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Quantitative aptitude lesson 28: Word problems with equations · Set 324 · 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.Pooja has 12 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹30 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  2. 2.Solve for x: 9(x + 9) = 2x + 137. What is x?
  3. 3.Solve for x: 4(x + 5) = 3x + 22. What is x?
  4. 4.Kabir has 20 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹70 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  5. 5.A pen costs ₹9 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹102 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  6. 6.A pen costs ₹10 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 8 pencils cost ₹50 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  7. 7.4 × ? + 23 = 51
  8. 8.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then add 31. The answer is 175. What is my number?
  9. 9.A pen costs ₹2 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 4 pencils cost ₹48 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  10. 10.The length of a rectangle is 3 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 26 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  11. 11.The length of a rectangle is 6 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 32 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  12. 12.Solve for x: 8(x + 1) = 2x + 32. What is x?
  13. 13.5 × ? + 10 = 120
  14. 14.I think of a number, multiply it by 4 and then take away 13. The answer is 35. What is my number?
  15. 15.Solve for x: 9(x + 9) = 7x + 99. What is x?
  16. 16.Nisha has 10 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹41 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  17. 17.Solve for x: 9(x + 1) = 2x + 107. What is x?
  18. 18.The length of a rectangle is 8 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 132 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  19. 19.Solve for x: 5(x + 2) = x + 66. What is x?
  20. 20.Solve for x: 6(x + 9) = 5x + 59. What is x?
  21. 21.The length of a rectangle is 6 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 120 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  22. 22.I think of a number, multiply it by 9 and then add 8. The answer is 278. What is my number?
  23. 23.I think of a number, multiply it by 5 and then take away 28. The answer is 17. What is my number?
  24. 24.The length of a rectangle is 9 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 122 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  25. 25.A pen costs ₹9 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹106 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  26. 26.12 × ? − 19 = 29
  27. 27.2 × ? − 6 = 2
  28. 28.The length of a rectangle is 2 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 24 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  29. 29.4 × ? − 7 = 21
  30. 30.I think of a number, multiply it by 4 and then take away 10. The answer is 102. What is my number?
  31. 31.Karan has 9 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹42 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  32. 32.A pen costs ₹2 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹24 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  33. 33.Kavya has 30 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹147 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  34. 34.Solve for x: 8(x + 6) = 3x + 123. What is x?
  35. 35.2 × ? − 28 = 20
  36. 36.Solve for x: 7(x + 4) = 2x + 43. What is x?
  37. 37.The length of a rectangle is 3 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 42 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  38. 38.Dev has 27 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹78 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  39. 39.Farhan has 29 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹121 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  40. 40.I think of a number, multiply it by 5 and then add 25. The answer is 115. What is my number?

Answer key

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

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