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Worded Problems

This document provides an overview of solving word problems in algebra. It discusses different types of word problems including age, work, mixture, motion, coin, digit, clock, and variation problems. For each type, it provides examples of how to set up and solve the problems algebraically. It also provides sample exercises testing various word problem scenarios.

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Worded Problems

This document provides an overview of solving word problems in algebra. It discusses different types of word problems including age, work, mixture, motion, coin, digit, clock, and variation problems. For each type, it provides examples of how to set up and solve the problems algebraically. It also provides sample exercises testing various word problem scenarios.

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Worded Problems Algebra

Worded Problems
Digit Problems
To solve worded problem, one must first interpret the Let h, t, and u be the hundreds, tens, and units
sentences into its accurate mathematical expression and digit, respectively.
then apply the algebraic operation to the expression A three-digit number must be represented in the
obtained. following manner.
Number = (h)(100) + (t)(10) + (u)
The most common worded problems are age, work,
mixture, motion, coin, digit, clock, and variation A two-digit number is represented by;
problems. Number = (t)(10) + (u)

Age Problems Sample 5.


The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 11. if the
This type of problems must be solved
digits are reversed, the resulting number is seven more
meticulously by giving more emphasis to the tenses (i.e.
than twice the original number. What is the original
past, present, or future)
number?
Example: The ages of a certain person in the past,
present and future in terms of x are as follows:
Motion Problem
6 years ago x–6 In algebra, the problems pertaining to motion deals only
Present x with a uniform velocity, i.e., no acceleration or
5 years hence x + 5 deceleration in the process.
Sample 1. D = Vt V = D/t t = D/V
Mark is 25 years younger than his Father.
However his father will be twice his age in 10 years. Sample 6.
How old is his father? A man rows downstream at the rate of 5mph and
upstream at the rate of 2mph. How far downstream
Work Problems should he go if he is to return in 7/4 hours after leaving?
Suppose that a person can do a certain work in 5 days.
This means that the said person can finish 1/5 of the Clock Problems.
work in one day. Thus, his rate is 1/5 of the work per A clock problem is a mathematical problem which focus
day. on the relationship of the movements of the hands (hour,
For a complete job, rate x time = 1 hand, minute hand, second hand) of the clock.
Sample 2. By principle, the second hand (SH) always moves faster
Farmer A can plow a field in 4 days by using a than the minute hand (MH) and the minute hand always
tractor. Farmer B can plow the same field in 6 days moves faster than the hour hand (HH). The relations
using a carabao. How long will it take to plow a field if between the three hands of the clock are as follows:
they work together? MH MH
HH = 12
HH = 720
SH
When there is a specific work and specific time MH = 12
and manpower, the rate of doing the work may be Sample 7.
computed using the number of man-hours. At what time after 5 o’clock in the morning will the
Sample 3. hands of the clock be opposite each other?
If 20 bakers can bake 40 pizzas in 8 hours, how
many bakers can bake 10 pizzas in 2 hours? Variation Problem
variation problems are problems in algebra
Mixture Problems which show the relationship between the variables in
The easiest way to solve a mixture problem is to terms of expressions such as “directly proportional or
draw a rectangle or square which will illustrate the inversely proportional or simply proportional”
content of the mixture as shown in the following x varies directly as y is expressed as:
illustration. 𝑥∝𝑦
Sample 4. The symbol varies (∝) is replaced by an equality symbol
Consider a 5 cubic meter mixture containing 65% and a constant of proportionality, k, hence.
alcohol and 35% gasoline. 𝑥 = 𝑘𝑦
x varies inversely as the square of y is expressed as
65%
the entire follows:
mixture 1
Alcohol 𝑥 = 𝑘 𝑦2
V = 5m^3
35%
Gasoline
Worded Problems Algebra

Sample 8.
The kinetic energy K of an object varies directly as the 8. 4(abcde4)=4abcde, where a, b, c, d and e are digits of
square of the velocity. A particular object traveling at the number. Find e.
80fps has a kinetic energy of 240foot-pounds. What a. 2
would be its kinetic energy if it was traveling at 100 feet b. 5
per second? c. 6
d. 1
Exercises: 9. A man can row his canoe at a constant rate of 5 miles
1. A man is 41 years old and his son is 9. in how many per hour in still water. He rows upstream for 15 minutes
years will the father be three times as old as his son? and then rows downstream, returning to his starting
a. 5 point in another 12 minutes. What is the rate of the
b. 6 current in miles per hour?
c. 7 a. 0.56
d. 8 b. 0.34
2. Mary is 24 years old. Mary is twice as old as Ann was c. 0.43
when Mary was as old as Ann is now. How old is Ann d. 0.65
now? 10. How long will it be from the time the hour hand and
a. 16 the minute hand of a clock are together until they will be
b. 18 together again?
c. 20 a. 65.45
d. 22 b. 60.00
3. If 500 cats can catch 500 rats in 500 hours, how many c. 63.45
cats are needed to catch 3 rats in 3 hours? d. 62.45
a. 5 11. How many time in one complete day will the hour
b. 3 hand and the minute hands coincide with each other?
c. 500 a. 24
d. 300 b. 23
4. If 48 men can erect 30 posts in 20 days, how many c. 22
posts can 40 men working for 12 days erect? d. 25
a. 24
b. 21
c. 12
d. 15
5. For a particular experiment you need 5 liters of 10%
solution. You find 7% and 12% solution on the shelves..
How much of the 7% solution should you mix with the
appropriate amount of the 12% solution to get 5 liters of
a 10% solution?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
6. How many liters of water must be added to 35 liters of
89% hydrochloric acid solution to reduce its strength to
75%?
a. 6.23
b. 6.33
c. 6.43
d. 6.53
7. A number of two digits divided by the sum of the
digits the quotient is 7 and the remainder is 6. if the
digits of the number are interchanged, the resulting
number exceeds three times the sum of the digits by 5.
what is the number?
a. 74
b. 62
c. 42
d. 83

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