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Quantitative aptitude lesson 28: Word problems with equations · Set 219 · 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.Farhan has 8 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹31 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  2. 2.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then take away 12. The answer is 144. What is my number?
  3. 3.10 × ? + 6 = 146
  4. 4.A pen costs ₹8 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 8 pencils cost ₹300 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  5. 5.I think of a number, multiply it by 9 and then add 4. The answer is 211. What is my number?
  6. 6.8 × ? − 19 = 45
  7. 7.11 × ? + 7 = 95
  8. 8.I think of a number, multiply it by 2 and then add 11. The answer is 23. What is my number?
  9. 9.2 × ? + 10 = 22
  10. 10.Ananya has 20 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹58 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  11. 11.A pen costs ₹5 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 8 pencils cost ₹220 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  12. 12.Arjun has 24 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹111 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  13. 13.I think of a number, multiply it by 9 and then add 1. The answer is 64. What is my number?
  14. 14.I think of a number, multiply it by 4 and then add 34. The answer is 74. What is my number?
  15. 15.A pen costs ₹2 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹221 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  16. 16.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then add 26. The answer is 89. What is my number?
  17. 17.I think of a number, multiply it by 4 and then add 18. The answer is 62. What is my number?
  18. 18.Solve for x: 5(x + 8) = x + 88. What is x?
  19. 19.A pen costs ₹7 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹70 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  20. 20.The length of a rectangle is 3 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 98 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  21. 21.A pen costs ₹15 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹310 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  22. 22.A pen costs ₹14 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹83 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  23. 23.A pen costs ₹7 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹225 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  24. 24.4 × ? + 26 = 90
  25. 25.Kabir has 29 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹85 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  26. 26.A pen costs ₹10 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹132 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  27. 27.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then take away 26. The answer is 46. What is my number?
  28. 28.Solve for x: 7(x + 9) = 2x + 128. What is x?
  29. 29.I think of a number, multiply it by 2 and then add 36. The answer is 90. What is my number?
  30. 30.Solve for x: 9(x + 7) = 3x + 129. What is x?
  31. 31.Vivaan has 19 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹86 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  32. 32.I think of a number, multiply it by 2 and then add 30. The answer is 82. What is my number?
  33. 33.8 × ? + 10 = 146
  34. 34.The length of a rectangle is 13 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 94 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  35. 35.The length of a rectangle is 2 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 64 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  36. 36.Solve for x: 5(x + 3) = 2x + 60. What is x?
  37. 37.A pen costs ₹6 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 8 pencils cost ₹96 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  38. 38.A pen costs ₹4 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹51 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  39. 39.I think of a number, multiply it by 9 and then add 27. The answer is 153. What is my number?
  40. 40.Ananya has 13 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹44 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?

Answer key

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

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