Joe’s rectangular garden is 6 meters long and 4
meters wide. He wishes to double the area of his
garden by increasing its length and width by the
same amount. Find the number of meters by which
each dimension must be increased.
The product of two consecutive odd integers is 1
less than four times their sum. Find the two
integers.
The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 6 more than the
shorter leg. The longer leg is three more than the
shorter leg. Find the length of the shorter leg.
A rocket carrying fireworks is launched from a
hill 80 feet above a lake. The rocket will fall into
the lake after exploding at its maximum height.
The rocket’s height above the surface of the lake
is given by the function
2 reach the ground.
h(t )=−16t +64 t+80 . How long will it
take for the rocket to reach 128 feet?
A certain number added to its square is 30. Find
the number.
The length of a rectangle is 5 inches more than
twice a number. The width is 4 inches less than
the same number. If the area of the rectangle is
15, find the number
Find two consecutive positive integers such that
the square of the first decreased by 17 equals 4
times the second.
The area of a rectangular playground enclosure at
Happy Times Nursery School is 600 sq. meters.
The length is 25 meters longer than the width.
Find the dimensions of the playground.
Find two numbers which differ by 4 and whose
product is 45.
The width of a classroom is 4 meters less than the
length. Its area is 45m2. Find the dimensions of the
classroom.
Find two consecutive numbers whose product is
156.
Collin is building a deck on the back of his house.
He has enough lumber for the deck to be 144
square feet. The length should be 10 feet more
than its width. What should the dimensions of
the deck be?
The altitude of a triangle is 5 less than its base.
The area of the triangle is 42 square inches. Find
its base and altitude.
Find three consecutive positive even integers such
that the product of the second and third integers is
twenty more than ten times the first integer.
The height, H, in feet, of an object dropped from
the top of a building after t seconds is given by
2
H (t )=−16 t +144 . Determine, algebraically,
how many seconds it will take for the object to
Find two consecutive odd integers whose product
is 99.
The ages of three family children can be
expressed as consecutive integers. The square of
the age of the youngest child is 4 more than eight
times the age of the oldest child. Find the ages of
the three children.
The length of a rectangle exceeds its width by 4
inches. Find the dimensions of the rectangle if its
area is 96 square inches.
We throw an object upward from the top of a
1200 ft tall building. The height of the object,
(measured in
feet) t seconds after we threw it is
h (t) = 16t2 + 160t + 1200. How long does it take
for the object to hit the ground?
Find two consecutive even numbers whose
product is 224.
A man is 37 years old and his son’s age is 8. How
many years ago was the product of their age 96?
The square of a certain number is 22 less than 13
times the original number. Find the number.