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Quantitative aptitude lesson 28: Word problems with equations · Set 970 · 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.I think of a number, multiply it by 2 and then add 18. The answer is 70. What is my number?
  2. 2.I think of a number, multiply it by 4 and then add 15. The answer is 23. What is my number?
  3. 3.Vivaan has 14 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹46 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  4. 4.12 × ? − 9 = 135
  5. 5.10 × ? − 27 = 3
  6. 6.A pen costs ₹13 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 7 pencils cost ₹69 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  7. 7.I think of a number, multiply it by 6 and then add 35. The answer is 155. What is my number?
  8. 8.Solve for x: 7(x + 8) = 5x + 84. What is x?
  9. 9.Rahul has 8 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹22 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  10. 10.A pen costs ₹12 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 4 pencils cost ₹88 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  11. 11.A pen costs ₹12 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹88 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  12. 12.Solve for x: 5(x + 3) = x + 91. What is x?
  13. 13.I think of a number, multiply it by 8 and then add 39. The answer is 119. What is my number?
  14. 14.Saanvi has 11 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹28 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  15. 15.I think of a number, multiply it by 5 and then take away 3. The answer is 27. What is my number?
  16. 16.Rohan has 24 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹51 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  17. 17.A pen costs ₹13 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹42 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  18. 18.Arjun has 8 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹28 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  19. 19.Solve for x: 4(x + 3) = 2x + 14. What is x?
  20. 20.I think of a number, multiply it by 4 and then take away 7. The answer is 1. What is my number?
  21. 21.Solve for x: 8(x + 6) = 6x + 56. What is x?
  22. 22.Solve for x: 9(x + 5) = x + 61. What is x?
  23. 23.I think of a number, multiply it by 8 and then add 23. The answer is 263. What is my number?
  24. 24.Rahul has 16 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹50 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  25. 25.Diya has 26 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹109 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  26. 26.A pen costs ₹14 more than a pencil. 3 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹168 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  27. 27.Sneha has 27 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹99 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  28. 28.I think of a number, multiply it by 8 and then add 5. The answer is 61. What is my number?
  29. 29.A pen costs ₹2 more than a pencil. 2 pens and 2 pencils cost ₹36 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  30. 30.Diya has 30 coins, all ₹5 and ₹2 coins, worth ₹120 in all. How many ₹5 coins are there?
  31. 31.Solve for x: 8(x + 7) = 4x + 72. What is x?
  32. 32.A pen costs ₹5 more than a pencil. 5 pens and 6 pencils cost ₹91 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  33. 33.5 × ? + 29 = 109
  34. 34.Solve for x: 4(x + 8) = 2x + 56. What is x?
  35. 35.3 × ? − 13 = 59
  36. 36.I think of a number, multiply it by 7 and then add 9. The answer is 184. What is my number?
  37. 37.A pen costs ₹11 more than a pencil. 4 pens and 8 pencils cost ₹236 in all. What does one pencil cost (in ₹)?
  38. 38.The length of a rectangle is 11 m more than its breadth. Its perimeter is 46 m. What is its breadth (in m)?
  39. 39.9 × ? − 26 = 37
  40. 40.3 × ? − 17 = 7

Answer key

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

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