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5 problems for High school · Equations

Collections of contextualised math word problems on ready-to-print worksheets.

Level
High school
Problems
5
Method
Equations
Language
English

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  1. A community hall charges £18 for booking plus £6 per attendee; if organisers paid £90, how many attendees were included?
  2. At a wildlife centre, 26 visitors bought either an adult ticket for £12 or a youth ticket for £7. Ticket sales totalled £237; how many adult tickets and youth tickets were sold?
  3. A bicycle hire shop charges a fixed fee of £9, and a four-hour hire costs £23 in total. Assuming a constant hourly charge, what is the total cost of a seven-hour hire?
  4. A rectangular allotment is 7 metres longer than it is wide, and its perimeter is 62 metres. What is its width?
  5. A café adds a 15% service charge to a group booking, producing a final bill of £69; what was the booking cost beforehand?
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