Algebra Word Problems – Lesson 1 - Worksheet 1 - Algebra Word Problems –

Number Problems

Problem 1) Five times a number increased by seven is equal to forty-seven.

What is the number?

Problem 2) The sum of two consecutive integers is sixty-five. Find the two
numbers.

Problem 3) Ninety-six golf balls were picked up at the driving range and placed
into two buckets. One bucket has twenty-eight more balls than the other bucket.
How many golf balls are in each bucket?

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Problem 4) The sum of three consecutive integers is forty-two. Find the three
numbers.

Problem 5) A basketball team played thirty-two games and won three times as
many games as it lost. How many games did the team win?

Problem 6) Find two numbers whose sum is sixty-eight and whose difference is
twenty-two.

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Problem 7) The sum of two consecutive even integers is ninety-four. Find the
numbers.

Problem 8) One hundred sixty-two guests attended a banquet. Three servers

provided their beverages. The first server helped three times as many people as
the second server and the third server helped twice as many people as the first
server. How many guests did each server help?

Problem 9) The sum of three numbers is fifty-eight. The second number is four
more than the first number and the third number is eight more than the second
number. What are the numbers?

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Problem 10) Two case workers share an office. The first case worker has fifteen
active cases. The second case worker has twice the number of active cases. How
many active cases does the office have?

Problem 11) Nine times a number decreased by five is equal to forty-nine.

What is the number?

Problem 12) The sum of two consecutive integers is one hundred twenty-
three. Find the two numbers.

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Problem 13) A college has two depositional systems classes with a total of two
hundred thirty-seven students. One class has forty-five more students than the
other class. How many students are in each class?

Problem 14) The sum of three consecutive odd integers is fifty-seven. Find the
three numbers.

Problem 15) A baseball team played sixty-three games and won twice times as
many games as it lost. How many games did the team lose?

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Problem 16) Find two numbers whose sum is ninety-nine and whose difference
is seventy-three.

Problem 17) The sum of three consecutive even integers is one hundred
seventy-four. Find the numbers.

Problem 18) Company employees attended a year end banquet. Forty-three of

the guests ordered chicken, while twelve more of them ordered steak and nine
fewer ordered seafood. How many guests attended the banquet?

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Problem 19) The sum of three numbers is fifty-four. The second number is nine
more than the first number and the third number is three less than the second
number. What are the numbers?

Problem 20) Three taxi drivers are working at an airport. The first driver
transported seventeen passengers in one day. The second driver transported six
more passengers than the first driver, while the third driver transported two
fewer passengers than the second driver. How many passengers did the three
drivers transport?

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