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Class 7 Maths Worksheet: Simple Equations

Maths worksheets lesson 51: Simple equations · Set 462 · 40 sums
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The method (Undo in reverse): ax + b = c → ax = c − b → x = (c − b) ÷ a. ax − b = c → ax = c + b. x/a + b = c → x/a = c − b → x = a × (c − b). a(x + b) = c → divide by a first: x + b = c ÷ a. Word problems: call the unknown x, write the equation, solve it, then check with the story.

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  1. 1.Pooja thinks of a number, multiplies it by 5 and then adds 23. The result is 93. What is the number?
  2. 2.Solve: 7(t + 1) = 63. What is t?
  3. 3.Solve: 2n + 23 = 39. What is n?
  4. 4.Solve: p/7 + 9 = 11. What is p?
  5. 5.Solve: 3x + 12 = 15. What is x?
  6. 6.Solve: m/4 + 4 = 16. What is m?
  7. 7.Solve: 6(y + 8) = 72. What is y?
  8. 8.Solve: m/6 + 20 = 34. What is m?
  9. 9.Solve: y/7 + 6 = 16. What is y?
  10. 10.Solve: 7(n + 9) = 161. What is n?
  11. 11.Diya thinks of a number, multiplies it by 2 and then adds 7. The result is 25. What is the number?
  12. 12.Solve: 2p + 26 = 48. What is p?
  13. 13.Solve: 2(t + 5) = 18. What is t?
  14. 14.Solve: 3(t + 6) = 24. What is t?
  15. 15.Solve: 5y + 10 = 15. What is y?
  16. 16.Gurpreet thinks of a number, multiplies it by 3 and then adds 17. The result is 29. What is the number?
  17. 17.Kabir thinks of a number, multiplies it by 7 and then adds 30. The result is 121. What is the number?
  18. 18.Priya thinks of a number, multiplies it by 3 and then adds 20. The result is 23. What is the number?
  19. 19.Solve: 8n + 8 = 24. What is n?
  20. 20.Solve: 6n − 58 = 20. What is n?
  21. 21.Solve: 6(p + 8) = 114. What is p?
  22. 22.Solve: y/2 + 16 = 27. What is y?
  23. 23.Solve: 7(n + 8) = 119. What is n?
  24. 24.Solve: 9(n + 1) = 36. What is n?
  25. 25.Solve: y/4 + 9 = 23. What is y?
  26. 26.Pooja’s mother is three times as old as Pooja. Their ages add up to 28 years. How old is Pooja?
  27. 27.Solve: 9m − 90 = 18. What is m?
  28. 28.Isha is 4 years older than a cousin. Their ages add up to 32 years. How old is the cousin?
  29. 29.Solve: 4m − 23 = 21. What is m?
  30. 30.Solve: x/9 + 18 = 30. What is x?
  31. 31.Solve: 9x − 45 = 18. What is x?
  32. 32.Lakshmi is 1 years older than a cousin. Their ages add up to 19 years. How old is the cousin?
  33. 33.Solve: 5(y + 1) = 25. What is y?
  34. 34.Solve: 9x − 45 = 81. What is x?
  35. 35.Solve: 3y − 2 = 16. What is y?
  36. 36.Karan is 1 years older than a cousin. Their ages add up to 29 years. How old is the cousin?
  37. 37.Solve: 8m − 41 = 7. What is m?
  38. 38.Solve: 5(n + 6) = 75. What is n?
  39. 39.Solve: 7y − 17 = 74. What is y?
  40. 40.Diya is 3 years older than a cousin. Their ages add up to 13 years. How old is the cousin?

Answer key

  1. 14
  2. 8
  3. 8
  4. 14
  5. 1
  6. 48
  7. 4
  8. 84
  9. 70
  10. 14
  11. 9
  12. 11
  13. 4
  14. 2
  15. 1
  16. 4
  17. 13
  18. 1
  19. 2
  20. 13
  21. 11
  22. 22
  23. 9
  24. 3
  25. 56
  26. 7
  27. 12
  28. 14
  29. 11
  30. 108
  31. 7
  32. 9
  33. 4
  34. 14
  35. 6
  36. 14
  37. 6
  38. 9
  39. 13
  40. 5

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