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(n − 5) = 3n + 3. What is n?
- 2.A father is 13 years older than his son. In 7 years, the father will be twice as old as his son. How old is the son now?
- 3.A father is 5 years older than his son. In 1 year, the father will be twice as old as his son. How old is the son now?
- 4.The length of a rectangle is 13 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 46 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 5.The sum of two consecutive whole numbers is 41. What is the largest of them?
- 6.Solve: 7x + 14 = x + 86. What is x?
- 7.The length of a rectangle is 13 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 86 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 8.Solve: 6(x − 1) = 5x + 4. What is x?
- 9.A father is 11 years older than his son. In 4 years, the father will be twice as old as his son. How old is the son now?
- 10.Solve: 5(n − 2) = 4n + 4. What is n?
- 11.Solve: p/3 + p/2 = 10. What is p?
- 12.The length of a rectangle is 11 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 78 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 13.Solve: 3x + 5 = x + 7. What is x?
- 14.Solve: 4t + 8 = t + 50. What is t?
- 15.Solve: 5(t − 4) = 3t + 16. What is t?
- 16.A father is 33 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?
- 17.A father is 12 years older than his son. In 5 years, the father will be twice as old as his son. How old is the son now?
- 18.Solve: t/2 + t/4 = 3. What is t?
- 19.Solve: 3(y − 3) = 2y + 3. What is y?
- 20.Solve: 4(y − 5) = y + 4. What is y?
- 21.Solve: 4(t − 3) = 2t + 24. What is t?
- 22.The length of a rectangle is 4 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 48 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 23.Solve: 6(n − 2) = 5n + 8. What is n?
- 24.The length of a rectangle is 11 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 138 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 25.Solve: 7t + 20 = 4t + 41. What is t?
- 26.Solve: 7m + 6 = 3m + 54. What is m?
- 27.Solve: 9t + 4 = 2t + 32. What is t?
- 28.Solve: n/5 + n/3 = 32. What is n?
- 29.Solve: 3(x − 5) = x + 15. What is x?
- 30.A father is 16 years older than his son. In 4 years, the father will be twice as old as his son. How old is the son now?
- 31.Solve: 4(x − 5) = 2x + 4. What is x?
- 32.Solve: t/4 + t/6 = 5. What is t?
- 33.Solve: 4n + 3 = 3n + 17. What is n?
- 34.A father is 11 years older than his son. In 6 years, the father will be twice as old as his son. How old is the son now?
- 35.The length of a rectangle is 10 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 68 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 36.The sum of four consecutive whole numbers is 174. What is the largest of them?
- 37.Solve: 6(t − 2) = 2t + 28. What is t?
- 38.Solve: y/6 + y/3 = 15. What is y?
- 39.Solve: 6(n − 4) = 3n + 36. What is n?
- 40.The sum of two consecutive whole numbers is 109. What is the smallest of them?
Answer key
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- 6
- 4
- 5
- 21
- 12
- 15
- 10
- 7
- 14
- 12
- 14
- 1
- 14
- 18
- 5
- 7
- 4
- 12
- 8
- 18
- 10
- 20
- 29
- 7
- 12
- 4
- 60
- 15
- 12
- 12
- 12
- 14
- 5
- 12
- 45
- 10
- 30
- 20
- 54
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