How would you a solve a problem like this? Though it’s simple, I don’t know where to start.  One number exceeds a number by 4. The sum of the number is 10. What are the numbers?

A city planner wants to build a bridge across a lake in a park. To find the length of the bridge, he makes a right triangle with one leg and the hypotenuse on land and the bridge as the other leg. The length of the hypotenuse is 340 feet and the leg is 160 feet. Find the length of the bridge.

One number is six more than another. The sum of the numbers is twenty-four. Find the numbers.

The perimeter of a rectangle is 40. The length is 4 more than the width. Find the length and width of the rectangle.

One number is three more than three times another. Their sum is 5 . Find the numbers.

Ken and Joe leave their apartment to go to a football game 45 miles away. Ken drives his car 30 mph faster Joe can ride his bike. If it takes Joe 2 hours longer than Ken to get to the game, what is Joe’s speed?

The perimeter of a rectangle is 58. The length is 5 more than three times the width. Find the length and width of the rectangle.

One side of a triangle is seven inches more than the first side. The third side is four inches less than three times the first. The perimeter is 28 inches. Find the length of the three sides of the triangle.

Danica can sail her boat 5 miles into a 7 mph headwind in the same amount of time she can sail 12 miles with a 7 mph tailwind. What is the speed of Danica’s boat without a wind?

Dana enjoys taking her dog for a walk, but sometimes her dog gets away and she has to run after him. Dana walked her dog for 7 miles but then had to run for 1 mile, spending a total time of 2.5 hours with her dog. Her running speed was 3 mph faster than her walking speed. Find her walking speed.