ALGEBRA PROBLEMS THAT MAY

COME OUT IN THE BOARD EXAM

M I X T U R E W O R D P R O B L E M S , R AT E O F W O R K
W O R D P R O B L E M S A N D PA I N T Q U A N T I T Y
PROBLEMS.
 MIXTURE WORD PROBLEMS
(2 UNKNOWNS)

Example 1.
How many gallons of pure alcohol should be added to 20
gallons of a 15% alcohol solution to obtain a mixture of 25%
alcohol?

Example 2.
How much quantity each of pure tin and iron must be added to
600 kilograms of an alloy containing 20% tin and 40% iron to
make an alloy which is 25% tin and 50% iron?
RATE OF WORK WORD PROBLEMS
 RATE OF WORK WORD PROBLEMS
( P*R*T = J) & (WORK DONE = TIME TAKEN × RATE OF WORK)

Example 1.
It takes Sara 2 hours to paint a fence and Daniel 4 hours to paint
the same fence. How long will it take to paint the fence if they
work together?

Example 2.
It takes 20 men 60 days to complete a building work. How many
days longer would it take 15 men to do the job, assuming that
they all work at the same rate?
 PAINT QUANTITY PROBLEMS
[AREA / SPREAD RATE(COVERAGE)] * NUMBER OF COATS
= TOTAL PAINT NEEDED

Example 1.
A gallon of paint will cover 640 square feet of wall space. If I plan
to paint a room whose walls measure 2,560 square feet, how many
gallons of paint will I need?

Example 2.
Jacqueline is painting a room, and she needs to know how much
paint to buy. The room is 12 ft long by 15 ft wide by 10 ft high. A 3
ft by 6 ft door is on one of the 12 ft long walls, and a 5 ft by 3 ft
window is on one of the 15 ft long walls. Each gallon of paint
covers 350 ft^2. Jacqueline plans to paint one coat on the walls
only. How much paint will she need to buy?
 QUIZ

1. Nick and Chloe have two grades of milk from their small dairy herd:
one that is 24% butterfat and another that is 18% butterfat. How much of
each should they use to end up with 42 liters of 20% butterfat?

2. John can paint a 1200 sq ft house in 10 hours and ken can paint the
same house in 8 hours. How long will it take john and ken to paint this
house together?

3. Jared wants to paint his room. The room's dimensions are 12 feet by 15
feet, and the walls are 9 feet high. Two windows measure 6 feet by 5 feet
each. There are two doors, whose dimensions are 30 inches by 6 feet each.
If a gallon of paint covers approximately 350 square feet, how many
gallons will it take to give two layers of color to the walls?