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Quantitative aptitude lesson 28: Word problems with equations · Set 536 · 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.Farhan has 28 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹119 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  2. 2.Rohan has 20 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹64 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  3. 3.A pen costs ₹3 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹62 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  4. 4.I think of a number, multiply it by 2 and then take away 10. The answer is 4. What is my number?
  5. 5.3 × ? − 7 = 14
  6. 6.A pen costs ₹10 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹84 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  7. 7.I think of a number, multiply it by 4 and then add 37. The answer is 53. What is my number?
  8. 8.I think of a number, multiply it by 2 and then add 32. The answer is 82. What is my number?
  9. 9.A pen costs ₹7 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 4 pencils cost ₹124 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  10. 10.A pen costs ₹12 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹207 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  11. 11.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then add 36. The answer is 84. What is my number?
  12. 12.4 × ? + 2 = 94
  13. 13.The length of a rectangle is 5 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 130 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  14. 14.Manav has 20 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹88 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  15. 15.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then take away 33. The answer is 57. What is my number?
  16. 16.I think of a number, multiply it by 9 and then take away 16. The answer is 47. What is my number?
  17. 17.A pen costs ₹13 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 8 pencils cost ₹160 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  18. 18.A pen costs ₹5 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹66 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  19. 19.Solve for x: 9(x + 6) = 6x + 60. What is x?
  20. 20.A pen costs ₹5 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 7 pencils cost ₹46 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  21. 21.I think of a number, multiply it by 4 and then add 26. The answer is 54. What is my number?
  22. 22.A pen costs ₹3 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 4 pencils cost ₹69 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  23. 23.I think of a number, multiply it by 5 and then take away 27. The answer is 58. What is my number?
  24. 24.Solve for x: 4(x + 6) = x + 33. What is x?
  25. 25.A pen costs ₹2 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹168 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  26. 26.Kabir has 9 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹36 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  27. 27.Solve for x: 8(x + 9) = 6x + 86. What is x?
  28. 28.Dev has 24 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹84 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  29. 29.Saanvi has 28 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹59 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  30. 30.Solve for x: 7(x + 7) = 2x + 119. What is x?
  31. 31.Solve for x: 8(x + 5) = x + 47. What is x?
  32. 32.5 × ? + 3 = 128
  33. 33.Ishaan has 12 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹45 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  34. 34.A pen costs ₹10 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹276 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  35. 35.A pen costs ₹7 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 4 pencils cost ₹112 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  36. 36.The length of a rectangle is 5 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 106 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  37. 37.The length of a rectangle is 9 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 62 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  38. 38.Solve for x: 9(x + 1) = 4x + 24. What is x?
  39. 39.Ishaan has 21 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹84 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  40. 40.A pen costs ₹7 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹154 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?

Answer key

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

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