. If 5 times the first number plus three
times the second number equals 47, and 10
times the first number minus 4 times the
second number equals 54, what are the
numbers?
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Directions: Solve each problem.
1. Andy wants to sort his football cards into
boxes that hold 50 cards each. He has 620
football cards. About how many boxes will
Andy need to hold all his cards?
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2. The gas tank on your mom's car holds
about 15 gallons. If gas cost $.99 a gallon,
about how much does it cost to fill the tank
if empty?
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3. There are 640 acres in a square mile.
How many square meters are there in one
acre?
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4. A drug store parking lot has space for
1000 cars. 2/5 of the spaces are for
compact cars. On Tuesday, there were 200
compact cars and some standard size cars
in the parking lot. The parking lot was 3/4
full. How many standard size cars were in
the parking lot?
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5. According to experts the first 4 moves in
a chess game can be played in 197299
totally different ways. If it takes 30 seconds
to make one move, how long would it take
one player to try every possible set of 4
moves?
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