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Number Problems
(a) The sum of three consecutive natural numbers is 804. Find the numbers.
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(b) One positive number is 5 of another number. The difference of the two numbers is 76. Find the numbers.
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(c) Find two consecutive natural numbers such that the difference between their reciprocals is 4 the reciprocal of the
smaller number.
2. Investment/Finance
(a) A saleperson’s weekly paycheck is 15% less than her coworker’s paycheck. The two paychecks total $645. Find
the amount of each paycheck.
(b) An investor wishes to realize a return of 12% from a total of two investments. If he has P10,000 invested at 10%,
how much additional money should be invested at 16%?
(c) An automobile dealer has $600,000 of inventory in minivans and SUVs. The profit on a minivan is 24% and the
profit from on an SUV is 28%. The profit for the entire stock is 25%. How much was invested in each type of
vehicle?
3. Mixture
(a) A 100% concentrate is to be mixed with a mixture having a concentration of 40% to obtain 55 gallons of a mixture
with a concentration of 75%. How much of the 100% concentrate will be needed?
(b) A grocer mixes peanuts that cost $2.49 per pound and walnuts that cost $3.89 per pound to make 100 pounds of
a mixture that costs $3.19 per pound. How much of each kind of nut is put into the mixture?
(c) A forester mixes gasoline and oil to make 2 gallons of mixture for his two-cycle chain-saw engine. The mixture
is 32 part gasoline and 1 part two-cycle oil. How much gasoline must be added to bring the mixture to 40 parts
gasoline and 1 part oil?
4. Geometric
(a) A room is 1.5 times as long as it is wide, and its perimeter is 25 meters. Find the dimensions of the room.
(b) The longest side of a triangle is twice as along as the shortest side and 2 cm longer than the third side. If the
perimeter of the triangle is 33cm, what is the length of each side.
(c) The length of a rectangle exceed its width by 6 units. If each dimension is increased by 3 units, the area would
be increased by 57 square units. Find the dimensions of the rectangle.
5. Distance-Rate
(a) A 555-mile, 5-hour plane trip was flown at two speeds. For the first part of the trip, the average speed was 105
mph. Then the tailwind picked up, and the remainder of the trip was flown at an average speed of 115 mph. For
how long did the plane fly at each speed?
(b) Two cyclists start at the same time from opposite ends of a course that is 45 miles long. One cyclist is riding at
14 mph and the second cyclist is riding at 16 mph. How long after they begin will they meet?
(c) With the wind, an airplane travels 1120 miles in seven hours. Against the wind, it takes eight hours. Find the
rate of the plane in still air and the velocity of the wind.