MATA JAI KAUR PUBLIC SCHOOL

Ashok Vihar, New Delhi

CLASS – VIII MATHS ASSIGNMENT

LINEAR EQUATION IN ONE VARIABLE
1. Solve: y + 3 = 10
a. 7
b. 13
c. -7
d. none of these

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2. Solve: 2y + 3 = − 𝑦.
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a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 7⁄3

8𝑥−3
3. =2
3𝑥
a. 3⁄
2
b. 1⁄
2
c. 1⁄
4
d. None

4. A linear equation may have for its _____ any rational number.
5. The equations are linear, i.e., the highest power of the variable appearing in the
equation is ________.
6. Bansi has 3 times as many two-rupee coins as he has five-rupee coins. If he has in
all a sum of Rs 77, how many coins of each denomination does he have?
7. Two numbers are in the ratio 5:3. If they differ by 18, what are the numbers?
8. A positive number is 5 times another number. If 21 is added to both the
numbers, then one of the new numbers becomes twice the other new number.
What are the numbers?
9. The sum of three consecutive multiples of 11 is 363. Find these multiples.
10. Three consecutive integers add up to 51. What are these integers?
11. Sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 9. When we interchange the digits, it is
found that the resulting new number is greater than the original number by 27.
What is the two-digit number?
12. Aarushi has a total of Rs 590 as currency notes in the denominations of Rs 50, Rs
20 and Rs 10. The ratio of the number of Rs 50 notes and Rs 20 notes is 3:5. If she
has a total of 25 notes, how many notes of each denomination she has?
13. Arjun is twice as old as Shriya. Five years ago his age was three times Shriya’s
age. Find their present ages.
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14. Amina thinks of a number and subtracts 2 from it. She multiplies the result by 8.

The result now obtained is 3 times the same number she thought of. What is the
number?
−7 3
15. What should be added to twice the rational number 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑒𝑡 ?
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