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Equation Word Problems Worksheet

Quantitative aptitude lesson 28: Word problems with equations · Set 584 · 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. 1.3 × ? − 2 = 7
  2. 2.9 × ? + 4 = 58
  3. 3.A pen costs ₹2 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹78 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  4. 4.Zoya has 15 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹63 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  5. 5.A pen costs ₹5 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹70 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  6. 6.Solve for x: 6(x + 8) = 3x + 99. What is x?
  7. 7.Solve for x: 6(x + 7) = x + 122. What is x?
  8. 8.A pen costs ₹2 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 8 pencils cost ₹236 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  9. 9.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then add 14. The answer is 26. What is my number?
  10. 10.A pen costs ₹9 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹294 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  11. 11.Solve for x: 9(x + 1) = x + 89. What is x?
  12. 12.A pen costs ₹10 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹148 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  13. 13.6 × ? − 12 = 78
  14. 14.Solve for x: 8(x + 8) = 2x + 160. What is x?
  15. 15.The length of a rectangle is 4 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 24 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  16. 16.4 × ? + 29 = 81
  17. 17.A pen costs ₹7 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 8 pencils cost ₹168 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  18. 18.I think of a number, multiply it by 4 and then take away 39. The answer is 5. What is my number?
  19. 19.I think of a number, multiply it by 4 and then take away 12. The answer is 100. What is my number?
  20. 20.Arjun has 19 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹53 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  21. 21.A pen costs ₹5 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹122 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  22. 22.A pen costs ₹15 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 7 pencils cost ₹315 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  23. 23.A pen costs ₹11 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 4 pencils cost ₹196 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  24. 24.Karan has 14 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹52 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  25. 25.I think of a number, multiply it by 2 and then add 11. The answer is 17. What is my number?
  26. 26.7 × ? + 23 = 100
  27. 27.The length of a rectangle is 8 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 116 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  28. 28.The length of a rectangle is 8 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 56 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  29. 29.Dev has 15 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹42 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  30. 30.Solve for x: 8(x + 9) = 7x + 91. What is x?
  31. 31.7 × ? + 13 = 27
  32. 32.Solve for x: 7(x + 2) = 2x + 49. What is x?
  33. 33.The length of a rectangle is 15 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 142 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  34. 34.Solve for x: 3(x + 6) = x + 38. What is x?
  35. 35.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then add 6. The answer is 87. What is my number?
  36. 36.I think of a number, multiply it by 9 and then add 26. The answer is 44. What is my number?
  37. 37.Solve for x: 4(x + 7) = 2x + 66. What is x?
  38. 38.Kavya has 20 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹94 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  39. 39.8 × ? − 23 = 33
  40. 40.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then take away 3. The answer is 32. What is my number?

Answer key

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

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