Read and analyze each item carefully. Choose the letter of your answer. Show your complete solution if
necessary.
1. One number is five less than another. If their sum is 101, what is the smaller number?
A. 43 B. 45 C. 46 D.48
2. The difference between two numbers is 19. The larger number is 23 less than three times the smaller number. What is the smaller number?
A. 21 B. 22 C. 23 D.24
3. The sum of three consecutive odd numbers is 39. What is the middle number?
A. 11 B. 13 C. 15 D.17
4. I am thinking of two numbers. The larger number is 18 more than the smaller number. Two times the smaller number is 5 less than the larger number. What is the larger number?
A. 13 B. 15 C. 31 D.33
5. The length of a rectangle is three less than twice its width. If the perimeter of the rectangle is 36 units, what is its length?
A. 13 B. 12 C. 11 D.10