La Martiniere Girls’ College

Class VII
MATHEMATICS
LINEAR EQUATIONS

1. Solve the following linear equations:

i) 1.2 𝑥 + 4.8 𝑥 + 6= 24 ii) 2a – 5 = 8a +1

2. Solve the following linear equations:

i) 5 + 3 (x - 1) = 3x + 13 ii) 6 - 4(a + 3) = 2(a - 1)

3. Solve the following linear equations:

! ! #$"
i) "
+ 4 x = 84 ii) 2 -"x= %

4. Solve the following linear equations:

!#$ #$& & !#)" & &
i) &
+ " =( ii) (
- !
= *
( x +2)

5. A piece of rope y metres long is cut into 5 equal parts:

i) What is the length of each part?
ii) If the length of each part is 2 m, find the length of the whole piece of rope.

6. Find a number, whose one-fifth part increased by 4 is equal to its one-fourth part diminished by 10.

7. The present age of Maria is one-third of her father. After 6 years, sum of their ages will be 60 years.
Find what their ages were 2 years ago.

8. The length of the two equal sides of an isosceles triangle is 6 m more than twice the length of the
third side. If the perimeter of the triangle is 85 m, find the dimensions of the triangle.

HOTS Question

9. A sum of ₹2700 is to be given in the form of 63 presents. If the price of each present can be either
₹100 or ₹25, then find the number of presents of each type.
CASE STUDY
10. Rahul is a woodcutter. One day, he got a plank of 17 m from the jungle
which he cut into 3 pieces. The longest piece was three times longer
than the shortest piece and the medium sized piece was 2 m longer than
the shortest. Find out the length of all the three pieces.

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