Mathematics
Word Problems and Applications
Practice questions
The sum of two numbers is (21) and their product is (110). What is the smaller number?The sum of two numbers is 25 and their product is 156. What is the larger number?The product of a positive number and the number that is 3 greater than it is 180. What is the smaller number?A positive number and (5) more than it have product (204). What is the larger number?A student solved (x) questions. For each correct question, (x) marks were given and the total became (121) marks. What is (x)?A library has (x) shelves and each shelf has (x+2) books. The total number of books is (120). What is the number of shelves?In a row arrangement, there are (x) rows and (x+4) students in each row. There are (96) students in total. How many rows are there?A classroom has \(x\) benches, with \((x-1)\) students sitting on each bench. If there are 72 students in total, how many benches are there?A garden has \(x\) rows, with \((x+5)\) plants in each row. If there are 176 plants in total, how many rows are there?In an assembly, there are (x) rows and (x+3) chairs in each row. There are (154) chairs in total. What is the number of rows?The product of two consecutive positive integers is (182). What is the smaller integer?The product of two consecutive positive integers is (210). What is the larger integer?A rectangle has length (6) cm more than its breadth and area (135) square cm. What is the breadth?A rectangular board has length (11) cm more than its breadth and area (180) square cm. What is its length?A square park has an area of \(196\) square metres. What is the length of each side?A square stage has area (289) square m. What is its perimeter?Of two positive numbers, the larger number is 8 more than the smaller number, and their product is 240. What is the smaller number?A number and (9) more than it have product (340). What is the larger number?The square of a positive number is (70) more than (3) times the number. What is the number?The square of a positive number is (120) more than (2) times the number. What is the number?