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.Solve: 5(y − 1) = y + 11. What is y?
- 2.Solve: 5y + 17 = y + 41. What is y?
- 3.Solve: 5(n − 1) = 4n + 10. What is n?
- 4.The length of a rectangle is 13 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 134 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 5.Solve: m/2 + m/5 = 42. What is m?
- 6.Solve: 4(x − 1) = 3x + 7. What is x?
- 7.The length of a rectangle is 6 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 48 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 8.Solve: 8t + 20 = 2t + 74. What is t?
- 9.A father is 14 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?
- 10.A father is 4 years older than his son. In 1 year, the father will be twice as old as his son. How old is the son now?
- 11.Solve: 4(x − 1) = 2x + 26. What is x?
- 12.A father is 40 years older than his son. In 8 years, the father will be three times as old as his son. How old is the son now?
- 13.Solve: 8p + 11 = p + 74. What is p?
- 14.Solve: 5(t − 2) = 2t + 29. What is t?
- 15.A father is 18 years older than his son. In 5 years, the father will be three times as old as his son. How old is the son now?
- 16.A father is 32 years older than his son. In 6 years, the father will be three times as old as his son. How old is the son now?
- 17.Solve: 8m + 11 = 4m + 27. What is m?
- 18.The sum of four consecutive whole numbers is 162. What is the largest of them?
- 19.Solve: 7p + 11 = 6p + 22. What is p?
- 20.The sum of three consecutive whole numbers is 54. What is the largest of them?
- 21.Solve: 5y + 19 = 2y + 52. What is y?
- 22.Solve: m/3 + m/6 = 12. What is m?
- 23.The length of a rectangle is 1 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 70 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 24.The length of a rectangle is 5 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 42 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 25.A father is 33 years older than his son. In 3 years, the father will be four times as old as his son. How old is the son now?
- 26.Solve: y/5 + y/3 = 24. What is y?
- 27.Solve: 4t + 10 = t + 55. What is t?
- 28.Solve: 6(y − 4) = 4y + 24. What is y?
- 29.The sum of four consecutive whole numbers is 50. What is the largest of them?
- 30.The sum of three consecutive whole numbers is 126. What is the smallest of them?
- 31.Solve: 3x + 4 = x + 32. What is x?
- 32.A father is 48 years older than his son. In 6 years, the father will be four times as old as his son. How old is the son now?
- 33.The sum of four consecutive whole numbers is 106. What is the largest of them?
- 34.A father is 10 years older than his son. In 1 year, the father will be twice as old as his son. How old is the son now?
- 35.Solve: 4(t − 4) = 3t + 1. What is t?
- 36.A father is 13 years older than his son. In 6 years, the father will be twice as old as his son. How old is the son now?
- 37.The length of a rectangle is 14 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 88 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 38.Solve: x/4 + x/2 = 21. What is x?
- 39.Solve: 3(x − 3) = x + 15. What is x?
- 40.A father is 51 years older than his son. In 5 years, the father will be four times as old as his son. How old is the son now?
Answer key
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- 27
- 60
- 11
- 9
- 9
- 3
- 3
- 15
- 12
- 9
- 13
- 4
- 10
- 4
- 42
- 11
- 19
- 11
- 24
- 17
- 8
- 8
- 45
- 15
- 24
- 14
- 41
- 14
- 10
- 28
- 9
- 17
- 7
- 15
- 28
- 12
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