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(m − 1) = m + 5. What is m?
- 2.Solve: 5x + 19 = x + 75. What is x?
- 3.A father is 14 years older than his son. In 4 years, the father will be twice as old as his son. How old is the son now?
- 4.A father is 51 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?
- 5.The length of a rectangle is 7 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 130 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 6.Solve: t/6 + t/2 = 8. What is t?
- 7.The length of a rectangle is 4 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 68 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 8.Solve: 7x + 3 = 4x + 18. What is x?
- 9.The length of a rectangle is 11 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 130 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 10.The sum of two consecutive whole numbers is 83. What is the largest of them?
- 11.Solve: t/5 + t/4 = 36. What is t?
- 12.A father is 14 years older than his son. In 2 years, the father will be twice as old as his son. How old is the son now?
- 13.Solve: 3n + 5 = 2n + 16. What is n?
- 14.A father is 9 years older than his son. In 5 years, the father will be twice as old as his son. How old is the son now?
- 15.Solve: 3(p − 2) = p + 18. What is p?
- 16.A father is 30 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.Solve: 6(m − 5) = 5m + 13. What is m?
- 18.Solve: 5(m − 3) = 3m + 3. What is m?
- 19.Solve: 4x + 2 = x + 47. What is x?
- 20.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?
- 21.Solve: x/3 + x/4 = 14. What is x?
- 22.A father is 9 years older than his son. In 7 years, the father will be twice as old as his son. How old is the son now?
- 23.Solve: 6y + 19 = 4y + 43. What is y?
- 24.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?
- 25.Solve: m/4 + m/5 = 63. What is m?
- 26.Solve: 7x + 2 = 5x + 12. What is x?
- 27.Solve: x/4 + x/6 = 15. What is x?
- 28.The sum of four consecutive whole numbers is 106. What is the largest of them?
- 29.Solve: 6(y − 2) = 5y + 3. What is y?
- 30.Solve: 3(y − 4) = y + 10. What is y?
- 31.Solve: t/3 + t/6 = 12. What is t?
- 32.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?
- 33.Solve: m/6 + m/4 = 20. What is m?
- 34.A father is 22 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?
- 35.Solve: 9x + 1 = 2x + 29. What is x?
- 36.Solve: p/4 + p/5 = 27. What is p?
- 37.A father is 10 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?
- 38.The sum of two consecutive whole numbers is 75. What is the largest of them?
- 39.Solve: 3(x − 3) = 2x + 2. What is x?
- 40.A father is 30 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?
Answer key
- 4
- 14
- 10
- 10
- 29
- 12
- 15
- 5
- 27
- 42
- 80
- 12
- 11
- 4
- 12
- 4
- 43
- 9
- 15
- 5
- 24
- 2
- 12
- 7
- 140
- 5
- 36
- 28
- 15
- 11
- 24
- 6
- 48
- 7
- 4
- 60
- 4
- 38
- 11
- 9
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