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NUMBER PROBLEMS
1. When 3 is multiplied by 5 less than a number, the
result is 9 less than 5 times the number. Find the
number.

Answer: 3

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2. The sum of two numbers is 36. If the larger number
is divided by the smaller, the quotient is 2 and the
remainder is 3. Find the numbers.

ANSWERS:
smaller number = 11
larger number = 25

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3. The sum of three numbers is 49. The second
number is three times the first number and the
third number is 6 less than the first number.

Answers: 11, 33, 5

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GEOMETRY PROBLEMS
1. The perimeter of a rectangle is 54 m. The length of
the rectangle is 9 m more than twice the width.
What are the dimensions of the rectangle?

Answers: width = 6 m
length = 21 m

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2. The perimeter of a triangle is 17 cm. The second is
twice the length of the first side and the third side
is 1 cm less than the three times the length of the
first side. What are the lengths of the sides of the
triangle?

Answers:
1st side = 3 cm
2nd side = 6 cm
3rd side = 8 cm

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3. In a triangle, the measures of two angles are in
the ratio 7:4 and their difference is 9. Find the
number of degrees in the largest angle of the
triangle.

Answer: 147

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INVESTMENT PROBLEMS
1.

Marlon has Php 6,000 invested at 5% and 6%.

How much would she have to invest at 6% so
that her total interest per year would be equal to
Php 320?

Answer: Php 2,000

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2. A man divides Php 10,000 in two investments,
one at 10% an another at 30%. Find how much is
invested at each rate to that the two investments
produce the same income annually.

Answer: Php 7,500 at 10%

Php 2,500 at 30%

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3. Andrew invested a total of Php18,000 part at 5%
and part at 9% annual simple interest. If his
income for one year from the 9% investment
was Php 100 less than his income from the 5%
investment, how much was invested at each
rate? (Give your answer to the nearest
hundredth.)

Answers: Php 15,857.71 at 5%

Php 2,142.29 at 9%

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MIXTURE PROBLEMS
1. How many gallons of milk containing 5%
butterfat must be mixed with 90 gallons of 1%
milk to obtain 2% milk?

Answer: x = 30 gal

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2.

A food chemist wants to mix some Tropical

Sensation, which contains 10% juice, with some
Berry Good, which contains 20% juice, to obtain
10 gallons of a new drink that will contain 14%
juice. How many gallons of each should be used?

Answers: Tropical Sensation = 6 gal; Berry Good = 4 gal