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Quantitative aptitude lesson 28: Word problems with equations · Set 690 · 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.A pen costs ₹13 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹129 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  2. 2.The length of a rectangle is 12 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 96 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  3. 3.Arjun has 23 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹94 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  4. 4.Nisha has 11 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹25 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  5. 5.I think of a number, multiply it by 5 and then add 10. The answer is 135. What is my number?
  6. 6.I think of a number, multiply it by 4 and then take away 32. The answer is 8. What is my number?
  7. 7.I think of a number, multiply it by 8 and then take away 39. The answer is 129. What is my number?
  8. 8.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then take away 32. The answer is 130. What is my number?
  9. 9.A pen costs ₹2 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 8 pencils cost ₹34 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  10. 10.Aarav has 12 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹27 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  11. 11.A pen costs ₹2 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹44 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  12. 12.A pen costs ₹9 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹66 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  13. 13.A pen costs ₹15 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹69 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  14. 14.7 × ? − 30 = 131
  15. 15.Solve for x: 5(x + 4) = 4x + 24. What is x?
  16. 16.A pen costs ₹3 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 8 pencils cost ₹262 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  17. 17.A pen costs ₹12 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹69 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  18. 18.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then add 20. The answer is 74. What is my number?
  19. 19.Solve for x: 5(x + 4) = x + 40. What is x?
  20. 20.A pen costs ₹4 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹83 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  21. 21.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then add 4. The answer is 52. What is my number?
  22. 22.Solve for x: 5(x + 8) = 2x + 49. What is x?
  23. 23.The length of a rectangle is 11 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 138 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  24. 24.A pen costs ₹13 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 8 pencils cost ₹162 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  25. 25.The length of a rectangle is 5 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 30 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  26. 26.The length of a rectangle is 2 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 60 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  27. 27.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then add 3. The answer is 153. What is my number?
  28. 28.Farhan has 24 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹69 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  29. 29.A pen costs ₹2 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹180 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  30. 30.I think of a number, multiply it by 4 and then take away 13. The answer is 47. What is my number?
  31. 31.A pen costs ₹10 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹111 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  32. 32.A pen costs ₹3 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 8 pencils cost ₹192 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  33. 33.I think of a number, multiply it by 2 and then add 6. The answer is 22. What is my number?
  34. 34.Solve for x: 5(x + 9) = 3x + 71. What is x?
  35. 35.Solve for x: 6(x + 5) = 4x + 38. What is x?
  36. 36.I think of a number, multiply it by 2 and then take away 9. The answer is 37. What is my number?
  37. 37.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then add 38. The answer is 110. What is my number?
  38. 38.Ananya has 10 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹44 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  39. 39.Ananya has 12 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹54 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  40. 40.Solve for x: 8(x + 9) = 6x + 98. What is x?

Answer key

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

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