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Quantitative aptitude lesson 28: Word problems with equations · Set 473 · 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.The length of a rectangle is 12 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 136 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  2. 2.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then add 21. The answer is 75. What is my number?
  3. 3.A pen costs ₹2 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹36 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  4. 4.Solve for x: 4(x + 8) = 2x + 66. What is x?
  5. 5.7 × ? − 1 = 97
  6. 6.I think of a number, multiply it by 8 and then add 11. The answer is 171. What is my number?
  7. 7.A pen costs ₹3 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹66 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  8. 8.Diya has 14 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹37 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  9. 9.7 × ? − 17 = 102
  10. 10.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then take away 6. The answer is 18. What is my number?
  11. 11.I think of a number, multiply it by 2 and then add 11. The answer is 47. What is my number?
  12. 12.A pen costs ₹12 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 7 pencils cost ₹177 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  13. 13.10 × ? − 14 = 46
  14. 14.The length of a rectangle is 7 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 58 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  15. 15.The length of a rectangle is 2 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 120 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  16. 16.A pen costs ₹8 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹84 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  17. 17.A pen costs ₹9 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹153 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  18. 18.Isha has 9 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹27 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  19. 19.A pen costs ₹9 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹153 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  20. 20.A pen costs ₹13 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹90 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  21. 21.Solve for x: 5(x + 9) = 3x + 71. What is x?
  22. 22.The length of a rectangle is 13 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 78 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  23. 23.I think of a number, multiply it by 2 and then add 17. The answer is 37. What is my number?
  24. 24.Ananya has 20 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹46 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  25. 25.A pen costs ₹5 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 8 pencils cost ₹116 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  26. 26.Diya has 28 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹59 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  27. 27.4 × ? + 25 = 57
  28. 28.A pen costs ₹6 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹107 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  29. 29.3 × ? − 21 = 39
  30. 30.Kabir has 27 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹87 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  31. 31.Solve for x: 3(x + 4) = x + 18. What is x?
  32. 32.10 × ? − 16 = 64
  33. 33.A pen costs ₹5 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹90 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  34. 34.A pen costs ₹8 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹61 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  35. 35.I think of a number, multiply it by 2 and then add 17. The answer is 77. What is my number?
  36. 36.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then take away 3. The answer is 172. What is my number?
  37. 37.Sneha has 18 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹78 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  38. 38.I think of a number, multiply it by 9 and then add 35. The answer is 206. What is my number?
  39. 39.A pen costs ₹15 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹168 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  40. 40.Ananya has 22 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹80 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?

Answer key

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

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