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Equation Word Problems Worksheet

Quantitative aptitude lesson 28: Word problems with equations · Set 654 · 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.Rohan has 19 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹44 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  2. 2.The length of a rectangle is 8 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 28 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  3. 3.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then add 29. The answer is 89. What is my number?
  4. 4.6 × ? + 19 = 67
  5. 5.11 × ? − 10 = 67
  6. 6.A pen costs ₹6 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹206 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  7. 7.A pen costs ₹14 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹116 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  8. 8.Solve for x: 4(x + 4) = 2x + 18. What is x?
  9. 9.9 × ? − 29 = 151
  10. 10.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then add 21. The answer is 189. What is my number?
  11. 11.Solve for x: 9(x + 5) = 4x + 60. What is x?
  12. 12.Solve for x: 4(x + 8) = 3x + 33. What is x?
  13. 13.A pen costs ₹7 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹36 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  14. 14.6 × ? − 13 = 53
  15. 15.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then add 8. The answer is 22. What is my number?
  16. 16.The length of a rectangle is 12 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 144 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  17. 17.Aarav has 17 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹37 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  18. 18.The length of a rectangle is 3 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 42 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  19. 19.A pen costs ₹15 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹234 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  20. 20.Solve for x: 3(x + 3) = 2x + 29. What is x?
  21. 21.A pen costs ₹12 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 4 pencils cost ₹150 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  22. 22.Pooja has 10 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹35 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  23. 23.A pen costs ₹4 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 4 pencils cost ₹64 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  24. 24.I think of a number, multiply it by 2 and then add 29. The answer is 65. What is my number?
  25. 25.Solve for x: 8(x + 1) = 4x + 60. What is x?
  26. 26.A pen costs ₹15 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹218 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  27. 27.The length of a rectangle is 5 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 74 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  28. 28.Solve for x: 5(x + 4) = x + 64. What is x?
  29. 29.Saanvi has 26 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹112 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  30. 30.6 × ? + 13 = 49
  31. 31.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then add 40. The answer is 76. What is my number?
  32. 32.11 × ? − 24 = 108
  33. 33.Solve for x: 4(x + 9) = 3x + 42. What is x?
  34. 34.3 × ? + 29 = 92
  35. 35.12 × ? − 24 = 48
  36. 36.Solve for x: 7(x + 3) = 3x + 101. What is x?
  37. 37.The length of a rectangle is 8 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 48 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  38. 38.A pen costs ₹13 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹128 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  39. 39.Manav has 19 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹53 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  40. 40.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then take away 11. The answer is 25. What is my number?

Answer key

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

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