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Quantitative aptitude lesson 28: Word problems with equations · Set 155 · 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.A pen costs ₹10 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹105 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  2. 2.Kabir has 10 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹44 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  3. 3.A pen costs ₹7 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹77 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  4. 4.A pen costs ₹3 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹138 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  5. 5.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then take away 2. The answer is 26. What is my number?
  6. 6.2 × ? − 21 = 1
  7. 7.The length of a rectangle is 10 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 44 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  8. 8.A pen costs ₹6 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹24 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  9. 9.Farhan has 28 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹65 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  10. 10.A pen costs ₹11 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹228 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  11. 11.The length of a rectangle is 7 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 42 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  12. 12.I think of a number, multiply it by 8 and then take away 19. The answer is 13. What is my number?
  13. 13.A pen costs ₹15 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹202 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  14. 14.A pen costs ₹15 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹102 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  15. 15.A pen costs ₹7 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 7 pencils cost ₹72 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  16. 16.A pen costs ₹7 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 4 pencils cost ₹74 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  17. 17.A pen costs ₹11 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹126 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  18. 18.A pen costs ₹6 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹84 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  19. 19.Zoya has 11 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹40 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  20. 20.Solve for x: 4(x + 4) = x + 46. What is x?
  21. 21.Arjun has 29 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹139 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  22. 22.A pen costs ₹5 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 8 pencils cost ₹114 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  23. 23.The length of a rectangle is 11 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 62 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  24. 24.A pen costs ₹4 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹43 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  25. 25.A pen costs ₹13 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹76 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  26. 26.I think of a number, multiply it by 2 and then add 9. The answer is 43. What is my number?
  27. 27.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then add 8. The answer is 44. What is my number?
  28. 28.Isha has 23 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹61 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  29. 29.Solve for x: 7(x + 2) = x + 110. What is x?
  30. 30.Solve for x: 4(x + 1) = 2x + 40. What is x?
  31. 31.Solve for x: 6(x + 7) = 2x + 102. What is x?
  32. 32.3 × ? + 8 = 77
  33. 33.10 × ? − 11 = 149
  34. 34.Solve for x: 8(x + 4) = 2x + 62. What is x?
  35. 35.Rohan has 10 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹23 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  36. 36.Kavya has 13 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹35 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  37. 37.Solve for x: 7(x + 1) = 3x + 67. What is x?
  38. 38.12 × ? + 15 = 255
  39. 39.Solve for x: 3(x + 1) = 2x + 23. What is x?
  40. 40.Solve for x: 6(x + 2) = 5x + 20. What is x?

Answer key

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

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