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The document contains a series of mathematical problems involving integers, sums, and differences, along with their respective answers. Each problem requires solving for unknown values based on given conditions. The answers provided include specific numbers for each problem, demonstrating various arithmetic concepts.

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Word problems on algebra

The document contains a series of mathematical problems involving integers, sums, and differences, along with their respective answers. Each problem requires solving for unknown values based on given conditions. The answers provided include specific numbers for each problem, demonstrating various arithmetic concepts.

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1. Five times a number increased by seven is equal to forty-seven. What is the number?

2. The sum of two consecutive integers is sixty-five. Find the two numbers.

3. Ninety-six golf balls were picked up at the driving range and placed into two buckets. One bucket
has twenty-eight more balls than the other bucket. How many golf balls are in each bucket?

4. The sum of three consecutive integers is forty-two. Find the three numbers.

5. A basketball team played thirty-two games and won three times as many games as it lost. How
many games did the team win?

6. Find two numbers whose sum is sixty-eight and whose di erence is twenty-two.

7. The sum of two consecutive even integers is ninety-four. Find the numbers.

8. One hundred sixty-two guests attended a banquet. Three servers provided their beverages. The
first server helped three times as many people as the second server and the third server helped
twice as many people as the first server. How many guests did each server help?

9. The sum of three numbers is fifty-eight. The second number is four more than the first number and
the third number is eight more than the second number. What are the numbers?

10. Two case workers share an o ice. The first case worker has fifteen active cases. The second case
worker has twice the number of active cases. How many active cases does the o ice have?
11. Nine times a number decreased by five is equal to forty-nine. What is the number?

12. The sum of two consecutive integers is one hundred twenty three. Find the two numbers.

13. A college has two depositional systems classes with a total of two hundred thirty-seven students.
One class has forty-five more students than the other class. How many students are in each
class?

14. The sum of three consecutive odd integers is fifty-seven. Find the three numbers.

15. A baseball team played sixty-three games and won twice times as many games as it lost. How
many games did the team lose?

16. Find two numbers whose sum is ninety-nine and whose di erence is seventy-three.

17. The sum of three consecutive even integers is one hundred seventy-four. Find the numbers.

18. Company employees attended a year end banquet. Forty-three of the guests ordered chicken,
while twelve more of them ordered steak and nine fewer ordered seafood. How many guests
attended the banquet?

19. The sum of three numbers is fifty-four. The second number is nine more than the first number and
the third number is three less than the second number. What are the numbers?
20. Three taxi drivers are working at an airport. The first driver transported seventeen passengers in
one day. The second driver transported six more passengers than the first driver, while the third
driver transported two fewer passengers than the second driver. How many passengers did the
three drivers transport?

Answers:
1. 8
2. 32,33
3. 34, 62
4. 13,14,15
5. 24
6. 23,45
7. 46,48
8. 27,81,54
9. 14, 18, 26
10. 45
11. 6
12. 61, 62
13. 96, 141
14. 17, 19, 21
15. 21
16. 13, 86
17. 56, 58, 60
18. 132
19. 13, 22, 19
20. 61

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