Review MODULE - MATHEMATICS (Algebra-Worded Problems) : Number Problems Age Problem

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Review MODULE – MATHEMATICS (Algebra–Worded Problems)

Number Problems Age Problem


1. Twice the larger of two numbers is three more than five times 11. A boy is one-third as old as his brother and 8 years younger
the smaller, and the sum of four times the larger and three times than his sister. The sum of their ages is 38 years. How old is his
the smaller is 71. What are the numbers? sister?

2. The sum of the digits of a number of three digits is 15. If the 12. Alfred is eleven times as old as Bridget. In a certain number of
digits in the hundreds and tens places are interchanged, the years Alfred will be five times as old as Bridget, and five years after
number is increased by 360. The units digit is ¼ of the sum of the that he will be three times as old as Bridget. How old is Bridget
hundreds and tens places. Find the number now?

3. The sum of the three numbers is 51. If the first number is 13. At present, the sum of the parents’ ages is twice the sum of
divided by the second, the quotient is 2 and the remainder 5; but the children’s ages. Five years ago, the sum of the parents’ ages
if the second number is divided by the third, the quotient is 3 and was 4 times the sum of the children’s ages. Fifteen years hence,
the remainder 2. Find the numbers. the sum of the parents’ ages will be equal to the sum of the
children’s ages. How many children are there?

Money Problem
4. A certain Engineer has invested in three different transactions. Clock Problem
The first investment is in Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) earning SITUATION. At what time between 6 and 7 o’clock are the hands
10% interest annually; second investment is in Cryptocurrency of a clock:
earning 40% annually; and the third investment in PAG-IBIG 14. opposite each other?
Mutual Fund 2 (MP2) earning 5% annually. The total annual
income is P 15,000, but the annual interest in PSE is three times 15. coincident to each other?
that in Mutual Funds. How much is each investment if the total
Capital is P 120,000? 16. at right angles?

5. The selling price of a TV set is double that of its cost. If the TV


set was sold to a costumer at a profit of 25% of the net cost, how 17. At this moment, the hands of a clock in the course of normal
much discount was given to the costumer? operation describe a time somewhere between 4:00 and 5:00 on
a standard clock face. Within one hour or less, the hands will have
6. Ryder bought a secondhand GPU - GTX 1660 Super and then exactly exchanged positions. What time is it now?
sold it to Jaal at a profit of 40%. Jaal then sold the Graphics Card
to Drack at a profit of 20%. If Drack paid P9850 more than it cost
to Ryder, how much did Ryder pay for the unit?

Motion Problem
7. A plane flies 465 miles with the wind and 345 miles against the
wind in the same length of time. If the speed of the wind is 20 mph,
find the speed of the plane in still air.

8. Two trains, one 350 m long, the other 450 m long, on parallel
tracks, can pass each other completely in 8 seconds when moving
in opposite directions. When moving in the same direction, the
faster train completely passes the slower one in 16 seconds. Find
the speed of the slower train in m/s.

9. Two pals A and B run at constant speeds along a circumference


track 1350 m in circumference. Running in opposite directions they
meet every 3 minutes, while running in the same direction they are
together every 27 minutes. Determine their speeds in m/s.

10. A boat going across the lake 8km wide proceeds 2 km at a


certain speed and then completes the trip at a speed ½ km/hr
faster. By doing this, the boat arrives 10 minutes earlier than if the
original speed has maintained. Find the original speed of the boat
and the time it took to cross the lake.

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