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 3 years, the father will be three times as old as his son. How old is the son now?
- 2.Solve: 3(t − 1) = 2t + 4. What is t?
- 3.The sum of two consecutive whole numbers is 15. What is the smallest of them?
- 4.The length of a rectangle is 15 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 122 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 5.Solve: 6(m − 1) = 4m + 2. What is m?
- 6.Solve: 4p + 4 = p + 25. What is p?
- 7.Solve: p/6 + p/5 = 44. What is p?
- 8.The length of a rectangle is 8 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 120 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 9.The length of a rectangle is 13 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 46 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 10.The sum of four consecutive whole numbers is 170. What is the largest of them?
- 11.The length of a rectangle is 7 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 130 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 12.A father is 36 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?
- 13.Solve: p/3 + p/4 = 56. What is p?
- 14.Solve: 4(m − 2) = m + 19. What is m?
- 15.Solve: 3(y − 1) = 2y + 6. What is y?
- 16.The sum of three consecutive whole numbers is 18. What is the smallest of them?
- 17.Solve: 4(n − 3) = 2n + 10. What is n?
- 18.Solve: 6m + 6 = 5m + 17. What is m?
- 19.Solve: 4(x − 5) = 3x + 10. What is x?
- 20.Solve: x/4 + x/5 = 45. What is x?
- 21.Solve: 3p + 20 = p + 38. What is p?
- 22.A father is 10 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?
- 23.Solve: t/5 + t/2 = 28. What is t?
- 24.A father is 22 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?
- 25.Solve: 3x + 15 = x + 41. What is x?
- 26.The sum of four consecutive whole numbers is 202. What is the largest of them?
- 27.Solve: 4(x − 5) = 2x + 4. What is x?
- 28.The sum of three consecutive whole numbers is 129. What is the smallest of them?
- 29.A father is 13 years older than his son. In 2 years, the father will be twice as old as his son. How old is the son now?
- 30.The sum of four consecutive whole numbers is 90. What is the smallest of them?
- 31.Solve: n/5 + n/6 = 66. What is n?
- 32.Solve: 4(y − 4) = y + 14. What is y?
- 33.A father is 48 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?
- 34.The sum of two consecutive whole numbers is 29. What is the smallest of them?
- 35.The length of a rectangle is 12 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 144 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 36.The length of a rectangle is 2 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 52 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 37.The length of a rectangle is 8 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 96 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 38.Solve: 3p + 14 = p + 40. What is p?
- 39.The sum of two consecutive whole numbers is 121. What is the largest of them?
- 40.Solve: 7x + 3 = 2x + 63. What is x?
Answer key
- 9
- 7
- 7
- 23
- 4
- 7
- 120
- 26
- 5
- 44
- 29
- 7
- 96
- 9
- 9
- 5
- 11
- 11
- 30
- 100
- 9
- 3
- 40
- 10
- 13
- 52
- 12
- 42
- 11
- 21
- 180
- 10
- 12
- 14
- 30
- 12
- 20
- 13
- 61
- 12
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