1. Juan buys a candy for 7 pesos, but he only has a 20-peso coin.
How much
change should he receive if the cashier gives him back the fewest number
of coins possible?
2. Maria has 3 ten-peso coins, 2 five-peso coins, and 4 one-peso coins. What
is the total value of Maria's coins?
3. If a vending machine only accepts 5-peso and 10-peso coins, what is the
smallest number of coins you can use to pay for an item that costs 45
pesos?
4. Carlo saves 5-peso coins in his piggy bank. If he saves 2 coins each day,
how much money will he have saved at the end of 4 weeks?
5. A group of friends collected 100 pesos in 1-peso and 5-peso coins for a
project. If they have a total of 50 coins, how many 5-peso coins do they
have?
6. Maria is twice as old as Ana. If the sum of their ages is 36 years, how old
is Maria?
7. Five years ago, a father was three times as old as his son. If the father is
40 years old now, how old is the son?
8. Lara is four years older than her brother. In 6 years, the sum of their ages
will be 40. How old is Lara now?
9. Chris is three times as old as Dan. In 5 years, Chris will be twice as old as
Dan. How old is Chris now?
10. If John can complete a task in 5 hours and Maria can complete the same
task in 3 hours, how long will it take John to complete the task if he works
alone?
11. If John can complete a task in 5 hours and Maria can complete the same
task in 3 hours, how long will it take them to complete the task if they
work together?
12. John and Maria, working together, can complete a task in 1 hour and 52
minutes. If Peter joins them, and all three working together can complete
the task in 1 hour, how long would it take Peter to complete the task
alone?
13. A pipe can fill a tank in 2 hours, while a larger pipe can fill the same tank
in 1 hour. If both pipes are opened at the same time, but the larger pipe
is opened 30 minutes after the smaller pipe, how long in total will it take
to fill the tank?
14. Alice can complete a job in 6 hours, and Bob can complete it in 4 hours.
Alice starts working on the job alone, and after 2 hours, Bob joins her.
How long will it take to complete the job from the moment Bob joins?