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Math Word Problems: Mixtures & Investments

This document contains 12 word problems involving mixtures, investments, geometry, and proportions. The problems require calculating quantities, dimensions, percentages, and amounts given certain conditions. They must be solved using equations, ratios, and multi-step logic.

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Math Word Problems: Mixtures & Investments

This document contains 12 word problems involving mixtures, investments, geometry, and proportions. The problems require calculating quantities, dimensions, percentages, and amounts given certain conditions. They must be solved using equations, ratios, and multi-step logic.

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WORD PROBLEMS:

1. How many gallons of a 20% antifreeze solution and a 10% antifreeze


solution must be mixed to obtain 40 gallons of a 16% antifreeze solution?

2. A bulk store has two types of mixed nuts: One is 60% peanuts, and the
other is 35% peanuts. How many pounds of each type should be mixed to
get 8 pounds of a mixture that is 50% peanuts?

3. How many liters of a mixture containing 80% alcohol should be added to 5


liters of a 20% solution to yield a 30% solution?

4. A chemical storeroom has a 90% acid solution and a 40% acid solution. How
many centiliters of the 90% solution should be added to 50 centiliters of the
40% solution to yield a 50% solution?

5. Shana invests some money in an account that earns 5% simple interest and
three times that amount in an account that earns 7% simple interest. If the
total interest is $390 at the end of one year, find the amount invested in
each account.
6. Fran invested $700 in two funds that pay 6% and 5.5% annual interest.
Fran’s combined annual interest is $40.50. How much of the $700 was
invested in each fund?

7. Aaron invests $9,700 in two different accounts. The first account paid 7%,
the second account paid 11% in interest. At the end of the first year he had
earned $863 in interest. How much was in each account?

8. Find the dimensions of a rectangle with a perimeter of 54 meters, if its


length is 3 meters less than twice its width.

9. A rectangle 24 meters long has the same area as a square that is 12 meters
on a side. What are the dimensions of the rectangle?

10. Find the perimeter of a triangle if one side is 16 feet, another side is
two-sevenths the perimeter, and the third side is one-third the perimeter.

11. There are 356 Grade 8 students at Euclid’s Middle School. Thirty-four
more than four times the number of girls is equal to half the number of
boys. How many boys are in Grade 8 at Euclid’s Middle School? How many
girls?

12. A piece of string is 112 inches long. Isabel wants to cut it into 2 pieces
so that one piece is three times as long as the other. How long is each
piece?

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