LINEAR EQUATIONS

1. A lady has 25 p and 50 p coins in her purse. If in all she has 40 coins to telling 12.50, find the
number of coins of each type she has.

2. Six years hence, a man's age will be three times the age of his son and three years ago, he was
nine times as old as his son. Find their present ages.

3. Sanjay starts his job with a certain monthly salary and earns a fixed increment every year. If his
salary was 4500 after four years of service and 5400 after 10 years, find his initial salary and
annual increment.

4. The perimeter of a rectangle is 40 cm. The ratio of its side is 2:3. Find its length and breadth.

5. A bag contains some ͅ₹5 coins, ₹2 coins and ₹1 coins with total number of coins being 52; and
the total amount being ₹125. The number of five rupee and two rupee coins are 37. The number
of 5 Rupee coins are ____.
a) 12 b) 15 c) 18 d) 21

6. Amar has an amount of ₹190 in denominations of ₹2 and ₹5 coins. He has 10 more ₹5 coins
than ₹2 coins. Find the number of coins he has.
a) 15 b) 20 c) 25 d) 30

7. There are some rabbits and peacocks in a zoo. The total number of their heads is 60 and total
number of their legs is 192. Find the number of rabbits.
a) 30 b) 36 c) 40 d) 44

8. The sum of the ages of A and B is four - thirds the age of C. The age of B is two - thirds the age of
C. If the sum of the ages of the three persons is 35 years, find the age of B.
a) 20 years b) 10 years c) 18 years d) 15 years

9. ₹1,200 is divided among P, Q and R such that, the share of P is 1/4 th of the share of R and is equal
to 1/3 rd the share of Q. The difference between the shares of Q and R is
a) ₹150 b) ₹300 c) ₹450 d) ₹600

10. ₹1200 is divided among P, Q and R.P gets half of the total amount received by Q and R.Q gets one
- third of the total amount received by P and R. Find the amount received by R.
a) ₹400 b) ₹500 c) ₹300 d) None of these

11. The prize money of ₹2,700 is to be divided among A, B and C in such a way that B gets thrice the
amount that A gets and C gets five times the amount A gets. The share of C is
a) ₹900 b) ₹1,200 c) ₹1,500 d) ₹1,800

12. The age of a man twenty five years hence will be four times his age twenty years ago. What is his
present age ?
a) 30 years b) 35 years c) 40 years d) 45 years

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13. The present ages of a women and her daughter is 25 years and 5 years respectively. After x years
the age of the women would be twice the age of the daughter. Find the age of the daughter at that
time.
a) 28 years b) 22 years c) 25 years d) 20 years

14. A man had three sons and they were born at an interval of five years. The sum of their ages after
five years will be sixty years. What was the age of the youngest son five years ago ?
a) 10 years b) 15 years c) 5 years d) 20 years

15. "I am seven times as old as you were I was as old as you are", said a man to his son. Find their
present ages (in years) if the sum of their ages is 110 years.
a) 70, 40 b) 80, 30 c) 75,45 d) 65,45

16. The sum of the digits of a two - digit number is 17. The ten's digit of the number is 1 more than
the unit's digit. Find the two - digit number.
a) 87 b) 89 c) 78 d) 98

17. The sum of the digits of a two - digit number is 4 more than the excess of the units digit over
the ten's digit. If the product of the digit is 16, find the number.
a) 82 b) 28
c) 44 d) Either (A) or (B)

18. A three - digit number is 9 more than ten times the sum of its digits, if the hundred's digit is
1, find the unit's digit.
a) 8 b) 7
c) 9 d) Cannot be determined

19. The sum of the present ages of P and Q equals to the present age of R. k years from now, R's age
will be 20 years less than sum of ages of P and Q. Find the value of k.
a) 35 b) 30 c) 25 d) 20

20. Three times the numerator of a fraction is three more than the denominator. The fraction rmed
1
when the denominator is increased by 3 is . Find the fraction.
3
4 5
a) b)
9 12
2
c) d) Cannot be determined
3

21. Ajay and Vijay have some marbles with them. Ajay told Vijay "if you give me x marbles, both of
us will have equal number of marbles". Vijay then told Ajay "if you give me twice as many
marbles, I will have 30 more marbles than you would". Find x.
a) 4 b) 5 c) 6 d) 8

22. Mr. Ram distributed a total of 225 chocolates among his sons, A,B,C and D. A and D together is
twice the number of chocolates he gave to B and C together. If B received 15 more number of
chocolates than C received .Find the number of chocolates C received .
a) 45 b) 15 c) 30 d) 25

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23. Ajay bought a total of 12 oranges and 18 bananas for ₹84. When the cost of each orange doubles,
he could buy 6 oranges and 16 bananas for ₹80. Find the cost of each banana.
a) ₹3 b) ₹2 c) ₹4 d) ₹5

24. Nine times the ten's digit of a two - digit number when added to eight times the unit's digit, the
result is equal to the two - digit number. Find the number.
a) 71 b) 7 c) 8 d) 9

25. Ajay and Sita are two of Mr. Sharma's children. Ajay has half as many brothers as sisters. Sita has
as many brothers as sisters. Find the number of children Mr. Sharma has.
a) 6 b) 7 c) 8 d) 9

26. The present average age of a couple and their daughter is 35 years. Fifteen years from now, the
age of the mother will be equal to the sum of present ages of the father and the daughter. Find
the present age of the mother.
a) 43 years b) 40 years c) 48 years d) 45 years

27. At present, the age of a father is five years more than thrice his son's age. Fifteen years hence, the
father's age will be twice his son's age at that time. Find the present age of the son.
a) 10 years b) 15 years c) 20 years d) 25 years

28. The cost of three pens, four erasers and ten sharpeners is ₹75. The cost of six pens, seven
erasers and twenty sharpeners is ₹146. Find the cost of each eraser.
a) ₹3 b) ₹4 c) ₹5 d) ₹6

29. Three consecutive odd integers are in increasing order such that the sum of the last two integers
is 13 more than the first integer. Find the three integers.
a) 9,11,13 b) 11,13,15 c) 13,15,17 d) 7,9,11

30. The cost of 3 pens, 4 erasers and 5 sharpeners is ₹40. The cost of 5 pens, 7 erasers and 9
sharpeners is ₹70. Find the total cost of one of each.
a) ₹8 b) ₹14 c) ₹10 d) ₹12

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