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Equation Word Problems Worksheet

Quantitative aptitude lesson 28: Word problems with equations · Set 644 · 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.Vivaan has 16 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹77 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  2. 2.A pen costs ₹14 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 8 pencils cost ₹141 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  3. 3.Sneha has 11 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹49 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  4. 4.Solve for x: 6(x + 3) = 3x + 51. What is x?
  5. 5.Solve for x: 5(x + 2) = 3x + 12. What is x?
  6. 6.A pen costs ₹14 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹189 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  7. 7.3 × ? + 22 = 49
  8. 8.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then add 22. The answer is 112. What is my number?
  9. 9.Solve for x: 8(x + 5) = 6x + 80. What is x?
  10. 10.The length of a rectangle is 13 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 142 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  11. 11.Rohan has 22 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹77 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  12. 12.The length of a rectangle is 8 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 132 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  13. 13.12 × ? − 18 = 138
  14. 14.Solve for x: 7(x + 8) = x + 128. What is x?
  15. 15.The length of a rectangle is 5 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 82 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  16. 16.I think of a number, multiply it by 9 and then add 26. The answer is 260. What is my number?
  17. 17.The length of a rectangle is 14 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 120 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  18. 18.A pen costs ₹13 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹198 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  19. 19.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then add 13. The answer is 209. What is my number?
  20. 20.10 × ? − 15 = 25
  21. 21.The length of a rectangle is 5 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 122 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  22. 22.The length of a rectangle is 5 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 38 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  23. 23.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then take away 35. The answer is 46. What is my number?
  24. 24.I think of a number, multiply it by 4 and then add 14. The answer is 50. What is my number?
  25. 25.Saanvi has 23 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹55 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  26. 26.I think of a number, multiply it by 2 and then add 39. The answer is 83. What is my number?
  27. 27.Solve for x: 9(x + 7) = 4x + 163. What is x?
  28. 28.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then add 6. The answer is 39. What is my number?
  29. 29.Solve for x: 4(x + 6) = 2x + 52. What is x?
  30. 30.I think of a number, multiply it by 8 and then add 39. The answer is 263. What is my number?
  31. 31.The length of a rectangle is 3 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 82 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  32. 32.7 × ? − 30 = 68
  33. 33.8 × ? + 3 = 195
  34. 34.Solve for x: 4(x + 1) = 3x + 19. What is x?
  35. 35.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then add 22. The answer is 106. What is my number?
  36. 36.A pen costs ₹4 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹69 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  37. 37.9 × ? + 13 = 193
  38. 38.A pen costs ₹3 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹123 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  39. 39.Solve for x: 4(x + 4) = x + 19. What is x?
  40. 40.A pen costs ₹3 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹162 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?

Answer key

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

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