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Equation Word Problems Worksheet

Quantitative aptitude lesson 28: Word problems with equations · Set 172 · 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.Rahul has 19 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹62 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  2. 2.I think of a number, multiply it by 9 and then take away 3. The answer is 141. What is my number?
  3. 3.I think of a number, multiply it by 2 and then add 39. The answer is 55. What is my number?
  4. 4.The length of a rectangle is 11 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 126 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  5. 5.A pen costs ₹2 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 4 pencils cost ₹100 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  6. 6.The length of a rectangle is 15 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 134 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  7. 7.7 × ? + 14 = 147
  8. 8.Solve for x: 6(x + 4) = x + 44. What is x?
  9. 9.Karan has 9 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹27 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  10. 10.I think of a number, multiply it by 9 and then add 13. The answer is 256. What is my number?
  11. 11.I think of a number, multiply it by 8 and then take away 36. The answer is 44. What is my number?
  12. 12.I think of a number, multiply it by 5 and then add 24. The answer is 174. What is my number?
  13. 13.5 × ? + 11 = 76
  14. 14.Arjun has 14 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹55 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  15. 15.I think of a number, multiply it by 5 and then take away 19. The answer is 6. What is my number?
  16. 16.I think of a number, multiply it by 9 and then take away 20. The answer is 196. What is my number?
  17. 17.A pen costs ₹5 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 7 pencils cost ₹181 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  18. 18.11 × ? − 26 = 106
  19. 19.7 × ? − 19 = 30
  20. 20.The length of a rectangle is 4 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 36 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  21. 21.9 × ? + 17 = 188
  22. 22.I think of a number, multiply it by 8 and then add 20. The answer is 76. What is my number?
  23. 23.Aarav has 11 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹40 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  24. 24.Solve for x: 5(x + 1) = x + 13. What is x?
  25. 25.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then add 35. The answer is 217. What is my number?
  26. 26.The length of a rectangle is 11 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 70 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  27. 27.Karan has 17 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹37 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  28. 28.Solve for x: 3(x + 2) = x + 24. What is x?
  29. 29.9 × ? + 20 = 110
  30. 30.Solve for x: 3(x + 5) = x + 27. What is x?
  31. 31.A pen costs ₹10 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 8 pencils cost ₹214 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  32. 32.Solve for x: 4(x + 2) = x + 20. What is x?
  33. 33.Rahul has 20 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹61 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  34. 34.Solve for x: 4(x + 2) = 3x + 23. What is x?
  35. 35.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then take away 30. The answer is 57. What is my number?
  36. 36.Solve for x: 7(x + 2) = 6x + 27. What is x?
  37. 37.Diya has 25 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹110 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  38. 38.The length of a rectangle is 12 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 56 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  39. 39.A pen costs ₹3 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹30 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  40. 40.Diya has 16 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹65 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?

Answer key

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

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