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Quantitative aptitude lesson 28: Word problems with equations · Set 249 · 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. 1.2 × ? − 16 = 4
  2. 2.Aarav has 21 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹69 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  3. 3.I think of a number, multiply it by 9 and then take away 37. The answer is 71. What is my number?
  4. 4.Farhan has 14 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹40 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  5. 5.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then add 18. The answer is 126. What is my number?
  6. 6.6 × ? − 1 = 71
  7. 7.A pen costs ₹14 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹140 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  8. 8.10 × ? − 14 = 176
  9. 9.A pen costs ₹3 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 8 pencils cost ₹144 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  10. 10.Ishaan has 13 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹38 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  11. 11.A pen costs ₹12 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹232 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  12. 12.A pen costs ₹2 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹106 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  13. 13.2 × ? + 27 = 45
  14. 14.4 × ? + 17 = 109
  15. 15.I think of a number, multiply it by 8 and then take away 32. The answer is 48. What is my number?
  16. 16.A pen costs ₹11 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 7 pencils cost ₹63 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  17. 17.A pen costs ₹4 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹86 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  18. 18.Solve for x: 4(x + 1) = x + 13. What is x?
  19. 19.I think of a number, multiply it by 8 and then add 26. The answer is 154. What is my number?
  20. 20.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then take away 27. The answer is 127. What is my number?
  21. 21.Solve for x: 7(x + 5) = 6x + 48. What is x?
  22. 22.A pen costs ₹5 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 8 pencils cost ₹92 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  23. 23.I think of a number, multiply it by 2 and then add 28. The answer is 76. What is my number?
  24. 24.Ananya has 13 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹32 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  25. 25.6 × ? − 17 = 49
  26. 26.A pen costs ₹7 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹126 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  27. 27.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then take away 6. The answer is 30. What is my number?
  28. 28.5 × ? + 3 = 113
  29. 29.The length of a rectangle is 14 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 68 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  30. 30.Vivaan has 26 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹64 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  31. 31.The length of a rectangle is 2 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 80 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  32. 32.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then add 7. The answer is 94. What is my number?
  33. 33.9 × ? − 6 = 120
  34. 34.A pen costs ₹2 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹44 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  35. 35.I think of a number, multiply it by 4 and then add 11. The answer is 95. What is my number?
  36. 36.Isha has 9 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹39 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  37. 37.Aditya has 25 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹80 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  38. 38.A pen costs ₹5 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹155 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  39. 39.Tara has 28 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹104 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  40. 40.Solve for x: 4(x + 8) = 3x + 44. What is x?

Answer key

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

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