PRACTICE QUESTIONS

CLASS X: CHAPTER-3
PAIR OF LINEAREQUATIONS IN TWO VARIABLES
WORD PROBLEMS

NUMBER BASED QUESTIONS

SIMPLE PROBLEMS
1. The sum of two numbers is 137 and their difference is 43. Find the numbers.

2. The sum of thrice the first and the second is l42 and four times the first exceeds the second by
138, then find the numbers.

3. Sum of two numbers is 50 and their diference is 10, then find the numbers.

4. The sum of twice the first and thrice the second is 92 and four times the first exceeds seven times
the second by 2, then find the numbers.

5. The sum of two numbers is 1000 and the difference between their squares is 25600, then find the
numbers.

6. The difference between two numbers is 14 and the difference between their squares is 448, then
find the numbers.
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7. The sum of two natural numbers is &and the sum of their reciprocals is Find the numbers.
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TWO-DIGIT PROBLEMS
1. The sum of the digits of a two digit number is 12. The number obtained by interchanging the two
digits exceeds the given number by 18. Find the number.

2. Seven times a two-digit number is equal to four times the number obtained by reversing the order
of its digit. If the difference between the digits is 3, then find the number.
3. The sum of the digits of a two digit number is 9. Also, nine times this number is twice the
number obtained by reversing the order of the digits. Find the number.
4. The sum of the digits of a two digit number is 9. If 27 is added to it, the digits of the numbers get
reversed. Find the number.
5. The sum of a two-digit number and the number obtained by reversing the digits is 66. If the
digits of the number differ by 2, find the number. How many such numbers are there?

6. A two-digit number is 4 more than 6 times the sum of its digit. If 18 is subtracted from the
number, the digits are reversed. Find the number.
7. The sum a two-digit number and the number obtained by reversing the digits is 99. If the
digits differ by 3, find the number.
8. The sum of atwo-digit number and the number formed by interchanging its digit is 110. If 10 is
subtracted from the original number, the new number is 4 more than Stimes the sum of the digits
of the original number. Find the original number.
9. Atwo-igit number is 3 more than 4 times the sum of its digit. If 18 is added to the number, the
digits are reversed. Find the number.

10. The sum of the digits of a two digit number is 15. The number obtained by interchanging the two
digits exceeds the given number by 9. Find the number.

FRACTION PROBLEMS
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1. A fraction becomes if 2 is added to both the numerator and the denominator. If 3 is added to
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both the numerator and the denominator it becomes Find the fraction.
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2. The sum of numerator and denominator of a fraction is 12. If the denominator is increased by 3
then the fraction becomes Find the fraction.

3. If I is added to both the numerator and denominator of a given fraction, it

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however, 5 is subtracted from both the numerator and denominator, the fractiu.
Find the fraction.
4. In a given fraction, if the numerator is multiplied by 2 and the denominator is reduced by 5, we
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get . But if the numerator of the given fraction is increased by 8 and the denominator is
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doubled, we get Find the fraction.
5. The denominator of a fraction is greater than its numerator by 1I. If 8 is added to both its
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numerator and denominator, it reduces to Find the fraction.

AGE RELATEDQUESTIONS
1. Ten years hence, a man's age will be twice the age of his son. Ten years ago, man was four times
as old as his son. Find their present ages.
2. A man's age is three times the sum of the ages of his two sons. After 5 years his age will be
twice the sum of the ages of his two sons. Find the age of the man.

3. If twice the son's age in years is added to the mother's age, the sum is 70 years. But if twice the
mother's age is added to the son's age., the sum is 95 years. Find the age of the mother and her
Son.

4. Five years ago Nuri was thrice old as Sonu. Ten years later, Nuri will be twice as old as Sonu.
Find the present age of Nuri and Sonu.
5. The present age of a woman is 3 years more than three times the age of her daughter. Three years
hence, the woman's age willbe 10 years more than twice the age of her daughter. Find their
present ages.

6. Two years ago, a man was 5 times as old as his son. Two years later his age will be &more than
three times the age of the son. Find the present ages of the man and his son.
7. Iam three times as old as my son. Five years later, I shall be two and a half times as old as my
son. How old am I and how old is my son?
8. AandB are friends and their ages differ by 2years. A's father D is twice as old as Aand Bis
twice as old as his sister C. The age of D and C differ by 40 years. Find the ages of A and B.
9. The ages of two riends Ani and Biju differ by 3 years. Ani's father Dharam is twice as old as
Ani and Biju is twice as old as his sister Cathy. The ages of Cathy and Dharam differ by 30
years. Find the ages of Ani and Biju.
10. Five years hence, the age of Jacob will be three times that of his son. Five years ago, Jacob's age
was seven times that of his son. What are their present ages?

11. A father is three times as old as his son. In 12 years time, he will be twice as old as his son. Find
their present ages.

III. SPEED, DISTANCE AND TIME RELATED QUESTIONS

1. A boat goes 30 km upstream and 44 km downstream in 10 hours. In 13 hours, it can go 40 km

upstream and 55 km down-stream. Determine the speed of the stream and that of the boat in still
water.

2. Places A and B are 100 km apart on a highway. One car starts from A and another from B at the
same time. If the cars travel in the same direction at different speeds, they meet in 5 hours. If
they travel towards each other, they meet in I hour. What are the speeds of the two cars?
3. Points A and B are 90 km apart from each other on a highway. A car starts from A and another
from B at the same time. If they go in the same direction they meet in 9 hours and if they go in
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opposite directions they meet in 4 hours. Find their speeds.

4. A train covered a certain distance at a uniform speed. If the train would have been 10 km/h
faster, it would have taken 2 hours less than the scheduled time. And, if the train were slower by
10 km/h; it would have taken 3 hours more than the scheduled time. Find the distance covered by
the train.

5. Ritu can row downstream 20 km in 2 hours, and upstream 4 km in 2 hours. Find her speed of
rowing in still water and the speed of the current.
6. Roohi travels 300 km to her home partly by train and partly by bus. She takes 4 hours if she
travels 60 km by train and the remaining by bus. If she travels 100 km by train and the remaining
by bus, she takes 10 minutes longer. Find the speed of the train and the bus separately.
7. A boat goes 30 km upstream and 44 km downstream in 10 hours. In 13 hours, it can go 40 km
upstream and 55 km down-stream. Determine the speed of the stream and that of the boat in still
water.

8. A man travels 370 km partly by train and partly by car. If he covers 250 km by train and the rest
by car, it takes him 4 hours. But if he travels 130 km by train and the rest by car, he takes 18
minutes longer. Find the speed of the train and that of the car.

9. A boat covers 32 km upstream and 36 km downstream in 7 hours. In 9 hours, it can cover 40 km

upstream and 48 km down-stream. Find the speed of the stream and that of the boat in still water.

10. Two places A and B are 120 km apart on a highway. A car starts from A and another from B at
the same time. If the cars move in the same direction at different speeds, they meet in 6 hours. If
they travel towards each other, they meet in I hours 12 minutes. Find the speeds of the two cars.

IV, GEOMETRICAL FIGURES RELATED OUESTIONS

1. The area of a rectangle gets reduced by 9 square units, if its length is reduced by 5 units and
breadth is increased by 3 units. If we increase the length by 3 units and the breadth by 2 units, the
area increases by 67 square units. Find the dimensions of the rectangle.
2. The length of a room exceeds its breadth by 3 metres. If the length is increased by 3 metres and
the breadth is decreased by 2 metres, the area remains the same. Find the length and the breadth
of the room.

3. The area of a rectangle gets reduced by 8m, if its length is reduced by Sm and breadth is
increased by 3m. If we increase the length by 3m and the breadth by 2m, the area increases by
74m. Find the length and the breadth of the rectangle.
4. In a AABC, ZC= 32B = 2(A + ZB). Find the angles.
5. Find the four angles of a cyclic quadrilateral ABCD in which A= (2x - 1, ZB = (y + 5), ZC
=(2y + 15 and D= (4x - 7.
6. The area of a rectangle remains the same if the length is increased by 7m and the breadth is
decreased by 3m. The area remains unaffected if the length is decreased by 7m and the breadth is
increased by 5m. Find the dimensions of the rectangle.
7. The larger of twO supplementary angles exceeds the smaller by 18 degrees. Find them.
8. In a AABC, ZA =*, ZB = (3x 2), 2C= y. Also, ZC- ZB=9'. Find the three angles.
9. Half the perimeter of a rectangular garden, whose length is 4 m more than its width, is 36 m.
Find the dimensions of the garden.
10. ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. Find the angles of the cyclic quadrilateral.

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V. TIME AND WORK RELATED QUESTIONS
1. 2 men and 7 boys can do a piece of work in 4 days. The same work is done in 3 days by 4 men
and 4 boys. How long would it take one man and one boy to do it alone.
2. 2 women and 5 men can together finish an embroidery work in 4 days, while 3 women and 6
men can finish it in 3 days. Find the time taken by I woman alone to finish the work, and also
that taken by Iman alone.
3. 8 men and 12 boys can finish a piece of work in 10 days while 6 men and 8 boys finish it in 14
days. Find the time taken by one man alone and by one boy alone to finish the work.

4. 8 men and 12 boys can finish a piece of work in 5 days while 6 men and 8 boys finish it in 7
days. Find the time taken by lman alone and by lboy alone to finish the work.
5. 2 men and 5 boys can do a piece of work in 4 days. The same work is done by 3 men and 6 boys
in 3 days. .Find the time taken by l man alone and by I boy alone to finish the work.

VI. REASONING BASED QUESTIONS

1. One says, "Give me a hundred, friend! I shall then become twice as rich as you". The other
replies, "If you give me ten, I shall be six times as rich as you'". Tell me what is the amount of
their (respective) capital?
2. The students of a class are made to stand in rows. If 3 students are extra in a row, there would be
Irow less. If 3 students are less in a row, there would be 2 rows more. Find the number of
students in the class.

3. Yash scored 40 marks in a test, getting 3 marks for each right answer and losing 1 mark for each
wrong answer. Had 4 marks been awarded for each correct answer and 2 marks been deducted
for each incorrect answer, then Yash would have scored 50 marks. How many questions were
there in the test?

4. A part of monthly hostel charges is fixed and the remaining depends on the number of days one
has taken food in the mess. When a student A takes food for 20 days she has to pay Rs 1000 as
hostel charges whereas a student B, who takes food for 26 days, pays Rs 1180 as hostel charges.
Find the fixed charges and the cost of food per day.
5. From a bus stand in Bangalore,if we buy 2 tickets to Malleswaram and 3 tickets to
Yeshwanthpur, the total cost is Rs 46; but if we buy 3 tickets to Malleswaram and 5 tickets to
Yeshwanthpur the total cost is Rs 74. Find the fares fromn the bus stand to Malleswaram, and to
Yeshwanthpur.
6. The cost of 5 oranges and 3 apples is Rs 35 and the cost of 2 oranges and 4 apples is Rs 28. Find
the cost of an orange and an apple.

7. A lending library has a fixed charge for the first three days and an additional charge for each day
thereafter. Saritha paid Rs 27 for a book kept for seven days, while Susy paid Rs 21 for the book
she kept for five days. Find the fixed charge and the charge for each extra day.
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2000. She asked the cashier to give her Rs 50received.
8. Meena went to a bank to withdraw Rs many notes of Rs 50 and Rs 100 she
notes only. Meena got 25 notes in all. Find how

The ratio of incomes of two persons is 9:7 and the ratio of their expenditures is 4:3. If each of
9. monthly incomes.
them manages to save Rs 2000 per month, find their
together with the charge for the distance
10. The taxi charges in a city consist of a fixed charge journey of 15 km, the
covered. For a distance of 10 km, the charge paid is Rs 105 and for a
charge per km? How much does a
charge paid is Rs 155. What are the fixed charges and the
person have to pay for travelling a distance of 25 km?
she buys 3 bats and 5
11. The coach of a cricket team buys 7 bats and 6 balls for Rs 3800. Later,
balls for Rs 1750. Find the cost of each bat and each ball.
6 erasers is Rs 18. Find
12. The cost of 2 pencils and 3 erasers is Rs 9 and the cost of 4pencils and
the cost of each pencil and each eraser.
Rs 46. Find
13. 5 pencils and 7 pens together cost Rs 50, whereas 7 pencils and 5 pens together cost
the cost of one pencil and that of one pen.
14. The students of a class are made to stand in rows. If 4 students are extra in a row, there would be
2 rows less. If4 students are less in a row, there would be 4 rows more. Find the number
of
students in the class.

15. A and B each has some money. If A gives Rs. 30 to B then B will have twice the money left with
A. But if Bgives Rs. 10 to Athen Awill have thrice as much as is left with B. How much money
does each have?