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Quantitative aptitude lesson 28: Word problems with equations · Set 517 · 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.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then take away 6. The answer is 156. What is my number?
  2. 2.Sneha has 23 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹79 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  3. 3.Ananya has 17 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹52 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  4. 4.Sneha has 13 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹47 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  5. 5.A pen costs ₹11 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹246 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  6. 6.Meera has 13 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹29 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  7. 7.I think of a number, multiply it by 4 and then take away 13. The answer is 11. What is my number?
  8. 8.A pen costs ₹13 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹252 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  9. 9.I think of a number, multiply it by 2 and then add 8. The answer is 52. What is my number?
  10. 10.I think of a number, multiply it by 4 and then add 35. The answer is 63. What is my number?
  11. 11.A pen costs ₹9 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 4 pencils cost ₹36 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  12. 12.A pen costs ₹3 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 8 pencils cost ₹46 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  13. 13.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then take away 39. The answer is 129. What is my number?
  14. 14.A pen costs ₹6 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹150 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  15. 15.Ananya has 20 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹85 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  16. 16.I think of a number, multiply it by 9 and then add 20. The answer is 128. What is my number?
  17. 17.I think of a number, multiply it by 4 and then take away 25. The answer is 87. What is my number?
  18. 18.Solve for x: 3(x + 1) = x + 13. What is x?
  19. 19.A pen costs ₹4 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 7 pencils cost ₹159 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  20. 20.Solve for x: 8(x + 7) = 3x + 91. What is x?
  21. 21.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then take away 3. The answer is 81. What is my number?
  22. 22.Solve for x: 9(x + 8) = 8x + 92. What is x?
  23. 23.Solve for x: 6(x + 1) = 3x + 54. What is x?
  24. 24.A pen costs ₹5 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹169 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  25. 25.5 × ? − 21 = 49
  26. 26.Solve for x: 9(x + 1) = 8x + 24. What is x?
  27. 27.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then take away 5. The answer is 65. What is my number?
  28. 28.A pen costs ₹10 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹126 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  29. 29.Tara has 19 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹89 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  30. 30.Arjun has 17 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹82 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  31. 31.The length of a rectangle is 15 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 118 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  32. 32.Solve for x: 3(x + 2) = 2x + 16. What is x?
  33. 33.Solve for x: 6(x + 5) = x + 80. What is x?
  34. 34.Karan has 8 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹28 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  35. 35.A pen costs ₹9 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹117 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  36. 36.I think of a number, multiply it by 8 and then add 30. The answer is 94. What is my number?
  37. 37.The length of a rectangle is 11 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 106 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  38. 38.I think of a number, multiply it by 8 and then take away 28. The answer is 212. What is my number?
  39. 39.A pen costs ₹14 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹166 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  40. 40.3 × ? + 28 = 85

Answer key

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

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