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 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?
- 2.The length of a rectangle is 10 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 44 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 3.Solve: m/4 + m/2 = 9. What is m?
- 4.Solve: 3m + 17 = 2m + 29. What is m?
- 5.The length of a rectangle is 12 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 116 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 6.Solve: 6(n − 3) = n + 12. What is n?
- 7.Solve: y/4 + y/6 = 35. What is y?
- 8.Solve: t/2 + t/3 = 15. What is t?
- 9.The length of a rectangle is 3 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 118 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 10.The length of a rectangle is 15 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 58 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 11.A father is 14 years older than his son. In 5 years, the father will be twice as old as his son. How old is the son now?
- 12.The sum of four consecutive whole numbers is 210. What is the largest of them?
- 13.Solve: 9x + 2 = 6x + 41. What is x?
- 14.Solve: 6(n − 2) = n + 33. What is n?
- 15.The sum of four consecutive whole numbers is 130. What is the smallest of them?
- 16.The sum of three consecutive whole numbers is 93. What is the smallest of them?
- 17.A father is 16 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?
- 18.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?
- 19.Solve: t/6 + t/5 = 11. What is t?
- 20.Solve: y/5 + y/3 = 48. What is y?
- 21.Solve: x/4 + x/5 = 9. What is x?
- 22.The length of a rectangle is 14 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 56 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 23.The sum of three consecutive whole numbers is 183. What is the smallest of them?
- 24.The sum of three consecutive whole numbers is 159. What is the smallest of them?
- 25.Solve: 3m + 4 = 2m + 15. What is m?
- 26.Solve: 4n + 19 = n + 28. What is n?
- 27.A father is 27 years older than his son. In 2 years, the father will be four times as old as his son. How old is the son now?
- 28.Solve: 6(p − 2) = 4p + 4. What is p?
- 29.Solve: x/2 + x/3 = 35. What is x?
- 30.Solve: 3(x − 5) = x + 15. What is x?
- 31.Solve: 4p + 1 = 3p + 4. What is p?
- 32.A father is 3 years older than his son. In 1 year, the father will be twice as old as his son. How old is the son now?
- 33.The length of a rectangle is 7 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 58 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 34.The length of a rectangle is 13 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 42 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 35.A father is 18 years older than his son. In 7 years, the father will be three times as old as his son. How old is the son now?
- 36.The sum of three consecutive whole numbers is 108. What is the smallest of them?
- 37.Solve: m/5 + m/4 = 72. What is m?
- 38.Solve: p/6 + p/3 = 9. What is p?
- 39.Solve: 7n + 3 = 5n + 5. What is n?
- 40.Solve: x/4 + x/2 = 21. What is x?
Answer key
- 7
- 6
- 12
- 12
- 23
- 6
- 84
- 18
- 28
- 7
- 9
- 54
- 13
- 9
- 31
- 30
- 6
- 5
- 30
- 90
- 20
- 7
- 60
- 52
- 11
- 3
- 7
- 8
- 42
- 15
- 3
- 2
- 11
- 4
- 2
- 35
- 160
- 18
- 1
- 28
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