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Quantitative aptitude lesson 28: Word problems with equations · Set 387 · 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 18 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹54 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  2. 2.I think of a number, multiply it by 4 and then add 39. The answer is 131. What is my number?
  3. 3.Solve for x: 6(x + 1) = x + 16. What is x?
  4. 4.4 × ? + 23 = 59
  5. 5.The length of a rectangle is 15 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 50 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  6. 6.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then add 16. The answer is 79. What is my number?
  7. 7.Tara has 22 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹104 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  8. 8.I think of a number, multiply it by 2 and then add 28. The answer is 58. What is my number?
  9. 9.Solve for x: 9(x + 6) = 3x + 102. What is x?
  10. 10.Solve for x: 8(x + 8) = 6x + 74. What is x?
  11. 11.Diya has 10 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹26 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  12. 12.The length of a rectangle is 2 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 72 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  13. 13.Priya has 24 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹54 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  14. 14.I think of a number, multiply it by 2 and then add 28. The answer is 40. What is my number?
  15. 15.The length of a rectangle is 12 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 88 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  16. 16.A pen costs ₹2 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 8 pencils cost ₹39 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  17. 17.Rohan has 24 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹93 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  18. 18.A pen costs ₹9 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹47 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  19. 19.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then take away 18. The answer is 132. What is my number?
  20. 20.The length of a rectangle is 7 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 126 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  21. 21.The length of a rectangle is 6 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 28 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  22. 22.I think of a number, multiply it by 2 and then add 35. The answer is 39. What is my number?
  23. 23.A pen costs ₹4 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 4 pencils cost ₹75 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  24. 24.2 × ? + 4 = 16
  25. 25.A pen costs ₹2 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 4 pencils cost ₹52 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  26. 26.Solve for x: 4(x + 9) = 3x + 49. What is x?
  27. 27.Manav has 19 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹53 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  28. 28.Solve for x: 9(x + 3) = 5x + 87. What is x?
  29. 29.Meera has 29 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹70 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  30. 30.I think of a number, multiply it by 9 and then add 3. The answer is 219. What is my number?
  31. 31.A pen costs ₹5 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 8 pencils cost ₹80 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  32. 32.Solve for x: 8(x + 3) = x + 136. What is x?
  33. 33.The length of a rectangle is 9 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 50 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  34. 34.Solve for x: 3(x + 9) = x + 37. What is x?
  35. 35.Solve for x: 9(x + 5) = 4x + 65. What is x?
  36. 36.2 × ? − 18 = 2
  37. 37.The length of a rectangle is 8 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 92 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  38. 38.Solve for x: 3(x + 8) = x + 40. What is x?
  39. 39.A pen costs ₹7 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹172 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  40. 40.Solve for x: 8(x + 1) = 5x + 56. What is x?

Answer key

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

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