Word Problems

How many more men than women are in the room? (1) There is a total of 20 women and men in the room. (2) The number of men in the room equals the square of the number of women in the room.

Martha bought several pencils. If each pencil was either a 23 cent pencil or a 21 pencil, how many 23 cent pencils did martha buy? (1) Martha bought a total of 6 pencils (2) The total value of the pencils Martha bought was 130 cents.

A bookstore that sells used books sells each of its paperback books for a certain price and each of its hardcover books for a certain price. If Joe, Maria, and Paul bought books in this store, how much did Maria pay for 1 paperback book and 1 hardcover book? (1) Joe bought 2 paperback books and 3 hardcover books for $12.50. (2) Paul bought 4 paperback books and 6 hardcover books for $25.00.

What were the gross revenues from ticket sales for a certain film during the second week in which it was shown? (1) Gross revenues during the second week were $1.5 million less than during the first week. (2) Gross revenues during the third week were $2.0 million less than during the first week.

At the beginning of last month, a stationery store had in stock 250 writing pads, which had cost the store $0.75 each. During the same month, the store made only one purchase of writing pads. What was the total amount spent by the store on the writing pads it had in stock at the end of the month? (1) Last month the store purchased 150 writing pads for $0.80 each. (2) Last month the total revenue from the sale of writing pads was $180

In what year was Ellen born? (1) Ellen’s brother Pete, who is 1 1/2 years older than Ellen, was born in 1956. (2) In 1975 Ellen turned 18 years old.

A certain employee is paid $6 per hour for an 8-hour workday. If the employee is paid 3/2 times this rate for time worked in excess of 8 hours during a single day, how many hours did the employee work today? (1) The employee was paid $18 more for hours worked today than for hours worked yesterday. (2) Yesterday the employee worked 8 hours.

Last Friday a certain shop sold 3/4 of the sweaters in its inventory. Each sweater sold for $20. What was the total revenue last Friday from the sale of these sweaters? (1) When the shop opened last Friday, there were 160 sweaters in its inventory. (2) All but 40 sweaters in the shop’s inventory were sold last Friday.

What is the number of female employees in Company X ? (1) If Company X were to hire 14 more people and all of these people were females, the ratio of the number of male employees to the number of female employees would then be 16 to 9. (2) Company X has 105 more male employees than female employees.

If Jill's average score for three games of bowling was 168, what was her lowest score? (1) Jill's highest score was 204 (2) The sum of Jill's two highest scores was 364

How many books does Ricardo have? (1) If Ricardo had 15 fewer books, he would have only half as many as he actually has. (2) Ricardo has twice as many fiction books as nonfiction books.