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.The length of a rectangle is 5 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 90 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 2.Solve: y/5 + y/4 = 36. What is y?
- 3.Solve: 3m + 2 = 2m + 17. What is m?
- 4.A father is 9 years older than his son. In 6 years, the father will be twice as old as his son. How old is the son now?
- 5.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?
- 6.The sum of two consecutive whole numbers is 67. What is the smallest of them?
- 7.Solve: 6(m − 5) = 4m + 2. What is m?
- 8.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?
- 9.Solve: 3(y − 4) = 2y + 13. What is y?
- 10.Solve: x/6 + x/4 = 5. What is x?
- 11.A father is 26 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?
- 12.A father is 15 years older than his son. In 5 years, the father will be twice as old as his son. How old is the son now?
- 13.Solve: n/6 + n/3 = 12. What is n?
- 14.Solve: 9x + 14 = 8x + 29. What is x?
- 15.Solve: t/6 + t/3 = 18. What is t?
- 16.Solve: 3(t − 1) = t + 23. What is t?
- 17.A father is 10 years older than his son. In 1 year, the father will be twice as old as his son. How old is the son now?
- 18.The length of a rectangle is 13 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 58 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 19.The length of a rectangle is 1 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 70 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 20.Solve: 4y + 7 = 2y + 33. What is y?
- 21.Solve: 4(x − 4) = x + 5. What is x?
- 22.The sum of four consecutive whole numbers is 26. What is the largest of them?
- 23.Solve: 6p + 6 = 5p + 18. What is p?
- 24.Solve: 6(n − 3) = 4n + 18. What is n?
- 25.Solve: 4(x − 5) = x + 4. What is x?
- 26.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?
- 27.A father is 45 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?
- 28.Solve: 4(p − 1) = p + 35. What is p?
- 29.Solve: 9y + 19 = 5y + 55. What is y?
- 30.The length of a rectangle is 14 cm more than its width. Its perimeter is 100 cm. What is its width (in cm)?
- 31.The sum of four consecutive whole numbers is 106. What is the smallest of them?
- 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.Solve: x/2 + x/3 = 15. What is x?
- 34.Solve: 3(y − 1) = y + 3. What is y?
- 35.Solve: n/3 + n/6 = 3. What is n?
- 36.Solve: 9n + 8 = 7n + 10. What is n?
- 37.Solve: 6p + 20 = 3p + 56. What is p?
- 38.Solve: 3(y − 5) = y + 5. What is y?
- 39.The sum of three consecutive whole numbers is 81. What is the largest of them?
- 40.A father is 17 years older than his son. In 8 years, the father will be twice as old as his son. How old is the son now?
Answer key
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- 80
- 15
- 3
- 6
- 33
- 16
- 7
- 25
- 12
- 6
- 10
- 24
- 15
- 36
- 13
- 9
- 8
- 17
- 13
- 7
- 8
- 12
- 18
- 8
- 2
- 12
- 13
- 9
- 18
- 25
- 2
- 18
- 3
- 6
- 1
- 12
- 10
- 28
- 9
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