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Quantitative aptitude lesson 28: Word problems with equations · Set 515 · 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.Kabir has 24 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹75 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  2. 2.A pen costs ₹8 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹176 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  3. 3.4 × ? − 9 = 19
  4. 4.Zoya has 16 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹68 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  5. 5.I think of a number, multiply it by 5 and then take away 9. The answer is 71. What is my number?
  6. 6.Solve for x: 6(x + 7) = x + 62. What is x?
  7. 7.Dev has 18 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹87 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  8. 8.3 × ? − 10 = 2
  9. 9.I think of a number, multiply it by 9 and then add 17. The answer is 80. What is my number?
  10. 10.Diya has 10 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹41 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  11. 11.11 × ? + 2 = 35
  12. 12.Solve for x: 5(x + 9) = x + 97. What is x?
  13. 13.Solve for x: 3(x + 7) = x + 45. What is x?
  14. 14.A pen costs ₹7 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 8 pencils cost ₹186 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  15. 15.I think of a number, multiply it by 4 and then add 30. The answer is 142. What is my number?
  16. 16.A pen costs ₹3 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹235 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  17. 17.Solve for x: 6(x + 1) = 3x + 66. What is x?
  18. 18.I think of a number, multiply it by 9 and then add 30. The answer is 165. What is my number?
  19. 19.Solve for x: 3(x + 1) = 2x + 20. What is x?
  20. 20.Vivaan has 26 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹79 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  21. 21.A pen costs ₹9 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 7 pencils cost ₹77 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  22. 22.2 × ? + 26 = 64
  23. 23.I think of a number, multiply it by 8 and then add 40. The answer is 184. What is my number?
  24. 24.A pen costs ₹5 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹140 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  25. 25.I think of a number, multiply it by 4 and then take away 2. The answer is 6. What is my number?
  26. 26.A pen costs ₹4 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹146 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  27. 27.Diya has 22 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹107 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  28. 28.Aditya has 26 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹100 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  29. 29.The length of a rectangle is 4 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 20 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  30. 30.A pen costs ₹8 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹120 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  31. 31.I think of a number, multiply it by 5 and then add 17. The answer is 142. What is my number?
  32. 32.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then take away 24. The answer is 84. What is my number?
  33. 33.A pen costs ₹10 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹132 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  34. 34.Rahul has 30 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹78 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  35. 35.A pen costs ₹15 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹114 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  36. 36.10 × ? + 3 = 33
  37. 37.Diya has 25 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹53 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  38. 38.I think of a number, multiply it by 2 and then add 10. The answer is 60. What is my number?
  39. 39.The length of a rectangle is 3 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 66 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  40. 40.Dev has 29 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹70 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?

Answer key

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

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