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: 3(y − 2) = 2y + 2. What is y?
- 2.A father is 9 years older than his son. In 2 years, the father will be twice as old as his son. How old is the son now?
- 3.The sum of two consecutive whole numbers is 91. What is the smallest of them?
- 4.Solve: 8x + 3 = 4x + 31. What is x?
- 5.A father is 24 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?
- 6.A father is 57 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?
- 7.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?
- 8.Solve: m/6 + m/2 = 8. What is m?
- 9.Solve: 9m + 9 = 7m + 37. What is m?
- 10.Solve: 4(n − 1) = 2n + 24. What is n?
- 11.The length of a rectangle is 6 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 120 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 12.Solve: 3x + 1 = x + 15. What is x?
- 13.Solve: 6x + 17 = 5x + 22. What is x?
- 14.Solve: 5(y − 3) = y + 45. What is y?
- 15.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?
- 16.Solve: m/4 + m/6 = 5. What is m?
- 17.Solve: x/3 + x/2 = 25. What is x?
- 18.The sum of three consecutive whole numbers is 18. What is the largest of them?
- 19.Solve: 5y + 3 = 4y + 4. What is y?
- 20.Solve: x/6 + x/5 = 22. What is x?
- 21.A father is 12 years older than his son. In 8 years, the father will be twice as old as his son. How old is the son now?
- 22.A father is 18 years older than his son. In 3 years, the father will be three times as old as his son. How old is the son now?
- 23.The length of a rectangle is 15 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 62 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 24.Solve: 7p + 4 = 6p + 8. What is p?
- 25.Solve: n/5 + n/3 = 16. What is n?
- 26.Solve: 4n + 2 = 2n + 18. What is n?
- 27.The length of a rectangle is 12 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 80 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 28.The length of a rectangle is 1 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 82 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 29.Solve: t/4 + t/5 = 18. What is t?
- 30.The length of a rectangle is 7 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 26 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 31.A father is 13 years older than his son. In 4 years, the father will be twice as old as his son. How old is the son now?
- 32.The length of a rectangle is 10 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 132 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 33.Solve: 7x + 14 = x + 44. What is x?
- 34.The sum of three consecutive whole numbers is 183. What is the largest of them?
- 35.The sum of two consecutive whole numbers is 25. What is the smallest of them?
- 36.Solve: 9x + 2 = 5x + 18. What is x?
- 37.Solve: y/2 + y/4 = 9. What is y?
- 38.Solve: 4(p − 1) = 3p + 5. What is p?
- 39.Solve: 3(m − 4) = m + 26. What is m?
- 40.The length of a rectangle is 5 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 86 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
Answer key
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- 45
- 7
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- 12
- 9
- 12
- 14
- 14
- 27
- 7
- 5
- 15
- 3
- 12
- 30
- 7
- 1
- 60
- 4
- 6
- 8
- 4
- 30
- 8
- 14
- 20
- 40
- 3
- 9
- 28
- 5
- 62
- 12
- 4
- 12
- 9
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