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Quantitative aptitude lesson 28: Word problems with equations · Set 149 · 40 questions
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The method (Let it be x): Let x be the thing asked for. Write the other amounts using x. Turn the story into one equation. Open brackets, collect x on one side and numbers on the other, then divide. Check: put x back into the story.

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  1. 1.Meera has 29 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹79 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  2. 2.Solve for x: 8(x + 1) = 3x + 88. What is x?
  3. 3.3 × ? + 17 = 92
  4. 4.A pen costs ₹13 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹136 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  5. 5.A pen costs ₹9 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 4 pencils cost ₹138 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  6. 6.The length of a rectangle is 2 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 60 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  7. 7.2 × ? + 10 = 20
  8. 8.The length of a rectangle is 14 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 68 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  9. 9.6 × ? − 25 = 17
  10. 10.3 × ? + 2 = 14
  11. 11.5 × ? − 22 = 53
  12. 12.10 × ? + 3 = 23
  13. 13.Solve for x: 4(x + 5) = 2x + 30. What is x?
  14. 14.I think of a number, multiply it by 5 and then take away 3. The answer is 112. What is my number?
  15. 15.The length of a rectangle is 11 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 94 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  16. 16.6 × ? + 3 = 51
  17. 17.A pen costs ₹7 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 7 pencils cost ₹185 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  18. 18.Sneha has 10 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹23 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  19. 19.A pen costs ₹8 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹132 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  20. 20.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then take away 23. The answer is 47. What is my number?
  21. 21.A pen costs ₹8 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 4 pencils cost ₹56 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  22. 22.Solve for x: 5(x + 5) = x + 29. What is x?
  23. 23.Solve for x: 5(x + 2) = 3x + 46. What is x?
  24. 24.A pen costs ₹13 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 8 pencils cost ₹106 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  25. 25.Solve for x: 7(x + 6) = 5x + 78. What is x?
  26. 26.Solve for x: 6(x + 5) = 4x + 68. What is x?
  27. 27.A pen costs ₹2 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 4 pencils cost ₹142 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  28. 28.Solve for x: 4(x + 1) = 2x + 22. What is x?
  29. 29.I think of a number, multiply it by 9 and then take away 10. The answer is 242. What is my number?
  30. 30.A pen costs ₹14 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 4 pencils cost ₹124 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  31. 31.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then take away 38. The answer is 70. What is my number?
  32. 32.Solve for x: 4(x + 1) = x + 58. What is x?
  33. 33.The length of a rectangle is 2 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 44 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  34. 34.The length of a rectangle is 13 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 106 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  35. 35.Solve for x: 4(x + 7) = x + 64. What is x?
  36. 36.Kabir has 21 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹78 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  37. 37.A pen costs ₹8 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 8 pencils cost ₹56 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  38. 38.Ananya has 9 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹33 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  39. 39.Solve for x: 4(x + 2) = 3x + 22. What is x?
  40. 40.The length of a rectangle is 4 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 36 m. What is its breadth (in m)?

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. 16
  3. 25
  4. 12
  5. 20
  6. 14
  7. 5
  8. 10
  9. 7
  10. 4
  11. 15
  12. 2
  13. 5
  14. 23
  15. 18
  16. 8
  17. 19
  18. 1
  19. 7
  20. 10
  21. 3
  22. 1
  23. 18
  24. 8
  25. 18
  26. 19
  27. 13
  28. 9
  29. 28
  30. 16
  31. 18
  32. 18
  33. 10
  34. 20
  35. 12
  36. 12
  37. 4
  38. 5
  39. 14
  40. 7

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