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Quantitative aptitude lesson 28: Word problems with equations · Set 376 · 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.Ananya has 24 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹81 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  2. 2.I think of a number, multiply it by 2 and then add 17. The answer is 33. What is my number?
  3. 3.A pen costs ₹6 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹33 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  4. 4.I think of a number, multiply it by 8 and then take away 7. The answer is 233. What is my number?
  5. 5.6 × ? − 4 = 44
  6. 6.Solve for x: 8(x + 3) = 4x + 104. What is x?
  7. 7.I think of a number, multiply it by 9 and then add 38. The answer is 146. What is my number?
  8. 8.9 × ? + 17 = 125
  9. 9.Saanvi has 15 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹48 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  10. 10.Solve for x: 6(x + 1) = 3x + 39. What is x?
  11. 11.Solve for x: 3(x + 3) = 2x + 17. What is x?
  12. 12.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then take away 10. The answer is 67. What is my number?
  13. 13.Solve for x: 9(x + 5) = 7x + 53. What is x?
  14. 14.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then add 12. The answer is 96. What is my number?
  15. 15.Tara has 17 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹76 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  16. 16.10 × ? − 4 = 166
  17. 17.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then take away 4. The answer is 73. What is my number?
  18. 18.Farhan has 21 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹102 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  19. 19.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then add 35. The answer is 86. What is my number?
  20. 20.Solve for x: 5(x + 8) = 4x + 60. What is x?
  21. 21.Solve for x: 9(x + 2) = 7x + 58. What is x?
  22. 22.Nisha has 24 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹105 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  23. 23.A pen costs ₹4 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹69 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  24. 24.A pen costs ₹3 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹55 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  25. 25.I think of a number, multiply it by 4 and then take away 28. The answer is 48. What is my number?
  26. 26.Solve for x: 8(x + 1) = 7x + 15. What is x?
  27. 27.A pen costs ₹3 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹71 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  28. 28.Kabir has 8 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹19 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  29. 29.The length of a rectangle is 12 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 144 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  30. 30.I think of a number, multiply it by 8 and then take away 15. The answer is 153. What is my number?
  31. 31.A pen costs ₹15 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹69 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  32. 32.The length of a rectangle is 4 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 88 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  33. 33.A pen costs ₹2 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 7 pencils cost ₹233 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  34. 34.2 × ? + 22 = 42
  35. 35.The length of a rectangle is 3 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 118 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  36. 36.Priya has 25 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹104 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  37. 37.Manav has 14 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹61 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  38. 38.11 × ? − 1 = 109
  39. 39.A pen costs ₹4 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 4 pencils cost ₹74 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  40. 40.Nisha has 30 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹66 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?

Answer key

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

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