1. Mike's age is 5 more than 3 times Sam's age. The sum of their ages is 72. How old
are Mike and Same?

2. The difference between two numbers is 12. Find the two numbers if the larger
number is 5 times the smaller number.

3. Sue and Tom collect baseball cards.
Sue has 8 more than 4 times as many cards as
Tom. The total number of cards they both have is 276. How many cards do they
each have?