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 15 years older than his son. In 8 years, the father will be twice as old as his son. How old is the son now?
- 2.Solve: n/3 + n/4 = 56. What is n?
- 3.Solve: 3(t − 5) = t + 7. What is t?
- 4.The sum of four consecutive whole numbers is 50. What is the smallest of them?
- 5.The sum of two consecutive whole numbers is 15. What is the smallest of them?
- 6.Solve: 6(y − 3) = 5y + 13. What is y?
- 7.A father is 8 years older than his son. In 2 years, the father will be twice as old as his son. How old is the son now?
- 8.Solve: m/4 + m/3 = 56. What is m?
- 9.Solve: 4(x − 4) = 2x + 10. What is x?
- 10.Solve: 6(m − 5) = 4m + 4. What is m?
- 11.A father is 16 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?
- 12.Solve: y/5 + y/3 = 24. What is y?
- 13.Solve: y/3 + y/4 = 7. What is y?
- 14.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?
- 15.Solve: 7y + 3 = 2y + 63. What is y?
- 16.A father is 5 years older than his son. In 2 years, the father will be twice as old as his son. How old is the son now?
- 17.The length of a rectangle is 5 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 26 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 18.Solve: 5y + 3 = 4y + 7. What is y?
- 19.Solve: 6(m − 5) = m + 35. What is m?
- 20.Solve: 4x + 3 = 2x + 11. What is x?
- 21.A father is 36 years older than his son. In 3 years, the father will be four times as old as his son. How old is the son now?
- 22.Solve: 9x + 12 = 5x + 20. What is x?
- 23.The length of a rectangle is 3 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 78 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 24.Solve: 3(m − 4) = 2m + 6. What is m?
- 25.The sum of four consecutive whole numbers is 42. What is the smallest of them?
- 26.Solve: 6(t − 2) = 2t + 52. What is t?
- 27.Solve: t/6 + t/5 = 11. What is t?
- 28.The length of a rectangle is 2 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 88 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 29.The length of a rectangle is 15 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 66 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 30.The length of a rectangle is 9 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 94 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 31.Solve: x/3 + x/5 = 64. What is x?
- 32.The sum of four consecutive whole numbers is 202. What is the largest of them?
- 33.Solve: 4(y − 1) = 2y + 8. What is y?
- 34.The sum of three consecutive whole numbers is 18. What is the smallest of them?
- 35.A father is 8 years older than his son. In 5 years, the father will be twice as old as his son. How old is the son now?
- 36.Solve: 5(n − 3) = n + 33. What is n?
- 37.A father is 8 years older than his son. In 3 years, the father will be twice as old as his son. How old is the son now?
- 38.Solve: x/4 + x/2 = 6. What is x?
- 39.Solve: 5x + 18 = 2x + 54. What is x?
- 40.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?
Answer key
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- 96
- 11
- 11
- 7
- 31
- 6
- 96
- 13
- 17
- 7
- 45
- 12
- 6
- 12
- 3
- 4
- 4
- 13
- 4
- 9
- 2
- 18
- 18
- 9
- 16
- 30
- 21
- 9
- 19
- 120
- 52
- 6
- 5
- 3
- 12
- 5
- 8
- 12
- 4
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