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Quantitative aptitude lesson 28: Word problems with equations · Set 256 · 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.A pen costs ₹11 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹102 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  2. 2.The length of a rectangle is 10 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 80 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  3. 3.A pen costs ₹15 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 4 pencils cost ₹132 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  4. 4.Priya has 11 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹28 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  5. 5.11 × ? − 19 = 168
  6. 6.A pen costs ₹5 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 4 pencils cost ₹52 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  7. 7.6 × ? − 8 = 112
  8. 8.A pen costs ₹2 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹30 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  9. 9.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then add 24. The answer is 227. What is my number?
  10. 10.9 × ? + 26 = 53
  11. 11.6 × ? − 23 = 13
  12. 12.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then take away 22. The answer is 68. What is my number?
  13. 13.Solve for x: 5(x + 4) = 4x + 34. What is x?
  14. 14.I think of a number, multiply it by 5 and then take away 11. The answer is 54. What is my number?
  15. 15.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then add 28. The answer is 106. What is my number?
  16. 16.4 × ? − 29 = 71
  17. 17.A pen costs ₹4 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹23 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  18. 18.The length of a rectangle is 6 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 80 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  19. 19.Solve for x: 3(x + 6) = x + 28. What is x?
  20. 20.The length of a rectangle is 11 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 102 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  21. 21.The length of a rectangle is 6 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 28 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  22. 22.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then take away 3. The answer is 11. What is my number?
  23. 23.The length of a rectangle is 2 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 80 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  24. 24.Nisha has 30 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹132 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  25. 25.The length of a rectangle is 6 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 112 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  26. 26.Solve for x: 7(x + 1) = 2x + 37. What is x?
  27. 27.A pen costs ₹14 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 7 pencils cost ₹243 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  28. 28.A pen costs ₹4 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹88 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  29. 29.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then add 38. The answer is 115. What is my number?
  30. 30.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then add 14. The answer is 194. What is my number?
  31. 31.I think of a number, multiply it by 8 and then take away 40. The answer is 112. What is my number?
  32. 32.The length of a rectangle is 5 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 78 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  33. 33.4 × ? − 19 = 1
  34. 34.A pen costs ₹11 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹141 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  35. 35.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then take away 29. The answer is 49. What is my number?
  36. 36.The length of a rectangle is 10 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 100 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  37. 37.Meera has 8 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹19 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  38. 38.Solve for x: 3(x + 5) = x + 49. What is x?
  39. 39.Kavya has 25 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹113 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  40. 40.The length of a rectangle is 10 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 48 m. What is its breadth (in m)?

Answer key

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

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