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Equation Word Problems Worksheet

Quantitative aptitude lesson 28: Word problems with equations · Set 732 · 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.Ananya has 23 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹82 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  2. 2.A pen costs ₹13 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹47 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  3. 3.The length of a rectangle is 12 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 76 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  4. 4.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then take away 23. The answer is 37. What is my number?
  5. 5.The length of a rectangle is 9 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 82 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  6. 6.Kabir has 25 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹89 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  7. 7.Solve for x: 9(x + 1) = 4x + 64. What is x?
  8. 8.I think of a number, multiply it by 9 and then take away 35. The answer is 163. What is my number?
  9. 9.10 × ? − 21 = 209
  10. 10.Solve for x: 6(x + 1) = 4x + 22. What is x?
  11. 11.A pen costs ₹13 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹94 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  12. 12.4 × ? + 1 = 101
  13. 13.A pen costs ₹7 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹129 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  14. 14.A pen costs ₹2 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 7 pencils cost ₹214 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  15. 15.The length of a rectangle is 7 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 34 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  16. 16.The length of a rectangle is 4 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 80 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  17. 17.I think of a number, multiply it by 4 and then add 22. The answer is 110. What is my number?
  18. 18.I think of a number, multiply it by 9 and then add 6. The answer is 195. What is my number?
  19. 19.A pen costs ₹15 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹85 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  20. 20.A pen costs ₹6 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹88 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  21. 21.A pen costs ₹2 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹66 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  22. 22.9 × ? − 9 = 162
  23. 23.The length of a rectangle is 13 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 102 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  24. 24.The length of a rectangle is 13 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 54 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  25. 25.Priya has 16 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹74 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  26. 26.I think of a number, multiply it by 4 and then take away 37. The answer is 47. What is my number?
  27. 27.3 × ? − 8 = 43
  28. 28.Priya has 29 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹76 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  29. 29.A pen costs ₹15 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 4 pencils cost ₹48 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  30. 30.The length of a rectangle is 15 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 62 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  31. 31.The length of a rectangle is 6 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 80 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  32. 32.3 × ? − 8 = 46
  33. 33.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then add 21. The answer is 133. What is my number?
  34. 34.A pen costs ₹3 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹48 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  35. 35.I think of a number, multiply it by 2 and then add 16. The answer is 74. What is my number?
  36. 36.Solve for x: 5(x + 1) = 2x + 17. What is x?
  37. 37.Solve for x: 8(x + 3) = 4x + 32. What is x?
  38. 38.6 × ? − 26 = 82
  39. 39.I think of a number, multiply it by 2 and then add 4. The answer is 40. What is my number?
  40. 40.3 × ? + 27 = 90

Answer key

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

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