ALGEBRA

AGE PROBLEM

1. Six years ago, Ardel was five times as old as Jainah. In five years, Ardel will be three
times as old as Jainah. What is the present age of Jainah?
2. Fred is four times as old as his nephew Clinton. 5 years ago, the sum of their ages is equal
to the present age of Fred. How old is each?
3. The sum of the parents' ages is twice the sum of their children’s ages. Five years ago, the
sum of the parents' ages was four times the sum of their children’s ages. In fifteen years,
the sum of the parents' ages will be equal to the sum of their children’s ages. How many
children were in the family?
4. Ruby is as old as Jod will be when Ruby is twice as old as Jod was when Ruby's age was
half the sum of their present ages. Jod is as old as Ruby was when Jod was half the age,
she will be ten years from now. How old are Ruby and Jod?
5. Two times the father's age is eight more than six times the son's age. Ten years ago, the
sum of their ages was 36 years. The age of the son is:

MOTION PROBLEM

6. A bullet is fired at a target 1,342 m away. At what point along its path would the sound of
the impact of the bullet be heard 1/4 second before the report of the gun, assuming that
sound travels at the rate of 335 m/sec and the bullet is 503 m/sec.
7. A car leaves city A for city B, 40 km distant, traveling 50 kph. Thirty minutes later, another
car leaves city B for city A at 40 kph. At what point of their path will the first car pass 6
minutes before the second car?
8. A man can row 77 km and back in 14 hours. If he can row 6.5 km with the stream at the
same time as 4.8 km against the stream, find the rate of the stream.
9. . Runners A and B start together in a race around a 900-ft oval track. Runner A is making
a speed of 27 ft/sec and runner B at 22.5 ft/sec. How long will it take runner A to be exactly
one circumference ahead of runner B.
10. Benjie and Jerwin is running in opposite directions in a 400-meter circular track and meet
each other every 35 seconds. If Benjie can complete one track in 65 seconds. How long
does it take for Jerwin to run 400 meters?
11. A battleship started on a 500-mile voyage but was brought to full stop an hour after starting
for military reasons, delaying it for full hour, after which it was ordered to proceed at a
reduced velocity equivalent to 75% of its former rate. The ship arrived at its destination 3
hours and 3 quarters after scheduled time. If it was desired for the ship to arrive one hour
and a quarter sooner, how far from the destination should the ship have been ordered
stopped?
12. A man covers the distance A to B in 5 hours and 30 minutes. During the second half of the
distance he traveled 1/2 kilometer less per hour than during the first half. In the return trip
from B to A, by traveling 1 km/hr faster than during the first half of his trip from A to B,
he consumed 3-3/4 hours. Determine the distance AB.
13. A cat takes 4 leaps to a dog's 3; but 2 of the dog's leaps are equivalent to 3 of the cats. The
cat has a start of 50 leaps. How many leaps must the dog take to catch the cat?
14. The distance between two towns is 380 km. At the same moment, a passenger car and a
truck start moving towards each other from different towns. They meet 4 hours later. If
the car drives 5 km/hr faster than the truck, what are their speeds.
15. The distance between stations A and B is 148 km. An express train left station A towards
station B with the speed of 80 km/hr. At the same time, a freight train left station B towards
station A with the speed of 36 km/hr. They met at station C at 12 pm, and by that time the
express train stopped at at intermediate station for 10 min and the freight train stopped fo5
5 min. Find
a. The distance between stations C and B.
b. The time when the freight train left station B.
16. The distance between towns A and B is 300 km. One train departs from town A and
another train departs from town B, both leaving at the same moment of time.
17. A biker covered half the distance between two towns in 2 hr 30 min. After that he increased
his speed by 2 km/hr. He covered the second half of the distance in 2 hr 20 min. Find the
distance between the two towns and the initial speed of the biker.
WORK PROBLEM

18. Lejon can finish a job in 6 hours while Romel can do the same job in 3 hours. Working
together, how many hours can they finish the job?
19. Eleven men could finish the job in 15 days. Five men started the job and four men were
added at the beginning of the sixth day. How many days will it take them to finish the job?
20. A tank is supplied by two pipes A and B and emptied by a third pipe C. If the tank is
initially empty and all pipes are opened, the tank can be filled in 20 hours. If the tank is
initially full and A and C are opened, the tank can be emptied in 4 hours. If the tank is
initially full and B and C are opened, the tank ca be emptied in 2 hours. Pipe A supplies
50 liters per minute more than B.

MIXTURE PROBLEM

21. How many liters of 10% salt solution must be added to 20% salt solution in order to obtain
10 liters of 12% salt solution?
22. In a class experiment, a student needs 5 liters of 6% solution. He found a 4% and a 10%
solution in the laboratory. How many liters of each solution should he mix in order to
obtain 5 liters of 6% solution?
23. In what ratio must a peanut costing $240 per kilogram be mixed with a peanut costing
$340 per kilogram so that a profit of 20% is made by selling the mixture at $360 per
kilogram?

CLOCK PROBLEM

24. Between 3:00 and 4:00, Kathryn looked at her watch and noticed that the minute hand was
between 5 and 6. Later, Kathryn looked again and noticed that the hour hand and the
minute hand had exchanged places. What time was it in the second case?
25. What time after 7:00 o’clock will the hands of the of a continuously driven clock are
together?
26. What time between 2 and 3 o’clock will the angle between the hands of the clock be
bisected by the line connecting the center of the clock and the 3 o’clock mark?
MONEY PROBLEM

27. A collection of 32 coins amounted to $5.15. If it consists of dimes and quarters, how many
quarters are there?

GEOMETRIC PROBLEM

28. An isosceles triangle has an altitude equal to 12 inches and a perimeter equal to 36 inches.
Find the length of the base and the length of the equal sides.
29. A triangle has a perimeter of 50. If 2 of its sides are equal and the third side is 5 more than
the equal sides, what is the length of the third side?
30. In a quadrilateral two angles are equal. The third angle is equal to the sum of the two equal
angles. The fourth angle is 60° less than twice the sum of the other three angles. Find the
measures of the angles in the quadrilateral.

ARITHMETIC PROGRESSION

31. A job posted at jobstreet.com offered a starting salary of $40,000 per year and
guaranteeing a raise of $1600 per year for the rest of 5 years. Write the general term for
the arithmetic sequence that models’ potential annual salaries.
32. The side of a square is 10 m. A second square is formed by joining, in the proper order,
the midpoints of the sides of the first square. A third square is formed by joining the
midpoints of the second square, and so on. Find the sum of the areas of all the squares if
the process will continue indefinitely.
33. How many three-digits numbers are divisible by 3?
34. Find the 10th term of the arithmetic progression 1, 3.5, 6, 8.5, ...
35. The sum of five consecutive numbers is 100. Find the first number.

GEOMETRIC PROGRESSION

36. Let an be a geometric progression, defined as a1=1 and r=5. Find the sum a1+a2+a3+a4+a5.
37. Find the fourth term of a geometric progression, whose first term is 2 and the common
ratio is 3.
 38. If 4, 2, 5, and 18 are added respectively to the first four terms of an arithmetic progression,
the resulting series is a geometric progression. What is the common difference of the
arithmetic progression?

VENN DIAGRAM

39. At a breakfast buffet, 93 people chose coffee and 47 people chose juice. 25 people chose
both coffee and juice. If each person chose at least one of these beverages, how many
people visited the buffet?
40. . In a survey of university students, 64 had taken mathematics course, 94 had
taken chemistry course, 58 had taken physics course, 28 had taken mathematics and
physics, 26 had taken mathematics and chemistry, 22 had taken chemistry and physics
course, and 14 had taken all the three courses. Find how many had taken one course only.
41. In a group of students, 65 play football, 45 play hockey, 42 play cricket, 20 play football
and hockey, 25 play football and cricket, 15 play hockey and cricket and 8 play all the
three games. Find the total number of students in the group.

LOGARITHMS

42. Find the value of the logarithm log2 16.

43. Find the value of logarithm log2 1/8.
44. Solve lne3
45. 2log46−log49 is?