MATHEMATICS

CHAPTER 8: SIMPLE EQUATIONS

CLASS : VII
Very Short Answer Type Question

1. Write the following statements in the form of equations:

(i) 11 added to 2m to get 40.
(ii) 11 subtracted from 2m to 25
(iii) 13 subtracted from twice of a number gives 3
(iv) 5 times y to which 3 is added to get 45
(v) 5 times y from which 3 is subtracted to get 33
(vi) y is multiplied by – 6 to get 24
(vii) y is multiplied by – 8 and then 5 is added to the result to get 29.
(viii) y is multiplied by 5 and the result is subtracted from 16 to get 4
(ix) y is multiplied by – 5 and the result is added to 16 to get 8.
(x) One fifth of a number is 5 less than that number.
2. Solve the following equations:
(i) 3n – 2 = 46
(ii) 5m + 7 = 17
(iii) 4x + 5 = 65 (iv) 10y –
20 = 50

Competency Based Question ( PISA Content):

1. You pack sandwiches for a mountain hike with your friends. Each Sandwich takes 2 slices of bread, and
each hiker eats one sandwich. How many slices of bread are used for n hikers?
a) n + 2 b) 2n c) n – 2 d) none of these

2. Annika biked 37 km this morning and another t km in the evening. How many Kilometers did Annika bike
today?
a) 2t +37 b) 37 - t c) 37t d) t + 37

3. The value of 15 − 1 when r = 5 is

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a) 2 b) 1 c) 3 d) none of these
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4. Evaluate 8 + when w =8.
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 a) 8 b) 10 c) 4 d) none of these

5. Ritika received a prize of x dollars from a poker tournament. The tournament cost him 100 dollars to
enter. What were Ritika’s net winnings from the tournament?
a) 100x b) 100 - x c) x + 100 d) x - 100

6. Shifting one term from one side of an equation to another side with a change of sign is known as:
a) Commutative b) Transposition c) Distributive d) Associative

7. Sum of two numbers is 81. One is twice the other.

a) If smaller number is x, the other number is ………..
b) The equation formed is ………….
c) The solution of the equation is ……………
d) The numbers are ………… and ……………….

Short Answer Type Question

1. Solve the following equations:

(a) 4 = 5(p – 2) (b) – 4 = 5(p – 2) (c) –16 = –5 (2 – p)
(e) 10 = 4 + 3(t + 2) (f) 28 = 4 + 3(t + 5)

2. When you multiply a number by 6 and subtract 5 from the product, you get 7. Find the number.

3. The length of a rectangular hall is 4 meters less than 3 times the breadth of the hall. What is the
length, if the breadth is b meters?

4. Nine added to thrice a number a whole number gives 45. Find the number.

5. Four-fifths of a number is greater than three-fourths of the number by 4. Find the number.

6. Twice a number when decreased by 7 gives 45. Find the number.

7. Thrice a number when increased by 5 gives 44. Find the number.

8. The sum of two consecutive multiples of 3 is 69. Find the numbers.

9. Two-third of a number less than the original number by 10. Find the original number.

10. Smita’s mother is 34 years old. Two years from now mother’s age will be 4 times Smita’s
present age. What is Smita’s present age?
Long Answer Type Question

1. There are two types of boxes containing mangoes. Each box of the larger type contains 4 more
mangoes than the number of mangoes contained in 8 boxes of the smaller type. Each larger box
contains 100 mangoes. Find the number of mangoes contained in the smaller box?

2. Maya, Madhura and Mohsina are friends studying in the same class. In a class test in geography,
Maya got 16 out of 25. Madhura got 20 out of 25. Their average score was 19. How much did
Mohsina score?

3. The length of a rectangular plot exceeds its breadth by 5 m. If the perimeter of the plot is 142m, find
the dimensions of the plot.

4. A father is 30 years older than his son. In 12 years, the man will be three times as old as his son. Find
their present ages.

5. Five years ago a man was seven times as old as his son. Five years hence, the father will be three times
as old as his son. Find their present ages.

6. After 12 years Uday will be 3 times as old as he was 4 years ago. Find his present age.

7. A sum of Rs. 500 is in the form of denominations of Rs. 5 and Rs. 10. If the total number of notes is 90,
find the number of notes of each type.

8. Subham and Ansh donate some money in PM relief fund. The amount paid by Ansh is Rs. 125 more
than that of Subham. If the total amount paid by them is Rs. 975. Find the amount of money donated
by Subham.

9. A man travelled two-fifth of his journey by train, one-third by bus, one-fourth by car and the remaining
3 km on foot. What is the length of his total journey?

10. In a certain examination, a total of 3768 students secured first division in the years 2018 and 2019. The
number of first division in 2019 exceeded those in 2018 by 34. How many students got first division in
2018?