{"id":17687,"date":"2026-05-02T18:33:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T12:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/algebra-word-problem-23\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T18:33:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T12:33:37","slug":"algebra-word-problem-23","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/algebra-word-problem-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Algebra Word Problem 23"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>6 identical pens cost 228 taka. If one pen costs x taka, which equation and value are correct?<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options wp-block-list\">\n<li>6x = 228, x = 38<\/li>\n<li>x + 6 = 228, x = 222<\/li>\n<li>x\/6 = 228, x = 1368<\/li>\n<li>6x = 38, x = 228<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[2705,2537],"subject":[1425],"education_level":[1895],"class_list":["post-17687","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-algebra","topic-word-problems","subject-mathematics","education_level-ssc"],"mcq_note":"Let x represent the cost of one pen. Total cost = number of pens \u00d7 price per pen, so 6x=228. Dividing by 6, x=38. Because all pens are identical, total cost equals number of pens multiplied by the cost of one pen. That gives the correct equation and value: 6x = 228, x = 38.","mcq_options":[{"right":"yes","answer":"6x = 228, x = 38"},{"right":"no","answer":"x + 6 = 228, x = 222"},{"right":"no","answer":"x\/6 = 228, x = 1368"},{"right":"no","answer":"6x = 38, x = 228"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":1425,"title":"Mathematics","slug":"mathematics"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":2705,"title":"Algebra","slug":"algebra"},{"id":2537,"title":"Word Problems","slug":"word-problems"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/17687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mcq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=17687"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=17687"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=17687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}