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Quantitative aptitude lesson 28: Word problems with equations · Set 490 · 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.Saanvi has 19 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹89 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  2. 2.The length of a rectangle is 15 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 90 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  3. 3.The length of a rectangle is 8 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 40 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  4. 4.I think of a number, multiply it by 9 and then add 6. The answer is 231. What is my number?
  5. 5.Solve for x: 4(x + 2) = 3x + 10. What is x?
  6. 6.8 × ? − 24 = 144
  7. 7.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then add 39. The answer is 135. What is my number?
  8. 8.I think of a number, multiply it by 9 and then take away 6. The answer is 93. What is my number?
  9. 9.Solve for x: 4(x + 9) = 3x + 51. What is x?
  10. 10.The length of a rectangle is 11 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 70 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  11. 11.2 × ? + 7 = 11
  12. 12.I think of a number, multiply it by 8 and then add 23. The answer is 103. What is my number?
  13. 13.9 × ? − 11 = 214
  14. 14.6 × ? + 29 = 77
  15. 15.Solve for x: 8(x + 8) = 5x + 109. What is x?
  16. 16.A pen costs ₹6 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹37 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  17. 17.7 × ? − 22 = 48
  18. 18.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then take away 22. The answer is 116. What is my number?
  19. 19.The length of a rectangle is 3 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 98 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  20. 20.Dev has 17 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹76 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  21. 21.Rahul has 11 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹40 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  22. 22.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then take away 14. The answer is 105. What is my number?
  23. 23.11 × ? + 14 = 157
  24. 24.The length of a rectangle is 2 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 32 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  25. 25.A pen costs ₹11 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹150 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  26. 26.The length of a rectangle is 9 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 70 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  27. 27.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then add 33. The answer is 47. What is my number?
  28. 28.Solve for x: 8(x + 9) = 3x + 132. What is x?
  29. 29.10 × ? − 14 = 176
  30. 30.A pen costs ₹3 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹45 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  31. 31.Priya has 11 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹52 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  32. 32.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then take away 30. The answer is 19. What is my number?
  33. 33.The length of a rectangle is 4 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 128 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  34. 34.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then add 37. The answer is 233. What is my number?
  35. 35.I think of a number, multiply it by 5 and then add 21. The answer is 131. What is my number?
  36. 36.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then add 7. The answer is 55. What is my number?
  37. 37.The length of a rectangle is 4 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 64 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  38. 38.A pen costs ₹4 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹56 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  39. 39.Priya has 11 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹46 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  40. 40.4 × ? − 27 = 61

Answer key

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

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