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CH.02 Using Algebra to Solve Problems (I)
Marks: Worksheet Set 13

1. Red, green and white tickets are sold for an entertainment. A red ticket costs $3 more than a green
ticket, and a green ticket costs twice as much as a white ticket. The total receipts from the sale of 50
red, I00 green and 400 white tickets are $3650. Find the price of a green ticket.

2. One hundred oranges cost $78. Some were bought at four for $3, and the rest were bought at five for
$4. How many were bought at the former price?

3. A man covers 237 km in 5.5 hours. For part of the way he travels at 48 km an hour, for the rest at 36 km
an hour. For how long does he travel at 48 km an hour?

4. The ∠s A, C, E, F of a hexagon are equal. The ∠B is 24° greater than the ∠A, and the ∠D is 54° less than
the ∠E. Find the angles.

5. A man is 35 years older than his son. In five years’ time his son’s age plus three-tenths of his age will be
30 years. How old is he now?

6. A scout set out to walk 4.25 km. After he had walked a certain distance at the rate of 3.75 km an hour
he was given a lift in a car travelling at 35 km an hour. His time for the whole journey was 18 minutes.
How far did he walk?

7. A has $342 and B has $186; how much must A give B so that B may have three times as much as A?

8. Two men, X and Y, start on a holiday together, X with $30, Y with $50. During the holiday X spends $10
more than Y and Y return from the holiday with three times as much money as X. How much has each
at the end of the holiday?

9. The ∠s A, C of a pentagon are equal and so are the ∠s B, E. The ∠A is 67° greater than the ∠D, and the
∠D is half the ∠E. Find the angles.

10. Tickets for an international football match were sold as follows: tickets for reserved seats in the grand
stand cost twice as much as tickets for reserved seats in the enclosure, and four times as much as
tickets for unreserved seats in the enclosure; tickets for unreserved seats in the enclosure cost $1.50
more than tickets for admission to the ground. The total receipts from the sale of 5000 grand stand
tickets, 4000 reserved enclosure tickets, 2000 unreserved enclosure tickets and 40,000 tickets of
admission to the ground were $115,000. Find the cost of an unreserved enclosure ticket.

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