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Quantitative aptitude lesson 28: Word problems with equations · Set 679 · 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.Kabir has 18 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹54 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  2. 2.8 × ? − 6 = 162
  3. 3.A pen costs ₹5 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 7 pencils cost ₹145 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  4. 4.A pen costs ₹13 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹191 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  5. 5.A pen costs ₹5 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 4 pencils cost ₹160 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  6. 6.A pen costs ₹8 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹77 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  7. 7.9 × ? − 1 = 62
  8. 8.A pen costs ₹6 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹110 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  9. 9.A pen costs ₹11 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹118 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  10. 10.Aditya has 9 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹30 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  11. 11.A pen costs ₹3 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹102 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  12. 12.A pen costs ₹7 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹64 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  13. 13.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then take away 12. The answer is 6. What is my number?
  14. 14.10 × ? − 18 = 112
  15. 15.Solve for x: 3(x + 6) = x + 28. What is x?
  16. 16.Solve for x: 9(x + 4) = 4x + 61. What is x?
  17. 17.11 × ? − 27 = 94
  18. 18.Solve for x: 6(x + 6) = x + 76. What is x?
  19. 19.Solve for x: 8(x + 6) = 4x + 84. What is x?
  20. 20.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then add 9. The answer is 114. What is my number?
  21. 21.A pen costs ₹13 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 8 pencils cost ₹134 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  22. 22.Solve for x: 6(x + 1) = 4x + 16. What is x?
  23. 23.A pen costs ₹15 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 7 pencils cost ₹350 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  24. 24.The length of a rectangle is 5 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 42 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  25. 25.4 × ? − 7 = 93
  26. 26.2 × ? + 23 = 39
  27. 27.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then add 21. The answer is 96. What is my number?
  28. 28.A pen costs ₹5 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹102 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  29. 29.A pen costs ₹12 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 4 pencils cost ₹134 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  30. 30.Tara has 26 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹76 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  31. 31.The length of a rectangle is 11 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 126 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  32. 32.I think of a number, multiply it by 8 and then add 4. The answer is 116. What is my number?
  33. 33.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then add 29. The answer is 169. What is my number?
  34. 34.A pen costs ₹7 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹168 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  35. 35.A pen costs ₹10 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹100 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  36. 36.6 × ? + 11 = 83
  37. 37.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then add 21. The answer is 203. What is my number?
  38. 38.Solve for x: 5(x + 4) = 3x + 36. What is x?
  39. 39.Tara has 11 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹46 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  40. 40.A pen costs ₹14 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹73 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?

Answer key

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

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