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Quantitative aptitude lesson 28: Word problems with equations · Set 942 · 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 + 4) = 2x + 25. What is x?
  2. 2.The length of a rectangle is 8 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 64 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  3. 3.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then take away 17. The answer is 61. What is my number?
  4. 4.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then add 5. The answer is 173. What is my number?
  5. 5.I think of a number, multiply it by 8 and then add 21. The answer is 165. What is my number?
  6. 6.A pen costs ₹5 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹110 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  7. 7.A pen costs ₹12 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹148 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  8. 8.The length of a rectangle is 6 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 124 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  9. 9.Solve for x: 3(x + 9) = x + 29. What is x?
  10. 10.The length of a rectangle is 9 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 138 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  11. 11.A pen costs ₹3 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 7 pencils cost ₹219 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  12. 12.6 × ? + 4 = 16
  13. 13.Kabir has 12 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹45 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  14. 14.A pen costs ₹5 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 8 pencils cost ₹170 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  15. 15.Solve for x: 4(x + 4) = 2x + 34. What is x?
  16. 16.Dev has 28 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹95 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  17. 17.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then add 5. The answer is 20. What is my number?
  18. 18.I think of a number, multiply it by 8 and then add 36. The answer is 52. What is my number?
  19. 19.A pen costs ₹11 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹194 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  20. 20.Aarav has 12 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹45 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  21. 21.Nisha has 25 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹74 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  22. 22.The length of a rectangle is 3 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 114 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  23. 23.A pen costs ₹13 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹107 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  24. 24.Solve for x: 5(x + 1) = 4x + 14. What is x?
  25. 25.A pen costs ₹11 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 3 pencils cost ₹82 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  26. 26.Solve for x: 8(x + 8) = 4x + 80. What is x?
  27. 27.A pen costs ₹12 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 4 pencils cost ₹87 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  28. 28.I think of a number, multiply it by 3 and then add 16. The answer is 76. What is my number?
  29. 29.The length of a rectangle is 2 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 40 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  30. 30.A pen costs ₹4 more than a pencil. 6 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹112 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  31. 31.The length of a rectangle is 13 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 46 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  32. 32.I think of a number, multiply it by 8 and then take away 27. The answer is 205. What is my number?
  33. 33.A pen costs ₹2 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 7 pencils cost ₹166 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  34. 34.The length of a rectangle is 10 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 72 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  35. 35.Arjun has 18 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹48 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  36. 36.Solve for x: 4(x + 7) = 3x + 29. What is x?
  37. 37.A pen costs ₹5 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 5 pencils cost ₹175 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  38. 38.7 × ? − 24 = 4
  39. 39.9 × ? − 13 = 122
  40. 40.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then add 29. The answer is 211. What is my number?

Answer key

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

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