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Quantitative aptitude lesson 28: Word problems with equations · Set 92 · 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: 4(x + 3) = 2x + 24. What is x?
  2. 2.2 × ? − 25 = 13
  3. 3.Pooja has 11 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹31 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  4. 4.A pen costs ₹11 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹174 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  5. 5.The length of a rectangle is 6 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 92 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  6. 6.Arjun has 20 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹94 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  7. 7.I think of a number, multiply it by 5 and then take away 37. The answer is 28. What is my number?
  8. 8.A pen costs ₹10 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 7 pencils cost ₹83 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  9. 9.Solve for x: 9(x + 6) = 3x + 168. What is x?
  10. 10.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then take away 1. The answer is 34. What is my number?
  11. 11.The length of a rectangle is 8 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 104 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  12. 12.7 × ? − 17 = 18
  13. 13.A pen costs ₹7 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 8 pencils cost ₹112 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  14. 14.Priya has 21 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹54 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  15. 15.The length of a rectangle is 13 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 94 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  16. 16.The length of a rectangle is 4 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 76 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  17. 17.9 × ? − 28 = 107
  18. 18.Dev has 30 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹66 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  19. 19.I think of a number, multiply it by 2 and then add 13. The answer is 71. What is my number?
  20. 20.The length of a rectangle is 9 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 78 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  21. 21.I think of a number, multiply it by 5 and then take away 38. The answer is 77. What is my number?
  22. 22.I think of a number, multiply it by 5 and then take away 28. The answer is 52. What is my number?
  23. 23.The length of a rectangle is 10 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 56 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  24. 24.8 × ? − 26 = 78
  25. 25.A pen costs ₹15 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹194 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  26. 26.Solve for x: 4(x + 1) = x + 31. What is x?
  27. 27.I think of a number, multiply it by 5 and then take away 23. The answer is 92. What is my number?
  28. 28.I think of a number, multiply it by 9 and then add 16. The answer is 97. What is my number?
  29. 29.11 × ? − 18 = 180
  30. 30.Solve for x: 6(x + 5) = 2x + 86. What is x?
  31. 31.The length of a rectangle is 11 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 34 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  32. 32.Ishaan has 13 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹41 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  33. 33.The length of a rectangle is 3 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 74 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  34. 34.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then take away 5. The answer is 23. What is my number?
  35. 35.Solve for x: 7(x + 7) = 3x + 113. What is x?
  36. 36.A pen costs ₹8 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 7 pencils cost ₹52 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  37. 37.I think of a number, multiply it by 8 and then add 11. The answer is 67. What is my number?
  38. 38.I think of a number, multiply it by 8 and then add 22. The answer is 38. What is my number?
  39. 39.4 × ? + 26 = 50
  40. 40.Solve for x: 3(x + 6) = x + 26. What is x?

Answer key

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

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