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Equation Word Problems Worksheet

Quantitative aptitude lesson 28: Word problems with equations · Set 831 · 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.Saanvi has 14 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹31 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  2. 2.A pen costs ₹11 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 7 pencils cost ₹121 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 42 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  4. 4.I think of a number, multiply it by 8 and then add 27. The answer is 243. What is my number?
  5. 5.Solve for x: 3(x + 2) = 2x + 9. What is x?
  6. 6.Solve for x: 6(x + 6) = 3x + 42. What is x?
  7. 7.The length of a rectangle is 14 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 44 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  8. 8.The length of a rectangle is 5 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 122 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  9. 9.The length of a rectangle is 2 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 104 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  10. 10.Solve for x: 3(x + 6) = x + 20. What is x?
  11. 11.2 × ? − 6 = 10
  12. 12.6 × ? + 28 = 76
  13. 13.3 × ? − 7 = 32
  14. 14.Aarav has 13 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹50 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  15. 15.The length of a rectangle is 12 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 80 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  16. 16.I think of a number, multiply it by 9 and then add 24. The answer is 186. What is my number?
  17. 17.Karan has 11 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹49 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  18. 18.A pen costs ₹14 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹72 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  19. 19.Nisha has 27 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹120 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  20. 20.Dev has 17 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹40 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  21. 21.Aditya has 13 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹38 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  22. 22.2 × ? − 27 = 3
  23. 23.8 × ? + 21 = 173
  24. 24.Solve for x: 4(x + 5) = x + 71. What is x?
  25. 25.A pen costs ₹11 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹57 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  26. 26.The length of a rectangle is 5 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 70 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  27. 27.The length of a rectangle is 7 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 46 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  28. 28.Rahul has 25 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹95 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  29. 29.Solve for x: 7(x + 2) = 5x + 18. What is x?
  30. 30.Solve for x: 8(x + 7) = x + 168. What is x?
  31. 31.11 × ? + 21 = 230
  32. 32.2 × ? + 28 = 34
  33. 33.A pen costs ₹5 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹45 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  34. 34.10 × ? − 19 = 121
  35. 35.The length of a rectangle is 10 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 124 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  36. 36.The length of a rectangle is 2 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 64 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  37. 37.I think of a number, multiply it by 4 and then add 34. The answer is 126. What is my number?
  38. 38.Rohan has 18 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹60 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  39. 39.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then add 23. The answer is 38. What is my number?
  40. 40.I think of a number, multiply it by 5 and then take away 25. The answer is 55. What is my number?

Answer key

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

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