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Quantitative aptitude lesson 28: Word problems with equations · Set 340 · 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.Sneha has 26 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹67 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  2. 2.The length of a rectangle is 12 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 72 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  3. 3.The length of a rectangle is 4 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 28 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  4. 4.9 × ? − 4 = 203
  5. 5.I think of a number, multiply it by 4 and then add 27. The answer is 91. What is my number?
  6. 6.10 × ? − 26 = 24
  7. 7.The length of a rectangle is 3 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 106 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  8. 8.Pooja has 29 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹124 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  9. 9.A pen costs ₹8 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹136 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  10. 10.A pen costs ₹8 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹66 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  11. 11.Solve for x: 4(x + 6) = 2x + 52. What is x?
  12. 12.The length of a rectangle is 4 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 40 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  13. 13.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then add 26. The answer is 61. What is my number?
  14. 14.Karan has 24 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹66 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  15. 15.The length of a rectangle is 12 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 132 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  16. 16.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then take away 21. The answer is 87. What is my number?
  17. 17.10 × ? + 3 = 113
  18. 18.A pen costs ₹7 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹202 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  19. 19.I think of a number, multiply it by 9 and then add 40. The answer is 58. What is my number?
  20. 20.I think of a number, multiply it by 4 and then take away 11. The answer is 21. What is my number?
  21. 21.Solve for x: 3(x + 5) = x + 55. What is x?
  22. 22.I think of a number, multiply it by 5 and then add 14. The answer is 39. What is my number?
  23. 23.Rahul has 16 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹62 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  24. 24.A pen costs ₹9 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹176 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  25. 25.The length of a rectangle is 15 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 106 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  26. 26.Solve for x: 4(x + 2) = 3x + 17. What is x?
  27. 27.I think of a number, multiply it by 8 and then add 24. The answer is 112. What is my number?
  28. 28.I think of a number, multiply it by 9 and then add 25. The answer is 196. What is my number?
  29. 29.The length of a rectangle is 5 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 42 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  30. 30.Solve for x: 6(x + 6) = 3x + 45. What is x?
  31. 31.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then take away 30. The answer is 48. What is my number?
  32. 32.The length of a rectangle is 7 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 110 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  33. 33.A pen costs ₹7 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹85 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  34. 34.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then take away 18. The answer is 72. What is my number?
  35. 35.9 × ? + 4 = 193
  36. 36.Solve for x: 4(x + 6) = 2x + 50. What is x?
  37. 37.Solve for x: 5(x + 8) = x + 104. What is x?
  38. 38.The length of a rectangle is 14 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 108 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  39. 39.I think of a number, multiply it by 9 and then take away 11. The answer is 196. What is my number?
  40. 40.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then take away 29. The answer is 1. What is my number?

Answer key

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

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