Practice Exercises

1. The ratio of boys to girls in a class is 3:5. If there are 24 boys, how many students are there in total?
2. Ana, Ben, and Carl share ₱4,500 in the ratio 2:3:5. How much does Ben receive?
3. If 6 workers can complete a task in 12 days, how many days will it take 9 workers to complete the same task?
4. A map uses a scale of 1:500,000. If the distance between two cities on the map is 3 cm, what is the actual
distance in kilometers?
5. A product originally priced at ₱1,500 is increased by 20%. What is the new price?
6. A store offers a 15% discount on an item originally priced at ₱2,000. What is the final price after
7. A businessman invested ₱50,000 in a business. After a year, his money grew to ₱62,500. What was the
percentage increase in his investment?
8. A town’s population increased from 120,000 to 144,000 in one year. What was the percentage increase?
9. A solution contains 40% salt. If you have 500 mL of this solution, how many milliliters of salt are present?
10. A faucet can fill a tank in 4 hours, and another faucet can fill the same tank in 6 hours. If both faucets are
turned on at the same time, how long will it take to fill the tank?
11. Two workers can complete a task in 10 days. If a third worker joins them, they finish it in 6 days. How long
would it take the third worker alone to finish the job?
12. If 7 workers can build a house in 21 days, how long will it take 14 workers to build the same house?
13. A water pump can fill a tank in 4 hours, while another pump can fill it in 6 hours. How long will it take both
pumps working together to fill the tank?
14. If 8 men can finish a job in 16 days, but after 6 days, 2 men leave the job, how many more days will the
remaining workers take to complete it?
15. A leak in a tank can empty it in 10 hours, but a pipe can fill it in 6 hours. If both are open, how long will it take
to fill the tank?
16. The ratio of apples to oranges in a basket is 3:5. If there are 40 oranges, how many apples are there?
17. A recipe calls for flour and sugar in a 2:3 ratio. If you use 12 cups of flour, how much sugar should you use?
18. If 6 cans of paint can cover 120 square meters, how many cans are needed to cover 300 square meters?
19. The sum of two numbers is 180, and their ratio is 2:3. What is the smaller number?
20. A train travels 360 km in 4 hours. At the same speed, how far can it travel in 7 hours?
Lesson: Translating Word Problems into Algebraic Expressions

What is Translation in Algebra?

Translation in algebra means converting word problems or verbal expressions into mathematical symbols and
expressions. This is useful in solving real-life problems mathematically.

Common Keywords for Translation

Words/Phrases Mathematical Symbol/Operation

Sum, increased by, more than Addition (+)

Difference, decreased by, less than Subtraction (-)

Product, times, multiplied by Multiplication (×)

Quotient, divided by, per Division (÷)

Is, results in, equals Equals (=)

Twice, triple, half Multiplication (e.g., 2x, 3x, x/2)

A number A variable (e.g., x, n)

Examples of Translation

1. "Five more than a number is twelve."

o Let the unknown number be x.

o Expression: x + 5 = 12

2. "Twice a number decreased by four is ten."

o Expression: 2x - 4 = 10

3. "The quotient of a number and three is equal to seven."

o Expression: x/3 = 7

Practice Exercises: Translating English Statements into Algebraic Expressions

Translate the following word problems into algebraic expressions or equations.

1. The sum of twice a number and 7 is 25.

2. Five less than a number is 12.

3. The product of a number and 4 is 28.

4. A number divided by 5 is equal to 6.

5. Three more than half a number is 9.

6. Four times a number is at most 40.

7. The difference between a number and 10 is 18.

8. The quotient of a number and 8 is 3.

9. A number is at least 50.

10. Twice a number decreased by 11 is equal to 21.

12. A number decreased by 7 is at most 20.

13. The sum of a number and 12 is equal to 37.

14. Triple a number is 27.

15. Five times a number is less than 100.

16. A number plus 8 is at least 15.

17. The square of a number is 49.

18. The sum of a number and its double is 36.

19. Four more than the quotient of a number and 2 is equal to 10.

20. The sum of three times a number and twice another number is 45.

21. The difference between the squares of two consecutive even numbers is 20.

22. If five times a number is subtracted from twice the square of the number, the result is 36.

23. The sum of a number and its reciprocal is 13/6.

24. If the difference between twice a number and 7 is divided by 3, the result is equal to the sum of the number
and 5.

25. The sum of the ages of a father and son is 52. If the father is four times as old as the son, how old is each?