SOLVING WORD PROBLEMS INVOLVING QUADRATIC EQUATIONS WORKSHEET

Problem 1 :

Find two consecutive positive even integers whose squares have the sum 340.

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Problem 2 :

The sum of two squares of three consecutive natural numbers is 194. Determine the numbers.

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Problem 3 :

The product of two successive multiples of 3 is 810. Find the multiples.

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Problem 4 :

The sum of the squares of two natural numbers is 34 and sum of 5 times the smaller and 3 times the larger is 30. Find the numbers.

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Problem 5 :

Two natural numbers differ by 2 and their product is 360. Find the numbers.

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Problem 6 :

There are three consecutive positive integers such that the sum of the square of first and the product of the other two is 154. Find the integers.

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Problem 7 :

Find two consecutive natural numbers whose product is 30.

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Problem 8 :

The sum of two numbers is 60 and their product is 576. Find the numbers.

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Problem 9 :

Two positive numbers differ by 4 and their product is 192. Find the numbers.

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Problem 10 :

The sum of the number and its positive square root is 7/36. Find the number.

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Problem 11 :

The sum of two numbers is 15 and the sum of its reciprocals is 3/10. Find the numbers.

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Problem 12 :

The sum of two numbers is 60 and their product is 576. Find the numbers.

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Problem 13 :

Two positive numbers differ by 4 and their product is 192. Find the numbers.

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Problem 14 :

A two digit number is four times the sum of its digits and twice the product of the digits. Find the number.

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Problem 15 :

A two digit number such that the product of its digits is 21. When 36 is subtracted from the number the digits are interchanged. Find the number.

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Problem 16 :

A two digit number is such that the product of its digits is 12. When 36 is added to this number the digits are interchanged. Find the numbers.

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Problem 17 :

The denominator of a fraction exceeds the numerator by 5. If 3 be added to both, the fraction becomes 3/4. Find the fraction. 

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Problem 18 :

The denominator of the fraction is 5 more than its numerator. The sum of the fraction and its reciprocal is 73/24. Find the fraction.

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Problem 19 :

The denominator of the fraction is one more than twice the numerator. If the sum of the fraction and its reciprocal is 58/21, find the fraction.

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Problem 20 :

If the numerator of a fraction is increased by 2 and the denominator by 1, it becomes 1. In case, the numerator is decreased by 4 and the denominator by 2, it becomes 1/2. Find the fraction. 

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