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.The sum of three consecutive whole numbers is 54. What is the smallest of them?
- 2.Solve: 5(y − 1) = y + 47. What is y?
- 3.Solve: x/6 + x/4 = 15. What is x?
- 4.Solve: 6m + 16 = 2m + 40. What is m?
- 5.Solve: 4(t − 2) = t + 7. What is t?
- 6.A father is 6 years older than his son. In 3 years, the father will be twice as old as his son. How old is the son now?
- 7.Solve: 5(m − 2) = 2m + 26. What is m?
- 8.Solve: 6(y − 3) = y + 42. What is y?
- 9.Solve: 7t + 2 = 3t + 26. What is t?
- 10.A father is 11 years older than his son. In 3 years, the father will be twice as old as his son. How old is the son now?
- 11.Solve: 5p + 20 = 4p + 24. What is p?
- 12.The sum of four consecutive whole numbers is 50. What is the largest of them?
- 13.Solve: 6(m − 2) = 5m + 13. What is m?
- 14.Solve: 5(n − 2) = 2n + 29. What is n?
- 15.Solve: 9t + 14 = t + 134. What is t?
- 16.The sum of three consecutive whole numbers is 156. What is the smallest of them?
- 17.A father is 12 years older than his son. In 6 years, the father will be twice as old as his son. How old is the son now?
- 18.Solve: 4(x − 2) = 2x + 26. What is x?
- 19.The length of a rectangle is 5 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 26 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 20.Solve: 3(m − 4) = m + 26. What is m?
- 21.A father is 21 years older than his son. In 1 year, the father will be four times as old as his son. How old is the son now?
- 22.Solve: 7y + 1 = 4y + 40. What is y?
- 23.Solve: 5(p − 3) = 4p + 10. What is p?
- 24.A father is 36 years older than his son. In 2 years, the father will be four times as old as his son. How old is the son now?
- 25.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?
- 26.Solve: 6y + 7 = 4y + 11. What is y?
- 27.A father is 8 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 length of a rectangle is 14 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 148 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 29.The length of a rectangle is 4 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 16 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 30.Solve: p/5 + p/3 = 56. What is p?
- 31.The length of a rectangle is 8 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 84 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 32.Solve: y/3 + y/2 = 30. What is y?
- 33.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?
- 34.Solve: 7x + 1 = 4x + 7. What is x?
- 35.The sum of three consecutive whole numbers is 72. What is the largest of them?
- 36.The sum of four consecutive whole numbers is 66. What is the smallest of them?
- 37.Solve: p/5 + p/4 = 27. What is p?
- 38.The length of a rectangle is 12 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 84 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 39.Solve: 6x + 9 = 4x + 17. What is x?
- 40.The length of a rectangle is 14 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 128 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
Answer key
- 17
- 13
- 36
- 6
- 5
- 3
- 12
- 12
- 6
- 8
- 4
- 14
- 25
- 13
- 15
- 51
- 6
- 17
- 4
- 19
- 6
- 13
- 25
- 10
- 9
- 2
- 3
- 30
- 2
- 105
- 17
- 36
- 3
- 2
- 25
- 15
- 60
- 15
- 4
- 25
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