Class 8 Maths Worksheet: Linear Equations
The method (Letters one side, numbers the other): Open brackets: a(x − b) = ax − ab. Fractions: multiply both sides by the LCM of the denominators — x/3 + x/4 = 14 → 4x + 3x = 168. Move letter terms to one side and numbers to the other (change the sign when a term crosses =), then divide. Word problems: consecutive numbers are n, n + 1, n + 2 …; ages in y years are age + y.
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- 1.A father is 18 years older than his son. In 2 years, the father will be three times as old as his son. How old is the son now?
- 2.Solve: p/4 + p/3 = 35. What is p?
- 3.Solve: 5t + 11 = 4t + 19. What is t?
- 4.Solve: 6(n − 3) = 3n + 9. What is n?
- 5.Solve: x/6 + x/3 = 24. What is x?
- 6.The sum of two consecutive whole numbers is 119. What is the largest of them?
- 7.The sum of two consecutive whole numbers is 21. What is the smallest of them?
- 8.The length of a rectangle is 5 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 126 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 9.The sum of two consecutive whole numbers is 11. What is the smallest of them?
- 10.Solve: y/2 + y/5 = 7. What is y?
- 11.A father is 8 years older than his son. In 4 years, the father will be twice as old as his son. How old is the son now?
- 12.Solve: 5(n − 3) = 2n + 21. What is n?
- 13.Solve: 8n + 3 = 5n + 15. What is n?
- 14.Solve: 9n + 10 = n + 74. What is n?
- 15.Solve: 3(m − 2) = m + 20. What is m?
- 16.Solve: 7y + 1 = 5y + 11. What is y?
- 17.Solve: 4p + 17 = 2p + 27. What is p?
- 18.Solve: 8t + 4 = 5t + 16. What is t?
- 19.A father is 20 years older than his son. In 4 years, the father will be three times as old as his son. How old is the son now?
- 20.Solve: 4(m − 5) = m + 7. What is m?
- 21.The length of a rectangle is 7 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 94 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 22.Solve: n/3 + n/2 = 15. What is n?
- 23.A father is 14 years older than his son. In 5 years, the father will be twice as old as his son. How old is the son now?
- 24.Solve: 3t + 14 = t + 16. What is t?
- 25.Solve: 6p + 10 = 3p + 16. What is p?
- 26.The length of a rectangle is 9 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 66 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 27.Solve: 3(p − 2) = 2p + 4. What is p?
- 28.A father is 33 years older than his son. In 7 years, the father will be four times as old as his son. How old is the son now?
- 29.Solve: 6(p − 1) = 5p + 11. What is p?
- 30.Solve: 7y + 6 = 2y + 11. What is y?
- 31.Solve: 5(y − 3) = 2y + 33. What is y?
- 32.Solve: 6(x − 1) = 2x + 10. What is x?
- 33.The sum of four consecutive whole numbers is 134. What is the smallest of them?
- 34.Solve: m/5 + m/6 = 33. What is m?
- 35.Solve: 4(t − 2) = 2t + 26. What is t?
- 36.Solve: p/3 + p/2 = 30. What is p?
- 37.Solve: 3(y − 3) = 2y + 3. What is y?
- 38.Solve: m/4 + m/2 = 24. What is m?
- 39.The length of a rectangle is 5 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 110 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 40.The length of a rectangle is 1 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 26 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
Answer key
- 7
- 60
- 8
- 9
- 48
- 60
- 10
- 29
- 5
- 10
- 4
- 12
- 4
- 8
- 13
- 5
- 5
- 4
- 6
- 9
- 20
- 18
- 9
- 1
- 2
- 12
- 10
- 4
- 17
- 1
- 16
- 4
- 32
- 90
- 17
- 36
- 12
- 32
- 25
- 6
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