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Quantitative aptitude lesson 28: Word problems with equations · Set 481 · 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 4 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 64 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  2. 2.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then add 30. The answer is 66. What is my number?
  3. 3.Karan has 8 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹37 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  4. 4.A pen costs ₹14 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹98 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  5. 5.Solve for x: 3(x + 7) = x + 51. What is x?
  6. 6.The length of a rectangle is 5 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 22 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  7. 7.Solve for x: 4(x + 8) = x + 62. What is x?
  8. 8.The length of a rectangle is 12 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 68 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  9. 9.5 × ? + 27 = 42
  10. 10.I think of a number, multiply it by 5 and then take away 4. The answer is 91. What is my number?
  11. 11.The length of a rectangle is 4 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 120 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  12. 12.Solve for x: 5(x + 1) = 3x + 9. What is x?
  13. 13.Solve for x: 3(x + 3) = 2x + 17. What is x?
  14. 14.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then take away 3. The answer is 27. What is my number?
  15. 15.The length of a rectangle is 4 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 88 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  16. 16.A pen costs ₹12 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹138 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  17. 17.A pen costs ₹6 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹59 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  18. 18.Tara has 12 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹57 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  19. 19.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then add 3. The answer is 72. What is my number?
  20. 20.10 × ? − 17 = 83
  21. 21.A pen costs ₹15 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹100 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  22. 22.Solve for x: 9(x + 3) = 4x + 102. What is x?
  23. 23.Solve for x: 9(x + 1) = 4x + 69. What is x?
  24. 24.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then take away 2. The answer is 73. What is my number?
  25. 25.I think of a number, multiply it by 8 and then take away 37. The answer is 67. What is my number?
  26. 26.A pen costs ₹7 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 7 pencils cost ₹276 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  27. 27.Solve for x: 8(x + 4) = 4x + 80. What is x?
  28. 28.6 × ? + 13 = 109
  29. 29.Aditya has 13 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹35 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  30. 30.Solve for x: 7(x + 9) = x + 69. What is x?
  31. 31.A pen costs ₹2 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹108 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  32. 32.Tara has 18 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹45 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  33. 33.I think of a number, multiply it by 4 and then take away 19. The answer is 41. What is my number?
  34. 34.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then take away 26. The answer is 10. What is my number?
  35. 35.12 × ? − 4 = 272
  36. 36.The length of a rectangle is 3 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 18 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  37. 37.A pen costs ₹3 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹79 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  38. 38.6 × ? + 15 = 51
  39. 39.5 × ? − 17 = 78
  40. 40.11 × ? − 17 = 27

Answer key

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

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