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Quantitative aptitude lesson 28: Word problems with equations · Set 301 · 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.Solve for x: 5(x + 8) = x + 88. What is x?
  2. 2.A pen costs ₹4 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹100 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  3. 3.12 × ? − 12 = 168
  4. 4.Tara has 25 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹116 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  5. 5.A pen costs ₹7 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 8 pencils cost ₹74 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  6. 6.Sneha has 9 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹39 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  7. 7.Aditya has 25 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹59 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  8. 8.A pen costs ₹2 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 7 pencils cost ₹202 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  9. 9.I think of a number, multiply it by 4 and then add 18. The answer is 26. What is my number?
  10. 10.Solve for x: 7(x + 2) = 6x + 19. What is x?
  11. 11.Dev has 10 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹47 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  12. 12.12 × ? + 18 = 78
  13. 13.9 × ? − 11 = 142
  14. 14.10 × ? − 28 = 22
  15. 15.A pen costs ₹4 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 8 pencils cost ₹89 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  16. 16.A pen costs ₹5 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 4 pencils cost ₹70 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  17. 17.Kavya has 14 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹40 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  18. 18.I think of a number, multiply it by 8 and then take away 22. The answer is 218. What is my number?
  19. 19.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then add 31. The answer is 115. What is my number?
  20. 20.8 × ? + 27 = 195
  21. 21.6 × ? + 9 = 147
  22. 22.5 × ? + 5 = 105
  23. 23.Solve for x: 5(x + 8) = 2x + 79. What is x?
  24. 24.11 × ? + 3 = 58
  25. 25.A pen costs ₹15 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹78 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  26. 26.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then take away 2. The answer is 138. What is my number?
  27. 27.3 × ? + 23 = 29
  28. 28.7 × ? − 3 = 172
  29. 29.Solve for x: 4(x + 9) = 2x + 64. What is x?
  30. 30.Ananya has 26 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹88 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  31. 31.A pen costs ₹13 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 4 pencils cost ₹200 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  32. 32.Rohan has 10 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹41 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  33. 33.8 × ? − 25 = 175
  34. 34.11 × ? − 16 = 226
  35. 35.A pen costs ₹4 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹106 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  36. 36.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then add 22. The answer is 58. What is my number?
  37. 37.9 × ? − 24 = 93
  38. 38.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then add 14. The answer is 41. What is my number?
  39. 39.The length of a rectangle is 2 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 48 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  40. 40.Ananya has 29 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹67 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?

Answer key

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

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