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Equation Word Problems Worksheet

Quantitative aptitude lesson 28: Word problems with equations · Set 361 · 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 ₹6 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹140 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  2. 2.Saanvi has 16 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹59 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  3. 3.2 × ? − 26 = 8
  4. 4.2 × ? + 18 = 34
  5. 5.Farhan has 11 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹52 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  6. 6.A pen costs ₹6 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹156 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  7. 7.A pen costs ₹3 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹186 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  8. 8.The length of a rectangle is 13 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 78 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  9. 9.Solve for x: 5(x + 3) = 4x + 19. What is x?
  10. 10.A pen costs ₹15 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹295 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  11. 11.A pen costs ₹3 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 8 pencils cost ₹74 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  12. 12.A pen costs ₹9 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹236 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  13. 13.Kabir has 24 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹87 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  14. 14.Arjun has 22 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹53 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  15. 15.A pen costs ₹2 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹102 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  16. 16.I think of a number, multiply it by 5 and then add 21. The answer is 96. What is my number?
  17. 17.A pen costs ₹2 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹102 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  18. 18.A pen costs ₹2 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 8 pencils cost ₹82 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  19. 19.Solve for x: 5(x + 6) = 4x + 36. What is x?
  20. 20.5 × ? − 15 = 45
  21. 21.7 × ? + 15 = 162
  22. 22.The length of a rectangle is 2 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 24 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  23. 23.Solve for x: 3(x + 9) = 2x + 34. What is x?
  24. 24.The length of a rectangle is 13 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 106 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  25. 25.I think of a number, multiply it by 8 and then take away 8. The answer is 208. What is my number?
  26. 26.I think of a number, multiply it by 9 and then add 15. The answer is 96. What is my number?
  27. 27.I think of a number, multiply it by 9 and then add 28. The answer is 73. What is my number?
  28. 28.The length of a rectangle is 3 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 50 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  29. 29.Aditya has 18 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹51 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  30. 30.I think of a number, multiply it by 2 and then add 13. The answer is 31. What is my number?
  31. 31.Meera has 11 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹25 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  32. 32.A pen costs ₹9 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 7 pencils cost ₹237 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  33. 33.4 × ? + 28 = 84
  34. 34.A pen costs ₹9 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹169 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  35. 35.The length of a rectangle is 4 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 68 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  36. 36.Solve for x: 3(x + 2) = 2x + 12. What is x?
  37. 37.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then take away 34. The answer is 15. What is my number?
  38. 38.Solve for x: 7(x + 7) = x + 151. What is x?
  39. 39.Ananya has 14 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹67 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  40. 40.Sneha has 10 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹23 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?

Answer key

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

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