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Aaron is 5 years younger than Ron. Four years later, Ron will be twice as old as Aaron. Find their present ages.
Ron = 6 and aaron= 1
The cost of 4 apples and 5 pears is $23 and the cost of 3 apples and 7 pears is $27. Find the cost of 1 apple and the cost of 1 pear.
The cost of 1 apple is $2
The cost of 1 pear is $3.
Lollies cost $x per pack and ice-cream costs $y per cup.
One pack of lollies and 2 cups of ice cream cost $8.
3 packs of biscuits and 1 cup of ice cream cost $9. Find the cost of 1 pack of lollies and 1 cup of ice- cream.
1 pack of lollies cost $2
1 cup of ice cream cost $3
If twice the age of son is added to age of father, the sum is 56. But if twice the age of the father is added to the age of son, the sum is 82. Find the ages of father and son.
father = 36
son = 10
The sum of two books and a pencil is £6.00. The difference of cost between 3 books and 2 pencils is £2.00. Find the cost of a book and a pencil.
Let the cost of a book be x and that of a pencil be y.
x= 2 y=2
The cost of 3 DVDs and 4 CDs is £62.00. The cost of 4 DVDs and 3 CDs is £64.00. Find the cost of each
10,8
The sum of twice the cost of a box biscuits and the cost of a box chocolates is £8.00. The difference between the cost of box of chocolates and the box of biscuits is £1.00. Find the cost of each.
Let the cost of the box chocolates and the box of biscuits be y and x
x=2 y=3
Andre has more money than Bob. If Andre gave Bob $20, they would have the same amount. While if Bob gave Andre $22, Andre would then have twice as much as Bob. How much does each one actually have?
bob= 106 andre=146
Mr. Lenin invests some amount in deposit A and some amount in deposit B. The total money invested is $2500. He gets 10% income on deposit A and 20% income on deposit B. If the total income earned be $380, find the amount invested in A and B separately
x=1200 y=1300
If I double a number and add three times a second number, the answer is 1. If I multiply the first number by 3 and take away twice the second number, the answer is 8. Find the numbers.
Let the numbers be x and y.
x=2 y=-1
If 3/5 ᵗʰ of a number is 4 more than 1/2 the number, then what is the number?
x = 40
Twice a number equals 5 times the same number plus 18. Which is the number?
x = -6
My mother is 12 years more than twice my age. After 8 years, my mother’s age will be 20 years less than three times my age. Find my age and my mother’s age
daughter = 16
mother = 44
The length of the rectangle exceeds its breadth by 3 cm. If the length and breadth are each increased by 2 cm, then the area of new rectangle will be 70 sq. cm more than that of the given rectangle. Find the length and breadth of the given rectangle.
(breadth is used to describe the distance from the right side to the left side of a shape)
length = 18 m, breadth = 15 m
Edward makes his own lolly bags to give away at a party. He mixes jelly fruits costing $9 per kilogram and chocolate buttons costing $12 per kilogram. How many kilograms of each lolly does Edward mix if he produces 15kg of lolly bags costing $11.20 per kilogram?
c=11 and j=4