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Quantitative aptitude lesson 28: Word problems with equations · Set 77 · 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.Rahul has 22 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹80 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  2. 2.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then take away 9. The answer is 123. What is my number?
  3. 3.A pen costs ₹8 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 4 pencils cost ₹40 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  4. 4.A pen costs ₹7 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹114 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  5. 5.Farhan has 8 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹31 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  6. 6.12 × ? − 21 = 219
  7. 7.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then add 11. The answer is 95. What is my number?
  8. 8.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then add 5. The answer is 167. What is my number?
  9. 9.Priya has 17 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹52 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  10. 10.A pen costs ₹3 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹73 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  11. 11.Arjun has 11 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹52 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  12. 12.12 × ? − 4 = 236
  13. 13.Tara has 10 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹35 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  14. 14.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then take away 7. The answer is 173. What is my number?
  15. 15.3 × ? − 11 = 43
  16. 16.Solve for x: 8(x + 3) = 3x + 69. What is x?
  17. 17.I think of a number, multiply it by 5 and then add 29. The answer is 49. What is my number?
  18. 18.I think of a number, multiply it by 9 and then add 14. The answer is 113. What is my number?
  19. 19.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then add 4. The answer is 81. What is my number?
  20. 20.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then take away 15. The answer is 117. What is my number?
  21. 21.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then add 17. The answer is 59. What is my number?
  22. 22.Manav has 21 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹93 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  23. 23.11 × ? + 1 = 155
  24. 24.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then add 11. The answer is 53. What is my number?
  25. 25.Solve for x: 5(x + 3) = x + 95. What is x?
  26. 26.Manav has 22 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹86 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  27. 27.Diya has 8 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹25 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  28. 28.Ananya has 10 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹35 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  29. 29.11 × ? + 6 = 226
  30. 30.The length of a rectangle is 2 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 20 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  31. 31.Aarav has 24 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹99 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  32. 32.A pen costs ₹9 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹67 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  33. 33.Solve for x: 8(x + 2) = 4x + 52. What is x?
  34. 34.A pen costs ₹5 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 8 pencils cost ₹70 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  35. 35.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then add 19. The answer is 33. What is my number?
  36. 36.The length of a rectangle is 11 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 66 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  37. 37.Saanvi has 27 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹99 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  38. 38.The length of a rectangle is 8 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 52 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  39. 39.A pen costs ₹14 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹141 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  40. 40.A pen costs ₹15 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹284 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?

Answer key

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

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