1.John’s age is 12 more than 2 times Sam’s age. The sum of their ages is 65. How old are John and Sam?
2.The difference between two numbers is 28. Find the two numbers if the larger number is 3 times the smaller number.
3.Mary and Jim collect baseball cards. Mary has five more than three times as many cards as Jim. The total number of cards they both have is 147. How many cards do they each have?
