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Quantitative aptitude lesson 28: Word problems with equations · Set 558 · 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.Solve for x: 4(x + 5) = 2x + 48. What is x?
  2. 2.Rohan has 27 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹81 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  3. 3.Isha has 14 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹49 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  4. 4.I think of a number, multiply it by 5 and then take away 34. The answer is 101. What is my number?
  5. 5.The length of a rectangle is 13 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 50 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  6. 6.Isha has 10 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹41 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  7. 7.A pen costs ₹7 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹187 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  8. 8.Kabir has 20 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹94 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  9. 9.4 × ? + 8 = 44
  10. 10.2 × ? + 25 = 69
  11. 11.I think of a number, multiply it by 4 and then add 9. The answer is 113. What is my number?
  12. 12.I think of a number, multiply it by 5 and then take away 14. The answer is 51. What is my number?
  13. 13.I think of a number, multiply it by 5 and then add 32. The answer is 62. What is my number?
  14. 14.Saanvi has 22 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹47 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  15. 15.Solve for x: 9(x + 8) = 5x + 112. What is x?
  16. 16.I think of a number, multiply it by 8 and then add 30. The answer is 150. What is my number?
  17. 17.A pen costs ₹6 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 8 pencils cost ₹202 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  18. 18.Solve for x: 4(x + 1) = 2x + 32. What is x?
  19. 19.Solve for x: 3(x + 2) = 2x + 13. What is x?
  20. 20.Solve for x: 6(x + 5) = 5x + 42. What is x?
  21. 21.A pen costs ₹2 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹136 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  22. 22.Tara has 11 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹37 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  23. 23.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then take away 1. The answer is 153. What is my number?
  24. 24.Solve for x: 9(x + 6) = 5x + 82. What is x?
  25. 25.10 × ? − 3 = 207
  26. 26.A pen costs ₹13 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹75 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  27. 27.A pen costs ₹5 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹195 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  28. 28.A pen costs ₹11 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 4 pencils cost ₹217 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  29. 29.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then add 39. The answer is 144. What is my number?
  30. 30.The length of a rectangle is 9 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 94 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  31. 31.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then add 2. The answer is 38. What is my number?
  32. 32.I think of a number, multiply it by 4 and then add 38. The answer is 146. What is my number?
  33. 33.A pen costs ₹14 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹166 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  34. 34.Solve for x: 8(x + 7) = 3x + 141. What is x?
  35. 35.Nisha has 15 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹54 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  36. 36.A pen costs ₹4 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹64 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  37. 37.The length of a rectangle is 5 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 62 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  38. 38.Saanvi has 19 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹50 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  39. 39.Solve for x: 3(x + 1) = 2x + 11. What is x?
  40. 40.3 × ? + 16 = 25

Answer key

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

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