LINEAR EQUATION GRADE 7

1. Solve each of the following equations.

a. 5x + 20 = 35
b. 9y - 24 = 84
c. 3x + 4 = 43
d. 10a + 30 = 100
e. 4(x + 3) = 32
2. Solve each of the following equations.
a. 6x - 3 = 2x + 13
b. 35a + 10 = 20a + 175
c. 2 (x + 5) = 6 (x – 5)
d. 3x + 5 – 2x = 6x - 10
e. 5 (y – 6) = 2 (6 + y)
3. Solve the linear equation word problems below.
a. If 28 less than five times a certain number is 232. What is the number?
b. Pedro is 8 years old er than twice the age of his cousin. If Pedro 30, how old is his
cousin?
c. Kyla spent 120 minutesreading this week. If this was 10 more than 2 times the amount
of time she spent reading last week, how many minutes did she read last week?
d. 4 times a number is equivalent to 8 more than 2 times the number. What is the
number?
e. Mike and Sarah collect rocks. Together they collected 50 rocks. Mike collected 10
more rocks than Sarah. How many rocks did each of them collect?
f. Joe and Steve are saving money. Joe starts with $105 and saves $5 per week. Steve
starts with $5 and saves $15 per week. After how many weeks do they have the same
amount of money?
g. Aaron is 5 years younger than Ron. Four years later, Ron will be twice as old as
Aaron. Find their present ages.
h. Robert’s father is 4 times as old as Robert. After 5 years, father will be three times as
old as Robert. Find their present ages.
i. The sum of two consecutive multiples of 5 is 55. Find these multiples.
j. The cost of two tables and three chairs is $705. If the table costs $40 more than the
chair, find the cost of the table and the chair.
k. The sum of three consecutive even numbers is 18. What are the three numbers?