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Equation Word Problems Worksheet

Quantitative aptitude lesson 28: Word problems with equations · Set 739 · 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.Zoya has 24 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹114 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  2. 2.Ishaan has 24 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹81 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  3. 3.A pen costs ₹7 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹122 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  4. 4.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then take away 34. The answer is 134. What is my number?
  5. 5.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then take away 4. The answer is 50. What is my number?
  6. 6.The length of a rectangle is 12 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 72 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  7. 7.I think of a number, multiply it by 8 and then take away 27. The answer is 93. What is my number?
  8. 8.Rohan has 13 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹62 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  9. 9.Solve for x: 3(x + 5) = x + 43. What is x?
  10. 10.9 × ? + 5 = 68
  11. 11.Dev has 13 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹41 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  12. 12.12 × ? − 18 = 234
  13. 13.Solve for x: 8(x + 3) = 2x + 138. What is x?
  14. 14.I think of a number, multiply it by 8 and then add 11. The answer is 227. What is my number?
  15. 15.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then add 14. The answer is 182. What is my number?
  16. 16.Ananya has 18 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹60 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  17. 17.9 × ? + 9 = 90
  18. 18.A pen costs ₹11 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹62 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  19. 19.Solve for x: 7(x + 1) = x + 19. What is x?
  20. 20.I think of a number, multiply it by 9 and then take away 3. The answer is 105. What is my number?
  21. 21.Solve for x: 9(x + 9) = 6x + 135. What is x?
  22. 22.Ishaan has 22 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹65 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  23. 23.The length of a rectangle is 11 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 114 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  24. 24.Solve for x: 7(x + 2) = 6x + 29. What is x?
  25. 25.A pen costs ₹4 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 8 pencils cost ₹94 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  26. 26.6 × ? + 1 = 19
  27. 27.Solve for x: 6(x + 9) = 3x + 105. What is x?
  28. 28.8 × ? + 10 = 106
  29. 29.The length of a rectangle is 4 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 104 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  30. 30.I think of a number, multiply it by 5 and then add 11. The answer is 131. What is my number?
  31. 31.Ananya has 11 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹37 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  32. 32.The length of a rectangle is 9 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 42 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  33. 33.8 × ? − 25 = 159
  34. 34.Solve for x: 6(x + 4) = x + 54. What is x?
  35. 35.Rohan has 14 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹55 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  36. 36.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then add 3. The answer is 101. What is my number?
  37. 37.The length of a rectangle is 7 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 110 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  38. 38.A pen costs ₹4 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 8 pencils cost ₹262 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  39. 39.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then add 37. The answer is 169. What is my number?
  40. 40.The length of a rectangle is 14 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 68 m. What is its breadth (in m)?

Answer key

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

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