PROBLEMS ON SIMULTANEOUS EQUATIONS

1. The difference of two numbers is 4. The larger number did each item cost, knowing that John sold the
exceeds three times the smaller number by 2. Find the computer for 10% more than the purchase price,
numbers . [5,1] and the TV for 15% more?[ Rs 800 , Rs 1200]
16. What is the area of a rectangle knowing that its
2. The ratio of two numbers is 4 : 3. If 4 is subtracted from
perimeter is 16 cm and its base is three times its
the larger number and 8 is added to the smaller number height? [ 6 cm and 2 cm ]
they become equal. Find the numbers [48 , 36] 17. John says to Peter, "I have double the amount of
3. A fraction is such that when the denominator is increased money that you have" and Peter replies, "if you
by 1, it becomes ½ and when the numerator is decreased give me six dollars we will have the same
by 2 it becomes 1/3. Find the fraction amount of money". How much money does each
4. The denominator of a fraction is 4 more than twice the have? [ 24 , 12 ]
numerator . When both the numerator and denominator 18. Find a two-digit number knowing that its digit
are decreased by 6 , the denominator becomes 12 times in the tens column minus 5 is the same digit in
the numerator . Determine the fraction [ 7 / 18 ] the ones column and if the order of the digits is
reversed, the number obtained is equal to the
5. The sum of a two digit number and the number obtained
first number, minus 27. [ 41 ]
after the digits are reversed is 121 . If the difference of
19.
the digits is 3 . Find the number [ 74 or 47 ]
6. The sum of the digits of a number lying between 10 and
100 is 9. If the number is multiplied by 7 , it becomes 4
times the number obtained by writing the digits in
reverse order . Find the number . [ 36 ]
7. A number consists of two digits whose sum is 5 . When
the digits are reversed , the number becomes greater by .
9. Find the number. [ 23 ]
8. Seven times , a given two digit number is equal to four
times the number obtained by reversing the order of
digits . The sum of the digits of the number is 3. find the
number. [ 12 ]
9. Flying to Kampala with a tailwind a plane averaged 158
km/h. On the return trip the plane only averaged 112
km/h while flying back into the same wind. Find the
speed of the wind and the speed of the plane in still air.
Plane: 135 km/h, Wind: 23 km/h
10. The school that Salim goes to is selling tickets to a
choral performance. On the first day of ticket sales
the school sold 3 senior citizen tickets and 1 child ticket
for a total of Rs 38. The school took in Rs52 on the
second day by selling 3 senior citizen tickets and 2 child
tickets. Find the price of a senior citizen ticket and the
price of a child ticket. senior citizen ticket: Rs 8,
child ticket: Rs14
11. A boat traveled 210 miles downstream and back. The trip
downstream took 10 hours. The trip back took 70 hours.
What is the speed of the boat in still water? What is the
speed of the current? boat: 12 mph, current: 9 mph
12. The senior classes at High School A and High School B
planned separate trips to New York City. The senior
class at High School A rented and filled 1 van and 6
buses with 372 students. High School B rented and filled
4 vans and 12 buses with 780 students. Each van and
each bus carried the same number of students. How
many students can a van carry? How many students can
a bus carry? Van: 18, Bus: 59
13. A boat traveled 336 miles downstream and back. The trip
downstream took 12 hours. The trip back took 14 hours.
What is the speed of the boat in still water? What is the
speed of the current? boat: 26 mph, current: 2 mph
14. The value of the digit in the tens column of a
two-digit number is twice the value of the digit
in the ones column, and if you subtract this by
number 27, the number obtained is a number
with the same digits but in reverse order. What
is the number?\ [ 63 ]
15. John purchased a computer and a TV for $2,000
and later sold both items for $2,260.How much