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Equation Word Problems Worksheet

Quantitative aptitude lesson 28: Word problems with equations · Set 849 · 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.Pooja has 10 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹47 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  2. 2.Manav has 11 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹31 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  3. 3.I think of a number, multiply it by 2 and then add 26. The answer is 84. What is my number?
  4. 4.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then take away 4. The answer is 158. What is my number?
  5. 5.Karan has 28 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹80 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  6. 6.Solve for x: 5(x + 9) = 3x + 47. What is x?
  7. 7.A pen costs ₹13 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹117 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  8. 8.The length of a rectangle is 4 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 40 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  9. 9.I think of a number, multiply it by 9 and then add 33. The answer is 231. What is my number?
  10. 10.A pen costs ₹6 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹68 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  11. 11.Solve for x: 3(x + 6) = 2x + 24. What is x?
  12. 12.Isha has 13 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹53 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  13. 13.A pen costs ₹13 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹62 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  14. 14.A pen costs ₹5 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹30 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  15. 15.Solve for x: 4(x + 7) = 3x + 38. What is x?
  16. 16.I think of a number, multiply it by 8 and then add 21. The answer is 101. What is my number?
  17. 17.I think of a number, multiply it by 5 and then add 2. The answer is 132. What is my number?
  18. 18.A pen costs ₹10 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 4 pencils cost ₹167 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  19. 19.The length of a rectangle is 13 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 62 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  20. 20.The length of a rectangle is 11 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 34 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  21. 21.5 × ? + 26 = 41
  22. 22.The length of a rectangle is 14 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 96 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  23. 23.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then take away 1. The answer is 47. What is my number?
  24. 24.3 × ? − 20 = 7
  25. 25.10 × ? − 3 = 157
  26. 26.I think of a number, multiply it by 9 and then add 12. The answer is 246. What is my number?
  27. 27.5 × ? + 29 = 129
  28. 28.10 × ? − 16 = 14
  29. 29.A pen costs ₹15 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹233 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  30. 30.Sneha has 17 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹49 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  31. 31.I think of a number, multiply it by 8 and then add 20. The answer is 100. What is my number?
  32. 32.A pen costs ₹11 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹87 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  33. 33.A pen costs ₹8 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 7 pencils cost ₹152 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  34. 34.5 × ? − 24 = 6
  35. 35.7 × ? + 15 = 127
  36. 36.The length of a rectangle is 10 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 136 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  37. 37.4 × ? + 10 = 38
  38. 38.The length of a rectangle is 11 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 70 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  39. 39.A pen costs ₹8 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹80 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  40. 40.Solve for x: 4(x + 3) = x + 54. What is x?

Answer key

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

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