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Equation Word Problems Worksheet

Quantitative aptitude lesson 28: Word problems with equations · Set 892 · 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. 1.3 × ? + 14 = 32
  2. 2.Solve for x: 9(x + 9) = 7x + 83. What is x?
  3. 3.Solve for x: 3(x + 1) = x + 31. What is x?
  4. 4.I think of a number, multiply it by 4 and then add 13. The answer is 117. What is my number?
  5. 5.11 × ? − 15 = 238
  6. 6.3 × ? − 6 = 12
  7. 7.A pen costs ₹6 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 7 pencils cost ₹234 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  8. 8.Isha has 11 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹34 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  9. 9.A pen costs ₹2 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹158 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  10. 10.Solve for x: 4(x + 6) = x + 60. What is x?
  11. 11.Solve for x: 5(x + 8) = x + 56. What is x?
  12. 12.8 × ? + 3 = 147
  13. 13.Solve for x: 8(x + 8) = 7x + 83. What is x?
  14. 14.The length of a rectangle is 2 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 40 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  15. 15.3 × ? − 2 = 73
  16. 16.I think of a number, multiply it by 4 and then add 12. The answer is 36. What is my number?
  17. 17.2 × ? − 2 = 2
  18. 18.The length of a rectangle is 3 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 102 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  19. 19.The length of a rectangle is 4 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 36 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  20. 20.A pen costs ₹15 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹141 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  21. 21.Solve for x: 4(x + 7) = x + 88. What is x?
  22. 22.Meera has 28 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹86 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  23. 23.A pen costs ₹12 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 8 pencils cost ₹310 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  24. 24.The length of a rectangle is 10 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 140 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  25. 25.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then add 24. The answer is 42. What is my number?
  26. 26.A pen costs ₹2 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 7 pencils cost ₹129 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  27. 27.The length of a rectangle is 9 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 130 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  28. 28.Meera has 14 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹55 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  29. 29.Solve for x: 3(x + 2) = 2x + 21. What is x?
  30. 30.Solve for x: 6(x + 1) = 3x + 24. What is x?
  31. 31.I think of a number, multiply it by 8 and then add 36. The answer is 268. What is my number?
  32. 32.7 × ? − 13 = 8
  33. 33.I think of a number, multiply it by 8 and then take away 27. The answer is 93. What is my number?
  34. 34.Solve for x: 9(x + 1) = x + 121. What is x?
  35. 35.A pen costs ₹12 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹128 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  36. 36.I think of a number, multiply it by 8 and then take away 24. The answer is 8. What is my number?
  37. 37.Karan has 21 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹84 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  38. 38.Dev has 27 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹69 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  39. 39.Tara has 17 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹40 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  40. 40.The length of a rectangle is 11 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 90 m. What is its breadth (in m)?

Answer key

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

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