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Solving an equation is like discovering the answer to a puzzle. The purpose in solving an equation is
to find the value or values of the variable that makes it a true statement. Any value of the variable that
makes the equation true is called a solution to the equation. It is the answer to the puzzle!

Use a Problem Solving Strategy

 Number Word Problems

1) The difference of four times a number and 2) One number is six more than the other. Their
seven is 21. Find the number. sum is 42. Find the numbers.

3) The sum of two numbers is 14. One number 4) One number is 14 less than another. If their
is two less than three times the other. Find sum is increased by 7, the result is 85. find
the numbers. the numbers.

5) Fourteen less than eight times a number is 6) A certain number added twice to itself equals
three more than four times the number. 96. What is the number?
What is the number?

7) The sum of three consecutive integers is 78. 8) Find three consecutive odd integers whose
Find the integers. sum is −213.
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 Age Problems

1) Adam is 20 years younger than Brian. In two 2) Carmen is 12 years older than David. Five
years Brian will be twice as old as Adam. How years ago the sum of their ages was 28. How
old are they now? old are they now?

3) The sum of the ages of Nicole and Kristin is 4) Louis is 26 years old. Her daughter is 4 years
32. In two years Nicole will be three times as old. In how many years will Louis be double
old as Kristin. How old are they now? her daughter’s age?

5) Chelsea’s age is double Daniel’s age. Eight 6) The sum of Clyde and Wendy’s age is 64. In
years ago the sum of their ages was 32. How four years, Wendy will be three times as old
old are they now? as Clyde. How old are they now?

7) A limestone statue is 56 years older than a 8) A sofa is 12 years old and a table is 36 years
marble statue. In 12 years, the limestone will old. In how many years will the table be twice
be three times as old as the marble statue. as old as the sofa?
Find the present age of the statues.

 Distance, Rate and Time Problems
1) Two joggers start from opposite ends of an 8
mile course running towards each other. One
jogger is running at a rate of 4 mph, and the
other is running at a rate of 6 mph. After how
long will the joggers meet?
3) Two campers left their campsite by canoe
and paddled downstream at an average
speed of 12 mph. They turned around and
paddled back upstream at an average rate of
4 mph. The total trip took 1 hour. After how
much time did the campers turn around
downstream?
5) On a 130 mile trip a car travelled at an
average speed of 55 mph and then reduced
its speed to 40 mph for the remainder of the
trip. The trip took 2.5 hours. For how long did
the car travel 40 mph?
7) Jay walks and jogs to school each day. The
student averages 5 km/hr walking and 9
km/hr jogging. The distance from home to
school is 8 km, and he makes the trip in one
hour. How far does he jog?
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2) Bob and Fred start from the same point and
walk in opposite directions. Bob walks 2
miles per hour faster than Fred. After 3 hours
they are 30 miles apart. How fast did each
walk?
4) Mike leaves his house traveling 2 miles per
hour. Joy leaves 6 hours later to catch up
with him traveling 8 miles per hour. How long
will it take her to catch up with him?
6) Two men are traveling in opposite directions
at the rate of 20 and 30 miles an hour at the
same time and from the same place. In how
many hours will they be 300 miles apart?
8) As part of flight training, a student pilot was
required to fly to an airport and then return.
The average speed on the way to the airport
was 100 mph, and the average speed
returning was 150 mph. Find the distance
between the two airports if the total flight
time was 5 h.

 Simple Interest Problems
1) Irish invested a principal of Php49 000 in
her bank account that earned simple
interest at an interest rate of 3%. How
much interest did she earn in five years?
3) Sean's new car loan statement said he
would pay $4, 866. 25 in interest from a
simple interest rate of 8.5% over five
years. How much did he borrow to buy
his new car?
 Mixture Word Problems
1) Henning is mixing raisins and nuts to
make 25 pounds of trail mix. Raisins cost
Php234 a pound and nuts cost Php415 a
pound. If Henning wants his cost for the
trail mix to be Php343 a pound, how
many pounds of raisins and how many
pounds of nuts should he use?
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2) Keisha borrowed Php38, 000 from her
parents to pay her tuition. In five years,
she paid them Php7, 790 interest in
addition to the money she borrowed.
What was the rate of simple interest?
4) In five years, Jennie's bank account
earned Php125, 000 interest at 5% simple
interest. How much had she deposited in
the account?
Bea is mixing nuts and cereal squares to make
a party mix. Nut sell for Php364 a pound and
cereal squares sell for Php208 a pound. She
wants to make 30 pounds of party mix at a
cost of 337.75 a pound, how many pounds of
nuts and how many pounds of cereal squares
should she use?
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Orlando is mixing nuts and cereal squares to make a party mix. Nuts sell for $7 a pound and cereal
squares sell for $4 a pound. Orlando wants to make 30 pounds of party mix at a cost of $6.50 a
pound, how many pounds of nuts and how many pounds of cereal squares should he use?