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Quantitative aptitude lesson 28: Word problems with equations · Set 49 · 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.Vivaan has 10 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹41 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  2. 2.I think of a number, multiply it by 4 and then add 8. The answer is 96. What is my number?
  3. 3.The length of a rectangle is 8 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 44 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  4. 4.The length of a rectangle is 10 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 140 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  5. 5.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then add 2. The answer is 41. What is my number?
  6. 6.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then add 11. The answer is 60. What is my number?
  7. 7.The length of a rectangle is 4 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 24 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  8. 8.The length of a rectangle is 6 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 56 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  9. 9.A pen costs ₹9 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹38 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  10. 10.Meera has 21 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹87 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  11. 11.Solve for x: 3(x + 9) = 2x + 42. What is x?
  12. 12.A pen costs ₹3 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹162 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  13. 13.A pen costs ₹10 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹148 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  14. 14.A pen costs ₹15 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹155 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  15. 15.Ishaan has 30 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹96 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  16. 16.I think of a number, multiply it by 9 and then add 11. The answer is 263. What is my number?
  17. 17.Rohan has 21 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹84 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  18. 18.A pen costs ₹13 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 7 pencils cost ₹197 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  19. 19.4 × ? + 6 = 66
  20. 20.I think of a number, multiply it by 4 and then add 12. The answer is 96. What is my number?
  21. 21.A pen costs ₹2 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 7 pencils cost ₹41 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  22. 22.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then add 6. The answer is 181. What is my number?
  23. 23.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then take away 9. The answer is 165. What is my number?
  24. 24.The length of a rectangle is 15 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 58 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  25. 25.The length of a rectangle is 3 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 118 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  26. 26.Karan has 14 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹55 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  27. 27.A pen costs ₹7 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 8 pencils cost ₹124 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  28. 28.I think of a number, multiply it by 2 and then add 24. The answer is 42. What is my number?
  29. 29.Saanvi has 19 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹59 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  30. 30.9 × ? + 5 = 104
  31. 31.Meera has 11 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹31 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  32. 32.I think of a number, multiply it by 2 and then take away 4. The answer is 34. What is my number?
  33. 33.8 × ? − 1 = 191
  34. 34.The length of a rectangle is 3 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 42 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  35. 35.Solve for x: 6(x + 2) = x + 37. What is x?
  36. 36.A pen costs ₹5 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹70 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  37. 37.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then add 26. The answer is 80. What is my number?
  38. 38.Sneha has 30 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹132 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  39. 39.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then take away 20. The answer is 130. What is my number?
  40. 40.Solve for x: 6(x + 9) = 2x + 114. What is x?

Answer key

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

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