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Quantitative aptitude lesson 28: Word problems with equations · Set 211 · 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.I think of a number, multiply it by 8 and then add 30. The answer is 198. What is my number?
  2. 2.Pooja has 15 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹69 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  3. 3.11 × ? + 9 = 53
  4. 4.Solve for x: 4(x + 2) = 2x + 12. What is x?
  5. 5.A pen costs ₹13 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 4 pencils cost ₹218 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  6. 6.Sneha has 21 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹78 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  7. 7.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then add 16. The answer is 79. What is my number?
  8. 8.Solve for x: 4(x + 2) = 2x + 44. What is x?
  9. 9.A pen costs ₹14 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 4 pencils cost ₹284 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  10. 10.Solve for x: 8(x + 2) = 3x + 66. What is x?
  11. 11.Solve for x: 4(x + 9) = x + 51. What is x?
  12. 12.5 × ? + 9 = 119
  13. 13.Solve for x: 5(x + 3) = 3x + 17. What is x?
  14. 14.Saanvi has 30 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹102 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  15. 15.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then add 27. The answer is 81. What is my number?
  16. 16.I think of a number, multiply it by 4 and then take away 10. The answer is 10. What is my number?
  17. 17.The length of a rectangle is 5 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 82 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  18. 18.The length of a rectangle is 5 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 130 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  19. 19.3 × ? + 26 = 41
  20. 20.A pen costs ₹10 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹132 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  21. 21.A pen costs ₹6 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹108 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  22. 22.Solve for x: 3(x + 2) = x + 14. What is x?
  23. 23.I think of a number, multiply it by 8 and then take away 14. The answer is 2. What is my number?
  24. 24.A pen costs ₹13 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹232 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  25. 25.Rahul has 8 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹34 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  26. 26.A pen costs ₹6 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹63 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  27. 27.Ananya has 19 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹62 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  28. 28.Ishaan has 25 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹80 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  29. 29.A pen costs ₹15 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹123 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  30. 30.Sneha has 24 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹66 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  31. 31.Solve for x: 6(x + 8) = 3x + 102. What is x?
  32. 32.The length of a rectangle is 10 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 44 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  33. 33.I think of a number, multiply it by 5 and then add 4. The answer is 139. What is my number?
  34. 34.The length of a rectangle is 8 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 56 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  35. 35.A pen costs ₹4 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹96 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  36. 36.10 × ? − 5 = 75
  37. 37.10 × ? − 7 = 123
  38. 38.Pooja has 30 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹87 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  39. 39.The length of a rectangle is 8 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 68 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  40. 40.4 × ? − 3 = 9

Answer key

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

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