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 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?
- 2.Solve: 3(m − 2) = m + 4. What is m?
- 3.Solve: 3t + 2 = 2t + 5. What is t?
- 4.Solve: 6(m − 4) = 5m + 8. What is m?
- 5.Solve: 6y + 12 = 2y + 24. What is y?
- 6.Solve: 8m + 20 = 3m + 85. What is m?
- 7.Solve: t/6 + t/3 = 21. What is t?
- 8.The length of a rectangle is 10 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 84 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 9.The length of a rectangle is 15 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 94 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 10.Solve: 7x + 14 = 3x + 30. What is x?
- 11.Solve: t/6 + t/5 = 77. What is t?
- 12.A father is 30 years older than his son. In 8 years, the father will be four times as old as his son. How old is the son now?
- 13.Solve: 3n + 5 = 2n + 7. What is n?
- 14.Solve: 6(n − 1) = 3n + 21. What is n?
- 15.Solve: y/6 + y/3 = 9. What is y?
- 16.Solve: 4x + 16 = 3x + 17. What is x?
- 17.Solve: 3(m − 5) = 2m + 12. What is m?
- 18.The length of a rectangle is 7 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 102 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 19.Solve: 3y + 13 = y + 27. What is y?
- 20.The length of a rectangle is 12 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 108 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 21.Solve: 6p + 2 = 3p + 5. What is p?
- 22.The length of a rectangle is 15 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 70 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 23.The sum of two consecutive whole numbers is 21. What is the smallest of them?
- 24.A father is 17 years older than his son. In 5 years, the father will be twice as old as his son. How old is the son now?
- 25.The length of a rectangle is 2 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 32 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 26.The sum of three consecutive whole numbers is 174. What is the largest of them?
- 27.A father is 18 years older than his son. In 1 year, the father will be three times as old as his son. How old is the son now?
- 28.The sum of three consecutive whole numbers is 60. What is the smallest of them?
- 29.The sum of four consecutive whole numbers is 122. What is the largest of them?
- 30.A father is 20 years older than his son. In 1 year, the father will be three times as old as his son. How old is the son now?
- 31.The sum of two consecutive whole numbers is 79. What is the smallest of them?
- 32.The length of a rectangle is 5 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 26 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 33.A father is 24 years older than his son. In 7 years, the father will be three times as old as his son. How old is the son now?
- 34.The sum of three consecutive whole numbers is 105. What is the largest of them?
- 35.Solve: 5t + 14 = 4t + 24. What is t?
- 36.Solve: 3y + 10 = 2y + 25. What is y?
- 37.A father is 8 years older than his son. In 6 years, the father will be twice as old as his son. How old is the son now?
- 38.Solve: 8y + 13 = 5y + 58. What is y?
- 39.Solve: 3x + 1 = 2x + 7. What is x?
- 40.Solve: y/4 + y/2 = 24. What is y?
Answer key
- 6
- 5
- 3
- 32
- 3
- 13
- 42
- 16
- 16
- 4
- 210
- 2
- 2
- 9
- 18
- 1
- 27
- 22
- 7
- 21
- 1
- 10
- 10
- 12
- 7
- 59
- 8
- 19
- 32
- 9
- 39
- 4
- 5
- 36
- 10
- 15
- 2
- 15
- 6
- 32
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