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Quantitative aptitude lesson 28: Word problems with equations · Set 571 · 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.A pen costs ₹2 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹114 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  2. 2.Solve for x: 9(x + 9) = 3x + 141. What is x?
  3. 3.A pen costs ₹9 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 7 pencils cost ₹234 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  4. 4.2 × ? − 2 = 20
  5. 5.6 × ? + 12 = 24
  6. 6.A pen costs ₹8 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹145 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  7. 7.Nisha has 14 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹58 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  8. 8.Rahul has 8 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹28 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  9. 9.I think of a number, multiply it by 5 and then add 15. The answer is 110. What is my number?
  10. 10.I think of a number, multiply it by 8 and then add 11. The answer is 35. What is my number?
  11. 11.Aditya has 28 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹80 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  12. 12.A pen costs ₹8 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹95 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  13. 13.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then take away 12. The answer is 78. What is my number?
  14. 14.Solve for x: 3(x + 7) = 2x + 24. What is x?
  15. 15.Solve for x: 9(x + 2) = 4x + 48. What is x?
  16. 16.Dev has 12 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹27 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  17. 17.A pen costs ₹5 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 7 pencils cost ₹127 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  18. 18.3 × ? + 6 = 39
  19. 19.The length of a rectangle is 8 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 40 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  20. 20.A pen costs ₹5 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹239 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  21. 21.Manav has 27 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹84 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  22. 22.Solve for x: 7(x + 1) = x + 13. What is x?
  23. 23.The length of a rectangle is 10 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 76 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  24. 24.The length of a rectangle is 4 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 20 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  25. 25.The length of a rectangle is 2 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 124 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  26. 26.I think of a number, multiply it by 4 and then add 13. The answer is 61. What is my number?
  27. 27.I think of a number, multiply it by 2 and then add 16. The answer is 72. What is my number?
  28. 28.I think of a number, multiply it by 8 and then add 30. The answer is 142. What is my number?
  29. 29.I think of a number, multiply it by 8 and then take away 4. The answer is 36. What is my number?
  30. 30.12 × ? − 23 = 49
  31. 31.A pen costs ₹11 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 4 pencils cost ₹173 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  32. 32.I think of a number, multiply it by 2 and then add 6. The answer is 48. What is my number?
  33. 33.The length of a rectangle is 2 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 24 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  34. 34.9 × ? + 30 = 93
  35. 35.Vivaan has 30 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹138 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  36. 36.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then take away 5. The answer is 16. What is my number?
  37. 37.A pen costs ₹15 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹140 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  38. 38.I think of a number, multiply it by 4 and then take away 36. The answer is 52. What is my number?
  39. 39.Meera has 22 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹77 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  40. 40.A pen costs ₹6 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 4 pencils cost ₹96 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?

Answer key

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

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