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Equation Word Problems Worksheet

Quantitative aptitude lesson 28: Word problems with equations · Set 364 · 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.Meera has 18 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹72 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  2. 2.A pen costs ₹2 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹141 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  3. 3.6 × ? − 15 = 123
  4. 4.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then add 4. The answer is 32. What is my number?
  5. 5.The length of a rectangle is 14 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 52 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  6. 6.8 × ? − 27 = 13
  7. 7.Solve for x: 6(x + 2) = x + 77. What is x?
  8. 8.I think of a number, multiply it by 5 and then add 19. The answer is 119. What is my number?
  9. 9.Dev has 20 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹49 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  10. 10.A pen costs ₹9 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 7 pencils cost ₹158 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  11. 11.The length of a rectangle is 3 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 62 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  12. 12.A pen costs ₹3 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹87 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  13. 13.Ishaan has 9 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹36 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  14. 14.I think of a number, multiply it by 5 and then add 10. The answer is 90. What is my number?
  15. 15.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then add 4. The answer is 28. What is my number?
  16. 16.I think of a number, multiply it by 4 and then take away 9. The answer is 83. What is my number?
  17. 17.I think of a number, multiply it by 8 and then add 28. The answer is 172. What is my number?
  18. 18.A pen costs ₹11 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 4 pencils cost ₹206 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  19. 19.I think of a number, multiply it by 5 and then add 11. The answer is 126. What is my number?
  20. 20.Solve for x: 8(x + 6) = 4x + 56. What is x?
  21. 21.12 × ? + 18 = 234
  22. 22.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then take away 15. The answer is 69. What is my number?
  23. 23.A pen costs ₹12 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹150 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  24. 24.Ananya has 9 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹27 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  25. 25.Tara has 24 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹87 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  26. 26.Solve for x: 5(x + 7) = 4x + 43. What is x?
  27. 27.I think of a number, multiply it by 2 and then add 32. The answer is 64. What is my number?
  28. 28.I think of a number, multiply it by 8 and then add 19. The answer is 83. What is my number?
  29. 29.The length of a rectangle is 8 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 132 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  30. 30.2 × ? + 20 = 52
  31. 31.Solve for x: 9(x + 3) = 2x + 34. What is x?
  32. 32.7 × ? − 2 = 40
  33. 33.3 × ? + 22 = 31
  34. 34.Solve for x: 3(x + 9) = x + 31. What is x?
  35. 35.I think of a number, multiply it by 8 and then take away 8. The answer is 64. What is my number?
  36. 36.Diya has 11 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹46 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  37. 37.I think of a number, multiply it by 4 and then take away 12. The answer is 8. What is my number?
  38. 38.3 × ? − 1 = 5
  39. 39.6 × ? − 2 = 40
  40. 40.I think of a number, multiply it by 8 and then add 7. The answer is 223. What is my number?

Answer key

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

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