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Equation Word Problems Worksheet

Quantitative aptitude lesson 28: Word problems with equations · Set 597 · 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. 1.2 × ? + 14 = 20
  2. 2.2 × ? + 30 = 38
  3. 3.I think of a number, multiply it by 9 and then add 8. The answer is 224. What is my number?
  4. 4.A pen costs ₹5 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹75 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  5. 5.Solve for x: 5(x + 1) = x + 77. What is x?
  6. 6.8 × ? + 2 = 90
  7. 7.Solve for x: 3(x + 7) = x + 51. What is x?
  8. 8.Karan has 26 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹61 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  9. 9.A pen costs ₹8 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹92 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  10. 10.7 × ? − 10 = 116
  11. 11.Solve for x: 6(x + 5) = 3x + 90. What is x?
  12. 12.A pen costs ₹9 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹173 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  13. 13.A pen costs ₹9 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 4 pencils cost ₹84 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  14. 14.I think of a number, multiply it by 8 and then take away 26. The answer is 62. What is my number?
  15. 15.I think of a number, multiply it by 9 and then add 40. The answer is 256. What is my number?
  16. 16.A pen costs ₹5 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 7 pencils cost ₹82 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  17. 17.2 × ? − 2 = 42
  18. 18.Karan has 18 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹60 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  19. 19.10 × ? − 8 = 52
  20. 20.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then take away 31. The answer is 56. What is my number?
  21. 21.Solve for x: 5(x + 4) = x + 100. What is x?
  22. 22.Meera has 10 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹26 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  23. 23.A pen costs ₹11 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹163 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  24. 24.7 × ? + 30 = 72
  25. 25.The length of a rectangle is 3 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 106 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  26. 26.8 × ? − 26 = 6
  27. 27.The length of a rectangle is 5 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 46 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  28. 28.The length of a rectangle is 3 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 46 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  29. 29.Aarav has 20 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹76 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  30. 30.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then add 40. The answer is 127. What is my number?
  31. 31.I think of a number, multiply it by 9 and then add 14. The answer is 41. What is my number?
  32. 32.Aarav has 14 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹31 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  33. 33.Solve for x: 8(x + 5) = x + 152. What is x?
  34. 34.Solve for x: 4(x + 2) = x + 44. What is x?
  35. 35.The length of a rectangle is 10 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 120 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  36. 36.9 × ? + 19 = 136
  37. 37.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then take away 1. The answer is 35. What is my number?
  38. 38.A pen costs ₹15 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹132 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  39. 39.I think of a number, multiply it by 4 and then take away 12. The answer is 72. What is my number?
  40. 40.I think of a number, multiply it by 2 and then take away 6. The answer is 46. What is my number?

Answer key

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

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