SYSTEM OF EQUATIONS-

WORD PROBLEM

Date:______________________________

Name:_____________________________

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LEVEL 1
Q1: The different between two numbers is 84 and their sum is 278. What are the numbers ?
Q2: The number larger is four times the smaller and their sum is 85. Find the two numbers .
Q3: Four adults and three children go to a theatre for $74, whereas two adults and five children are
charged $ 58. Find the price of an adult’s ticket and a child’s ticket .
Q4: A purse contains $3.75 in 5 cent and 20 cent coins. If there are 33 coins altogether, how many of
each type of coin are in the purse ?
Q5: A grandfather with 7 grandchildren bought 4 sherbet dips and 3 Supa-Choc bars for £1.91 last
week and 3 sherbet dips and 4 Supa-Choc bars for £1.73 the week before. Calculate the price of each
item.
LEVEL 2
Q6: 12 years ago a woman was three times as old as her son. In eight years from now the sum of their
ages will be 78. How old are they today ?
Q7: Twelve years ago Jane was five times as old as Anne. In three years’ time Anne will be half Jane
age. How old is each girl at the moment ?
Q8: KLM is an isosceles triangle. Find x and y and hence find the meausre of the angle at K.

Q9: The length of the sides of an equilateral triangle are (3x +3y) cm, (5x +2y -1) cm and (5x+5) cm.
Find the side length of the triangle.
LEVEL 3
Q10:Imagine you are starting a business that sells cell phone covers with the aim of donating money
to local charity. Your start-up costs for the business are $1300 and each cell phone cover costs $30 to
manufacture. You sell the phone covers for $60 each.
a. Explain why the equations y=60x and y = 30x+1300 represent the revenue and cost functions.
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b. Solve the system by substitution to find how many covers you must sell in order to break even.
c. Find how much revenue you will make at the break-even point.
d. When will you start to make a profit ? Explain

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