MATH WORD

PROBLEMS
Tips in Solving Word Problems

■ Understand the problem

■ Devise a plan (what operation to use, set up relationships, translate from
English to math equations, make lists, draw and label pictures). Use any
strategy you know to organize the information into a workable format.
■ Work the plan and do the math.
■ Once done, check by substituting the answer to the question.
Tips in Solving
Word
Problems
■ Remember these
English words
Motion Problems

DISTANCE

SPEED/RATE × TIME

Speed = distance Time = distance Distance = speed x time

time speed
Motion Problems
1. Aron goes to a convenient store every week using a bicycle. If his average speed using a bicycle
is 30km/hr, how far is the convenient store if it takes him 15 minutes to go there?

D = 7.5 km

2. It took 4.5 hours from Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Philippines) to Narita Airport (Japan).
If the route of the place is around 2250 kilometers, what is its speed?

R = 500 km/h

3. Car A left Math City going to English City at an average speed of 40 kilometers per hour.  Two
hours later, Car B traveling 60 kilometers per hour leaves the same place for English City. In how
many hours, will the car B overtake Car A?

4 hours
Interest Problems
1. Mr. Reyes invested P50,000 at an interest rate of 3% per year. Identify the principal and rate of
interest. Calculate the interest earned after 1 year.

Interest earned after 1 year is P1,500

2. Ms. Gutierrez invested P60,000 at a simple interest of 4% per year for 4 years. Identify the
principal, rate of interest, and time. How much money will Ms. Gutierrez have after four years?

By the end of 4 years, her total money is P69,600

3. Danica invested here money amounting to Php150,000 in a bank that offers a 5% simple interest
every year. She went abroad and never made any deposit or withdrawal in her account. After coming
back, she immediately checked her account and found out that her money got an interest of
Php37,500. How many years was the money invested?

The money was invested for 5 years

Discount Problems

Marked price – tag price you see on items

Sale price – price you pay after the discount has been made
 
NOTE: In solving discount problems, it is a must to know how
to convert percent to decimals in order to perform the
calculation.
Discount Problems
1. A movie DVD which costs 600 is marked “25% off.” What is the discount? What is its sale price?

Discount = P150 Sale Price = 450

2. Anna shops in an international store. A t-shirt with a tag price $42 is marked “save 20%.” How
much will Anna have to pay for the t-shirt if she were to buy it?

$33.60

3. After getting a 10% discount, Nina bought a sofa for only P7,200. What was the original price of
the sofa?

P8,000
 Diagram & Graph Problems
The diagram shows a class of music
students and instruments they learn.

S = Saxophone
F = Flute

1. What is the total number of students in

the class?
a. 33
b. 22
c. 17
d. 23
e. 28
 Diagram & Graph Problems
The diagram shows a class of music
students and instruments they learn.

S = Saxophone
F = Flute

2. How many students learnt neither

saxophone nor flute?
a. 5
b. 6
c. 7
d. 10
e. None of these
 Diagram & Graph Problems
The diagram shows a class of music
students and instruments they learn.

S = Saxophone
F = Flute

3. How many students learnt just the

saxophone or the flute?
a. 12
b. 22
c. 17
d. 15
e. None of these
 Diagram & Graph Problems
The graph shows the price paid and
weight for bags of sugar bought at
different shops.

4. Which shop gave the worst value for

money?
a. Shop z
b. Shop y
c. Shop x
d. Shop w
e. Shop v
 Diagram & Graph Problems
The graph shows the price paid and
weight for bags of sugar bought at
different shops.

5. Which two shops charged the same

price per kilogram?
a. Shops z & x
b. Shops z & v
c. Shops y & z
d. Shops v & w
e. Shops x & y
 Diagram & Graph Problems
The graph shows the price paid and
weight for bags of sugar bought at
different shops.

6. At which shop would you get three

times the amount of sugar for the same
price as shop z?
a. Shop v
b. Shop x
c. Shop w
d. Shop y
e. None of these
Practice Test
1. 20% of 30% of X is 225. What is the value of X?

a. 13.5
b. 825
c. 375
d. 3750
e. 112.5
Practice Test
2. If the perimeter of a square is doubled, what happens to the
area?

a. The area is twice its original

b. The area is 4 times its original
c. The area is 6 times its original
d. The area is 8 times its original
Practice Test
3. A one fourth percent of a number is 25. What is the number?

a. 100
b. 1,000
c. 10,000
d. 100,000
Practice Test
4. Number series: 125%, 100%, 80%, 64%, __________

a. 60%
b. 50%
c. 42%
d. 52.5%
e. 51.2%
Practice Test
5. 44 is 80% of what number?

a. 50
b. 60
c. 54
d. 55
e. 70
Practice Test
6. If twice the value of a certain number is increased by 8 the
result is 40. What is the number?

a. 8
b. 16
c. 24
d. 32
e. None of the above
Practice Test
7. There are 3 numbers whose sum is 54; one number is double
and triple times greater than the other numbers, what are those
numbers?

a. 10, 20, 34
b. 9, 15, 30
c. 8,16, 30
d. 9, 18, 27
e. 7,14,21
Practice Test
8. At 6:30am, Jeany told Margarette that she found Blessy 15
and ¼ hours ago, at what time Jeany found Blessy?

a. 9:25pm
b. 6:30pm
c. 5:25pm
d. 3:25pm
e. 3:15pm
Practice Test
9. If 3 siomai cost P15, how much if Kenneth buy 12 siomais?

a. 55
b. 45
c. 65
d. 60
e. 80
Practice Test
10. What number when increased by 74 percent of itself will
equal to 80?

a. 43
b. 42
c. 44
d. 54
e. 46
Practice Test
11. Annalie took a math test and got 48 correct and 12 incorrect
answers. What was the percentage of correct answers?

a. 25%
b. 75%
c. 20%
d. 80%
e. None of the above
Practice Test
12. In a shipment of computers, 2/25 of the computers are
defective. What is the ratio of defective to non defective
computers?

a. 2/25
b. 2/23
c. 25/2
d. 23/2
e. None of the these
Practice Test
13. A company makes a profit equal to 25% of its sales. The
profit is shared equally among the 4 owners of the company. If
the company generates sales of $2,000,000 how much money
does each one of the owners get?

a. 125,000
b. 312,500
c. 500,000
d. 1,250,000
e. 375,000
Practice Test
14. A boat takes 4/5 as much time to travel downstream as to its
return. If the rate of the river’s current is 6kph, what is the rate
of the boat in still water?

a. 30kph
b. 54kph
c. 84kph
d. 60kph
e. None of these
Practice Test
15. If a car travels at 60kph, what is the distance it travels in 30
minutes?

a. 2km
b. 30km
c. 120km
d. 1,800km
e. None of these
Practice Test
16. A car travels 120 miles at a speed of 40 miles per hour and
makes a return trip at speed of 60 miles per hour. What is its
average speed, in miles per hour, of the police car?

a. 42mph
b. 44mph
c. 46mph
d. 48mph
e. None of these
Practice Test
17. Gary decided to cycle to his friend’s house at a speed of
6kph and the journey took 30 minutes. How far did Gary cycle?

a. 18km
b. 3km
c. 6km
d. 12km
e. None of these
Practice Test
18. Cassy’s father was 38 years of age when she was born while
her mother was 36 years old when her brother four years to her
was born. What is the difference between the ages of her
parents?

a. 2 years
b. 4 years
c. 6 years
d. 8 years
Practice Test
19. A mini grocery store has a sale of Php 6435, Php 6927, Php
6855, Php 7230 and Php 6562 for 5 consecutive months. How
much sale must he have in the sixth month so that he gets an
average sale of Php 6500?

a. Php 4991
b. Php 5991
c. Php 6001
d. Php 6991
Practice Test
20. Sum of all odd numbers between 60 to 120.

a. 3775
b. 3050
c. 4000
d. 2700