MTAP Review – Session 2 B.

NUMBER RELATION PROBLEMS

Grade 10 1. The average of 3 numbers is 10. The second is 1
more than twice the first and the third is 5 more
PROBLEM SOLVING IN MATHEMATICS than 3 times the first. Find the 3 numbers.
2. When 3 is multiplied by 5 less than a number, the
Solve the following equations. result is 9 less than 5 times the number. Find the
number.
1. 3𝑥 + 2 = 5𝑥 − 6 3. The sum of two numbers is 56. Their difference is
2. 𝑥 − 4 = 2𝑥 + 9 18. Find the numbers.
3. 6(𝑥 − 4) − 8 = 9𝑥 + 1 4. A number is 3 less than another number. If their
4. 𝑥 + 5(2𝑥 − 3) = 12 sum is 49, what are the two numbers?
5. 3(𝑥 − 1) + 4(𝑥 − 6) = 𝑥 + 2 5. Two numbers differ by 6. If their sum is 30, what
6. are the numbers?
7.
2𝑥−1
=
𝑥+3 6. The sum of three consecutive even integers is
1
3
𝑥+1
5
𝑥+2 108. Find the largest of these integers.
8. − = 7. The sum of two consecutive positive even integers
2 3 4
9.
5𝑥+1
−
𝑥+9
=2−𝑥 is 78. What are the numbers?
4 5
2−3𝑥 3 6𝑥+12
10. +4= C. COIN PROBLEM
2 8
1. Mirna has Php 4.65 in 5c and 25c. The number of
A. AGE PROBLEM 25c coin is 1 more than twice the number of 5c
1. Rico is 6 years older than his sister Mila. In 2 coins. How many of each coin does Mirna have?
years, he will be twice as old as his sister. What 2. Fred and Jose had Php 83. After Jose had spent
are their present ages? Php 8, his money was 2/3 that of Fred. How much
2. Meynard is 4 times as old as Reylan. In six years do the 2 boys have at first?
Meynard will be twice as old as Reylan. What are 3. 200 coins consisting of 100-centavo coins and 50-
their ages now? centavo coins are worth P165.00. How many each
3. A mother is now 24 years older than her daughter. kind is there?
In 4 years, the mother will be 3 times as old as the
daughter. What is the present age of each? 4. Helen’s purse contains 1, 5, and 10-peso coin.
4. Six years ago, Michaels’s age was half of the age The number of 5 peso coins is thrice as many 10
he will be in 8 years. How old is he now? peso coins and the 10 peso coins is five times as
5. A man is 4 times as old as his son. Five years ago, many 1 peso coin. If the total amount is Php. 378,
the sum of their ages was 65 years. How old is the how many of each kind of coins are in the purse?
son? 5. Ivy has 275 pesos in 10 peso and 5 peso coins. If
6. A father is now 6 times as old as his son. In two she has twice as many as 10 peso as 5 peso, how
years, the father will be 5 times as old as his son. many of each coin does she have?
Find the present ages of the father and his son.
7. John is now 18 years old and his brother Charles
is 14 years old. How many years ago was John
twice as old as Charles?
8. Lita is 41 years old and her daughter is 9. In how
many years will the mother be three times as old
as her daughter?
9. Reine is now 24 years old and Yhen is 12. How
many years ago was Reine’s age be thrice the age
of Yhen?
10. Claudine is ten years older than her brother
Christian. Four years from now, Chistian will be
two – thirds as old as Claudine. How old are they
now?