PRACTICE QUESTIONS

CLASS X : CHAPTER – 3
PAIR OF LINEAR EQUATIONS IN TWO VARIABLES WORD
PROBLEMS

I. NUMBER BASED QUESTIONS SIMPLE PROBLEMS

1. The sum of two numbers is 137 and their difference is 43. Find the
numbers.
2. The sum of thrice the first and the second is 142 and four times the first
exceeds the second by 138, then find the numbers.
3. Sum of two numbers is 50 and their difference is 10, then find the numbers.
4. The sum of twice the first and thrice the second is 92 and four times the
first exceeds seven times the second by 2, then find the numbers.
5. The sum of two numbers is 1000 and the difference between their squares
is 25600, then find the numbers.
6. The difference between two numbers is 14 and the difference between their
squares is 448, then find the numbers.

TWO-DIGIT PROBLEMS

1. The sum of the digits of a two digit number is 12. The number obtained by
interchanging the two digits exceeds the given number by 18. Find the
number.
2. Seven times a two-digit number is equal to four times the number obtained
by reversing the order of its digit. If the difference between the digits is 3,
then find the number.
3. The sum of the digits of a two digit number is 9. Also, nine times this
number is twice the number obtained by reversing the order of the digits.
Find the number.
4. The sum of the digits of a two digit number is 9. If 27 is added to it, the
digits of the numbers get reversed. Find the number.
5. The sum of a two-digit number and the number obtained by reversing the
digits is 66. If the digits of the number differ by 2, find the number. How
many such numbers are there?
6. A two-digit number is 4 more than 6 times the sum of its digit. If 18 is
subtracted from the number, the digits are reversed. Find the number.
7. The sum of a two-digit number and the number obtained by reversing the
digits is 99. If the digits differ by 3, find the number.
8. The sum of a two-digit number and the number formed by interchanging its
digit is 110. If 10 is subtracted from the original number, the new number is
4 more than 5 times the sum of the digits of the original number. Find the
original number.
9. A two-digit number is 3 more than 4 times the sum of its digit. If 18 is added
to the number, the digits are reversed. Find the number.
10. The sum of the digits of a two digit number is 15. The number obtained by
interchanging the two digits exceeds the given number by 9. Find the
number.

FRACTION PROBLEMS
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1. A fraction becomes 11
, if 2 is added to both the numerator and the
denominator. If 3 is added to both the numerator and the denominator it
5
becomes 6
. Find the fraction.
2. The sum of the numerator and denominator of a fraction is 12. If the
1
denominator is increased by 3 then the fraction becomes 2
. Find the
fraction.
3. If 1 is added to both the numerator and denominator of a given fraction,
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it becomes 5
. If however 5 is subtracted from both numerator and
1
denominator, the fraction becomes 2
. Find the fraction.

4. In a given fraction, if the numerator is multiplied by 2 and the

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denominator is reduced by 5, we get 5
. But if the numerator of the given
2
fraction is increased by 8 and the denominator is doubled, we get 5
. Find
the fraction.

5. The denominator of a fraction is greater than the numerator by 11. If 8 is

1
added to both its numerator and denominator, it reduces to 3
. Find the
fraction.
II. AGE RELATED QUESTIONS

1. Ten years hence, a man’s age will be twice the age of his son. Ten years
ago, the man was four times as old as his son. Find their present ages.
2. A man’s age is three times the sum of the ages of his two sons. After 5
years his age will be twice the sum of the ages of his two sons. Find the
age of the man.
3. If twice the son’s age in years is added to the mother’s age, the sum is 70
years. But if twice the mother’s age is added to the son’s age, the sum is 95
years. Find the age of the mother and her son.
4. Five years ago Nuri was thrice old as Sonu. Ten years later, Nuri will be
twice as old as Sonu. Find the present age of Nuri and Sonu.
5. The present age of a woman is 3 years more than three times the age of her
daughter. Three years hence, the woman’s age will be 10 years more than
twice the age of her daughter. Find their present ages.
5. Two years ago, a man was 5 times as old as his son. Two years later his
age will be 8 more than three times the age of his son. Find the present
ages of the man and his son.
6. I am three times as old as my son. Five years later, I shall be two and a half
times as old as my son. How old am I and how old is my son?
7. A and B are friends and their ages differ by 2 years. A’s father D is twice as
old as A and B is twice as old as his sister C. The age of D and C differ by
40 years. Find the ages of A and B.
8. The ages of two friends Ani and Biju differ by 3 years. Ani’s father Dharam
is twice as old as Ani and Biju is twice as old as his sister Cathy. The ages
of Cathy and Dharam differ by 30 years. Find the ages of Ani and Biju.
9. Five years hence, the age of Jacob will be three times that of his son. Five
years ago, Jacob’s age was seven times that of his son. What are their
present ages?
10. A father is three times as old as his son. In 12 years time, he will be twice
as old as his son. Find their present ages.

III. SPEED, DISTANCE AND TIME RELATED QUESTIONS

1. A boat goes 30 km upstream and 44 km downstream in 10 hours. In 13

hours, it can go 40 km upstream and 55 km down-stream. Determine the
speed of the stream and that of the boat in still water.
2. Places A and B are 100 km apart on a highway. One car starts from A and
another from B at the same time. If the cars travel in the same direction at
 different speeds, they meet in 5 hours. If they travel towards each other,
they meet in 1 hour. What are the speeds of the two cars?
3. Points A and B are 90 km apart from each other on a highway. A car starts
from A and another from B at the same time. If they go in the same
direction they meet in 9 hours and if they go in
opposite directions they meet in 9 hours. Find their speeds. 4
4. A train covered a certain distance at a uniform speed. If the train would
have been 10 km/h faster, it would have taken 2 hours less than the
scheduled time. And, if the train were slower by 10 km/h; it would have
taken 3 hours more than the scheduled time. Find the distance covered by
the train.
5. Ritu can row downstream 20 km in 2 hours, and upstream 4 km in 2 hours.
Find her speed of rowing in still water and the speed of the current.
6. Roohi travels 300 km to her home partly by train and partly by bus. She
takes 4 hours if she travels 60 km by train and the remaining by bus. If she
travels 100 km by train and the remaining by bus, she takes 10 minutes
longer. Find the speed of the train and the bus separately.
7. A boat goes 30 km upstream and 44 km downstream in 10 hours. In 13
hours, it can go 40 km upstream and 55 km down-stream. Determine the
speed of the stream and that of the boat in still water.
8. A man travels 370 km partly by train and partly by car. If he covers 250 km
by train and the rest by car, it takes him 4 hours. But if he travels 130 km by
train and the rest by car, he takes 18 minutes longer. Find the speed of the
train and that of the car.
9. A boat covers 32 km upstream and 36 km downstream in 7 hours. In 9
hours, it can cover 40 km upstream and 48 km down-stream. Find the
speed of the stream and that of the boat in still water.
10. Two places A and B are 120 km apart on a highway. A car starts from A and
another from B at the same time. If the cars move in the same direction at
different speeds, they meet in 6 hours. If they travel towards each other,
they meet in 1 hours 12 minutes. Find the speeds of the two cars.

IV. GEOMETRICAL FIGURES RELATED QUESTIONS

1. The area of a rectangle gets reduced by 9 square units, if its length is

reduced by 5 units and breadth is increased by 3 units. If we increase the
length by 3 units and the breadth by 2 units, the area increases by 67
square units. Find the dimensions of the rectangle.
2. The length of a room exceeds its breadth by 3 metres. If the length is
increased by 3 metres and the breadth is decreased by 2 metres, the area
remains the same. Find the length and the breadth of the room.
 3. The area of a rectangle gets reduced by 8m2, if its length is reduced by 5m
and breadth is increased by 3m. If we increase the length by 3m and the
breadth by 2m, the area increases by
2
74m . Find the length and the breadth of the rectangle.
4. In a triangle ABC, C = 3B = 2(A + B). Find the angles.
5. Find the four angles of a cyclic quadrilateral ABCD in which A = (2x – 1),

B = (y + 5), C=(2y+15) and D=(4x–7) .

6. The area of a rectangle remains the same if the length is increased by 7m

and the breadth is decreased by 3m. The area remains unaffected if the
length is decreased by 7m and the breadth is increased by 5m. Find the
dimensions of the rectangle.
7. The larger of two supplementary angles exceeds the smaller by 18 degrees.
Find them.
8. InaABC,A=x,B=(3x–2),C=y. Also,C–B=9. Find The Three Angles.
9. Half the perimeter of a rectangular garden, whose length is 4 m more than
its width, is 36 m. Find the dimensions of the garden.
10. ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. Find the angles of the cyclic quadrilateral.

V. TIME AND WORK RELATED QUESTIONS

1. 2menand7boyscandoapieceofworkin4days.Thesameworkisdonein3daysby4
men and 4 boys. How long would it take one man and one boy to do it
alone?
 2. 2 women and 5 men can together finish an embroidery work in 4 days,
while 3 women and 6 men can finish it in 3 days. Find the time taken by 1
woman alone to finish the work, and also that taken by 1 man alone.
3. 8menand12boyscanfinishapieceofworkin10dayswhile6menand8boysfinishit
in14 days. Find the time taken by one man alone and by one boy alone to
finish the work.
4. 8menand12boyscanfinishapieceofworkin5dayswhile6menand8boysfinishiti
n7 days. Find the time taken by 1 man alone and by 1 boy alone to finish
the work.
5. 2menand5boyscandoapieceofworkin4days.Thesameworkisdoneby3menan
d6boys in 3 days. . Find the time taken by 1 man alone and by 1 boy alone
to finish the work.

VI. REASONING BASED QUESTIONS

1. One says, “Give me a hundred, friend! I shall then become twice as rich as
you”. The other replies, “If you give me ten, I shall be six times as rich as
you”. Tell me what is the amount of their (respective) capital?
2. The students of a class are made to stand in rows. If 3 students are extra in
a row, there would be 1 row less. If 3 students are less in a row, there would
be 2 rows more. Find the number of students in the class.
3. Yash scored 40 marks in a test, getting 3 marks for each right answer and
losing 1 mark for each wrong answer. Had 4 marks been awarded for each
correct answer and 2 marks been deducted for each incorrect answer, then
Yash would have scored 50 marks. How many questions were there in the
test?
4. A part of monthly hostel charges is fixed and the remaining depends on the
number of days one has taken food in the mess. When a student A takes
food for 20 days she has to pay Rs 1000 as hostel charges whereas a
student B, who takes food for 26 days, pays Rs 1180 as hostel charges.
Find the fixed charges and the cost of food per day.
5. From a bus stand in Bangalore , if we buy 2 tickets to Malleswaram and 3
tickets to Yeshwanthpur, the total cost is Rs 46; but if we buy 3 tickets to
Malleswaram and 5 tickets to Yeshwanthpur the total cost is Rs 74. Find the
fares from the bus stand to Malleswaram, and to Yeshwanthpur.
6. The cost of 5 oranges and 3 apples is Rs 35 and the cost of 2 oranges and
4 apples is Rs 28. Find the cost of an orange and an apple.
7. A lending library has a fixed charge for the first three days and an
additional charge for each day thereafter. Saritha paid Rs 27 for a book kept
for seven days, while Susy paid Rs 21 for the book she kept for five days.
Find the fixed charge and the charge for each extra day.
8. Meena went to a bank to withdraw Rs 2000. She asked the cashier to give
her Rs 50 and Rs 100 notes only. Meena got 25 notes in all. Find how many
notes of Rs 50 and Rs 100 she received.
9. The ratio of incomes of two persons is 9 : 7 and the ratio of their
expenditures is 4 : 3. If each of them manages to save Rs 2000 per month,
find their monthly incomes.
10. The taxi charges in a city consist of a fixed charge together with the charge
for the distance covered. For a distance of 10 km, the charge paid is Rs 105
and for a journey of 15 km, the charge paid is Rs 155. What are the fixed
charges and the charge per km? How much does a person have to pay for
travelling a distance of 25 km?
11. The coach of a cricket team buys 7 bats and 6 balls for Rs 3800. Later, she
buys 3 bats and 5 balls for Rs 1750. Find the cost of each bat and each ball.
12. The cost of 2 pencils and 3 erasers is Rs 9 and the cost of 4 pencils and 6
erasers is Rs 18. Find the cost of each pencil and each eraser.
13. 5 pencils and 7 pens together cost Rs 50, whereas 7 pencils and 5 pens
together cost Rs 46. Find the cost of one pencil and that of one pen.
14. The students of a class are made to stand in rows. If 4 students are extra in
a row, there would be 2 rows less. If 4 students are less in a row, there
would be 4 rows more. Find the number of students in the class.
15. A and B each have some money. If A gives Rs. 30 to B then B will have
twice the money left with A. But if B gives Rs. 10 to A then A will have
thrice as much as is left with B. How much money does each have?