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Quantitative aptitude lesson 28: Word problems with equations · Set 395 · 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.Isha has 11 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹28 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  2. 2.I think of a number, multiply it by 9 and then take away 40. The answer is 23. What is my number?
  3. 3.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then add 1. The answer is 64. What is my number?
  4. 4.8 × ? − 3 = 29
  5. 5.A pen costs ₹5 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 4 pencils cost ₹82 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  6. 6.Solve for x: 7(x + 3) = x + 75. What is x?
  7. 7.A pen costs ₹11 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 7 pencils cost ₹73 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  8. 8.A pen costs ₹4 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 4 pencils cost ₹117 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  9. 9.A pen costs ₹3 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹75 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  10. 10.Priya has 20 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹73 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  11. 11.I think of a number, multiply it by 9 and then add 6. The answer is 114. What is my number?
  12. 12.2 × ? + 2 = 44
  13. 13.I think of a number, multiply it by 8 and then add 38. The answer is 110. What is my number?
  14. 14.12 × ? + 22 = 190
  15. 15.I think of a number, multiply it by 4 and then take away 30. The answer is 6. What is my number?
  16. 16.I think of a number, multiply it by 4 and then add 13. The answer is 21. What is my number?
  17. 17.11 × ? + 2 = 134
  18. 18.12 × ? − 13 = 47
  19. 19.I think of a number, multiply it by 8 and then add 6. The answer is 206. What is my number?
  20. 20.Farhan has 14 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹55 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  21. 21.Nisha has 25 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹98 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  22. 22.Vivaan has 12 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹39 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  23. 23.Farhan has 28 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹98 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  24. 24.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then add 8. The answer is 50. What is my number?
  25. 25.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then take away 6. The answer is 106. What is my number?
  26. 26.The length of a rectangle is 3 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 102 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  27. 27.2 × ? − 9 = 19
  28. 28.A pen costs ₹3 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹165 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  29. 29.The length of a rectangle is 8 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 32 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  30. 30.Solve for x: 4(x + 7) = 3x + 45. What is x?
  31. 31.I think of a number, multiply it by 2 and then add 38. The answer is 86. What is my number?
  32. 32.A pen costs ₹14 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 4 pencils cost ₹142 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  33. 33.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then add 38. The answer is 92. What is my number?
  34. 34.A pen costs ₹7 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹59 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 24 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  36. 36.Arjun has 11 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹40 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  37. 37.5 × ? + 25 = 80
  38. 38.Zoya has 30 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹147 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  39. 39.I think of a number, multiply it by 5 and then add 7. The answer is 127. What is my number?
  40. 40.The length of a rectangle is 15 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 46 m. What is its breadth (in m)?

Answer key

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

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