Chapter 4: Linear Equation (I)

1. The height of three brothers are (6a + 10) cm, (5a 5) cm and 79 cm respectively. If their total height is
359 cm, find the value of a.

2. Riung and Chris share RM80. If Riung gets four times as much as Chris, how much does Riung get?

3. Hafiz and Kah Mun each had RM120 and RM90 respectively before they went shopping. After
shopping each had the same balance of money. Given that Hafiz spent RM90, how much did Kah Mun
spend?

4. A bag which costs RM107 was bought using RM1 and RM2 notes. 21 pieces of RM1 notes were used
to pay for the bag. How many pieces of RM2 notes were required?

5. The selling price of a watch is

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4

of its cost price. If the selling price is RM210, what is its cost

price?

6. A number of marbles are divided among Yee, Shan and Jit. Jit gets 4 times more marbles than Shan.
Shan gets 40 marbles more than Yee. If there are 320 marbles altogether, how many marbles does Yee
get?

7. Andrew has RMp. Weng Theng has RM3 more than Andrew and Syauqi has RM7 less than Weng
Theng. Altogether the three boys have RM20. How much money does Andrew have?

8. Cheng Min scored 80 marks in his Science test which is

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6 of the total marks. What are the total

marks for the test?

9. The figure shows a rectangle with a perimeter of 60cm.

(k+4) cm

(3k - 2) cm

What is the value of k?

10. Yugi is x years old. His sister is

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2

times older than he is while his uncle is 30 years older than he

is. If their ages total 56 years, what is the value of x?

11. Hisham weights

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4

times more than Rahim. If their total mass is 90kg, what is Hishams mass?

12. The figure shows a cuboid with a volume of 180cm3.

4 cm
9 cm
(p+3) cm

What is the value of p?

13. Two balls weight 15kg. If one is 4 times heavier than the other, what is the mass of the heavier ball?