Solvt tl1e fol lowing systems of eq11ations:

1. 1lx + 15y + 23 = 0 2. 3x - 7y + 10 = 0
7x- 2y-2 0 • 0 y - 2x- 3=0

3. 0.4x + 0.3y = 1.7 X

4. 2 + y = 0.8
0.7x -0.2 y = 0.8
7
--= 10
x+ l
2

s. 7(y + 3) - 2(x + 2) = 14
6· !+l l=s
7 3
4(y - 2) + 3(x - 3) = 2
!_J l=6
2 9
X y 4
7. -+-
3 4
=11
8. ; + 3y = 8
Sx y
- - - = -7 6
6 3 - -4y = -5
X

9. x+ l =4
2 10. X + 2y = ¾
.:! + 2y = 5 2x+ y=~
3
2

11. fix - Jjy = 0 1',, 3x - y 1+17 + 2 = 10

JJx - JSy = 0
2y + X + 11 = 10
7
3
13. 2.r --= 9 14. 0.Sx + 0.7y = 0.74
y
7 0.3x + 0.Sy = 0.5
3x + - = 2, y-. 0
y
 1 1 1 1
JS. -7x +6y
-=3
16. 2.r
- + -= 2
3y
1 1 1 1 13
- - - =5 - +-= -
2x 3y 3x 2y 6
15 2
17. - + - = 17 3 1
V 18. - - - = - 9
"
1 1 36
X y
2 3
- +-=- - +- = 5
II V 5 X y
2 5 1 1
19. -+ - = 1 20.
- + - = 12
.l'y Sx 6y
60 40 1 3
- +-=L - - - =8
X y 3x 7y
4 4
21. -X + 3y = 14 22. -X +Sy = 7
3 3
- - 4y = 23 - + 4y = 5
X X
2 3 2 3
23. -X +-
y
= 13
24 . -,;+ ..Jy = 2
5 4 4 9
- - - = -2
X y .rx -TY =- l

25. X +y =2 2 3 9
26. - + - = -
:ry .x y xy
.r - y = 6 4 9 21
xy - + -= -
x y xy
7 6 :ry 6
27. - = - - +3 28 . - - = -
x+y x-y x+ .I/ 5
) 1
= ~ =6
2 (x + y) 3 (x - y) y- x
22 15 5 2
- + --a 5 -
- - = -1
29. X + y X - y 30. X + y X - y
~ + ~ = 14 15 7
- - + - = 10
x+y x - y x +y x- y
-2._ + - 2- = 2 1 5 -3
31. X + y X - y 32· 2(x + 2y) + 3(3x - 2y) = 2
9 4 5 3 61
- - --= 1
x+ .v x - y 4(x + 2y) S(Jx - 2y) = 60
 c; 2 1
:\3. X + 1 - I/ - 1 = 2 J -1 . X + y = 5xy

10 2 5 J.T + 2y = 13.Yy,
- - + - - = - . wher ex ~ - 1 andy '$-1
x+ I y - 1 2

35. X + y= 2\"!f 36. 2(311 - v) = Suv

~ =6 2(u + Jv) = 5am
X.l/

2
- - - + - -3 - = -17 44
- - + -30
- = 10
37· 3:r + 2y 3x - 2y 5 38. X + y X - y
5 + 1 =2
3.\' + 2y J.T - 2y ~ + ~ = 13
x+y x - y
5 l 10 2
-- + --= 2
Jq, x - I .I/ - 2 40· - -+-- = 4
.x + y x - y
6 3 15 9
- - - --= 1
x- 1 .v- 2 -- - -- = -2
x+y x - y
J 7x - 2y =
·11 · .1.\'
, +y + 3
.\' - y = -4 -12. xy 5

l 1 1
- -- - = - Sx + 7y = lS
2 (3x + y) 2 (3x - y) 8 xy
41. 152t - 378y = - 74 -14 . 99.\' + 101y = 499
- 378x + 152y = --6™ 101.t + 99y = 501
45. 23.\ - 29y = 98
29x - 23y = 110

46. .r - y + z = -1 47. X - y+Z= 4

r - 2y - 2: = 9
x + y+z = 2
2.r + y + 3: = l
2x + y - 3z = O
4~. 21 .\' + -17 y = 110
47.r + 21 y = 162

-IQ. H x + 1 is a foe tor of 2.r:l + nx 2 + 2bx + 1. then

find the value s of 11 and 1, give n that
2'1 - 3/1 = " .

· f \' y
SO. Find the solut ion n f t he pa1r o cqua ti' ons 10
. + a;.. 1 0 :\
5 - = and 8 + Y6 = 15. Henc e, find
l, if .I/ = >
s + 5.
 s t. Fin d the va lue s of x an d yi n
the fol low ing rec tan gle .
D - - - -- - - .\' +
3y ---- - - - - C

3,1 1
l ,
52 . W rit e an eq ua tio n of a
A---- - --13--------i Fig . 3.1 9
lin e pa ssi ng thr ou gh the po
lin ea r eq ua tio ns x + y = 2 int rep res en tin g sol uti on of
an d 2x - y = 1. Ho w ma ny the pa ir of
su ch lin es ca n we find?.
53 . W rit e a pa ir of lin ea r
eq ua tio ns wh ich ha s the un
ma ny su ch pa irs ca n yo u iqu e so lut ion x = - 1, y = 3.
wr ite ? Ho w

---------- -
1. ex = 2, y = - 3
- - --- - - AN SW ER S
2. X = - 1, y = 1 3. X = 2,y = 3
,t X = 0.4, y = 0.6 5. X = 5, y = 1 6. X = 14, y = 9
7. X = 6, y = 36 8. X = 2, y =2 9. X = 3, y =2
1 1
10 . X = 2, y = 2 11 . X = 0, y = 0 12 . X = 3, y = 4

13. X = 3, y = - 1 14 . = 0.5, y = 0.7

1 1
X 15. X = 14 , y = 6
1
16 . X=2·Y =31 17. U = 5, V = -
7
1
18. X = -
1
2, y = 3
1

89 89
19 . X = 4, y = 10 20 . X = 408Q 1
y = 1512 ll . X = -1 ,y = -2
5
1
22 . x = -I , y = - 1. 23 . X = 2' y = 3
1
2-1 . X = 4, y = 9
3
1 1 5
25 . X = - 2, y = 4 26 . X = 1, y = 3 27 . .r =- 4,y =- 41
28 . X = 2, y = 3 29 . x = 8, y = 3 JO . X = 3, y =2
5 l I 5
31 . X =2 ·Y =2 32 . X = 2' y = 4 )3 . X = 4, 1J =5
1 1 -1 1
34 . X = 2' y = 3 35 . X 2' y = 4
= 36 . r, = 2, V = 1

37 . X = 1, Y = 1 38 . X = 8, y = 3 39 . X = 4, 1j = 5
21 9
40 . X = 8' y = 8 4 '1. X = 1, y = 1 42 . .x = 1, y = l
" "' .= l, !I = \
X 44 . X = 3, y = 2 45. x = 3,y =-1

4h. X = 3, y = - 2, z = - l ,17. X = 2; y = -1, Z = 1 48 . .r = 3, y = 1

l
.\() . n = 5, b = 2. 50. X = 340, y = - 165, A = - l 5·1. .\' = 1, y = 4

52. 3x + ly = 5 . \nHnite\y ·m any 53. \ lx + Sy = 3, Infinitely many

 f LEVEL-1J
So/r,e encl, of tire following syst,m,s of equntious by the mel l,od of cross-m11/fiplic11tio11:
1. X + 2y + 1 = 0 2. 3x + 2y + 25 = 0
2x - 3y - 12 = 0 2r + y + 10 = 0
3. 2x + y = 35 4. 2x - y = 6
3x + 4y = 65 x-y=2 ..
5. X +y = 2, X - y =6 6. nx + by = n - b
xy xy bx - ny = a+ b
7. x + ny = b 8. n:c +by= n2
ax-by= c l,x + ny = b2

9. 2 -=-1
2_ __ 10. I+J=n
:.:+y x- y X .I/
7 ~- 4 = -2
~ + --=10 .,· y
:r+y x-y
57 6
11. - + - - = 5
x+y x-y

~+~=9
x+y x-y
ltEVEL-21
X y
12. - + - =2 13. ~ + l!. =a+ b
a b n b
X y
2 .,
ax - by = n - l1· n2 + b2 = 2
 1 ~. -·" = -y
" ,, 15. 2ax + 3by = a + 211

nx ➔ by "' n 2 + /, 2 Jax + 2b.11 = 2a + b

1 fl. Sa., + 6b.11 = 28 17. (a + 2b) .,· + (2n - h) y = 2

311.r ➔ 4by = 18 (a - 2b) x + (2a + b) y = 3

I H. .r ( a - I, +- ~ )
a- b
= V ( tr + b -
·
_!!E_)
a+b
19. bx + cy = a + b
.\ + y - 2n 2
a:r ( -1 __
· t1 - b a+b
l_)+c11(-1
___1_)=~
· b- n b+ n n + l,
20. (a - b) x + (a + b) y = 2n 2 - 21, 2 2 1. n2.,· + 1,2y = c2
(a + b) (.,· + .I/) = 4ab 1,2.,. + n21J = d2
a +b
22. n.Y + lrl/ = - - 23. 2 (ax - '111) + a + 4b = 0
. 2
3x + Sy = 4
2 (l•.r + ay) + b - 4a = 0

2~ . 6 (11.r +- /ry) = 3a + 2b
n2. 1,i
25. - - - = O
X y
a2b bla
6 (l•.r - ,1y) = Jb - 2n - +- = a+ b, :r, y ~ 0
X y

26. Ill\' - "Y = ,,,z + ,, 2 ax by

27. - - - = n+b
b a
.r +y = 2m nx - by = 2ab
I, n z ,
28. - x + - y = a + b-
" b
X + y = 2nb

I. .,· =3, y = - 2 ANSWERS

2. X = 5, y = - 20 3. X :: 15, y =5
-t
4. x = 4. .I/ = 2 5. .r = -2 , ·I/ = -41 6. l' = 1, y = - 1
nc: + 1,1 ab - c
~
I, .\' = 1
11 + b '
y = --
1
11 + b
8. . ,. -- "2 + "" + t,2 ,Y =- ab-
n+ b . n + b 9. X = 3, y = 2
1 1
10. .\' = ~ , .11 = 3
- 11. .r =11, y = 8
. 12. x = n, y =b
13. .r =n1 , y = 11 2 14. x = n,y = li
15. .\·= ~ ,y ==.:n+4b
Sn Sb
2 ~
16. \' = -
,,, .11 =-
" 17. .\ - 51' - 2n , !I = a + IOI, . n' - b3
10nli 10nb 18. •, == - n 3 + L,~
n - ,.IJ =-
n
 2 1
.. /, 2al, - n 2 ➔ /,
2 (,, - /,) (n + h )
Jl). X = - , 1/ - -
/J . C
:!O. x = /, ,y =- b(n + I,)
., ,
n· c-- - ,,2,f ,ld2 _,,2,2 I
-2I
21. x = ,,
n·' - ..
.II
I =
11" - li 1
22. X = - ,l/ =
2 .

-t 1 1
2•1. .\' = - , V = - . 25. X = n 2 , .I/ = /,2
23. .,·=2 '·'' = 2 2 · 3
?7. .,· = b, .•1 = - n :>R • x = y = nl•
2h. .,· - Ill + II, y = Ill - II
 (LEVIL-1 f
1. 5 pens and 6 pencils together cost t 9 and 3 pens and 2 pencils cost f 5. Find the cost of
I pen and 1 pencil.
, 7 audio cassettes and 3 video cassettes cost t' 1110, while 5 audio cassettes and 4 video
cassettes cost f 1350. Find the cost ofan audio cassette and" video cassette.
3. Rl~na has pens and pencils which together are 40 in number. If she has s more pencils
and 5 less pens, then nuimber of pencils would bccome4 times the number of pens. Find
the original number of pens and pencils.
4. -l tables and 3 chairs, together, cost, 2,250 and 3 tables and 4 chairs cost f 1950. Find the
cost of 2 chairs and 1 table.
 s. 3 ba~s and~ pens tnge thl'r cos t t :!57 whL•reclS ➔ hag~ and 1 pL'nS h"'l~"lher cost ~ 324 .
Find the tota l cost of I bag and I() p,·ns .
h. 5 books and 7 pens together cos t? 79 w hc rcns 7 books and 5 pL•n -. tngl'tlwr co~t '77. Find
the total cust o f 1 bnok ,met 2 pens.
; . Jamila sold a tabll! and .i L'h,1irfur ~ 1050, tl'll'rl'by milking a profit uf 10'¼, o n " ta b ll· ilnd
25'3/u on the c hair. H ~hL• 1,;id l;ikcn a profit uf 25% on th e tab It- ilnd IO'¼, on thL· c hair s hl'
would h aVL' ~ot? 1065. Find thL· cos t price of L•ach .
s. Sus.i n in vested certain omounl of money in two schemes A a nd B, which offer inlL•n.-.... t .1t
thL• rate of sn1,-, per annum ;ind 9% pt•r ,mnum , respcctivL•ly. She rL'l'l'ivl·d
? 1860 J S a,mual inh.'n:sl. Howeve r, had she inlcrd1c:ingt•d the r1 muunl of .. ,vt"s tmL. ,t .. 1
the two schemes, s hl! would ha ve ren•i vcd? 20 more as annmll interes t. I low mu ch
money did s hL• in ves t in each scheme?
tJ. The coach of a cr icke t team buys 7 bats and 6 br1lls for t 3800. Latt•r. lw b uy~
3 bats .,nd 5 balls fort 1750. f-ind the cos t of L•ach bat and each bil 11.
10. A k•nding librnry has a fixed chc1rge for the firs t three days c1nd an a dditionill c ha . c:4e fo r
l'ac h da y the rea fte r. S,,ritha pr1id t 27 for a book kept for Sl'Ven days, whilt' Susy
paid t 21 for lht:t book s he kept for five days. Find thl' fixed charge and thL• __1a rge for
each extra day.
11. Tht• cost uf 4 pens c1nd 4 pencil box tts is, 100. T hree times thl' cusl of a pen is t 15 more
than thl:' cost of a pencil box . Fum, the, .iir of linea r equations for the a buvt• si tua, :·m .
Find the cost of a pen and a pencil box .

12. One s,,ys. "Givl.• me a hundred, fril.'nd! I sh,1l1 the n bcconw twice as rich a~ vu u." ThL·
other replies. " If you give me ten, I s hall be six tim es ilS rich as you ." Tell m e \~hat is tlw
.unounl of their respec tive capitol?
13. A and 8 eac h have i1 certilin number ot ,Mm~ues. A s.i y~ ll> H, " if you gi ve.• JO of y our
mangoes, I will have twice as many as ldt with you ." 8 replies, " if you give ml.' 10, I will
hav e thrice as m,1ny as left with you ." How man y m,rngocs docs each ha ve?
l.J. Vi jay had somL' b,, nanas. a nd he di v ilfod thl'm into two lo ts/\ and 8. Hl.• sold first lo t ,,t
the filll' oft 2 for 3 banana~ and the second lot ill the rate o" 1 pt!r b,,nana ilnd got a totc1 l
uf t 400 . 1f hl' had sold thL• firs t lo t ,,t th1;;• riltL' oft I per banana and the second lot at the
rate o ft 4 per fi ve b,,nanas, his tol,11 colk-ctiun would ha ve been t 460. Find the tnt ,,I
number of banilnas he had .
15. On selling a T .V. at 5% gain and a frid~L•,11 10''\. gain, a s hopkee~r ga ins t 2000. But if
he sells the T. V. al Hl"I., gain nnd the frid~e,,t 5% loss. HL• Aairn.;, 1500 on the trnnsaction.
Find the actual pricl'S nf T.V. and frid~c.

- - ANSWERS
I. Cos t of onl• pL•n = t 3/2, Co s t of UllL' pt.!ncll =,
I/4 2. t 30. t 300
3. Nu. uf pl.•ns = IJ, No. nf pencils = 27 4. , 750
5. t 155 b. t 20 7. Tablet 500, chair t 400
H. t 100()(> in sd,cme /\, ? I 2000 in schcmi: 8
9. Bat ' 500, ba ll t 50

1ll. t I r:;,? l
11. ? I0, ? 1.5 12. ? 40, '° 170
n. 1\ : 1-t. H. ,,2
I I. ~llll 15. t 20,000, " 10,000
 1. Thl' sum tlf tw,i numlx•rs is 8. If their sum is four timl.'s
th1..•irdiffcrcncc, find th~ numbers.
~ Th . f J•,g·
,ts of., two digit numl x-r is 13. H the number is subtracted from the nnl.'
l' :-.un, o
obt,,ii1l.'d hyuintcrc- hc1n~
-· • . · h b
ing th~ digits, the n•sult 1s -t5. Wh,1t 1st l.' num er.,

l. A number cons1:,b u( two digit!- whnSt.' sum is five.

When thl' digits arc rcvc rscd, thtt
numbl.'r bt.'nin1c!., grc,1lcr by nim.·. Find the number.
I. Tlw ,um t1f digits of,, two digit numbl·r is 15. The numb
er obtained by rever sing the
urJc-r uf Jigit , of thl· ~iv1..•n numbC'r l'~Cl'l·ds the given numb
er by 9. find the given
numb<.:•r.
"· Till' sum uf .i tw, Ki i>-,"11 numl-4..•r ilnd th(• number forme
d by revers in~ the orde r of digits is 66.
If till' twn di>,rit!, dif' r by 2, find tht> number. How mnny
0
such numbers arc there?
t,. T11e sum uf two numbers is 1000 and the difference
between their squa res is 256000.
Find th1..· numbers.
7. Thl· -.um 1..1( ,1 two digit number and the numb
er obtained by reversing the ordl' r of its
digib is 99. If thl digitsJifft!r by 3, find thl' number.
1

8. A twu-JiKit number is 4 ti~s U,e sum of its digits . tr18

is adde d to the num ber, tht! diidts
.ue rt•verscd. Find the numbl•r.
1
1. A two-digit number is 3 more than 4 times
the sum of its digits. If 18 is adde d to the
number, th1..• digits arc rt-vcrSt!d . Find the numbt!r.
1n. A two-digit number is 4 mort' lh,m 6 times the
sum of its digits. H 18 is subt racte d from
llw numbt!r, the digits arc revcrSt.-d. Find the number.
11 . A lWlhiigit number is 4 times thr sum of its digit
s and twice the prod uct of the digits.
Find the number.
I~- A h,•o-dig, t number is such that the product of its digits is 20.
If 9is adde d to the num brr,
the Jig1ts interchange their places. Find the numb
er.
13. The diffe rence between two numbers is 26 and one number
is three times the other . Find
them .
I ~. The sum of the digits of a hvo-digit number is
9. AJso, nine times this num ber is twice the
number obtain~d by reversing the orde r of the digits. Find
the num ber.

1=i. St.•vrn timL>s n two-digit number is l'qUal to four

times the numb er obta ined by reversing
thl•digits. If the difference betwe1.-n the digits is 3. Find the
num ber.
Ih. rwo numbers arc in the ratio 5 : 6. If 8 is subtracted from each of the num
bers , the ratio
lx'Com es 4 : 5. Find the numbers.
I i . A two-diAit num ber is obtained by either multiplyi
ng the sum of the digits by 8 and then
subtr .,,tin g c; m by multiplying the difference or the digits
by 16 and then addi ng 3. Find
tlwn umh cr.

ANSWERS
I. 5, .1 2. 49 3. 23 4. 78 5. 42 or, 24
.. 6. 628, 372
6J or, 36 A. 24 9. 35 10. 64 11. 36 12. 45
13. J9, 1.1 14. 18 15. 36 16. 40, 48 17. 83
T.I'll• numl.•r,,tnr llf ,, fr,,ction i~ 4 ll-SS thiln thC' dl•nomin ~1 If
1 t.
I "- ,lnuJ dL•nnmm,,tnr . uor. tll'num• ~r,1 or 1s dt•crcaSt•d
'' -'
i~ inc rL•,,st•d by J• thC'n th,l Ol'nnmm. . •
I • .
nunwr.,tt,r. Find till' frn c tfon . " or 15 eight times 11,l..

:!. A fraction becomes 9/11 if 2 is added to both numerator and th e denominator. If 3 is

added to both the numerator and the denominator it becomes 5/6. Find the fr,Ktion.

3. A fraction bt'CUtnl'S 1 /3 if 1 is subtracted from bul'h it s numt•rntor and dt•numinator. If I is

.idded to both the numerator c1nd denomin,,tor, it bL'Comes I /2. Find the fraction .
,L If we add I to the numerator and s ubtract I from the dt•nominator, a frac tion becomes I.
It also becomes I /2 if we only add 1 to the denominator. What is thl' fractiun?

5. The s um of the numerator and denominator of a fraction is 12. If the denomfoator is

incrt.'ased by 3, the fraction becomes I /2. Find thL• fraction .
h. Wht.>n 3 is ildded to the denominillor and 2 is subtracted from the numt>rator a fraction
bccoml'S 1/4. And, when 6 is added to numeratornnd tht• denominator is multiplied by
3, it becomes 2/.3. Find tht> fraction .
7. The sum of a numerator and dl'nominator of a fraction is 18. If the denominator is
increased by 2, tht.> fraction reduces to 1/3. Find the fraction .
8. lf2 is c1ddt..'<i to the numerator of a fraction, it reduces to 1/2 and if I is subtrnctcd from the
deno minator, It red uces In 1/3. Find the frnction .

9. TI,e s um of the numerator and denominator of a fraction is 4 mort.' than twice the
numt.'ratur. If the numerator and denominator are increased by 3, they are in the
ratio 2: 3. Dctt>rmine lhtt fraction.
111. If the numerator of a fraction is multiplil-d by 2 and thl' denominator is reduced by 5 the
frr1ction becomes n/5. And, if the denominator is doubled and the numerator is
increased by 8, thl• fTr1etion bcrnmes 2/5. Find the fraction .
11 . The s um of the numL•rntor and dcno min,,tur of a fra ction is 3 IL>ss tha n twict.' the
denominator. If the numt•rator and denominator are dccreased by 1, the numerator
becomes half the denominator. Determine the fraction.

-- - --- ANSWERS
3 7 3 3 5
I. 7 2.
9
3.
7
•I.
5
5. (1 , -4
5
7 -
5 3
s. -10 ') ,
5
10.
12
- 11.
.7
. 13 9 25 7
 1. A fotl,cr i$ thrt'l' tinws as old as his son. Afte r twelv e years
, his age will be twice a~ that
, ,( hi-. son tlwn. Hnd thl'ir preSt!nt ages.
2. Tl·n yl•ars later, A will be twice as old as Band five years ago,
A was three times as old as
/J. What are the prese nt ages of A and B?
J. Five yc;i rs ago, Nuri was thrice as old as Sonu . Ten years
late r, Nuri will be twice as old
.i~ Som1 . How old arc Nuri and Scmu?

,I. Si , years hence a man's age will be three times the age of
his son and three yea rs ago he
w.,~ nine times as old as his son. Find their prese nt ages.
5. Ten years ago, a father was twelv e times as old as his son
and ten yea rs henc e, he will be
twin.• as old ,ls his son will be then . Find their prese nt .1ges.

ll.Th" pr~n t ngc of a father is three yea rs more than three

times the age of the son. Thre e
yea rs he nce father 's age will be 10 years more than twice
the age of the son. Dete rmin e
their prese nt ages.
7. A fathe ris thr~ times as old as his son. ln 12 years
time, he will be twice as old as his son .
Find the prese nt ages of fathe r and the son.
8. Fathe r's age is three times the sum of ages of his hvo
child ren. After 5 years his age will
be hv ice the s um of ages of hvo child ren. Find the age of
fathe r.
IJ. Two years .1go, a fathe r was five times as old
as his son. Two yea rs later, his age will be
8 mor~ than three times the age of the son. Find the
prese nt ages of fathe r and son .

I0. A is cider tl1 8 by 2 years. A·s father Fis twice as old

as A and B is hvice as old as his sister
S. If th~ dgt!S of the father and sister differ by 40 years,
find the age of A.
11. The ages of two friend s Ani and Biju differ
by 3 yea rs. Ani's fathe r Dhar am is twice as
old ,,s Ani .md Biju ,1s twice as old as his sis te r Cathy
. The ages of Cath y and Dhar am
diff1._•r by JO years . Find the ages of Ani and Biju.
I:'. Two years ,1go, Salim was thrice as old as his daug hter
and six years later, he will be four
ye.us older than twice he r a~e. How old are they now?
1'\. Th€.' age of the fathe r is twice the s um of thc
_ag~o f his h ~o child ren. After 20 years , his
,1gc will be eq ual to the s um o f the ages of his child ren. Fmd
the age of the fathe r.

1. Fa ther's age = 36 years , Son 's age= 12 yea rs ANS WER S

~- A's prese nt age= SO years , B's prese nt age= 20 yeMs
.
3. Nuri 's ,1gc = SO years , S<,nu ·s age = 20 yea rs
.i. Man's age= 30 years, Son's age = 6 yea rs
5. Father's age= 34 y<Mrs, Sun's age = 12 yea rs
6. Father's age== 33 years, Son's age = 10 yea rs
7. Father's age = 36 years, Sun's ngc.• = 12 years
8, 45years
9. Father's age = 42 years, Son's age = JO ycan;
10. 26years
11. Ani's age = 19 years, Biju's age = 16 years
12. Salim's age = 38 years, Daughter's age = 14 years
13. 40 years
 1. Poin ts A and B Ml' 70 km . " p.,r 1on..1 hi •hw .iy A c.u sl.ul!i from A ilnd ano ther car start !'
from B sim u Iatnn cou s,1 I( the)' I rave
t" 1~1n 11,'e "'
~·an,e dire ctio n thl'y mc.'t!t in 7 hou rs,
, •
the)' Irave l tow ards c,,1.:h 0thcr. t 1icy nu'C I in orll' hou r. Find 'lhl• spee d of the two
but i
cars .

2. A sa1.1ur ~nc•.s 8 km dow nstn .•am t' n ..•o minutl.'S ilnd retu rns in I hou r. Dck rmi nc the
. -
s 1ecd of ttw :-..iilor in s ltll i the spL-cd of the currL•nt.
I w.tt cr ilnl .
. i\ ,d ·
3. The• boa t >;OCS 30 km urst rc.-.nd '• ,1 ·tr44 km duwnslTCilm m Hl hou rs. In 13 hou rs. ,t can go
40 km upst rcilm •.tm. Dl•t l•rtn inc thL• spL•C'd of stre am and
illld 55 km '"' ns 1: thilt of tht•
bun t In :-till Willer.

I. A boa t goes 24 km upst ream and

28 km dow nstr eam in 6 hrs. It goe s 30 km upslrL•am
ilnd 21 km dow nstr eam in 6! hrs.
Find the spee d of the boa t in still wat
2 er and also
spee d of the stre am.
=.. A man walk s a cert ain dist ance with
cert ain spee d . If he walk s 1 /2 km ,,n
takt..'S l hou r less. But, if he walk s 1 km hou r foste r, hl'
an hou r slow er. he take s 3 mor e hou
dis t.1nce cove red by the man and his rs. Find lhl'
orig inal rate of walk ing.
b . A pers on row ing at the rate
of 5 km/ h in still wate r, take s thric e as
km ups trea m as in goin g 40 km dow nstr muc h time in ~oin g 40
eam . Find the spee d of the stre am .

i . Ram esh tr,w els 760 km to his hom e

part ly by train and part ly by car. He
he trav els 160 km . by train and the rest take s 8 hou rs if
by car. He take s 12 min utes mor e if the
km by train and the rest by car. Find trav els 240
the spee d of the train and car respc.:.-ct
8. A man trav cls6 00 km part ly by train ively .
and part ly by car. Hhe cov ers4 W km
the rest by car, it take s him 6 hou rs and by trili n and
30 min utes . But, ifhc trav els 200 km
the n.'St byca r, he t.ikes half an hou r long by train ,,nd
er. Find the spee d of the train and that
of the car.
'J . Plac es A and 8 are 80 km apa rt
from each othe r on a high way . A car
othe r from Bat the sam e star ts from 1\ ,,nd
time . U they mov e in the sam e dire ctio
if they mov e in opp osit e dire ctio ns, they n, they mee t in 8 hou rs ilnd
mee t in 1 hou r and 20 min utes . Find
of the cars . the spee ds
l U. A buat goes 12 krn ups trea man d40
km dow nstr eam in8 hou rs. It can go 16
and 32 km dow nstr eam in the sam e time km upst Teil m
. Find the spee d of the boa t in still wat
spee d of the stre am. er and the
11. Roohi trav cls3 00 km to her hom
e part ly by train and part ly by bus . She
she trav els 60 km by train and the rem take s4 hou rs if
aini ng by bus. If she trav els 100 km
the rem aini ng by bus, she take s 10 min by trai n and
utes long er. Find the spee d of the trai
bus sepa rate ly. n and thl'
12. Ritu ciln row dow nstr eam 20 km
in 2 hou rs, and upst ream 4 km in 2
spee d of row ing in sti II wat er and the hou rs. Find her
spee d of the curr ent.
13. A mot or boa t can trav el 30 km
upst ream and 28 km dow nstr eam in
21 km ups trea m and retu rn in 5 hou 7 hou rs. It can trav el
rs. Find the spee d of the boa t in still
spee d of the stre am. wat er and the
1-l . Abd ul trav elle d 300 km by train
and 200 km by taxi, it took him 5 hou
i( he trav els 260 km by train and 240 krn rs 30 min utes . But
by taxi he take s 6 min utes long er. Find
of the train and that of the taxi. the spee d
1:;. A train cov ered a cert ain dist ance
at a unif orm spee d. If the train cou
10 km / hr. faste r. it wou ld hav e take ld hav e bee n
n 2 hou rs less than the sche dule d time
train wer e slow er by 10 km/ hr; it wou . And , if the
ld hav e take n 3 hou rs mor e than the
time . Find the d istil nce cove red by the sche dule d
train .
l b. Plac es A and Bar e 100 km apar
t on a high way . One car star ts from A
8 at the sam e time. If the cars trav el in and ano ther from
the sam e dire ctio n at diff eren t spee ds,
5 hou rs. If they tTavel tow ards each othe they mee t in
r, they mee t in 1 hou r. Wha t arc the spe
a~ eds of two
-
 s 2 hour s m,,(e than Amit . If Ajt"t..'t duubl«!s
17. Whilt! cove ring a dista nce of 30 km. AjL-cttakt.>
their spt!t!ds uf walk ing.
his spee d, he wou ld take I hour less than Amit . Find
of 30 km . But, if A doub k-s his pact'
JS. A takes 3 hout s mqrc thnn Btu walk a distnnct.•
(speed) he is ahea d of lJ by 1~ hour s. Find the
speeds of A and 8 .
2
ANS WER S

I. Spee d of car start ing from poin t A = 40 km/h

r.
Spee d of car start ing from poin t R = 30 km / hr.
km/h r.
2. Spee d of sailo r = 10 km / hr, spee d of currt.•nt = 2
r.
3. Speed of strea m = 3 km / hr, Spee d of boat = 8 km/h
4. Spee d of strea m= 4 km / hr, Spee d of boat = 10
km/h r.
5. Dist, ,nce = 36 km, Orig inal spt>ed = ~km / hr.
7. Train ; 80 km/h r, car: 100 km/h r.
f, . 2.5 km/ hr
I.I. 35 km/h r, 25 km/h r.
B. 100 km/h r, 80 km/ hr.
l I. 60 km / hr, 80 km/h r.
10. 6 km/h r, 2 km/h r.
13. 10 km / hr,4 km/h r.
l2. 6 km/h r, 4 km/ hr.
)5. 600k m.
H . 100 km/h r, 80 km/ hr.
l6. 60 km/h r, 40 km/ hr
/ hr.
17. Ajit's spee d = 5 km/h r, Ami t's spec d = 7.5 km
10
18. km/h r,5 km/h r.
3
 1. If in a recta ngle, the lengt h is incre ased and bread th
reduc ed eac:h by 2 units , the ,uca is
ed by I unit and the bread th
reduc ed by 28 squar e units. If, howe ver the lengt h is reduc
Find the area of the n-ctan glt•.
incre ased by 2 units, the area incre ases br 33 sl1ua re units.
is incrc ascJ by 7 metre s and the
2. The area of a rectn nglc rema ins the same if the len~t h
octed if the lengt h is dl-crc ,1sed
brc.1dth is dccrec1sed by 3 mc.•tres. The area rema ins unt1ff
by 7 metre s and bread th is incre ased by 5 metre s. Find
tht• dime nsion s of the rt'ct,m gle.
th is dl>t·n..•asl'ti by 4 metre s,
3. In c1 rect;m gle, if the lengt h is incre ased by 3 mt•tre s and bread
the area of the rcctnn gll· is reduc ed by 67 squ.in • ml'tre s.
If lengt h is rcdue t•d by I nu•trt '
d by 89 sq. metre s. Find the
and bread th is incre ased by 4 metre s, the nrca is inc rl.•ast•
dime nsion s of the r<.-ctanglc.
expe nditu res arc in the ratio
4. The incom es u( X and Y are in the ratio of 8 : 7 and their
19: 16. If each save s, 1250, find their incom es.
U will h,wc.• twice the monc.•y left
5. A and 8 each has some mone y. If A gives f 30 to B, tlll.•n
as much clS b ldt with H. How
with A. But, if 8 ~ives f IO tu/\, then A will hc1VL' thrice
much mone y dt>t!s each have?
20)°, L H - (3y - 5) 0 , L C = ( 4x) 0
6. ABCD is ., cyclic quad rilate ral such th,11 / /\ - ( 4y -+
and L D = (7., + 5) • Find the four anglt.•s.
0

samC' work is done in 3 days by

7. 2 men and 7 boys cnn do a piece of work in 4 da ys. ThL•
om.• boy lo do it?
4 men and 4 boys. How long woul d it take om.• m.in and
8. Ina MBC , L A =.r , L B=(3x - 2) , / C =y • Also, / C
0 0 0
L R=9°. Find the three angle s.
, L' B -- (_11 ➔ 3)'>, L C (2y + 10)0 ,
0
9. In a cyclic qund rilall 'r.il I\BCn . / A (2r t 4)
LO = (4.,· - 5)0 • Find t·hc four nngle s.
right an~w er and lo~in g I m.irk
10. Ynsh score d 40 mark s in a tc~t, ~cltin g J m,uk.,; for l',lch
corrc.'Ct ans'"'-'Cr and:? m,,rk s
for each wron g answ er. Had 4 m;,rk s been aw.in dcd for each
d h,wc score d 50 mnrk<ii. How
been dedu cted for each incorrt•ct .msw ,•r, then Yash wnul
many quest ions were th('rc in the test?
11 . I~ a /\ABC , L A = .\' , L B = J.r .ind / C - _11°, If 3.v -
0 0
s.,· = 30, prov e that thl.' tri,mt,;lt.• is
right angle d.
12. T~lc car hire ch.,rt,;cs inn city comp rise of a fixed charg
es toget her with the char~ e for the
is, 89 and for a journ ey u( 20
d1sta ncl' cnvcr l'd . Fl~r a journ ey of I 2. km, lht.• charg e paid
for trave lling a distanct." of
~Urnk, t~t? ch.1rgt." paid 1s f 145. Whal will a perso n hc1v~ tn pay
1

m.
11. A p,1rl of munthlv huskl ch.irg..-s in cl collc~e arc fixed and thc.- remaining depend on
thl' numlwr "' J,1y-. onl' hils 1.,k~n frnJJ in thl• mess. When a student A takes (CX>d for
20 J,, ys, h,· h,1-. tu pil y t llXX> ,,s hos tl'I chargl'!, whereas a student 8, who takes food for
26 d,, ys. p,,y-. ~ 11 ~0 ,,s huskl chilr~c~. find the fixed charge and the cost of food
pt.Ar d,1 y.
1 J. H,,I( lhl· pt·riml'll·r u( ,, g,,nhm, whose length is 4 more thnn its width is 36 m . Find lhl'
dinwnsions of lhl' gMlil-n.
1~ Thl' l.u~l·r of two supplcml·ntt1ry angles exceeds the smaller by 18 degrees. find them.

t t, . 2 Woml'll ,md Ii ml•n Ciln togetlwr finish a piece of embroidery in 4 days, whill' 3 women
~md t, men Gm finish it in 3 days. Find the time taken by 1 woman alone to finish thl·
embroidery, and that taken by 1 man alone.
17. Ml'l'n.t Wt.?nt to a bank lo withdraw t 2000. She c1sked the cc1shicr to give her
~ 50 and t I00 notes only. Meena got 25 notes in all. Find how mc1ny nntl-s f 50 and f 100
she reccivl'll.

tH. Till'rl' arc two examination rooms A and B. If 10 candidates arc sent from A to 8, thl'
numbl·r uf ~tudcnts in c,,ch room is sam~. If 20 ca.ndid.it~s c1re sent from B to A, thl·
numbl•r uf students in A is double the number of students in 8. Find the number of
l'\tttdl'nls in e.1ch room .
I'). A r,,ilw.1 y h,11( ticket costs half th~ full fare and the reservation ct1arge is the same on half
ticket .1s on full ticket. One rl~rvcd first class ticket from Mumbai to Ahmedabad costs
f 216 .,nd lHll' full .,nd nne half reserved first class tickets cost t 327. What is the basic
fir~t class full fore i\nd what is th~ reservation charge?
20. A wi/,ud h.iving powers of mystic in candations and magical mea 1ci.nes seeing a cock,
fight gning un, spoke priv atcly to both the owners o( cocks. To one he said; if your bird
wins, th.in you give me your stake-money, but if you do not win, I shall give you h,10
third of thdt' . Going to the other, he promised in the same way to give three fourths. From
both of them his gain would be only 12 gold coins. Find the stake of money each of the
~nck-owncrs ha\'e.
21. The students o( a class are made to stand in rows. If 3 students are extra in a row, there
would be I row less. If 3 students are less in a row there would be 2 rows more. Find the
number of sh1dents in the cla~s.
:!2. One says, "gi ve me hundred, friend! I shall then become twice as rich as you" The other
replies, "If you gi\'c me ten, I shall be six times as rich as you". Tell me what is the
amount of their respective capital?
2J. A shopkL't.'pcr sells~ saree at 8%, profit and a sweater at 10% discount, thereby getting a
sum of, 1008. lf she had sold the sarecat 10% profit and the sweater at 8°/4, disciuunt, she
would have ~ot f 1028. Find the cost pricl' of the sar~ and the list price (price before
discount) nf the sweater.
2-i In a competitive examination, one mark is awarded for each correct answer w1111c 1/ 2
m,1rl,. il'\ Jc-ducted for cvt•ry wrong ,,nswer. Jayanti answered 120 questions and ~ot 90
marks. I hnv m.1n y questions did she answer corr,-ctly.
!5. A shopkeeper gives books o n rent for reading. She takes a fi xed charge for the first two
days, and an additional charge for each day the reafter. Latika pt1id, 22 for a book kept
for 6 days, while Anand paid t 16 for the book kept for four da ys. Find the fi xed chnrges
and charge for each extraday.

ANSWERS
1. 253 sq. units ., Length = 28 m, Bread th = 15 m
3. Length= 28 m, Breadth = 19 m .J. X's income = f 6000, Y's inco m e = f 5250
5. A : f 62, B : f 34 6. L A = 120°, L B = 700, L C = 60°, L D = 110°
, . Man: 15 days Boy: 60 days H. A = 25°; B =73°; C =82°
4. A= 70°, B =53°, C = 110°, D = 127° Jll. 20 12. , 215
13. Fixed charge =, 400; Cost of food per day = f 30
14 . Length= 20 m, Width = 16 m 15. 99°, 81 °
1h. 36 days, 18 days 17. 10, 15
18. 100, 80 19 . Fare = f 210, Rcscrv,,tion charge = ~ 6
20. 42, 40 Gold Coins. 21. 36 22 . f 40, f 170
23. ' 600, , 400 2-l. 100 25 . f 10, f 3