to19tMr cost 9-e and 3 pens and 2 pencils cost S'I!. Find the cost of 1 pen and 1 pencil .

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and 3 video cassettes cost 'I! 1110, while S audio cassettes and 4 video cassettes cost '1!1350. Find the cost
.-tte and a vfdeo cassette.
-has pens and pencils which together are 40 In number. If she has 5 more pencils and 5 less pers, then number of ·
would become 4 times the number of pens. Find the original number of pens and pencils. .

4. 4 tables and 3 chairs, together, cost '1!2,250 and 3 tables and 4 chairs cost "1950. Find the cost of 2 chairs and 1 table.
I Jamila sold a table and a chair for "!1050, thereby making a profit of 10% on a table and 25% on the chair. If she had taken
I ,roflt of 259' on the table and 10% on the chair she would have got ~1065 Find the cost price of each.

6. Susan invested certain amount of money in two schemes A and B, which offer interest at the rate of 8% per annum and
9" per annum, respectively. She received II! 1860 as annual interest. However, had she interchanged the amount of
investment in the two schemes, she would have received~ 20 more as annual interest. How much money did she invest in
each scheme?

7. A lending library has a fixed charge for the first three days and an additional charge for each day thereafter. Saritha paid~
27 for a book kept for seven days, while Susy paid ~21 for the book she kept for five days. Find the fixed charge and the
charge for each extra day.

8. The cost of 4 pens and 4 pencil boxes is~ 100. Three times the cost of a pen is~ 15 more than the cost of a pencil box.
Form the pair of _linear equations for the above situation. Find the cost of a pen and a pencil box

9. One says, "Give me a hundred, friend! I shall then become twice as rich as you." The other replies, "If you give me ten, I
shall be six times as rich as you. "Tell me what is the amount of their respective capital?

10. A and Beach have a certain number oi= mangoes. A says to B, "if you give 30 of your mangoes, I will have twice as many
as left with you." B replies, "if you give me 10, I will have th rice as many as left with you ." How many mangoes does each
have?

# Number releted problem

1. The sum of two numbers is 8. If their sum is four times their difference, find the numbers

2. The sum of digits of a two digit number is 13. If the number is subtracted from the one obtained by interchanging the
digits, the result is 45. What is the number?

3. A number.consists of two digits whose sum is five. When the digits are reversed, the number becomes greater by .nine.
Find the number.

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The sum of two-:digit number and the number formed by reversing the order of digits is 66. If the two digits differ by 2,
the number. How many such numbers are there?

two-digit number is 4 times the sum of its digits. If 18 is added to the number, the digits are reversed. Find the number.

• number is 3 more than 4 times the sum of its digits. If 18 is added to the number, the digits are reversed. Find

4 more than 6 times the sum of its digits. If 18 is subtracted from the number, the digits are ·
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Find them.
luerence between two num ers 1s 26 and one number is three times the other.

lO. •he sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 9. Also, nine times this number is twice the number obtained by reversing
th of the digits. Find the number.
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· Seven times a two-digit number is equal to four tim es the number obtained by reversing

th
e digits. If the difference between the digit s is 3. Find the number.

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· Two numbers are in the ratio 5:6. If 8 is subtract ed from each of the numbers, t he rat io becomes 4:5. Find the numbers.

l3.The numerator of a fraction is 4 less t han the denominator. If the numerator is decreased by 2 and denominator is
increased by 1, then the denominator is eight ti mes t he numerator. Find the fraction .

14 · A fraction becomes 9/11 if 2 is added to both numerator and the denominator. If 3 is added to both the numerator and
the denominator it becomes 5/ 6. Fi nd th e fract ion .

lS. A fraction becomes 1/3 if 1 is subtracted from both.its numerator and denom inator. If 1 is added to both the nu merator
and denominator, it be comes 1/2. Find the fraction.

16. If we add 1 to the numerato r and subtract 1 fro m the denominator, a fraction becomes 1. It also becomes 1/ 2 if we only
add 1 to the denominator. What is the fraction?

17. When 3 is added to the de nominator and 2 is subtracted from the numerator a fraction becomes 1/4. And, when 6 is
added to numerator and the denominator is multiplied by 3, it becomes 2/3 . Find t r1e fraction .

18. The sum of a numerator and denominator of a fraction is 18. If the denom inator is increase d by 2, th e fraction reduces to
1/3. Find the fraction.

19. If 2 is ad ded to the numerator of a fraction, it redu ces to 1/2 and if 1 is subtracted from the denom inator, it reduces to
1/3. Find t he fraction.

20. If the numerator of a fraction is multiplied by 2 and the denom inator is reduced by 5 the fraction be com es 6/5. And, if
the denominator is doubled and the numerator is increased by 8, the fracti on becomes 2/5. Find the fraction .

21. The sum of the numerator and denom inator of a fraction is 3 less than twice t he denomina tor. If the numerator and
denominator are decreased by 1, the numerator becomes half the denominator. Determine the fra ction.

# Age related problems ..

1. A father is three times as old as his son . After twelve years, his age will be twice as that of his son then. Find their present
ages.

2. Ten years later, A will be twice as old as Band five years ago, A was three times as old as B. What are the present ages of
A and B?

3. Five years ago, Nuri was thrice as old as Sonu. Ten years later, nuri will be twice as old as Sonu . How old are Nuri and
Sonu?

4. Six years hence a·man's age will be three times the age of his son and three years ago he was nine times as old as his son.
Find their present ages.

s. Ten years ago, a father was twelve times as old as his son and ten years hence, he will be twice as old as his son will be
then. Find their present ages.

6. A father is three times as old as his son. I~ 12 years time, he will be twice son. Find the present ages of father and the son.
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is th ree times the sum of ages of his two children. Afters years his age will be twice the surn of ages of two
n. Find the age of father.

I. Two · es the age of ·

years ago, a f ather was five times as old as his son. Two years later, his age will be 8 more than three tirn
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the son. Fi nd th e present ages of father and son.
9 · A is elder to B by 2 years. A's father F is twice as old as A and B is twice as old as his sister S. If the ages of th e fa th er and
sister differ by 40 years, find the age of A.

# speed and distance (boat and stream)

l. Points A and Bare 70 km. a part on a highway. A car starts from A and another car starts from B simulataneously. If they
travel in the same direction, they meet in 7 hours, but if they travel towards each other, they meet in one hour. Find the
speed of the two cars.

2. A sailor goes 8 km downstream in 40 minutes and returns in 1 hou r. Determine speed of the sailor in still water and the
speed of the current.

3. The boat goes 30 km upstream and 44 km downstream in 10 hours. In 13 hours, it can go 40 km upstream and 55 km
downstream. Determine the speed of stream and that of the boat in still water.

4. A boat goes 24 km upstream and 28 km downstream in 6 hrs. It goes 30 km upstream and 21 km downstream in 6. 5 hrs.
Find the speed of the boat in still water and also speed of t he stream

5. A man walks a certain distance with ce rtain speed . If he walks 1/2 km an hour fa ster, he takes 1 hour less. But, if he walks
1 km an hour slower, he takes 3 more hours. Find the distance covered by the man an d his origin al rate of walking.

6. A person rowing at the rate of 5 km/h in sti!I 'Hater, takes thrice as much time in going 40 km upstream as in going 40 km
downstream. Find the speed of the stream.

7. Ramesh travels 760 km to his home pardy by trai n and partl y by ca r. He takes 8 hours if he trave ls 160 km . by train and
the rest by car. He takes 12 minutes more if th e trave ls 240 km by t rain and the rest by car. Find the speed of the train and
car respectively.

8. A man travels 600 km partly by train an d partly by car. If he covers 400 km by train and the rest by car, it takes him 6
hours and 30 minutes. But, if he travels 200 km by train and the rest by car, he take s ha lf an hour longer. Find the speed of
the train and that of the car.

9. Places A and Bare 80 km apart from each other on a highway. A car starts from A and other from Bat the same time . If
they move in the same direction, they meet in 8 hours and if they move in opposite directions, they meet in 1 hour and 20
minutes. Find the speeds of the cars.

10. A boat goes 12 km upstream and 40 km downstream in 8 hours. It can go 16 km upstream and 32 km downstream in the
same time. Find the speed of the boat in still water and the speed of the stream.

11. Roohi travels 300 km to her home partly by train and partly by bus. She takes 4 hours if she travels 60 km by train and
the remaining by bus. If she travels 100 km by train and the remaining by bus, she takes 10 minutes longer. Find the speed of
the train and the bus separately. ·

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12. Ritu can row downstream 20 km in 2 hours, and upstream 4 km in 2 hours. Find her speed of rowing in still water and the
speed of the current. '1

13. A motor boat can travel 30 km UP.Stream and 28 km downstream in 7 hours. it can travel 21 km upstream and retu~n in 5
hc:Mrs. Find the speed of the boat in s1ill water and the speed of the stream.
 14. Abdul travelled 300 km by train and 200 km by taxi, it took him 5 hours 30 minutes. But if he travels 260 km by train and
240 km by taxi he takes 6 minutes longer. Find the speed of the train and that of the taxi.

1S. A train covered a certain distance at a uniform speed. If the train could have been 10 km/hr. faster, it would have taken 2
hours less than the scheduled time. And, if the train were slower by 10 km/hr; it would have taken 3 hours more than the
scheduled time. Find the distance covered by the train.

# Geometry( mansuration) releted problem

1. If in a rectangle, the length is increased and breadth reduced each by 2 units, the area is reduced by 28 square units, If,
however the length is reduced by 1 unit and the breadth increased by 2 units, the area increases by 33 square units. Find the
area of the rectangle.

2. The area of a rectangle remains the same if the length is increased by 7 metres and the breadth is decreased by 3 metres.
The area remains unaffected if the length is decreased by 7 metres and breadth is increased by 5 metres. Find the
dimensions of the rectangle.

3. In a rectangle, if the length is increased by 3 metres and breadth is decreased by 4 metres, the area of the rectangle is
reduced by 67 square metres. If length is reduced by 1 metre and breadth is increased by 4 metres, the area is increased by
89 sq. metres. Find the dimensions of the rectangle .

4. ABCO is a cyclic quadrilateral such that A= (4y+20), B= (3y-5), C = (4x) and D =(7x+S) 0
• Find the four angles,

5. In a AABC, A=x, B= (3x-2) C=y. Also, C-8=9. Find the three angles.

6.ln a cyclic quadrilateral ABCD, A=(2x+4), B = (y+3), C=(2y+ 10),D= (4x-5) . Find the four angles,

7. In a triangle ABC, A= x, B = 3~ and C = y. If 3y-5x=30, prove th.: t thP. triar,g l2vi~ right angled .

8. Half the perimeter of a garden, whose length is 4 more than its width is 36 m. Find the dimensions of the garden.
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9. The larger of two supplementary angles exceeds the smqller by 18 degrees. Find them.

# work and Time releted problem

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l ..13,.rnen and 12 boys can finish a P.iece of work in 10 days while omen and 8 boys can finish it jn 14 days. Find the time I

_,ak_qipby one man alone and .that by one boy alone to finish the work j'
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2. 2 Women and 5 men can together finish a piece of embroidery in 4 days, while 3 women and 6 men can finish it in 3 days. ·
F~d the time taken by 1 woman alone to finish the embroidery, and that taken by 1 man alone ..