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Quantitative aptitude lesson 28: Word problems with equations · Set 94 · 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.Vivaan has 19 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹47 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  2. 2.A pen costs ₹4 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹160 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  3. 3.Solve for x: 7(x + 7) = 5x + 51. What is x?
  4. 4.A pen costs ₹7 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹138 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  5. 5.Solve for x: 9(x + 6) = 7x + 62. What is x?
  6. 6.I think of a number, multiply it by 2 and then add 30. The answer is 74. What is my number?
  7. 7.Arjun has 13 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹29 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  8. 8.I think of a number, multiply it by 8 and then add 39. The answer is 159. What is my number?
  9. 9.12 × ? − 11 = 121
  10. 10.Vivaan has 25 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹80 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  11. 11.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then add 25. The answer is 116. What is my number?
  12. 12.A pen costs ₹2 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹54 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  13. 13.A pen costs ₹6 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹216 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  14. 14.A pen costs ₹10 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 4 pencils cost ₹131 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  15. 15.I think of a number, multiply it by 5 and then take away 8. The answer is 132. What is my number?
  16. 16.7 × ? − 2 = 75
  17. 17.The length of a rectangle is 7 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 122 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  18. 18.A pen costs ₹12 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹165 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  19. 19.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then add 16. The answer is 112. What is my number?
  20. 20.A pen costs ₹15 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 8 pencils cost ₹192 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  21. 21.10 × ? + 24 = 274
  22. 22.A pen costs ₹8 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 4 pencils cost ₹108 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  23. 23.I think of a number, multiply it by 2 and then add 12. The answer is 26. What is my number?
  24. 24.I think of a number, multiply it by 4 and then add 29. The answer is 53. What is my number?
  25. 25.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then add 37. The answer is 135. What is my number?
  26. 26.I think of a number, multiply it by 2 and then add 10. The answer is 42. What is my number?
  27. 27.Solve for x: 7(x + 4) = 2x + 93. What is x?
  28. 28.Solve for x: 9(x + 7) = 3x + 183. What is x?
  29. 29.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then take away 27. The answer is 57. What is my number?
  30. 30.Ishaan has 8 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹19 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  31. 31.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then take away 15. The answer is 167. What is my number?
  32. 32.Rohan has 23 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹49 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  33. 33.The length of a rectangle is 8 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 56 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  34. 34.2 × ? + 6 = 36
  35. 35.Isha has 14 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹67 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  36. 36.Solve for x: 8(x + 3) = 6x + 46. What is x?
  37. 37.A pen costs ₹9 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 8 pencils cost ₹84 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  38. 38.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then take away 15. The answer is 160. What is my number?
  39. 39.I think of a number, multiply it by 2 and then add 28. The answer is 62. What is my number?
  40. 40.9 × ? + 5 = 77

Answer key

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

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