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 24 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?
- 2.The length of a rectangle is 8 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 96 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 3.Solve: 4x + 18 = 2x + 38. What is x?
- 4.Solve: 5(t − 5) = t + 19. What is t?
- 5.Solve: 9y + 6 = 2y + 55. What is y?
- 6.Solve: 4(n − 4) = n + 17. What is n?
- 7.Solve: y/5 + y/4 = 9. What is y?
- 8.A father is 18 years older than his son. In 7 years, the father will be twice as old as his son. How old is the son now?
- 9.A father is 27 years older than his son. In 4 years, the father will be four times as old as his son. How old is the son now?
- 10.A father is 45 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?
- 11.Solve: 3p + 15 = 2p + 27. What is p?
- 12.Solve: 3(y − 3) = y + 3. What is y?
- 13.Solve: 5t + 14 = 2t + 20. What is t?
- 14.The sum of four consecutive whole numbers is 122. What is the largest of them?
- 15.The length of a rectangle is 11 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 66 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 16.Solve: 3(p − 2) = p + 2. What is p?
- 17.Solve: 4(y − 5) = 2y + 24. What is y?
- 18.Solve: 6(m − 2) = 3m + 15. What is m?
- 19.A father is 10 years older than his son. In 7 years, the father will be twice as old as his son. How old is the son now?
- 20.Solve: y/5 + y/2 = 42. What is y?
- 21.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?
- 22.The sum of two consecutive whole numbers is 63. What is the largest of them?
- 23.The sum of three consecutive whole numbers is 39. What is the smallest of them?
- 24.Solve: 7y + 20 = 6y + 21. What is y?
- 25.Solve: 9t + 5 = 7t + 17. What is t?
- 26.Solve: 6(n − 5) = 2n + 22. What is n?
- 27.Solve: 6n + 20 = n + 25. What is n?
- 28.The sum of two consecutive whole numbers is 51. What is the smallest of them?
- 29.Solve: 9m + 15 = 6m + 45. What is m?
- 30.Solve: 5x + 7 = 3x + 11. What is x?
- 31.The length of a rectangle is 8 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 60 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 32.A father is 26 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?
- 33.Solve: 4(p − 5) = 3p + 4. What is p?
- 34.A father is 24 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?
- 35.The sum of two consecutive whole numbers is 67. What is the smallest of them?
- 36.Solve: 4(y − 5) = y + 28. What is y?
- 37.The sum of three consecutive whole numbers is 21. What is the smallest of them?
- 38.Solve: 7t + 20 = 2t + 40. What is t?
- 39.The sum of two consecutive whole numbers is 31. What is the smallest of them?
- 40.Solve: 3n + 8 = n + 26. What is n?
Answer key
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- 20
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- 20
- 11
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- 32
- 11
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- 22
- 9
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- 60
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- 32
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- 25
- 10
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- 11
- 9
- 24
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- 33
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