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Quantitative aptitude lesson 28: Word problems with equations · Set 887 · 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.Solve for x: 3(x + 2) = 2x + 22. What is x?
  2. 2.Farhan has 14 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹31 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  3. 3.A pen costs ₹5 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹109 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  4. 4.The length of a rectangle is 2 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 56 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  5. 5.The length of a rectangle is 2 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 80 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  6. 6.Solve for x: 7(x + 5) = x + 131. What is x?
  7. 7.Solve for x: 5(x + 2) = x + 30. What is x?
  8. 8.Solve for x: 6(x + 8) = x + 103. What is x?
  9. 9.I think of a number, multiply it by 9 and then add 22. The answer is 40. What is my number?
  10. 10.I think of a number, multiply it by 5 and then add 26. The answer is 121. What is my number?
  11. 11.A pen costs ₹9 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹197 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  12. 12.Dev has 10 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹23 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  13. 13.A pen costs ₹14 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 8 pencils cost ₹154 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  14. 14.12 × ? + 9 = 249
  15. 15.Solve for x: 5(x + 5) = 2x + 64. What is x?
  16. 16.11 × ? + 25 = 267
  17. 17.Meera has 20 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹52 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  18. 18.Rahul has 28 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹101 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  19. 19.2 × ? + 29 = 57
  20. 20.Solve for x: 4(x + 6) = 3x + 41. What is x?
  21. 21.Solve for x: 7(x + 3) = 5x + 23. What is x?
  22. 22.10 × ? − 1 = 19
  23. 23.A pen costs ₹8 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹67 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  24. 24.A pen costs ₹3 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹111 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  25. 25.A pen costs ₹3 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹49 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  26. 26.A pen costs ₹11 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹198 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  27. 27.Solve for x: 4(x + 8) = 2x + 34. What is x?
  28. 28.I think of a number, multiply it by 8 and then take away 33. The answer is 55. What is my number?
  29. 29.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then add 40. The answer is 130. What is my number?
  30. 30.The length of a rectangle is 15 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 138 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  31. 31.A pen costs ₹10 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹126 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  32. 32.Rahul has 24 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹93 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  33. 33.A pen costs ₹5 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 8 pencils cost ₹130 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  34. 34.Zoya has 8 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹19 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  35. 35.Solve for x: 9(x + 7) = x + 215. What is x?
  36. 36.Solve for x: 4(x + 7) = x + 37. What is x?
  37. 37.The length of a rectangle is 6 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 40 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  38. 38.A pen costs ₹9 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 4 pencils cost ₹69 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  39. 39.The length of a rectangle is 3 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 122 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  40. 40.Kabir has 13 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹53 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?

Answer key

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

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