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Equation Word Problems Worksheet

Quantitative aptitude lesson 28: Word problems with equations · Set 390 · 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 ₹4 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹186 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  2. 2.A pen costs ₹4 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹34 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  3. 3.Solve for x: 7(x + 4) = 3x + 68. What is x?
  4. 4.Diya has 28 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹101 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  5. 5.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then add 11. The answer is 131. What is my number?
  6. 6.I think of a number, multiply it by 4 and then take away 32. The answer is 80. What is my number?
  7. 7.I think of a number, multiply it by 8 and then add 2. The answer is 58. What is my number?
  8. 8.Solve for x: 6(x + 5) = 5x + 46. What is x?
  9. 9.The length of a rectangle is 10 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 80 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  10. 10.A pen costs ₹5 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹182 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  11. 11.A pen costs ₹3 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹224 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  12. 12.A pen costs ₹8 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 7 pencils cost ₹268 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  13. 13.10 × ? − 19 = 231
  14. 14.11 × ? + 9 = 119
  15. 15.I think of a number, multiply it by 8 and then add 24. The answer is 160. What is my number?
  16. 16.The length of a rectangle is 11 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 82 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  17. 17.The length of a rectangle is 6 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 84 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  18. 18.A pen costs ₹13 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 7 pencils cost ₹188 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  19. 19.I think of a number, multiply it by 8 and then add 19. The answer is 179. What is my number?
  20. 20.Isha has 24 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹99 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  21. 21.I think of a number, multiply it by 5 and then take away 38. The answer is 112. What is my number?
  22. 22.8 × ? + 8 = 80
  23. 23.6 × ? − 26 = 4
  24. 24.A pen costs ₹7 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹162 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  25. 25.The length of a rectangle is 5 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 86 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  26. 26.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then take away 16. The answer is 86. What is my number?
  27. 27.Kavya has 21 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹90 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  28. 28.Solve for x: 9(x + 9) = 2x + 102. What is x?
  29. 29.Zoya has 10 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹44 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  30. 30.I think of a number, multiply it by 5 and then add 14. The answer is 149. What is my number?
  31. 31.I think of a number, multiply it by 2 and then add 30. The answer is 82. What is my number?
  32. 32.12 × ? − 23 = 205
  33. 33.Solve for x: 4(x + 2) = x + 35. What is x?
  34. 34.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then add 18. The answer is 67. What is my number?
  35. 35.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then add 26. The answer is 158. What is my number?
  36. 36.Zoya has 28 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹59 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  37. 37.Ananya has 28 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹116 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  38. 38.Solve for x: 5(x + 2) = 3x + 16. What is x?
  39. 39.8 × ? − 23 = 81
  40. 40.11 × ? − 8 = 124

Answer key

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

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