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UNIT1:1:One-step
One-stepequations (additions
equations and and
(addition subtraction)
subtraction)
Question 1 Solve the following one-step equations.
a x+5=9 b a + 7 = 15 c m−3=4
d b + 3 = 11 e a + 4 = 10 f n + 9 = 12
g x − 3 = 12 h x + 5 = 16 i y + 8 = 20
j p − 2 = 10 k t−4=1 l a−9=9
m y − 2 = –3 n x − 5 = −6 o 5 + x = 20
Question 2 Solve the following equations.
a m+7=2 b x+3=1 c 9 + y = 14
d 12 + n = 18 e x − 10 = 12 f x−1=8
g m + 15 = 30 h y − 12 = 27 i a + 5 = 13
j m − 4 = 11 k n − 12 = 19 l a−7=1
m y − 5 = −5 n t − 6 = −3 o 10 + a = 14
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UNIT2:2:One-step
One-stepequations (multiplication
equations and division)
(multiplication and division)
Question 1 Solve the following one-step equations.
x
a 4a = 16 b 2 =3 c 5y = 15
x y
d 3 =7 e 5 =6 f 8x = –32
t
g 6m = −18 h 2x = 6 i 4 = –5
y
j 2p = − 8 k 5 = –4 l 7t = 28
a x
m 2 =9 n 3a = 24 o 7 = –3
Question 2 Solve the following equations.
x x x
a 6 =5 b 6 = –2 c 7 =6
a a b
d 3 = –20 e 9 = –2 f 8 =9
m x y
g 3 = 12 h 3 =9 i 2 = –14
j 3a = 18 k −2b = −10 l −3x = −12
m 5x = 35 n 8x = 48 o 7x = 49
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Topic
UNIT3:3:Two-step
Two-stepequations
equations
Question 1 Solve the following two-step equations.
a 2x + 1 = 3 b 18 = 3x − 6 c 10 = 5y − 15
5m x–3
d 3 = 10 e 4 =5 f 2a + 9 = 19
x a–2
g 2 –1=7 h 3x + 5 = 11 i 7 =3
j 8x − 7 = 33 k 5x + 3 = 28 l 6t − 3 = 39
m
m 7y − 5 = 9 n 3 –4=6 o 2k + 3 = 21
Question 2 Solve the following equations.
m x–5
a 3x − 3 = 9 b 2 +6=9 c 7 =4
x–2 5m
d 6 =8 e 5x − 9 = 26 f 6 = 10
g 10 − 2m = 0 h 3y − 9 = 21 i 7y + 4 = −3
j 2x + 8 = 14 k 8x − 7 = 17 l 9x − 7 = 56
1 1
m 3a − 2.3 = 7 n 6a – 1 2 = 4 2 o 8b + 0.3 = 2.7
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Topic
UNIT 4:
4:Three-step
Three-stepequations
equations
Question 1 Solve the following three-step equations.
a 4x + 9 = 3x − 12 b 2x − 7 = x − 3 c 6t − 10 = 4t + 12
d 11m − 6 = 7m + 14 e 9m − 3 = 7m + 9 f 4a − 3 = 3a + 9
g 10y − 6 = 5y + 19 h 6x − 4 = 2x + 16 i 7y − 3 = 4y + 15
j 5x − 1 = 6x − 9 k 3a + 5 = 21 − a l 12p − 3 = 7p + 32
m 6m − 7 = 4m + 13 n 2y − 1 = y + 9 o 4 + m = 16 − 3m
Question 2 Solve the following equations.
a 6x − 20 = 4x + 48 b 2x − 6 = 3 − x c 6x − 2 = 3x − 6
d 7y − 14 = 5y + 20 e 2x − 14 = x − 12 f 5x + 17 = 3 − 4x
g 3m − 2 = 2m + 7 h 6x − 21 = 2x − 2 i 3y + 1 = 2y + 7
j 6m + 7 = 7m + 10 k 2x + 3 = x − 9 l 4y − 3 = 2y + 11
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Topic 5:
UNIT 5:Equations
Equationswith grouping
with symbols
grouping symbols
Question 1 Solve the following equations.
a 3(x + 4) = 18 b 2(m + 1) = 5 c 6(m − 1) = 24
d 2(x + 5) = 18 e 3(a − 3) = 10 f 4(n − 3) = 36
g 5(2n − 1) = 25 h 2(3p − 1) = 22 i 5(2x + 3) = 45
j 4(a − 4) = 8 k 3(m + 2) = m + 14 l 2(3x + 2) = 16
Question 2 Solve the following equations.
a 5(a + 4) = 4(a − 3) b 3(x − 5) = 2(x + 4) c 4(y − 3) = 3(y + 2)
d 7(x − 8) = 6(x + 2) e 8(3 − x) = 7(x − 6) f 2(a + 1) + a + 3 = 0
g 3(x + 7) + x + 3 = 18 h 5(a + 3) = 4(a + 9) i 3(3a − 2) = 4(4 − a)
j 2(a + 1) − a + 7 = 9 k 3(a − 3) − 2a + 9 = 15 l 2(5a − 10) − 9a + 6 = 0
m 6(a + 7) = 5(a − 3) n 8(2a + 7) = 5(3a − 8) o 9(3a − 4) = 13(2a − 1)
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Year 8 Mathematics
Equations Practice Test 1
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1 Solve these one step equations
m
a) m + 17 = 28 b) n – 12 = 10 c) 3p = 7 d) =6
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2 Solve these two step equations
a+3 p
a) 3m + 5 = 7 b) =3 c) 10 – 3m = 25€ d) − 6 = 15
5 3
3 Solve
a) 3a + 5 = 2a +€7 b) 5m – 3 = 2m + 9 c) €2 – 2x = 8 + x
4 Expand the grouping symbols and then solve the equations
a) 2(a + 4) = 10 b) 5(m – 3) = 3 c) 3(2m – 4) = 4m – 6
5 Expand the grouping symbols and then solve the equations
a) 3(m + 7) = 4(m– 2) b) 3(x + 4) + 2(x – 5) = 4
6 If P = 2L + 2B find P if L = 4 and B = 3
7 If v = u + at find v if u = 1.2 a = 0.5 and t = 12.6
8 If y = 3x – 2 find x if y = 10
a+b
9 If A = find a if A = 7 and b= 10
2
10 The product of a certain number and 6 is 72. What is the number?
11€ If a number is multiplied by 6 and 7 is subtracted from the product, the answer is 23.
What is the number?
12 The sum of three consecutive integers is 30. What are the integers?
13 A rectangle is twice as long as it is wide. If the perimeter is 144 cm, what are the
dimensions?
14 Find the value of x in this diagram
2x 3x – 15