Word Problem Solving Exercises:

1. The sum of three consecutive odd integers is 87. Find the integers.
2. Three integers are consecutive multiples of 5. If their sum is 90, find the
integers.
3. If six times a number is increased by 6, the result is the same as when seven
times the number is decreased by one. Find the number.
4. The larger number is five times the smaller number. If the sum of the two
numbers is 24, find the larger number.
5. When 9 is added to three times a number and the result tripled, the resulting
quantity is the same as 13 more than 6 times the number.
6. If three times a number is increased by 7, the result is the same as when five
times the number is decreased by 35. Find the number.
7. Bea wants to have an average of 90 on four tests in Biology. What is the lowest
score she should get on the fourth test if her first three scores are 96, 78, and
91?
8. John must have an average of 80 on six tests. What is the lowest score he can
get on the sixth test if his first five scores are 87, 81, 78, 71, and 68?
9. A wire is 40 inches long. It is to be cut in three pieces so that the second piece
is three times as long as the first piece and the third piece is 5 inches longer
than the first piece. Find the length of each piece.
10. A 48-inch gold is cut into 2 lengths, one 12 inches shorter than the other. How
long is the longer piece?
11. Anns age in 8 years will be 24. How old is she?
12. Tinas age 8 years ago was one-ninth of her age 24 years hence. What is her age
now?
13. David is four times as old as James. The difference of their ages is 33 years.
How old is each now?
14. A 30-year old father has a 4-year old son. In how many years will the father be
thrice as old as his son?
15. The sum of Johns age and Peters age is 78 years. If John is 6 years younger
than Peter, how old is Peter?
16. One-half of Helens age two years from now plus one-third of her age three years
ago is 20 years. How old is she now?
17. Melissa is six years older than Cathy. In three years, Cathys age will be two-
thirds that of Melissas. What is the present age of Melissa?
18. Jasons age is seven-tenths of Pauls age. In four years, Jasons age will be
eight-elevenths of Pauls age. How old is Jason now?
19. The sum of the ages of a father and his daughter is 44 years. The fathers age is
4 years more than three times the daughters age. Find the age of the father.
20. Tom is three times as old as his brother. Six years ago, the sum of their ages
was equal to Toms present age. How old is each?
21. A hiker crossed a canyon by walking 4 kph the first two hours and 3 kph the
next three hours. What was the total distance travelled by the hiker?
22. On a trip, the woman drove her car for 6 hours at 55 kph and then rode a boat
for 3 hours at 30 kph. What was the total distance travelled?
23. Two cars leave the same point travelling in opposite directions. The second car
travels 10 kph faster than the first and after 3 hours they are 300 km apart.
How fast is the second car?
24. Two trains leave the same city. One travels north and other travels south. The
first train is moving 15 kph faster than the second. After 3 hours they are 405
kms apart. How fast is each train travelling?
25. A car leaves Tarlac and travels toward Baguio at 85 kph. At the same time
another car leaves Baguio and travels 50 kph toward Tarlac. If the cities are 270
kms apart and the cars travel in the same route, how long will it take them to
meet and how far will they be from Tarlac at that time?
26. A car starts at 7 a.m. and travels at 80 kph. Another car starts at 10 a.m. from
the same place and goes in the same direction. How fast will it have to go to
catch up with the first one by 2 p.m. that day?
27. A passenger train leaves the train depot 2 hours after a freight train leaves the
same depot. The freight train is travelling 20 kph slower than the passenger
train. Find the rate of each train, if the passenger train overtakes the freight
train in 3 hours.
28. Two cars leave Tarlac City at the same time heading east. The first is travelling
at a rate of 60 kph and the second at 54 kph. How far apart will they be in 7
hours?
29. Two families leave their homes at 9:30 a.m., planning to meet for a picnic at a
point between them. One travels at a rate of 55 kph, the other travels at 50 kph,
and they live 315 km apart. At what time do they meet?
30. A boat travels for 3 hours with a current of 3 kph and then returns the same
distance against the current in 4 hours. What is the boats speed in still water?
31. Working alone, Mark can mow a lawn in 5 hours. John can complete the same
job in 7 hours. How long will it take them to finish the job if they work together?
32. A pipe can fill a tank with water in 2 hours. A drain takes 5 hours to empty the
same tank. How long will it take the pipe to fill the tank with water if the drain
is left open?
33. Daniel takes 2 hours to wash 500 dishes. Joshua takes 3 hours to wash 450
dishes. How long will they take, working together, to wash 1000 dishes?
34. Peter can paint the entire house in 12 hours, and John takes 8 hours. How long
would it take the two painters together to paint the house?
35. If six men can do a job in 14 days, how many would it take to do the job in 21
days?
36. Tom can repair a car in six hours while Sam takes eight hours to do the same.
They worked together for the first two hours, but then Tom left Sam to finish the
remaining work. How long will it take Sam to finish repairing the car?
37. One printer can print 5 form letters per minute while a second printer can print
8 per minute. How long will it take both printers together to print 468 form
letters?
38. A man burns up three times as many calories running as he does when walking
the same distance. If he runs 2 km and walks 5 km and burns up a total of 770
calories, how many calories does he burn up while running 1 km?
39. It takes Gina 1 hour to wash the dishes while Eugene takes 30 minutes. If they
work together, how long would it take them to wash the dishes?
40. A machine can print 40 booklets in an hour while a slower machine could only
print 30 in an hour. If the two machines are used together, how long would it
take the machines to print a total of 840 booklets?