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WORD PROBLEMS :SHEET 1
Q1. The sum of two numbers is 15. If the sum of their Q15. The hypotenuse of a right angled triangle is 6m
reciprocals is 3/10. Find the numbers. more than twice the shortest side. If the third side is
Q2. Divide 19 into two parts such that sum of their 2m less than the hypotenuse, find the sides of the
squares is 193. triangle.
Q3. Divide 41 into two positive parts such that Q16. The area of a right angled triangle is 600 sq. cm.
difference of their squares is 369. If the base of the triangle exceeds the altitude by 10
Q4.The product of two consecutive odd numbers is cm, find the dimensions of the triangle.
483. Find the numbers. Q17. The length of a rectangle exceeds its width by 8
Q5. Divide 16 into two parts such that twice the cm and the area of the rectangle is 240 sq. cm. Find
square of the larger part exceeds the square of the the dimensions of the rectangle.
smaller part by 164. Q18. The side of a square exceeds the side of another
Q6. The numerator of a fraction is one more than its square by 4cm. And the sum of the areas of the two
denominator. If its reciprocal is subtracted from it, squares is 400 sq. cm. Find the dimensions of the
the difference is 11/30. Find the fraction. square.
Q7. The denominator of a fraction exceeds its Q19. A rectangular field is 16m long and 10m wide.
numerator by 3. If one is added to both numerator There is a path of uniform width all around it, having
and denominator , the difference between the new an area of 120 sq.cm. Find the width of the path.
and the original fraction is 1/24. Find the original Q20. Two pipes running together can fill a cistern in
fraction. Q8. A two digit number is such that the 6 minutes. If one pipe takes 5 minutes more than the
product of the digits is 14. When 45 is added to the other to fill the cistern, find the time in which each
number, then the digits interchange their places. Find pipe would fill the cistern.
the number. Q9. A two digit number is such that Q21. The speed of a boat in still water is 11 km/h. It
the product of the digits is 18. When 63 is subtracted can go 12 Km upstream and return dowmstream to
to the number, then the digits interchange their the original point in 2 hours 45 minutes. Find the
places. Find the number. Q10. A two digit number speed of the stream.
is four times the sum of its digits and twice the Q22. Two trains leave a railway station at the same
product of its digits. Find the number. time. The first train travels due west and the second
Q11. The sum of ages of a son and his father is 35 due north. The first train travels 35 Km/h faster than
years and the product of their ages is 150. Find their the second train. If after two hours, they are 130 Km
present ages. apart, find the average speed of each train.
Q12. The age of a father is equal to the square of the Q23. An express train makes a run of 240 Km at a
age of his son. The sum of the age of the father and certain speed. Another train whose speed is 12 Km/h
five times the age of the son is 66 years. Find their less takes an hour longer to cover the same distance.
present ages. Find the speed of express train in Km/h.
Q13. The length of hypotenuse of a right triangle is Q24.The angry Arjun carried some arrows for
one unit more than twice the length of the shortest fighting with Bheeshm. With half the arrows, he cut
side and the other side is one unit less than twice the down the arrows thrown by Bheeshm on him and
length of the shortest side. Find the lengths of the with six other arrows, he killed the rath driver of
other two sides. Bheeshm. With one arrow each, he knocked down
Q14. The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 3√5 respectively the rath, flag and the bow of Bheeshm.
cm. If the smaller side is tripled and the larger side is Finally, with one more than four times the square root
doubled, the new hypotenuse will be 15 cm. Find the of arrows he laid Bheeshm unconscious of an arrow
length of each side. bed. Find the total number of arrows Arjun had.
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Q25. A shopkeeper buys a number of books for Rs times the sum of their ages. Find the present age of
80. If he had bought 4 more books for the same the father. (CBSE 2019)
amount, each book would have cost him Re 1 less. Q7. The students of a class are made to stand in
How many books did he bought? rows. If 3 students are extra in a row, there would be
Q26. A person on tour has Rs 360 for his daily 1 row less. If 3 students are less in a row, there
expenses. If he exceeds his tour by 4 days, he must would be 2 rows more. Find the number of students
cut down his daily expenses by Rs 3 per day. Find the in the class.
number of days of his tour. Q8. Find c if the system of equations cx + 3y + (3 –
Q27. In a flight of 600 Km, an aircraft was slowed c) = 0 and 12x + cy – c = 0 has infinitely many
down due to bad weather. Its average speed for trip solutions. (CBSE 2019)
was reduced by 200 Km/h and the time increased by Q9. It takes only half the pool is filled. How long
30 minutes. Find the duration of flight. would it take 12 hours to fill a swimming pool using
Q28. A piece of cloth costs Rs 200. If the piece were two pipes. If the larger pipe is used for 4 hours and
5 m longer and each metre of cloth costs Rs 2 less, the smaller pipe for 9 hours, for each pipe alone to fill
the cost of piece would have remained unchanged. the pool?
How long is piece and what is its original rate per Q10. Ankita travels 14 km to her home partly by
meter? rickshaw and partly by bus. She takes half an hour if
she travels 2 km by rickshaw and the remaining
Answers (Word Problems) Ans1. 5, 10 Ans2. 7, 12 distance by bus. On the other hand, if she travels 4
Ans3. 25, 16 Ans4.21, 23 Ans5. 10, 6 Ans6. 6/5 km by rickshaw and the remaining distance by bus,
Ans7. 5/8 Ans8. 27 Ans9. 92 Ans10. 36 Ans11. 30 she takes 9 minutes longer. Find the speed of the
years, 5 years Ans12. 36 years, 6 years Ans13. 8 rickshaw and of the bus.
units, 15 units Ans14. 3cm, 6cm Ans15. 10m, 24m,
26m Ans16. 30cm, 40cm, 50cm Ans17. 12cm, 20cm
Ans18. 12cm, 16cm Ans19. 2m Ans20. 10 min,
15 min Ans21. 5 Km/h Ans22. 25 Km/h, 60 Km/h
Ans23. 60 Km/h Ans24. 100 Ans25. 16 Ans26.
20 Ans27. 1 hour Ans28. length 20m, rate Rs 10
Q1. If 1 is added to each of the given two numbers,

then their ratio is 1:2. If 5 is subtracted from each of
the numbers, then their ratio is 5:11. Find the
numbers. Q2. The ratio of the incomes of two
persons is 9:7 and the ratio of their expenditures is
4:3. If each of them Saves Rs.200 per month, find
their monthly incomes.
Q3. A person starts his job with a certain monthly
salary and earns a fixed increment every year . If his
salary was Rs.4500 after 4 years of service and
Rs.5700 after 12 years of service, find his initial
salary and the annual increment .
Q4. Seven times a 2- digit number is equal to four
times the number obtained by reversing the order of
the digits. If the sum of both the digits is 9, find the
number.
Q5. A piece of work is done by 6 men and 5 women
in 6 days or 3 men and 4 women in 10 days. How
many days will it take for 9 men and 15 women to
finish that work?
Q6. A father’s age is three times the sum of the ages
of his two children. After 5 years, his age will be two
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WORD PROBLEMS :SHEET 1

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