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Quantitative aptitude lesson 28: Word problems with equations · Set 583 · 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.Rohan has 27 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹99 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  2. 2.Solve for x: 9(x + 9) = 4x + 166. What is x?
  3. 3.Ishaan has 16 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹59 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  4. 4.Kabir has 11 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹31 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  5. 5.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then add 23. The answer is 205. What is my number?
  6. 6.A pen costs ₹2 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 8 pencils cost ₹204 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  7. 7.10 × ? + 15 = 155
  8. 8.7 × ? − 28 = 77
  9. 9.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then take away 23. The answer is 109. What is my number?
  10. 10.The length of a rectangle is 3 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 74 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  11. 11.6 × ? − 23 = 115
  12. 12.Isha has 18 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹60 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  13. 13.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then add 12. The answer is 96. What is my number?
  14. 14.The length of a rectangle is 4 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 104 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  15. 15.Solve for x: 6(x + 3) = 2x + 22. What is x?
  16. 16.3 × ? − 1 = 5
  17. 17.I think of a number, multiply it by 4 and then take away 36. The answer is 4. What is my number?
  18. 18.Manav has 28 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹116 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  19. 19.Sneha has 29 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹70 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  20. 20.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then take away 25. The answer is 59. What is my number?
  21. 21.The length of a rectangle is 5 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 86 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  22. 22.A pen costs ₹12 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹66 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  23. 23.The length of a rectangle is 9 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 130 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  24. 24.11 × ? − 25 = 8
  25. 25.9 × ? − 13 = 23
  26. 26.Vivaan has 8 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹25 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  27. 27.A pen costs ₹10 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 7 pencils cost ₹140 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  28. 28.9 × ? − 10 = 116
  29. 29.Sneha has 21 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹84 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  30. 30.Aarav has 13 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹41 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  31. 31.A pen costs ₹4 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹112 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  32. 32.A pen costs ₹11 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹126 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  33. 33.The length of a rectangle is 2 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 32 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  34. 34.Tara has 9 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹36 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  35. 35.Solve for x: 3(x + 7) = 2x + 27. What is x?
  36. 36.I think of a number, multiply it by 5 and then add 10. The answer is 150. What is my number?
  37. 37.A pen costs ₹5 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 7 pencils cost ₹115 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  38. 38.6 × ? − 30 = 66
  39. 39.Dev has 16 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹62 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  40. 40.The length of a rectangle is 15 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 58 m. What is its breadth (in m)?

Answer key

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

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