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MTH-4101 Word Problems Type 1: Age Problems - Jack and Mac are talking one day and Mac says, “In 9 years I will be three times your age, but 1 today, | am four times your age. How.old are Jack and Mac? PresenX | In A years Y =7 oe x+% ue se Berle PS Tein oo es ces z\g = Tact’ @ yxte 3(*e+9%) Soe oaeia so ce @ ae | = 4 (18) qn = Moc'S age O 549234497 y = Beea-49 yous 8 2 Lek ee Blytts age Lee y= Reger ’s age Cieng. for oder ganton — younger GAA ee eaNas PhAn Casale VS! ad ‘The difference in age between Blythe and Roger is 15 years. In 7 years, Blythe will be twice as old as Roger. Find the age of each. Nok Blythe yb old Maan Foye ce 1S Lirst equakton . eas = lye) Present | Ta 1 yes Biyk x “x7 ae uy ural y= ¥~\S i) aytezy eh Lek yy. =¥e a = tye ee NT ae te se ae =A ea pe y (4 (2) 3. A grandfather says to his grandson, “Today I am four times as old as you are, but in seven years I will be three times as old as your age.” Find the age of each person. Rose | To 7) ves 4, A father said to his son, “Today I am four times as old as you are, but in 14 years I will be _ twice your age”. Find the age of cach person. Nig eu Foray, aa Staal Son a,- 2h cal © e ane oa eae See n9( OO ares 4 Oise \ = aaa y 2b Yeas yet ao is es ee Pets (21Spcee cay oS 427 vs “Tyes = heaers a =u Si or Se ir L ps 5. Eight years ago, Pam's age was double that of Natalie's. In 12 years, Natalie's age will be (a % that of Pam's age. How old are they now? oo | \n 12 Noralic y 1-8 @ x-822ly-9 @D yrr22 wr yore eed y= Bp aGQAr 3 z ees “es ie ei Ran ts UB YES, Notalie <8 \B yos- 6. 19 years ago Pat's mom was 24 times his age. In 3 years Pat's mom will be double his age. Determine Pat's age and his moms age. J g Peesenx | Aves age| ln Sys? Pax x x-4 is Menn y \ Saban y+3 AY aees quads Bes evita * zesit 2 ® yrds we) © y+3- 23) are = He a A Bad “) yr ates wee ae yas 3 ® yria s C409) - Ae Ue — WS = Hx -USl * NX " -3 w= 20 Y= Lex 1,7 Qa Y= Uxa3 ny N alt Pak is 22yes$ any tse foes. ccna eam Lc) “3 = 220) +3 | Yo «3 Sme-4Sl 7. Stephen is twice Matthew's age. The difference between their ages is 30 years. What are. i their ages? Roe Semk ef ae es nm Steger iF orcs dy mires is 3O x8 old. 8, Today Max is three times as old as Mary. In thirteen years Max will be twice Mary's age. How old is each person? it Ny a: ee 9. Seven years ago Sara was six times as old as her sister Julie. In sixteen years, Julie will be S/T Sara's age. How old is each sister?” Reesenk | Dyes ago| In Ve ysS Smaak x7 mae Tole y ya y+le e == O x25 6G-D © yrier §F (ene) ta 4a HE yt ter $a © ee) (a) by o-K-4U* ‘ a - ue i — 2-%-3 ee eae \ 3s 6 eae eo NEEy iax tg: s " mee 8) .¥ 42 ye BS Nioac Cina i : ean Ny eeu Sona is (Ayes Cy eure Doe is A yesa 4 =4 10, Five years ago Mark was three times as old as Gabrielle. In five years, he will be twice her age: How olhis each person? s age \ \n 5 ycS | Yor Ve K+ kes Bete? 2 f aS -s 192 Geverdle | Nisa 4 iS Slate alate z = HaSetlyr i @ +57 301-3) © ha eee isc SS Paka tae ese © i; Bea arc Oe ite se S)) oe 7 ue naar eas ~ = os e. ‘Money Problems 1. You buy two sweaters and a pair of jeans to complete your work uniform. The total bill comes to $125. Your friend buys one sweater and three pairs of jeans of the same type. Her bill comes to $175. What is the cost of one sweater? What is the cost of one pair of jeans? Lex x = cost 1 suseatde | Nig fe ae Lex ys test Lg pers Ck FAVS= "BE ay a ‘a ey ia E is v3 SP eueeies ©) Syiaick se Or =a 3 is) ia ie anise, ans aati 3 SS Le cos® of a Sureakn Ec is Huo , We cost & ais Mo: is B45, oo Race K stows YR Ue 4 1es = 2 adds 125 = -¥6 4105 = HS 2. The attendance at a circus was 40 000 persons. Ifa child's ticket cost $3.00 and an adult's ticket cost $5.00, and if the total receipts amounted to $170 000, how many children and how many adults saw the show? Siete Let xe © dnildcon pe yee cece My = aes = %+ 4d 000 = ~S NG ad Sy a) BM B60 = ‘to 600 © «+ y= Yo coo wi = 00d 2, 2 —G&oed cea tie aay = @ xx Sy = W716 ooo - \16 006 By > -Bew eo s S Ss \O= “Bu 34 000 a 3. Jaime has two different jobs. When she works 8 hours as a math tutor and 12 hours as a cashier at a local store she earns a total of $361.00. If she works 12 hours doing the ‘tutoring and 5 hours at the store then she earns $453.75. What is her hourly wage at ‘cach job? 2 x E hourly wage ad Aho See fe 45 Sas Bal = AE qo ye \rousty wee # Caster 5+ a ee eee ee ae teh 2 gas = -Bx + Bel 3s 53 \uy Bx + BEh ei Ve ics rie, , ey = qo 1S ~ 30.08 yes ey Ele aes ‘ is/2e \ (60.0038 G, = Seas = =(6o.0 @ ex * 34 2el_ 1S 2b = hostly -\2 4 4 8S315 SS3ah wag Fyboecne i s sage ab cabier 4, A customer at a bar purchased 3 beer and 5 single rum-and-cokes. His total came To-$2 Attthe next table, Mike bought a beer for each of the four guys and a rum-and-coke for each of the three girls. It cost him $25.35. What does the bar charge for a beer and what does it charge for a rum-and-coke? = best of beer 2 Gest oF comand -cola 3 i 2M 6 (29548, ws ys /P3us= cost ca “5 +8. of Come Ce 5. A patron in a bar can purchase 6 shots and 2 beers for $22.50. For the same price he can buy 4 beers and 2 shots. What is the respective cost of a beer and a shot? Lek % = cost of beer pane ena y= cosk of Shot © byx te = UL.SO che ya BIS = HUK + WAS 3 " “ter V.50 & Sx 3-15 @D Ae y = SO uv 2 Barts AWS apes WW e = -2C4.S05 © 6. A school office sells pens and pencils. Anastasia buys 5 pencils and 2 pens and it costs her $5.25, Michael buys 4 pencils and 8 pens for a total cost of $15.40. What does the school charge for a pencil? What does the school charge for a pen? % = cost of guncil ag Se y= cost SF te © Sx + 2y= $.2s © Qe By = Sat, @ Sex Cy = S.zS Zy 5 + S25 UV ees ive cries Mare ey = & ye “ax + 243 @® Vuex~By = '5-%0 7. ‘Tanya has some quarters and dimes in her pocket, There are 50 coins in all for a total of $7.28. How many dimes and how many quarters does she have? Les x = ® dimen BY Ge Lex y= BH qyorrters Ei sols ome seen = $0 ae ® Ss Bey —\n 4 OYE = 29-50 BET , —O.G4 ¢ - 2% @® ovtoz » 0.%Sy = 1.25 ee ah O.USy = ~Or10% + 125 Ze BSH Aim O.US 0.28 0.25 Maz One 24 ye -x4 50 2-235 456 8. Benny has some dimes and quarters. She has 30 coins in all for a total of $5.70. How many coins of each type docs she have? Sita Ne Syrae feuds to Lek x= # dimen as eRe ee CaS lee oats, 22th os @ ** y= 3° es YF —x*30 @ orons O.28y = 5.0 O.%Sy = ~O+1O% + $16 “o.us O.s 0.2S B= -o.4x © TUB 9. 9. Zara has $5.00 in her coat pocket. This is made up of 38 coins in the form of dimes and pas quarters. How many dimes and how many quarters does Zara have? any Lek x= & dima Lex ys Xe queried © ery 38 Wie 7 +38 @) o.tox * 0.2Sy = 5 2s =O.\ox +5 X = ZO = HF dima oe aah eee 2G 10. Ste?s piggy bank has 50 coins totalling $4.15. The coins are all dimes and nickels. ‘How many dimes and how many nickels are there? Lex oc = & dimen yy = Se ber yr A nickels Sy4 So = Ste +83 ®O «ay = SO Sy ae 2 Bel SO) Sota ae 4 = 3B FH dimen @D oOvloe * 0.08 y = WAS O.6Sy 7 0: tO% a MAS 0.85 0.05 we -x 450 = SZ 450 SNe? ete neeKels ©.05 sz -Ox + 83 3.7 -10- — 11. Michelle cashes her paycheck, which is for $530.00. The bank teller gives her 38 bills, as some of which are twenty-dollar bills and some of which are ten-dollar bills. How many of each kind of bill does Michelle receive? Let x = #Ato bills BS tex y= a Flo bills —ee3G =F - Des SS © x +y= 38 -\lea2e = $3 -32 yy - 4 438 % = 18 = #'20 bits | \ lOy = 5736 Qe 3) yee ete pe x S30 ae = 15 438 to to ra =(73 2 #410 bills ye Ste 4 53 Y 12, Jessie has $8.45 made up of quarters and nickels. He has 77 coins in‘all. How many quarters and how many nickels does he have? 4 c Wie Let 2 = ab quakes Lek y= & aickelsS Cea ean * =\eeSe = eda? OxryeV Man = ar Sete ali ee ae SF Re it @ 0.25 4 0.05y = FNS X= 2 = H quent] ONS 4 = —O.2ox + @.4S aa 0.08 0.05 0.08 es a Ge oe © 9 eqeaenl ap l aes ye —*x17 " ‘Type 3: Number Problems 1. The sum of two numbers is 63, and one of the numbers is double the other. What are the numbers? ani Lier 2 = larger Gee ci LUGS NG ea ee Lex y= Senadle: AF a ie See eee @ x+y = 63 ery ean miuae @xrty wa = 63 © 3 oe LYE -i/-3 )/- (3) ge eG ERD EDS Me x= 42 The numa =. Q opiate one YR anh amd 91 3 a (M2 eae 2. Find two numbers whose difference is 20 if a third of their sum is 40. Lex r= langen YF Ba \20 Lek yy = SecaQer te Rene ea, @O x-y 72% Ape aoe es ex cate) eee ee ue 3. The difference between two numbers is 7. One-third of the larger number added to one-quarter of the smaller number is 7. Find the numbers. kt ee nation y= Smolen neeber Oye wena © weed! O -y 27 © sad = ase 4 p= € ae a oye te 28 Oy ys ae ee Zane | Agee 4, The difference between two numbers is 13. One-half of the smaller number added to one-third of the larger number is 16. Find the numbers. Lek x= langin rumors yy = Me Y= Smaller numb Ox-y EN -3 = Te tee at al a) Q y= LAD @ ky Le =\b CE) See @O»- “Exe 32 5. The difference between two numbers is 18. One-half of the larger number added to - one-quarter of the smaller number is 21. Find the two numbers. Led r= Vege F 4 = uae ae

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