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Quantitative aptitude lesson 28: Word problems with equations · Set 829 · 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.Aarav has 22 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹92 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  2. 2.A pen costs ₹12 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹224 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  3. 3.The length of a rectangle is 3 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 58 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  4. 4.12 × ? + 18 = 42
  5. 5.Solve for x: 7(x + 2) = 3x + 22. What is x?
  6. 6.The length of a rectangle is 2 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 88 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  7. 7.The length of a rectangle is 6 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 80 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  8. 8.Saanvi has 27 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹129 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  9. 9.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then add 5. The answer is 53. What is my number?
  10. 10.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then add 1. The answer is 109. What is my number?
  11. 11.A pen costs ₹15 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 7 pencils cost ₹207 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  12. 12.A pen costs ₹5 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹122 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  13. 13.I think of a number, multiply it by 4 and then add 18. The answer is 82. What is my number?
  14. 14.A pen costs ₹9 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹182 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  15. 15.2 × ? + 3 = 29
  16. 16.I think of a number, multiply it by 2 and then add 31. The answer is 77. What is my number?
  17. 17.Isha has 10 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹26 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  18. 18.Karan has 13 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹29 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  19. 19.I think of a number, multiply it by 2 and then add 12. The answer is 54. What is my number?
  20. 20.A pen costs ₹15 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 8 pencils cost ₹177 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  21. 21.Meera has 28 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹74 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  22. 22.Solve for x: 3(x + 2) = x + 14. What is x?
  23. 23.9 × ? − 7 = 20
  24. 24.A pen costs ₹6 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹54 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  25. 25.2 × ? − 26 = 12
  26. 26.The length of a rectangle is 11 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 58 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  27. 27.Solve for x: 5(x + 6) = x + 110. What is x?
  28. 28.Solve for x: 5(x + 6) = 3x + 32. What is x?
  29. 29.A pen costs ₹8 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹109 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  30. 30.I think of a number, multiply it by 9 and then take away 14. The answer is 247. What is my number?
  31. 31.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then take away 27. The answer is 64. What is my number?
  32. 32.A pen costs ₹13 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹199 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  33. 33.Solve for x: 8(x + 3) = 5x + 75. What is x?
  34. 34.11 × ? + 3 = 267
  35. 35.A pen costs ₹15 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹173 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  36. 36.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then take away 26. The answer is 44. What is my number?
  37. 37.A pen costs ₹4 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 4 pencils cost ₹50 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  38. 38.Priya has 10 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹23 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  39. 39.9 × ? + 14 = 212
  40. 40.Farhan has 24 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹102 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?

Answer key

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

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