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Quantitative aptitude lesson 28: Word problems with equations · Set 755 · 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. 1.2 × ? − 3 = 21
  2. 2.Solve for x: 7(x + 9) = 5x + 73. What is x?
  3. 3.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then take away 23. The answer is 85. What is my number?
  4. 4.12 × ? − 29 = 175
  5. 5.Solve for x: 4(x + 6) = 2x + 30. What is x?
  6. 6.2 × ? + 14 = 34
  7. 7.I think of a number, multiply it by 2 and then take away 31. The answer is 21. What is my number?
  8. 8.Manav has 15 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹36 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  9. 9.Solve for x: 4(x + 1) = x + 52. What is x?
  10. 10.A pen costs ₹3 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹117 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  11. 11.Kabir has 27 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹117 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  12. 12.Solve for x: 7(x + 1) = 2x + 57. What is x?
  13. 13.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then take away 22. The answer is 68. What is my number?
  14. 14.Kabir has 10 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹41 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  15. 15.Solve for x: 7(x + 4) = 3x + 44. What is x?
  16. 16.A pen costs ₹6 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 8 pencils cost ₹128 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  17. 17.The length of a rectangle is 8 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 60 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  18. 18.I think of a number, multiply it by 4 and then take away 21. The answer is 91. What is my number?
  19. 19.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then add 7. The answer is 16. What is my number?
  20. 20.A pen costs ₹6 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹36 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  21. 21.8 × ? + 10 = 202
  22. 22.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then add 8. The answer is 65. What is my number?
  23. 23.A pen costs ₹4 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹86 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  24. 24.Kavya has 30 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹84 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  25. 25.Solve for x: 8(x + 1) = x + 36. What is x?
  26. 26.Rohan has 14 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹52 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  27. 27.Solve for x: 4(x + 3) = x + 72. What is x?
  28. 28.Solve for x: 6(x + 6) = 3x + 72. What is x?
  29. 29.Rahul has 16 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹77 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  30. 30.Kavya has 9 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹33 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  31. 31.Solve for x: 9(x + 6) = 7x + 64. What is x?
  32. 32.Meera has 26 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹124 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  33. 33.I think of a number, multiply it by 9 and then take away 29. The answer is 187. What is my number?
  34. 34.The length of a rectangle is 2 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 56 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  35. 35.Solve for x: 8(x + 9) = 4x + 108. What is x?
  36. 36.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then take away 19. The answer is 56. What is my number?
  37. 37.3 × ? − 4 = 29
  38. 38.A pen costs ₹6 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 8 pencils cost ₹227 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  39. 39.A pen costs ₹2 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 4 pencils cost ₹40 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  40. 40.The length of a rectangle is 10 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 108 m. What is its breadth (in m)?

Answer key

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

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