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Quantitative aptitude lesson 28: Word problems with equations · Set 595 · 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. 1.4 × ? + 20 = 40
  2. 2.A pen costs ₹14 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹84 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  3. 3.Dev has 10 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹44 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  4. 4.The length of a rectangle is 7 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 82 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  5. 5.7 × ? − 11 = 31
  6. 6.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then add 18. The answer is 172. What is my number?
  7. 7.Solve for x: 5(x + 4) = 3x + 40. What is x?
  8. 8.The length of a rectangle is 3 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 118 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  9. 9.Dev has 9 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹36 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  10. 10.A pen costs ₹11 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 4 pencils cost ₹106 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  11. 11.The length of a rectangle is 12 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 80 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  12. 12.I think of a number, multiply it by 8 and then add 3. The answer is 115. What is my number?
  13. 13.A pen costs ₹9 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹270 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  14. 14.9 × ? − 6 = 138
  15. 15.8 × ? − 15 = 65
  16. 16.Diya has 21 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹99 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  17. 17.Manav has 20 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹61 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  18. 18.Solve for x: 4(x + 9) = 3x + 42. What is x?
  19. 19.A pen costs ₹6 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 4 pencils cost ₹109 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  20. 20.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then add 4. The answer is 178. What is my number?
  21. 21.A pen costs ₹4 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 8 pencils cost ₹221 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  22. 22.Solve for x: 7(x + 2) = 5x + 46. What is x?
  23. 23.10 × ? − 17 = 163
  24. 24.Nisha has 28 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹137 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  25. 25.I think of a number, multiply it by 9 and then add 21. The answer is 273. What is my number?
  26. 26.The length of a rectangle is 4 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 80 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  27. 27.12 × ? − 15 = 21
  28. 28.The length of a rectangle is 11 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 118 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  29. 29.Karan has 10 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹35 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  30. 30.I think of a number, multiply it by 2 and then add 34. The answer is 92. What is my number?
  31. 31.Rohan has 20 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹55 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  32. 32.I think of a number, multiply it by 9 and then add 23. The answer is 230. What is my number?
  33. 33.Solve for x: 4(x + 7) = 3x + 37. What is x?
  34. 34.A pen costs ₹9 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹141 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  35. 35.A pen costs ₹15 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹86 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  36. 36.10 × ? − 26 = 84
  37. 37.A pen costs ₹11 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹215 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  38. 38.The length of a rectangle is 2 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 24 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  39. 39.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then add 33. The answer is 82. What is my number?
  40. 40.Solve for x: 5(x + 4) = x + 44. What is x?

Answer key

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

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