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Quantitative aptitude lesson 28: Word problems with equations · Set 347 · 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 ₹11 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 8 pencils cost ₹140 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  2. 2.The length of a rectangle is 5 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 126 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  3. 3.I think of a number, multiply it by 4 and then take away 13. The answer is 23. What is my number?
  4. 4.Ananya has 25 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹59 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  5. 5.A pen costs ₹15 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 7 pencils cost ₹258 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  6. 6.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then take away 8. The answer is 58. What is my number?
  7. 7.Solve for x: 5(x + 8) = x + 96. What is x?
  8. 8.A pen costs ₹10 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹83 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  9. 9.11 × ? + 23 = 265
  10. 10.A pen costs ₹5 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 4 pencils cost ₹85 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  11. 11.I think of a number, multiply it by 9 and then take away 36. The answer is 171. What is my number?
  12. 12.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then add 32. The answer is 228. What is my number?
  13. 13.4 × ? + 15 = 115
  14. 14.6 × ? + 2 = 50
  15. 15.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then take away 2. The answer is 34. What is my number?
  16. 16.Manav has 10 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹26 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  17. 17.11 × ? − 27 = 17
  18. 18.2 × ? + 14 = 42
  19. 19.I think of a number, multiply it by 4 and then take away 11. The answer is 109. What is my number?
  20. 20.10 × ? + 26 = 226
  21. 21.The length of a rectangle is 15 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 150 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  22. 22.I think of a number, multiply it by 9 and then take away 22. The answer is 86. What is my number?
  23. 23.12 × ? − 1 = 263
  24. 24.12 × ? + 22 = 82
  25. 25.Solve for x: 3(x + 9) = 2x + 33. What is x?
  26. 26.The length of a rectangle is 7 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 42 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  27. 27.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then add 33. The answer is 81. What is my number?
  28. 28.Solve for x: 5(x + 5) = 4x + 41. What is x?
  29. 29.2 × ? + 24 = 40
  30. 30.Kavya has 16 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹62 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  31. 31.The length of a rectangle is 8 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 128 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  32. 32.I think of a number, multiply it by 9 and then take away 5. The answer is 49. What is my number?
  33. 33.3 × ? − 24 = 42
  34. 34.9 × ? − 9 = 108
  35. 35.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then take away 28. The answer is 20. What is my number?
  36. 36.The length of a rectangle is 13 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 66 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  37. 37.The length of a rectangle is 5 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 62 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  38. 38.Rahul has 24 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹51 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  39. 39.A pen costs ₹5 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹140 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  40. 40.The length of a rectangle is 10 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 92 m. What is its breadth (in m)?

Answer key

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

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