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Quantitative aptitude lesson 28: Word problems with equations · Set 489 · 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.Arjun has 29 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹121 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  2. 2.Solve for x: 3(x + 3) = x + 31. What is x?
  3. 3.I think of a number, multiply it by 2 and then add 39. The answer is 95. What is my number?
  4. 4.11 × ? + 18 = 73
  5. 5.A pen costs ₹4 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹129 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  6. 6.The length of a rectangle is 2 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 80 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  7. 7.A pen costs ₹7 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 7 pencils cost ₹127 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  8. 8.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then add 32. The answer is 170. What is my number?
  9. 9.The length of a rectangle is 11 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 98 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  10. 10.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then take away 11. The answer is 139. What is my number?
  11. 11.I think of a number, multiply it by 9 and then add 5. The answer is 266. What is my number?
  12. 12.7 × ? + 8 = 127
  13. 13.I think of a number, multiply it by 4 and then add 40. The answer is 108. What is my number?
  14. 14.Meera has 10 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹44 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  15. 15.The length of a rectangle is 6 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 44 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  16. 16.Solve for x: 8(x + 3) = 6x + 36. What is x?
  17. 17.11 × ? − 6 = 148
  18. 18.Solve for x: 3(x + 7) = 2x + 25. What is x?
  19. 19.The length of a rectangle is 15 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 146 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  20. 20.Solve for x: 3(x + 4) = x + 38. What is x?
  21. 21.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then take away 32. The answer is 40. What is my number?
  22. 22.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then add 23. The answer is 83. What is my number?
  23. 23.Solve for x: 7(x + 5) = 6x + 43. What is x?
  24. 24.Solve for x: 9(x + 5) = 2x + 80. What is x?
  25. 25.The length of a rectangle is 13 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 38 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  26. 26.A pen costs ₹4 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹102 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  27. 27.12 × ? + 10 = 70
  28. 28.I think of a number, multiply it by 5 and then add 4. The answer is 84. What is my number?
  29. 29.A pen costs ₹10 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹247 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  30. 30.10 × ? − 6 = 24
  31. 31.10 × ? − 18 = 52
  32. 32.The length of a rectangle is 5 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 50 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  33. 33.A pen costs ₹10 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹84 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  34. 34.Priya has 25 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹65 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  35. 35.A pen costs ₹12 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹250 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  36. 36.2 × ? + 1 = 5
  37. 37.Dev has 16 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹38 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  38. 38.Solve for x: 7(x + 7) = 2x + 59. What is x?
  39. 39.A pen costs ₹13 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 7 pencils cost ₹189 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  40. 40.I think of a number, multiply it by 4 and then take away 24. The answer is 24. What is my number?

Answer key

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

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