Math:

1. The distance from Birmingham to Swansea is 155km. Nitesh drove

from Birmingham to Swansea in 2 1/2 hours. Work out Nitesh’s
average speed for this journey.
2. The distance from Glasgow to Liverpool is 348km. Susan drove from
Glasgow to Liverpool at an average speed of 40km/h. Work out the
time, in hours and minutes, her journey took.
3. The distance from Glasgow to Liverpool is 348km. Susan drove from
Glasgow to Liverpool at an average speed of 40km/h. Work out the
time, in hours and minutes, her journey took.
4. A pilot flew from airport A to airport B at a rate of 100 km/hr and flew
back from airport B to airport A at 120 km/hr. The total time it took
was 11 hours. How far is it from airport A to airport B?
5. Ben is ten years older than Fred. Next year, Bob will be twice as old as
Fred, How old is Fred now?
6. In a talent show there were three contestants taking part and 312 people
voting. The winner has 43 more votes than the 2nd placed person and
twice the number of votes as the 3rd placed person. How many votes
did the winner receive?
7. Bill enters a 30 km race. He runs the first 20 km at a speed of x km per
hour and the last 10 km at (x - 5) kph. His total time for the race was 4
hours. What are his speeds for the two parts of the run?
8. Three consecutive integers add to give 105. What are they?
9. A mother is three times as old as her daughter. Six years ago, the
mother’s age was six tines that of her daughter. How old are they now?
10. A total of $6000 was invested, a portion at 6% and the remainder
at 8%. The total amount of interest earned was $450. How much was
invested at each rate?
11. A sum of $4000 is to be invested in 2 portions, on at 4%, the
other at 6%. If the interest earned with the portion at 4% exceeds the
interest earned by the portion at 6% by $40, how much is invested at
each rate?
12. Abby has $600 which she divides between two savings accounts.
One account earns 5% simple interest, which the other earns 3% simple
 interest. If she earns $25 in interest total, how much did she earn from
each account?
13. $8,000 is invested, part at 15% and part at 12%. If the annual
income from the 15% investment exceeds the income from the 12%
investment by $66, how much is invested at each rate?
14. James has 2 investment accounts. One pays 6% and the other
pays 10%. He has $1000 more in the 10% account than he has in the
6% account. The interest from the 10% account exceeds the interest
from the 6% account by $260 each year. How much is in each account?
15. Nazrat is 4 years older than Unaima. 2 years ago, Nazrat was 5
times as old as Unaima. How old is Nazrat today?
16. Sally is 4 years older than John. 8 years ago, sally was twice as
old than John. What are the ages of Sally and John?
17. A bus and a car leave the same place and traveled in opposite
directions. If the bus is traveling at 50 mph and the car is traveling at 55
mph, in how many hours will they be 210 miles apart?
18. The speed of a boat in still water is 10 mph. It travels 24 miles
upstream and 24 miles downstream in 5 hours. What is the speed of the
current?
19. Two joggers start from opposite ends of an 8 mile course running
towards each other. One jogger is running at a rate of 4 mph. The other
is running at a rate of 6 mph. After how long will the joggers meet?
20. Bob and Fred start from the same point and walk in opposite
directions. Bob walks 2 mph faster than Fred. After 3 hours they are 30
miles apart. How fast does each walk?
21. Two private jets start from Chicago and travel in opposite
directions. The speed of the first jet is ten less than two times the speed
of the second jet. In 3 hours they are 105 miles apart. Find the speed of
each jet.
22. Lea left home and drove toward the ferry office at an average
speed of 22 km/h. Trevon left at the same time and drove in the
opposite direction with an average speed of 43 km/h. How long does
Trevon need to drive before they are 65 km apart?
 23. A 555-mile, 5-hour trip on the Autobahn was driven at two
speeds. The average speed of the car was 105 mph on the first part of
the trip, and the average speed was 115 mph for the second part. How
long did the car drive at each speed?
24. $7,000 is divided into two bank accounts. One account pays 10%
simple interest per year and the other pays 5%. After three years there
is a total of $1451.25 in interest between the two accounts. How much
was invested into each account
25. Pam invested $5000. She earned 14% on part of her investment
and 6% on the rest. If she earned a total of $396 in interest for the year,
how much did she invest at each rate?
Venn Diagram
1. 150 college freshmen were interviewed.
85 were registered for a math class,
70 were registered for an English class,
50 were registered for both Math and English.
a) How many signed up only for a Math Class?
b) How many signed up only for an English Class?
c) How many signed up for Math or English?
d) How many signed up neither for Math nor English?

2. 100 students were interviewed.

28 took PE, 31 took BIO, 42 took ENG, 9 took PE and BIO, 10 took
PE and ENG, 6 took BIO and ENG, 4 took all three subjects.
a) How many students took none of the three subjects?
b) How many students took PE but not BIO or ENG?
c) How many students took BIO and PE but not ENG?

3. 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?
4. In a class of 30 students, 19 are studying French, 12 are studying
Spanish and 7 are studying both French and Spanish. How many
students are not taking any foreign languages?

5. In a group of 100 customers at Big Red's Pizza Emporium, 80 of them

ordered mushrooms on their pizza and 72 of them ordered pepperoni.
60 customers ordered both mushrooms and pepperoni on their pizza. a.
How many customers ordered mushrooms but no pepperoni? b. How
many customers ordered pepperoni but no mushrooms? c. How many
customers ordered neither of these two toppings?

6. At Dan’s Automotive Shop, 50 cars were inspected. 23 of the cars

needed new brakes, 34 needed new exhaust systems, and 6 cars needed
neither repair. a. How many cars needed both repairs? b. How many
cars needed new brakes, but not a new exhaust system?

7. 3: A survey of 85 students asked them about the subjects they liked to

study. Thirty-five students liked math, 37 liked history, and 26 liked
physics. Twenty liked math and history, 14 liked math and physics, and
3 liked history and physics. Two students liked all three subjects. a.
How many of these students like math or physics? b. How many of
these students didn’t like any of the three subjects? c. How many of
these students liked math and history but not physics?