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Quantitative aptitude lesson 28: Word problems with equations · Set 520 · 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 9 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹42 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  2. 2.Solve for x: 9(x + 1) = 5x + 41. What is x?
  3. 3.A pen costs ₹11 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 7 pencils cost ₹58 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  4. 4.The length of a rectangle is 2 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 16 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  5. 5.A pen costs ₹13 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹97 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  6. 6.Solve for x: 3(x + 3) = 2x + 10. What is x?
  7. 7.6 × ? + 24 = 72
  8. 8.The length of a rectangle is 5 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 30 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  9. 9.A pen costs ₹10 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 4 pencils cost ₹44 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  10. 10.Solve for x: 7(x + 8) = 6x + 59. What is x?
  11. 11.Meera has 25 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹80 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  12. 12.3 × ? − 17 = 43
  13. 13.I think of a number, multiply it by 2 and then take away 7. The answer is 29. What is my number?
  14. 14.A pen costs ₹3 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹66 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  15. 15.I think of a number, multiply it by 9 and then add 13. The answer is 67. What is my number?
  16. 16.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then add 26. The answer is 194. What is my number?
  17. 17.Kabir has 8 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹19 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  18. 18.Karan has 14 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹40 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  19. 19.I think of a number, multiply it by 5 and then take away 33. The answer is 62. What is my number?
  20. 20.I think of a number, multiply it by 2 and then add 36. The answer is 46. What is my number?
  21. 21.Solve for x: 5(x + 6) = x + 50. What is x?
  22. 22.Rahul has 15 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹48 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  23. 23.Priya has 22 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹83 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  24. 24.I think of a number, multiply it by 8 and then take away 37. The answer is 99. What is my number?
  25. 25.A pen costs ₹15 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 8 pencils cost ₹170 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  26. 26.I think of a number, multiply it by 9 and then add 1. The answer is 118. What is my number?
  27. 27.Isha has 17 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹46 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  28. 28.Karan has 29 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹142 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  29. 29.I think of a number, multiply it by 9 and then add 20. The answer is 236. What is my number?
  30. 30.Ishaan has 24 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹84 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  31. 31.2 × ? + 3 = 27
  32. 32.I think of a number, multiply it by 2 and then add 16. The answer is 66. What is my number?
  33. 33.A pen costs ₹4 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹168 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  34. 34.Solve for x: 4(x + 6) = x + 51. What is x?
  35. 35.I think of a number, multiply it by 5 and then add 37. The answer is 57. What is my number?
  36. 36.Ishaan has 8 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹22 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  37. 37.Rahul has 23 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹61 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  38. 38.A pen costs ₹4 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹57 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  39. 39.Rohan has 19 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹41 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  40. 40.5 × ? + 15 = 65

Answer key

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

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