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Quantitative aptitude lesson 28: Word problems with equations · Set 246 · 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. 1.6 × ? + 29 = 95
  2. 2.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then add 28. The answer is 98. What is my number?
  3. 3.Solve for x: 5(x + 6) = 2x + 87. What is x?
  4. 4.I think of a number, multiply it by 8 and then take away 3. The answer is 189. What is my number?
  5. 5.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then add 14. The answer is 134. What is my number?
  6. 6.4 × ? + 15 = 43
  7. 7.Solve for x: 7(x + 1) = x + 25. What is x?
  8. 8.I think of a number, multiply it by 9 and then add 14. The answer is 248. What is my number?
  9. 9.Arjun has 18 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹45 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  10. 10.The length of a rectangle is 5 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 34 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  11. 11.A pen costs ₹13 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹141 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  12. 12.3 × ? − 7 = 23
  13. 13.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then take away 23. The answer is 40. What is my number?
  14. 14.A pen costs ₹9 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹108 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  15. 15.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then add 1. The answer is 85. What is my number?
  16. 16.I think of a number, multiply it by 8 and then add 29. The answer is 189. What is my number?
  17. 17.A pen costs ₹4 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 8 pencils cost ₹148 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  18. 18.The length of a rectangle is 12 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 52 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  19. 19.Solve for x: 4(x + 4) = x + 52. What is x?
  20. 20.I think of a number, multiply it by 5 and then take away 6. The answer is 49. What is my number?
  21. 21.The length of a rectangle is 6 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 92 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  22. 22.The length of a rectangle is 5 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 130 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  23. 23.A pen costs ₹3 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹41 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  24. 24.The length of a rectangle is 12 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 44 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  25. 25.The length of a rectangle is 8 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 48 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  26. 26.The length of a rectangle is 14 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 40 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  27. 27.Kabir has 24 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹75 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  28. 28.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then add 32. The answer is 116. What is my number?
  29. 29.I think of a number, multiply it by 9 and then add 7. The answer is 259. What is my number?
  30. 30.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then add 40. The answer is 55. What is my number?
  31. 31.11 × ? − 24 = 130
  32. 32.The length of a rectangle is 11 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 142 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  33. 33.The length of a rectangle is 11 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 38 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  34. 34.I think of a number, multiply it by 2 and then add 4. The answer is 64. What is my number?
  35. 35.The length of a rectangle is 10 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 128 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  36. 36.3 × ? + 29 = 38
  37. 37.The length of a rectangle is 14 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 56 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  38. 38.Karan has 11 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹28 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  39. 39.I think of a number, multiply it by 5 and then take away 33. The answer is 32. What is my number?
  40. 40.The length of a rectangle is 13 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 82 m. What is its breadth (in m)?

Answer key

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

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