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Quantitative aptitude lesson 28: Word problems with equations · Set 807 · 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. 1.8 × ? − 30 = 130
  2. 2.Nisha has 29 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹91 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  3. 3.The length of a rectangle is 12 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 36 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  4. 4.Solve for x: 5(x + 9) = x + 81. What is x?
  5. 5.Solve for x: 4(x + 6) = x + 66. What is x?
  6. 6.Solve for x: 6(x + 6) = 5x + 43. What is x?
  7. 7.I think of a number, multiply it by 9 and then take away 37. The answer is 8. What is my number?
  8. 8.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then take away 13. The answer is 11. What is my number?
  9. 9.I think of a number, multiply it by 4 and then add 7. The answer is 63. What is my number?
  10. 10.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then add 33. The answer is 82. What is my number?
  11. 11.A pen costs ₹11 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 4 pencils cost ₹186 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  12. 12.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then take away 30. The answer is 33. What is my number?
  13. 13.A pen costs ₹9 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹216 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  14. 14.10 × ? + 15 = 45
  15. 15.I think of a number, multiply it by 9 and then add 31. The answer is 76. What is my number?
  16. 16.Meera has 11 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹25 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  17. 17.The length of a rectangle is 12 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 144 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  18. 18.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then add 14. The answer is 77. What is my number?
  19. 19.Aditya has 8 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹22 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  20. 20.Solve for x: 3(x + 2) = 2x + 20. What is x?
  21. 21.7 × ? − 10 = 46
  22. 22.11 × ? − 25 = 74
  23. 23.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then add 8. The answer is 26. What is my number?
  24. 24.A pen costs ₹3 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹216 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  25. 25.I think of a number, multiply it by 9 and then add 29. The answer is 281. What is my number?
  26. 26.The length of a rectangle is 3 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 50 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  27. 27.The length of a rectangle is 7 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 114 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  28. 28.A pen costs ₹5 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 7 pencils cost ₹69 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  29. 29.The length of a rectangle is 14 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 144 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  30. 30.The length of a rectangle is 6 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 132 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  31. 31.Solve for x: 4(x + 8) = 2x + 54. What is x?
  32. 32.12 × ? − 7 = 269
  33. 33.Dev has 21 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹87 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  34. 34.A pen costs ₹2 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹56 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  35. 35.Solve for x: 6(x + 7) = 5x + 61. What is x?
  36. 36.The length of a rectangle is 9 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 94 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  37. 37.Sneha has 8 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹19 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  38. 38.Solve for x: 3(x + 7) = x + 31. What is x?
  39. 39.Ananya has 14 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹43 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  40. 40.A pen costs ₹4 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 4 pencils cost ₹128 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?

Answer key

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

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