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Quantitative aptitude lesson 28: Word problems with equations · Set 423 · 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.Solve for x: 4(x + 2) = 3x + 25. What is x?
  2. 2.Dev has 11 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹28 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  3. 3.Meera has 23 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹55 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  4. 4.I think of a number, multiply it by 2 and then take away 34. The answer is 14. What is my number?
  5. 5.Solve for x: 3(x + 3) = 2x + 10. What is x?
  6. 6.2 × ? − 14 = 36
  7. 7.A pen costs ₹5 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹80 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  8. 8.I think of a number, multiply it by 2 and then take away 3. The answer is 1. What is my number?
  9. 9.The length of a rectangle is 10 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 36 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  10. 10.Solve for x: 8(x + 3) = 4x + 96. What is x?
  11. 11.The length of a rectangle is 7 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 98 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  12. 12.Aarav has 29 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹121 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  13. 13.3 × ? + 5 = 23
  14. 14.A pen costs ₹8 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 8 pencils cost ₹196 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  15. 15.11 × ? − 11 = 44
  16. 16.The length of a rectangle is 9 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 126 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  17. 17.The length of a rectangle is 9 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 102 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  18. 18.Saanvi has 24 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹60 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  19. 19.The length of a rectangle is 11 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 38 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  20. 20.6 × ? + 7 = 151
  21. 21.A pen costs ₹15 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹87 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  22. 22.A pen costs ₹5 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹90 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  23. 23.The length of a rectangle is 8 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 124 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  24. 24.The length of a rectangle is 14 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 100 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  25. 25.Manav has 26 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹67 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  26. 26.The length of a rectangle is 9 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 118 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  27. 27.I think of a number, multiply it by 5 and then add 10. The answer is 90. What is my number?
  28. 28.A pen costs ₹10 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 7 pencils cost ₹65 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  29. 29.7 × ? + 16 = 100
  30. 30.I think of a number, multiply it by 4 and then take away 13. The answer is 43. What is my number?
  31. 31.The length of a rectangle is 15 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 42 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  32. 32.Solve for x: 9(x + 8) = 6x + 123. What is x?
  33. 33.The length of a rectangle is 4 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 112 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  34. 34.12 × ? + 9 = 69
  35. 35.A pen costs ₹14 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 7 pencils cost ₹55 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  36. 36.3 × ? − 3 = 51
  37. 37.A pen costs ₹5 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 7 pencils cost ₹108 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  38. 38.11 × ? + 11 = 88
  39. 39.Solve for x: 4(x + 4) = 2x + 36. What is x?
  40. 40.A pen costs ₹4 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹80 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?

Answer key

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

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