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Quantitative aptitude lesson 28: Word problems with equations · Set 34 · 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 ₹8 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹80 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  2. 2.10 × ? − 29 = 21
  3. 3.A pen costs ₹9 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 4 pencils cost ₹90 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  4. 4.A pen costs ₹2 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹168 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  5. 5.A pen costs ₹15 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹265 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  6. 6.Kabir has 9 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹27 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  7. 7.I think of a number, multiply it by 9 and then add 8. The answer is 71. What is my number?
  8. 8.9 × ? − 12 = 6
  9. 9.The length of a rectangle is 15 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 46 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  10. 10.I think of a number, multiply it by 2 and then add 4. The answer is 32. What is my number?
  11. 11.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then add 5. The answer is 40. What is my number?
  12. 12.6 × ? − 16 = 98
  13. 13.A pen costs ₹9 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 8 pencils cost ₹123 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  14. 14.I think of a number, multiply it by 8 and then take away 18. The answer is 150. What is my number?
  15. 15.Karan has 10 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹26 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  16. 16.7 × ? − 29 = 6
  17. 17.Isha has 24 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹60 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  18. 18.The length of a rectangle is 2 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 48 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  19. 19.4 × ? − 4 = 32
  20. 20.I think of a number, multiply it by 5 and then add 34. The answer is 119. What is my number?
  21. 21.A pen costs ₹8 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 7 pencils cost ₹191 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  22. 22.2 × ? − 2 = 14
  23. 23.11 × ? − 13 = 141
  24. 24.Arjun has 28 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹80 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  25. 25.Kabir has 8 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹28 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  26. 26.I think of a number, multiply it by 5 and then add 12. The answer is 132. What is my number?
  27. 27.A pen costs ₹15 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 8 pencils cost ₹89 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  28. 28.The length of a rectangle is 9 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 110 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  29. 29.Isha has 26 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹118 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  30. 30.A pen costs ₹5 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 8 pencils cost ₹233 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  31. 31.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then add 11. The answer is 47. What is my number?
  32. 32.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then take away 2. The answer is 52. What is my number?
  33. 33.8 × ? − 3 = 189
  34. 34.A pen costs ₹3 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹86 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  35. 35.Arjun has 26 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹121 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  36. 36.The length of a rectangle is 4 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 44 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  37. 37.Solve for x: 9(x + 7) = 3x + 129. What is x?
  38. 38.Rohan has 21 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹96 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  39. 39.I think of a number, multiply it by 9 and then add 24. The answer is 78. What is my number?
  40. 40.A pen costs ₹7 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹222 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?

Answer key

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

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