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A. NUMBERS
The product of two consecutive
positive integers is 132.
Find the two integers.
Consecutive means one after another, such as
7 and 8 are consecutive positive integers,
4 and 6 are consecutive even integers,
5 and 7 are consecutive odd integers.
NOTE:
To represent consecutive even or odd
integers, we use:
𝒙 st
= 1 even/odd integer and
nd
𝒙 + 𝟐 = 2 even/odd integer
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B.RECTANGLES
1. The width of the rectangle is
3 less than the length.
If the area is 40 square inches,
what are the dimensions?
Area = a measure of the size of any
plane surface.
Area is usually measured in square units,
e.g. square centimeters, square meters.
NOTE:
Do not forget to indicate the unit
of measurement in your final
answers.
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B.RECTANGLES
2. The area of a rectangular field
2
is 168 𝑚 and its perimeter is
52 𝑚. What are its dimensions?
PERIMETER – the length of the
boundary of a closed figure
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WORK PROBLEMS

Suppose person A takes 4 hours to paint a room and

person B takes 12 hours to paint the same room.

Working together, they could paint the room even

quicker. It turns out they would paint the room in
3 hours together.
This can be reasoned by the following logic:
if person A paints the room in 4 hours,
𝟏
he paints of the room each hour.
𝟒
If person B takes 12 hours to paint the room,
𝟏
he paints 𝟏𝟐 of the room.
So together, each hour they paint
𝟏 𝟏 𝟑 𝟏 𝟒 𝟏
+ 𝟏𝟐 = + = = of the room.
𝟒 𝟏𝟐 𝟏𝟐 𝟏𝟐 𝟑
𝟏
If of the room is completed each hour, it follows that it will take
𝟑
3 hours to complete the entire room.
This pattern is used to solve work problems.
We now have the formula
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝑻 𝑻
+ = 𝒐𝒓 + =𝟏
𝑨 𝑩 𝑻 𝑨 𝑩

where

𝑇 = time working together,

𝐴 = time for person A working alone and
𝐵 = time for person B working alone.
A rational algebraic equation is an equation
containing at least one fraction whose
numerator and denominator are polynomials.
These fractions may be on one or both sides of
the equation. Some examples are:

15+x 3 5 r2 −5 r2 +r+2
x
=6 M−4
+ M+6
=1 r + r2 −1 = r+1
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C. WORK PROBLEMS
Benjamin can build a music studio in
10 days less than Miguel can. If they build it
together, it would take them 12 days.
How long would it take each of them
working alone?
SEATWORK
Answer the following problems. Show your complete solutions
and box your final answers.

1. The product of two consecutive integers is 182.

Find 2 pairs of such integers.

2. The sum of two numbers is 23 and their product is 120.

Find the two numbers.

3. The sum of two consecutive odd numbers is 32

and their product is 255. What are the two numbers?
4. Two positive integers differ by 6. Their product is 616.
Find the integers.

5. The length of a rectangle is 4 feet longer than its width.

Its area is 32 square feet. What are its dimensions?

6. The area of a rectangular mirror is 45 𝑖𝑛 2

and its
perimeter is 28 in. What are the dimensions
of the mirror?
7. A grass plot 9 yards long and 6 yards wide has a path of
uniform width around it. If the area of the path is equal to
the area of the plot, determine the width of the path.

8. Working together, Lara and Kristine can paint the room in

two hours. If each works alone, it takes Kristine three hours
longer than it takes Lara. How long does it take Kristine to
paint the room alone?
9. Two pipes are used to fill a water storage tank. The first
pipe can fill the tank in four hours. The two pipes together
can fill the tank in 2 hours less time than the second pipe
alone. How long would it take for the second pipe to fill the
tank?

10. If two people working together can do a job in 3 hours,

how long will it take the slower person to do the same job if
one of them is 3 times as fast as the other?