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Quantitative aptitude lesson 28: Word problems with equations · Set 396 · 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 ₹2 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹84 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  2. 2.The length of a rectangle is 9 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 98 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  3. 3.I think of a number, multiply it by 4 and then add 36. The answer is 64. What is my number?
  4. 4.Rahul has 19 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹62 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  5. 5.The length of a rectangle is 6 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 24 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  6. 6.6 × ? + 2 = 146
  7. 7.The length of a rectangle is 11 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 82 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  8. 8.10 × ? + 2 = 152
  9. 9.Dev has 25 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹59 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  10. 10.The length of a rectangle is 15 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 142 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  11. 11.A pen costs ₹2 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 8 pencils cost ₹215 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  12. 12.The length of a rectangle is 14 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 72 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  13. 13.The length of a rectangle is 11 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 134 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  14. 14.I think of a number, multiply it by 4 and then take away 2. The answer is 90. What is my number?
  15. 15.Saanvi has 16 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹35 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  16. 16.11 × ? + 24 = 134
  17. 17.6 × ? + 2 = 116
  18. 18.Diya has 30 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹84 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  19. 19.A pen costs ₹13 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 7 pencils cost ₹293 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  20. 20.Zoya has 10 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹38 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  21. 21.Aditya has 15 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹36 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  22. 22.I think of a number, multiply it by 5 and then add 8. The answer is 123. What is my number?
  23. 23.A pen costs ₹9 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹190 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  24. 24.10 × ? + 28 = 48
  25. 25.The length of a rectangle is 5 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 66 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  26. 26.Solve for x: 6(x + 7) = x + 77. What is x?
  27. 27.Solve for x: 4(x + 9) = x + 42. What is x?
  28. 28.9 × ? + 2 = 101
  29. 29.A pen costs ₹13 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹93 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  30. 30.I think of a number, multiply it by 8 and then take away 2. The answer is 238. What is my number?
  31. 31.Solve for x: 3(x + 2) = 2x + 11. What is x?
  32. 32.The length of a rectangle is 11 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 50 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  33. 33.I think of a number, multiply it by 5 and then add 20. The answer is 145. What is my number?
  34. 34.I think of a number, multiply it by 5 and then take away 19. The answer is 121. What is my number?
  35. 35.2 × ? − 13 = 37
  36. 36.Solve for x: 4(x + 2) = x + 65. What is x?
  37. 37.The length of a rectangle is 14 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 100 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  38. 38.The length of a rectangle is 14 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 92 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  39. 39.Solve for x: 4(x + 8) = x + 44. What is x?
  40. 40.Solve for x: 5(x + 8) = 3x + 60. What is x?

Answer key

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

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