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 36 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?
- 2.Solve: 3x + 16 = 2x + 25. What is x?
- 3.Solve: 3(x − 3) = x + 7. What is x?
- 4.The sum of three consecutive whole numbers is 159. What is the smallest of them?
- 5.Solve: 6t + 15 = 2t + 43. What is t?
- 6.The length of a rectangle is 4 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 116 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 7.Solve: 4y + 16 = y + 25. What is y?
- 8.The length of a rectangle is 9 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 102 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 9.The sum of three consecutive whole numbers is 150. What is the largest of them?
- 10.Solve: 5(n − 2) = 3n + 26. What is n?
- 11.A father is 30 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?
- 12.A father is 7 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: 5(m − 2) = 2m + 8. What is m?
- 14.A father is 30 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?
- 15.A father is 36 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?
- 16.The length of a rectangle is 10 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 60 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 17.Solve: 7n + 9 = 2n + 49. What is n?
- 18.Solve: 9n + 5 = 8n + 17. What is n?
- 19.Solve: 3y + 18 = y + 38. What is y?
- 20.Solve: y/5 + y/2 = 14. What is y?
- 21.Solve: 3(t − 3) = t + 1. What is t?
- 22.Solve: 6(t − 5) = 2t + 22. What is t?
- 23.Solve: 5t + 1 = 2t + 25. What is t?
- 24.Solve: 9x + 20 = 4x + 40. What is x?
- 25.The sum of four consecutive whole numbers is 222. What is the largest of them?
- 26.A father is 28 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?
- 27.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?
- 28.Solve: 3(m − 2) = m + 6. What is m?
- 29.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?
- 30.Solve: 3(n − 5) = n + 23. What is n?
- 31.Solve: 5(t − 4) = 4t + 6. What is t?
- 32.The sum of two consecutive whole numbers is 87. What is the largest of them?
- 33.The length of a rectangle is 4 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 72 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 34.Solve: t/6 + t/2 = 16. What is t?
- 35.Solve: 3(t − 4) = t + 16. What is t?
- 36.Solve: x/3 + x/2 = 15. What is x?
- 37.A father is 20 years older than his son. In 8 years, the father will be three times as old as his son. How old is the son now?
- 38.The sum of three consecutive whole numbers is 39. What is the smallest of them?
- 39.Solve: 6y + 12 = 3y + 54. What is y?
- 40.The sum of three consecutive whole numbers is 27. What is the largest of them?
Answer key
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- 52
- 7
- 27
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- 21
- 51
- 18
- 6
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- 6
- 11
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- 10
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- 12
- 10
- 20
- 5
- 13
- 8
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- 57
- 12
- 2
- 6
- 12
- 19
- 26
- 44
- 16
- 24
- 14
- 18
- 2
- 12
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- 10
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