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Equation Word Problems Worksheet

Quantitative aptitude lesson 28: Word problems with equations · Set 610 · 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 × ? + 5 = 17
  2. 2.4 × ? − 7 = 41
  3. 3.4 × ? − 26 = 6
  4. 4.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then add 22. The answer is 88. What is my number?
  5. 5.Ananya has 18 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹57 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  6. 6.A pen costs ₹8 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹48 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  7. 7.Solve for x: 6(x + 1) = 4x + 20. What is x?
  8. 8.Pooja has 16 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹44 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  9. 9.Solve for x: 3(x + 1) = 2x + 15. What is x?
  10. 10.8 × ? + 27 = 131
  11. 11.A pen costs ₹6 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹146 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  12. 12.Zoya has 23 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹82 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  13. 13.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then add 31. The answer is 43. What is my number?
  14. 14.The length of a rectangle is 11 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 62 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  15. 15.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then take away 24. The answer is 33. What is my number?
  16. 16.4 × ? − 4 = 28
  17. 17.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then add 33. The answer is 39. What is my number?
  18. 18.6 × ? − 17 = 67
  19. 19.A pen costs ₹2 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 4 pencils cost ₹144 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  20. 20.Pooja has 28 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹113 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  21. 21.The length of a rectangle is 6 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 64 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  22. 22.Solve for x: 4(x + 2) = x + 11. What is x?
  23. 23.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then take away 28. The answer is 35. What is my number?
  24. 24.6 × ? + 8 = 80
  25. 25.6 × ? − 13 = 107
  26. 26.Dev has 22 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹101 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  27. 27.A pen costs ₹14 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 4 pencils cost ₹106 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  28. 28.A pen costs ₹14 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 7 pencils cost ₹240 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  29. 29.Kabir has 14 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹31 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  30. 30.A pen costs ₹3 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹40 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  31. 31.I think of a number, multiply it by 8 and then add 13. The answer is 109. What is my number?
  32. 32.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then add 14. The answer is 38. What is my number?
  33. 33.The length of a rectangle is 7 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 62 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  34. 34.A pen costs ₹9 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹135 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  35. 35.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then add 31. The answer is 40. What is my number?
  36. 36.2 × ? + 21 = 41
  37. 37.The length of a rectangle is 5 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 126 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  38. 38.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then add 31. The answer is 55. What is my number?
  39. 39.I think of a number, multiply it by 5 and then add 12. The answer is 87. What is my number?
  40. 40.Solve for x: 9(x + 3) = 6x + 33. What is x?

Answer key

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

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