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Quantitative aptitude lesson 28: Word problems with equations · Set 886 · 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.A pen costs ₹9 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹53 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  2. 2.Solve for x: 4(x + 1) = 3x + 9. What is x?
  3. 3.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then take away 6. The answer is 92. What is my number?
  4. 4.Solve for x: 4(x + 1) = 3x + 8. What is x?
  5. 5.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then add 6. The answer is 48. What is my number?
  6. 6.A pen costs ₹13 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹186 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  7. 7.6 × ? + 2 = 116
  8. 8.Priya has 23 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹64 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  9. 9.10 × ? − 22 = 188
  10. 10.A pen costs ₹7 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹225 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  11. 11.9 × ? − 17 = 55
  12. 12.3 × ? − 3 = 72
  13. 13.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then take away 28. The answer is 68. What is my number?
  14. 14.The length of a rectangle is 5 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 42 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  15. 15.The length of a rectangle is 4 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 116 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  16. 16.The length of a rectangle is 5 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 74 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  17. 17.10 × ? + 22 = 172
  18. 18.Solve for x: 8(x + 8) = 4x + 128. What is x?
  19. 19.A pen costs ₹12 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹68 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  20. 20.Solve for x: 8(x + 2) = 4x + 92. What is x?
  21. 21.Rohan has 9 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹36 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  22. 22.Meera has 20 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹76 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  23. 23.I think of a number, multiply it by 9 and then add 2. The answer is 101. What is my number?
  24. 24.2 × ? − 6 = 42
  25. 25.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then add 33. The answer is 96. What is my number?
  26. 26.The length of a rectangle is 2 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 28 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  27. 27.The length of a rectangle is 10 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 40 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  28. 28.Pooja has 13 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹29 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  29. 29.The length of a rectangle is 8 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 32 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  30. 30.Kavya has 26 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹127 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  31. 31.I think of a number, multiply it by 4 and then take away 34. The answer is 54. What is my number?
  32. 32.The length of a rectangle is 4 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 104 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  33. 33.Solve for x: 9(x + 6) = 6x + 69. What is x?
  34. 34.6 × ? − 25 = 71
  35. 35.Solve for x: 4(x + 5) = 3x + 26. What is x?
  36. 36.The length of a rectangle is 2 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 84 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  37. 37.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then add 31. The answer is 94. What is my number?
  38. 38.Saanvi has 8 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹37 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  39. 39.The length of a rectangle is 4 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 56 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  40. 40.11 × ? − 2 = 240

Answer key

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

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