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Equation Word Problems Worksheet

Quantitative aptitude lesson 28: Word problems with equations · Set 303 · 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 ₹2 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 4 pencils cost ₹125 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  2. 2.A pen costs ₹9 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹78 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  3. 3.A pen costs ₹6 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 8 pencils cost ₹144 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  4. 4.10 × ? − 14 = 6
  5. 5.12 × ? − 26 = 22
  6. 6.Zoya has 9 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹39 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  7. 7.I think of a number, multiply it by 2 and then add 23. The answer is 31. What is my number?
  8. 8.I think of a number, multiply it by 9 and then take away 7. The answer is 146. What is my number?
  9. 9.7 × ? − 5 = 86
  10. 10.Solve for x: 4(x + 9) = 2x + 58. What is x?
  11. 11.I think of a number, multiply it by 5 and then add 5. The answer is 35. What is my number?
  12. 12.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then take away 28. The answer is 47. What is my number?
  13. 13.6 × ? − 17 = 19
  14. 14.A pen costs ₹2 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹168 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  15. 15.Rohan has 25 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹74 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  16. 16.11 × ? + 16 = 214
  17. 17.Solve for x: 3(x + 5) = 2x + 24. What is x?
  18. 18.Solve for x: 9(x + 6) = 7x + 76. What is x?
  19. 19.Solve for x: 7(x + 1) = 2x + 42. What is x?
  20. 20.I think of a number, multiply it by 8 and then take away 5. The answer is 219. What is my number?
  21. 21.11 × ? − 24 = 163
  22. 22.6 × ? + 2 = 32
  23. 23.A pen costs ₹12 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹152 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  24. 24.3 × ? + 3 = 12
  25. 25.The length of a rectangle is 4 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 24 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  26. 26.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then take away 18. The answer is 73. What is my number?
  27. 27.11 × ? + 15 = 70
  28. 28.A pen costs ₹6 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹92 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  29. 29.The length of a rectangle is 3 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 126 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  30. 30.The length of a rectangle is 9 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 78 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  31. 31.Kabir has 14 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹43 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  32. 32.A pen costs ₹10 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 4 pencils cost ₹80 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  33. 33.Solve for x: 4(x + 2) = 2x + 18. What is x?
  34. 34.Solve for x: 5(x + 3) = 4x + 17. What is x?
  35. 35.Rohan has 19 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹89 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  36. 36.Kavya has 24 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹72 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  37. 37.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then take away 18. The answer is 66. What is my number?
  38. 38.The length of a rectangle is 14 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 112 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  39. 39.Meera has 16 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹71 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  40. 40.I think of a number, multiply it by 5 and then take away 6. The answer is 94. What is my number?

Answer key

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

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