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In worksheet on word problems on linear equation in one variable student can

practice different types of equation problems.

1. Convert the following statements into equations. 

(a) 5 added to a number is 9. 

(b) 3 subtracted from a number is equal to 12. 

(c) 5 times a number decreased by 2 is 4. 

(d) 2 times the sum of the number x and 7 is 13. 

2. A number is 12 more than the other. Find the numbers if their sum is 48. 

3. Twice the number decreased by 22 is 48. Find the number. 

4. Seven times the number is 36 less than 10 times the number. Find the number. 

5. 4/5 of a number is more than 3/4 of the number by 5 . Find the number. 

6. The sum of two consecutive even numbers is 38. Find the numbers.

7. The sum of three consecutive odd numbers is 51. Find the numbers.

8. Rene is 6 years older than her younger sister. After 1 0 years, the sum of
their ages will be 50 years. Find their present ages.

9. The length of a rectangle is 10 m more than its breadth. If the perimeter of

rectangle is 80 m, find the dimensions of the rectangle.

10. A 300 m long wire is used to fence a rectangular plot whose length is twice
its width. Find the length and breadth of the plot.

11. The denominator of a fraction is greater than the numerator by 8. If the

numerator is increased by 17 and denominator is decreased by 1, the number
obtained is 3/2, find the fraction.
12. A sum of $2700 is to be given in the form of 63 prizes. If the prize is of
either $100 or $25, find the number of prizes of each type.

13. In a class of 42 students, the number of boys is 2/5 of the girls. Find the
number of boys and girls in the class.

14. Among the two supplementary angles, the measure of the larger angle is
36° more than the measure of smaller. Find their measures.

15. My mother is 12 years more than twice my age. After 8 years, my mother’s
age will be 20 years less than three times my age. Find my age and my
mother’s age.

16. In an isosceles triangle, the base angles are equal and the vertex angle is
80°. Find the measure of the base angles.

17. Adman’s father is 49 years old. He is 5 years older than four times Adman’s
age. What is Adman’s age?

18. The cost of a pencil is 25 cents more than the cost of a eraser. If the cost of
8 pencils and 10 erasers is $12.80, find the cost of each.

19. Divide 36 into two parts in such a way that 1/5 of one part is equal to 1/7
of the other.

20. The length of the rectangle exceeds its breadth by 3 cm. If the length and
breadth are each increased by 2 cm, then the area of new rectangle will be 70
sq. cm more than that of the given rectangle. Find the length and breadth of
the given rectangle.

Answers for worksheet on word problems on linear equation in one variable are given
below so that student can check the exact answers of the equation problems.

Answers:

1. (a) x + 5 = 9

(b) x - 3 = 12
(c) 5x - 2 = 4

(d) 2(x + 7) = 13

2. 18, 30

3. 35

4. 12

5. 100

6. 18, 20

7. 15, 17, 19

8. 12, 18 years

9. 15 cm, 25 cm

10. 50 m, 100 m

11. 13/21

12. 15, 48

13. 30 girls, 12 boys

14. 72°, 108°

15. 16 years, 44 years

16. 50°

17. 11 years

18. eraser – 60 cents, pencil – 85 cents

19. 15, 21

20. length = 18 m, breadth = 15 m
Grade 7Linear EquationsCCSS: 7.EE.B.4, 7.EE.B.4a
9=x2+29=x2+2
a. x=9x=9
b. x=14x=14
c. x=4x=4
d. x=2x=2

Grade 7Linear EquationsCCSS: 7.EE.B.4, 7.EE.B.4a

Which equation does NOT have 66 as a solution?
a. t+5=11t+5=11
b. 3−t=−33-t=-3
c. 7t=427t=42
d. 24t=324t=3

Grade 7Linear EquationsCCSS: 7.EE.B.4, 7.EE.B.4a

x4−5=−19x4-5=-19
a. x=−3x=-3
b. x=−20x=-20
c. x=−56x=-56
d. x=−96x=-96

Grade 7Linear Equations

In the equation −9+8x=−13-9+8x=-13, which of the following is a constant?
a. x
b. 8
c. -9

Grade 7Linear EquationsCCSS: 7.EE.B.4, 7.EE.B.4a

Mark had some money. He gave half of that to his brother and then he gave
another $5 to his sister. He now has $20. How much money did Mark have
in the beginning?
a. 50
b. 25
c. 100
d. 10

Grade 7Linear EquationsCCSS: 7.EE.B.4, 7.EE.B.4a

Jill sold half of her comic books and then bought sixteen more. She now has
36. With how many did she begin?
a. 20
b. 32
 c. 40
d. 23

Grade 7Linear EquationsCCSS: 7.EE.B.4, 7.EE.B.4a

What is the correct solution for xx in the following
equation? 5x+11=415x+11=41
a. 6
b. 8
c. 7
d. 9

Grade 7Linear Equations

What is the formula that can be used for solving a linear equation (in slope-
intercept form)?
a. m = b + xy
b. y = mx + b
c. b = yx + m

Grade 7Linear EquationsCCSS: 7.EE.B.4, 7.EE.B.4a

Solve: 9x−7=−79x-7=-7
a. 0
b. 14
c. -14
d. 2

Grade 7Linear Equations

Jameek rented a moving van for one day at a rate of $30 per day plus $0.25
per mile. Which of the following equations can he use to calculate cc, the
cost, in dollars, of renting the van for one day and driving it mm miles?
a. c=55mc=55m
b. c=30.25mc=30.25m
c. c=30+0.25mc=30+0.25m
d. c=0.25+30mc=0.25+30m

Grade 7Linear EquationsCCSS: 7.EE.B.4, 7.EE.B.4a

For each phone call Robert makes, he pays $0.10 for the first minute and
$0.05 for each additional minute. What is the cost for two 5-minute calls?
a. $0.60
b. $0.30
c. $0.15
d. $0.45

Grade 7Linear EquationsCCSS: 7.EE.B.4, 7.EE.B.4a

Solve: x2+3=10x2+3=10
a. 7
b. 8
c. 2
d. 14

Grade 7Linear EquationsCCSS: 7.EE.B.4, 7.EE.B.4a

331 students went on a field trip. Six buses were filled and 7 students
traveled in cars. How many students were in each bus?
a. 47
b. 324
c. 54
d. 22

Grade 7Linear EquationsCCSS: 7.EE.B.4, 7.EE.B.4a

Solve for x.

2x+9=122x+9=12
a. 2323
b. −23-23
c. 3232
d. −32-32

Grade 7Linear EquationsCCSS: 7.EE.B.4, 7.EE.B.4a

You bought a magazine for $5 and four erasers. You spent a total of $25.
How much did each eraser cost?
a. $25
b. $5
c. $30
d. $12

Grade 7Linear Equations

6 + 4c = 10 is an example of an
a. equation.
b. expression.

Grade 7Linear EquationsCCSS: 7.EE.B.4, 7.EE.B.4a

Which description is a correct way to solve the equation?
3d+8=173d+8=17
a. Divide 3 from both sides, then subtract 8 from both sides.
b. Subtract 8 from both sides, then divide both sides by 3.
c. Subtract 17 from both sides, then divide both sides by 8.
d. Multiply both sides by 3, then subtract 8 from both sides.
Grade 7Linear EquationsCCSS: 7.EE.B.4, 7.EE.B.4a
Solve for x.
2x+3=172x+3=17
a. x=7
b. x=8
c. x=9
d. x=10

Grade 7Linear Equations

Which one shows "six less than a number is 17"?
a. 6 - n = 17
b. n - 17 = 6
c. n + 6 = 17
d. n - 6 = 17

Grade 7Linear EquationsCCSS: 7.EE.B.4, 7.EE.B.4a

23x=1023x=10
a. x=123x=123
b. x=5x=5
c. x=15x=15
d. x=30

This math practice test on word problems on linear equations in one variable
help the students to practice more.

I.   Solve the following equations:

1. x/2 - 1/2 = x/3 + 1/4

2. x - (x - 1)/2 = 1 - (x - 2)/3

3. (3x - 2)/3 + (2x + 3)/3 = x + 7/6

4. 2y - 3(y + 1) = 5y - 7

5. 15(y - 4) - 2(y - 9) + 5(y + 6) = 0

6. (4y - 3)/4 - 3 = (5y - 7 )/3 - 4y - 1

7. 4(3y + 2) - 5(6y - 1) = 2(y - 8) - 6(7y - 4) + 4y

8. 0.16(5y - 2) = 0.4y + 7

9. 3x/4 - (x - 1)/4 = (x - 2)/3

II.   Problems on linear equations:

1. If 3 is subtracted from seven times a number, the result is 53. Find the
number.

2. Find two numbers such that one exceeds the other by 11 and their sum is
73.

3. The sum of three consecutive multiples of 5 is 555. Find the multiples.

4. Three-fourth of a number is more than one-fourth of a number by 2. Find the

number.

5. Divide 22 into two parts in such a way that 2/3 of one part is equal to 1/4 of
the other.

6. Two numbers are such that the ratio between them is 5 : 2. If each is
increased by 1 the ratio between the new numbers so formed is 7 : 3. Find the
original number.

7. Three numbers are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4 and their sum is 54. Find the
number.

8. The sum of three consecutive even numbers is 54. Find the numbers.
[Hint: Take the numbers 2x, 2x + 2, 2x + 4]

9. The difference between two positive integers is 32. The ratio of these
integers is 1 : 3. Find these integers.

10. The numerator of a fraction is 5 less than the denominator. If 2 is added to

both numerator and denominator, it becomes 4/5. Find the fraction.

11. The numerator of a fraction is 1 less than the denominator. If numerator is

decreased by 2 and denominator is increased by 3, the fraction becomes 1/4.
Find the fraction.

12. The sum of the digits of a 2 digit number is 8. The number obtained by

interchanging the digits exceeds the original number by 18.

13. A number consists of two digits whose sum is 5. If 9 is subtracted from the
number the digits are reversed. Find the number.

14. A number consists of two-digits. The digit at the units place is 3 times the
digit at the tens place. If 36 is added to the number, the digits are reversed.
Find the number.

15. The present ages of Andy and Mike are in the ratio 5 : 3. If Andy had been
7 years older and Mike 7 years younger, the age of Andy would have been 3
times the age of Mike. Find their present ages.

16. Father’s age is three times his son’s age. Four years ago, he was 4 times
his son’s age. Find their present ages.

17. A motorboat goes downstream in the river and covers the distance between
two coastal town in 3 hours. It covers this distance upstream in 4 hours. If the
speed of the stream is 5 km/hr, find the speed of the boat in still water and the
distance between the two coastal towns.

18. A boat travels 20 km upstream in a river in the same period of time as it

takes to travel 30 km downstream. If the rate of the stream is 4 km/hr, find the
speed of boat in still water.

19. The length of the rectangle is 4 times its width. If the perimeter of the
rectangle is 80 m, find the length and breadth of rectangle.

20. Length of rectangle is 4 m less than 3 times its breadth. If the perimeter of

rectangle is 32 m. Find its length and breadth

Answers for the practice test on word problems on linear equations in one
variable are given below to check the exact answers.

Answers:

I. 1. 9/2

2. 7/5
3. 5/4

4. 2/3

5. 2/3

6. 1/8

7. -5/18

8. 18.3

9. -11/2

II. 1. 8

2. 31, 42

3. 180, 185, 190

4. 4

5. 6, 16

6. 20, 8

7. 12, 18, 24

8. 16, 18, 20

9. 16, 48

10. 18/23

11. 4/5

12. 35

13. 32

14. 26

15. 35 years, 21 years

16. 12 years, 36 years

17. 35 km/h, 120 km

18. 20 km/h

19. length = 32 m, breadth = 8 m

20. length = 11 m, breadth = 5 m.