Formative 2 on Equations for Grade 8

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1. Solve by inspection.

a) 3 + 𝑥 = −2

b) −5𝑥 = 1

c) −2(𝑥 + 1) + 1 = 1

12
d) 𝑥−1
= −3

e) 0𝑥 = 0

2. Verify if the value of the unknown x is equal to 2 in each of the following equations:

a) −3𝑥 + 1 = 10

b) 2 − 𝑥 = 0

c) 3𝑥 − 4 = −5 + 3𝑥

3. Solve on the back of this paper the following equations:

a) 2𝑎 − 6 = 3 2𝑥+3 1 5
f) + =
3 3 3

𝑏
b) −5 = 6 3−𝑥
2 g) 7 − 4
= 12

𝑐
c) 5 − 5 = 1 h) 7 ∙ 1 − 𝑥 − 6 ∙ 2 − 𝑥 = 8

4𝑑−1
d) =7 i) 5 ∙ 1 − 2𝑥 + 3 ∙ 𝑥 + 5 = 2 ∙ 1 + 𝑥 − 9 ∙ (1 − 𝑥)
5

𝑥 𝑥
e) −4 5 − 3𝑒 = −21 j) 2
−3 =2