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Quantitative aptitude lesson 28: Word problems with equations · Set 64 · 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.Ishaan has 9 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹24 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  2. 2.A pen costs ₹4 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹180 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  3. 3.The length of a rectangle is 4 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 60 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  4. 4.I think of a number, multiply it by 2 and then add 19. The answer is 23. What is my number?
  5. 5.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then add 11. The answer is 81. What is my number?
  6. 6.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then add 22. The answer is 67. What is my number?
  7. 7.Solve for x: 7(x + 3) = x + 75. What is x?
  8. 8.The length of a rectangle is 5 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 22 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  9. 9.Dev has 30 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹66 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  10. 10.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then take away 31. The answer is 131. What is my number?
  11. 11.The length of a rectangle is 2 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 124 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  12. 12.The length of a rectangle is 5 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 110 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  13. 13.The length of a rectangle is 4 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 28 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  14. 14.Aditya has 26 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹73 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  15. 15.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then add 35. The answer is 161. What is my number?
  16. 16.Solve for x: 5(x + 5) = 3x + 63. What is x?
  17. 17.Solve for x: 7(x + 3) = 6x + 25. What is x?
  18. 18.The length of a rectangle is 15 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 54 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  19. 19.The length of a rectangle is 14 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 96 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  20. 20.A pen costs ₹14 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹300 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  21. 21.7 × ? − 14 = 98
  22. 22.Solve for x: 3(x + 7) = 2x + 35. What is x?
  23. 23.7 × ? − 21 = 147
  24. 24.The length of a rectangle is 3 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 70 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  25. 25.A pen costs ₹11 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 4 pencils cost ₹100 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  26. 26.Solve for x: 7(x + 7) = 5x + 77. What is x?
  27. 27.3 × ? − 3 = 57
  28. 28.The length of a rectangle is 8 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 80 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  29. 29.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then add 10. The answer is 64. What is my number?
  30. 30.11 × ? − 24 = 31
  31. 31.A pen costs ₹10 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹60 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  32. 32.A pen costs ₹14 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹150 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  33. 33.The length of a rectangle is 4 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 24 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  34. 34.The length of a rectangle is 6 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 104 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  35. 35.Kavya has 19 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹44 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  36. 36.6 × ? − 29 = 115
  37. 37.Kavya has 19 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹62 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  38. 38.A pen costs ₹4 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 4 pencils cost ₹194 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  39. 39.7 × ? − 18 = 10
  40. 40.A pen costs ₹2 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹84 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?

Answer key

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

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