Year 7 Maths Exam Booklet Equations Questions

Year 7 Mathematics
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Easy:
1. If 𝑚 = 5 and 𝑛 = −3, write down the substitution and evaluate the following.
a) 𝑚𝑛
𝑚+𝑛
b) 4
c) 𝑚2 − 𝑛
2. Tom has 160 photos that he took while on a bus trip tour around Australia. He
puts his photos in an album, 6 on a page. How many whole pages will he need to
display all his photos?
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3. Solve for 𝑥:
a) 𝑥 − 4 = 7
b) If 𝑣 = 𝑢 + 𝑎𝑡, find the value of 𝑣 when 𝑢 = −6, 𝑎 = 12, 𝑡 = −2.5.
4. Find the size of 𝑥 in the diagram below.

Give a reason for your answer.
𝑥0 1300
Note: Part of Equations and Geometry
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5.
6𝑥 126
a) Is 𝑥 = 4.2 a solution to the equation = ?
5 25
Answer YES or NO
b) If 𝑥 = 2 and 𝑦 = −3 determine the value of: 𝑥 − 𝑦 and 3𝑥 3 .
c) Circle the equation below.

2𝑥 + 1
2𝑥 + 1 = 3
d) Write a two-step equation that has the solution 𝑦 = −2.
e) Write an equation for the following statement. Let the number be 𝑥.

“The product of 7 and a number, is divided by 2 and the result is 15”.
Do not solve this equation.
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6. Solve the following equations:
𝑥
a) = 10
3
b) 𝑥 + 8 = 23
7. The cost, C, in dollars, of an apartment on level 𝐿 of a building in Sydney is given

by:
𝐶 = 400 000 + 5000(𝐿 − 33)
Find the cost of an apartment on level 42.
8. Substitute 𝑎 = −4, 𝑏 = 3, and 𝑐 = 12 into each of the expressions and evaluate.
a) 2(𝑎 + 𝑏)
b) 4𝑎2 + 2𝑏
c) (4𝑎)2
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9.
a) If 𝑎 = 3, 𝑏 = 4, and 𝑐 = −5,what is the value of 2𝑎𝑏 − 𝑐 ?
(a) 29
(b) 19
(c) 12
(d) 17
b) Solve the following equations

2𝑥 = 12
10.
a) Find the value of 𝑥, no reason is required.
𝑥
𝑥
𝑥 2𝑥
Note: This is geometry and equations combined.
b) 𝑦 − 2 = 10
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c) Evaluate 𝑛2 − 𝑚 if 𝑚 = 5 and 𝑛 = −3
11.
a) Solve the following equations:
𝑥 − 4 = −5
b) Find the value of 2𝑎 + 𝑏 2 if 𝑎 = 4 and 𝑏 = −3.
a) 𝑥 − 5 = 2
𝑝
b) = −4
3
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13. Find the value of 𝑥𝑦 − 𝑦 when:
a) 𝑥 = 2 and 𝑦 = 3
b) 𝑥 = −2 and 𝑦 = −3
a) 𝑥 − 10 = 4
b) 6𝑎 = 18
𝑏
c) =2
9
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15.
a) Without trying to solve the equation, show that 𝑥 = 2 is a solution to the
equation
6
= 6 − 𝑥2
𝑥+1
b) Evaluate the expression

1
𝑢𝑡 + 𝑎𝑡 2
2
Where 𝑢 = 16.1, 𝑎 = −9.81, and 𝑡 = 2.
16. IF 𝑥 = 4 and 𝑦 = 3 find the value of 5(𝑥 + 𝑦)
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17.
a) Evaluate: 3𝑚 − 2𝑛 if 𝑚 = 4 and 𝑛 = 9.
b) Evaluate: −3𝑎2 when 𝑎 = −4
18.
a) Find the value of (𝑎 + 𝑏)(𝑎 − 𝑏) if 𝑎 = −5 and 𝑏 = −2
b) Solve for 𝑥:
13 − 𝑥 = 18
19. Evaluate 4𝑥 − 𝑦 3 when 𝑥 = 5 and 𝑦 = −2.
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20.
6𝑟
a) Find 𝑟 if 11 = 1.
b) Evaluate 7√𝑥, if 𝑥 = 25.
21.
18 3
a) Solve the equation =5
𝑝
b) Show that 𝑥 = 10 is a solution to the equation 3𝑥 − 7 = 2𝑥 + 3.
8
22. Solve 𝑥 = 32
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23. If 𝑝 = −1, 𝑞 = 2 and 𝑟 = 8, then evaluate √𝑟 + 𝑝𝑞 2
𝑛𝑥+𝑚𝑦
24. The formula for the cost per kilogram $𝐶 of an alloy is given by 𝐶 = . IF
𝑛+𝑚
𝐶 = $10, 𝑚 = 6, 𝑥 = 8, and 𝑦 = 14, find the value of 𝑛.
25. Find the value of −4𝑏 2 when 𝑏 = −1
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26.
a) Find the perimeter of a rectangle whose width is 7.5 𝑐𝑚 and area is
90 𝑐𝑚2 .
b) A number is decreased by 6 then multiplied by 8. The result is 72. Find the

number.
27.
a) A stone dropped from the top of a cliff 50 𝑚 above the water and falls to
the bottom of the sea. The depth of the water is 73 𝑚. How far has the
stone dropped?
b) 3 + 2𝑥 = 13
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28. Find three consecutive numbers such that the sum of the first and third number
is equal to −10.
29.
𝑥
a) −5=7
4
2𝑥
b) =6
3
30.
a) By substituting 𝑥 = 5, show that 6𝑥 + 4 − 2𝑥 is equivalent to 4(𝑥 + 1).
b) Is it possible for 3𝑥 + 7𝑦 and 10𝑥 to have the same value? Give a reason
for your answer.
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31. Solve for 𝑏:

𝑏−5
=8
2
32.
a) By substituting 𝑚 = 3, show that 5𝑚 − 7 is equivalent to 2(𝑚 + 1).
b) Write an expression to describe how you would calculate the total cost of
2 hamburgers (ℎ) and a one drink (𝑑). If a drink costs $3.75 and the total
cost of 2 hamburgers and one drink is $7.25, find the cost of hamburger.
33.
𝑎
a) If 𝑎 ∗ 𝑏 = 1 − 𝑏 , what is the value of 2 ∗ (3 ∗ 4)?
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b) Form a two-step equation whose solution is 𝑥 = 3.
𝑦+2
c) = −1
2
34. Solve the following equations and show all necessary working.
a) 5𝑥 + 4 = 24
𝑥+1
b) = 14
2
c) 2(5 − 𝑥) = 7
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35. Solve the following equations
a) 3𝑥 − 4 = 14
2𝑥
b) = 10
5
c) 15 − 2𝑥 = −7
36.
a) The sum of the heights of Gerard and Rachel is 194 cm. Rachel is 8 cm
taller than Gerard. How tall is Gerard?
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b) Note: This question is geometry and equations combined

In the diagram below, find the value of 𝑥 that will makes AB parallel to CD.
A B
𝑥 + 250
C D
37. A box contains an unknown number of pencils ‘6𝑥’. Ansalee states that there are
60 pencils in the box and Allegra states that there are 30 pencils in the box.
Is this possible? Explain your reasoning.
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a) 2 − 3𝑥 = 0
b) 5𝑥 + 2 = 4𝑥
c) 8 − 3𝑘 = 4𝑘 + 2
d) If 5𝑥 + 2 = 5𝑦, find the value of 10(𝑥 − 𝑦).
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a) 3𝑝 = 𝑝 − 5
b) 2(𝑘 − 1) = 6
c) 13𝑥 + 4 = 9𝑥 − 12
d) 7 − 5𝑥 + 2(7 − 𝑥) = 0
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40.
(i) 9 + 3𝑘 = 21
29−𝑎
(ii) =4
6
b) Given 𝑚 = 0.0058 and 𝑛 = −0.29, find:
(i) 𝑚 × 𝑛
100 𝑚2
(ii) 𝑛
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41.
𝑥+3
(i) =5
4
(ii) −2(𝑧 + 1) = 8
b) Solve the equation 2𝑝 + 1 = 15 − 5𝑝.
42. If 𝑣 2 = 𝑢2 + 2𝑎𝑠 where 𝑣 = 8, 𝑢 = 3, and 𝑎 = 10, find the value of 𝑠 as a fraction

in its simplest form.
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43.
1 2
a) Find the value of 2𝑥 − 𝑥 if 𝑥 − 1 3
2𝑦 𝑦 5
b) Solve for 𝑦: −2=6
3
44. Solve for 𝑥: −4𝑥 = 22.
45. Solve for 𝑎:

2𝑎 − 5 = 4𝑎 + 13
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46.
a) Solve 3𝑚 + 16 = 25.
b) Evaluate 𝑥 exactly given that

−𝑏±√𝑏 2 −4𝑎𝑐
𝑥= and = 8, 𝑏 = 1, and 𝑐 = −5.
2𝑎
47.
a) Solve 15𝑥 − 16 = 15 − 16𝑥
b) Solve 3𝑥 − 7 = −25
ℎ
c) Given that 𝑉 = 3 (𝑎2 + 𝑎𝑏 + 𝑏 2 ) is the formula for the volume of a
frustum, find the value of 𝑉 if 𝑎 = 20, 𝑏 = 10 and ℎ = 15.
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48. Find the value of 𝑥 if 𝑥, 20, 16, 30 are in proportion.
49. Solve the equation for 𝑥. (Show working)

3𝑥 + 15 = 66
√20+𝑥 2
50. The value of √20−𝑥 2 when 𝑥 = 4, is?
9
(A) 4
(B) 3
9
(C) 2
(D) 9
51.
a) Solve for 𝑥:
5𝑥−2
=9
3
b) Show that 𝑥 = 1 is a solution to

3𝑥 2 − 2 = 5 − 4𝑥
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52. A tower of 30 identical blocks is 450 cm high. What is the distance between the
top of the 16𝑡ℎ block and the top of the 24𝑡ℎ block?
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53. Two buses took Year 7 and Year 8 on an excursion to the Zoo. Half of the
students in Year 7 got on the first bus with 15 Year 8 students. One quarter of the
students in Year 7 got on the second bus with 50 Year 8 students. The remaining
Year 7 students stayed at school.
If both buses carried the same number of students, how many students are there
in Year 7?
54. In this problem 𝑚 and 𝑛 stand for two missing numbers.

𝑚 𝑛
+8=1
8
𝑚 𝑛 1
−8=4
8
Find the values of 𝑚 and 𝑛.
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4 𝑀 40
55. Find the values of 𝑀 and 𝑁 if 5 = 40 = 𝑁
56.
a) Solve the equation
5(2𝑦 + 1) + 1 = 2(1 − 𝑦) − 3
b) Emily and her daughter share the same birthday. This year Emily is six
times her daughter’s age and in twelve years time Emily will be three
times her daughter’s age. How old was Emily when her daughter was
born?
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57. A number 𝑛 is tripled, then 14 is subtracted. It is found that the result is the same
when 𝑛 is doubled, then 8 is added.
a) Form an equation to represent the information above.
b) Solve your equation to find the value of 𝑛.
58.
a) The sale price of a car is 𝑥 dollars. Rather than paying upfront, the buyers
are able to pay a deposit of 25% of the sale price followed by 25 monthly
repayments of $350.
(i) Luke decides to pay the deposit followed by the monthly

repayments. Express the total amount he pays for the car in terms of
𝑥.
(ii) If the amount Luke pays is double the sale price, calculate the sale
price of the car.
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b) Solve the following equations:
(i) 3𝑥 + 2 = 4(𝑥 + 1)
(ii) 2(𝑥 − 2) + 3(5 − 𝑥) = 4(2𝑥 + 1)
2𝑥+1 1−𝑥
(iii) − = −2
3 6
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59.
a) Sam is participating in a mathematics competition. There are two types of
questions:
Easy questions worth 3 points, and hard questions worth 5 points. Sam correctly
answers 22 questions and she is awarded a total of 80 points.
(i) Let the number of easy questions correctly answered by Sam be 𝑥.

Write an equation in terms of 𝑥 to describe this scenario.
(ii) Solve your equation to find out how many of each type of question
Sam has answered correctly.
b) Solve the equation 17(7𝑥 + 4) = 18 + 13(7𝑥 + 4)
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60. Five distinct points A, B, C, D and E lie on a line but not necessarily in that order.
Use the following four pieces of information to find the distance between C and
D.
a) E is the midpoint of AB.
b) D is the midpoint of AE.
c) Both C and E are the same distance from B.
d) The distance from B to D is 9cm.
61. A man paddles his canoe from his home to his friend’s place which is upstream
and takes 3 hours for the journey. He returns that afternoon, paddling at the
same speed, in 2 hours. The river is flowing at 2 km/hour.
Let 𝑠 km/hour be his paddling speed in still water.
a) Write down an equation in 𝑠, and then solve it, to find the paddling speed in
still water.
b) Hence, or otherwise, find the distance to his friends place.
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62.
a) When an unknown number 𝑥 is added to the numerator and denominator
2
of the fraction 11, the new fraction that is formed is 4 times the original
fraction. Find the value of 𝑥.
2 3
b) A group of boys and girls sat for a test. Exactly 3 of the boys and exactly 4
of the girls passed the test. If an equal number of boys and girls passed the
test, what fraction of the entire group passed the test?
c) Solve for 𝑚:
𝑚 + 1 1 2𝑚 + 1
− =
3 2 4
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63. Solve the equation for 𝑥

2(𝑥 + 1) − 3(2𝑥 − 3) = 31
64.
a) If 𝑥 is an odd number, write down the next two consecutive odd numbers
in terms of 𝑥. If the sum of the first and third exceeds the second by 31,
find the three odd numbers.
b) If I add 4 to a number and multiply the result by 3, I get 8 less than 5 times
the number 1 started with. Write down an equation to solve this problem
and then find the number.
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65. Solve the following equation for 𝑤:

𝑤 1 3
÷ (2 ) =
4 3 4
66.
a) If 𝑔(𝑥) = −2𝑥 + 3, find 𝑔(𝑚 − 1)
b) A collection of coins consisting of 10-cent, 20-cent and 50-cent pieces has

a value of $8.00. The number of 20-cent pieces is twice the number of 10-
cent pieces and the number of 50-cent pieces is 2 less than twice the
number of 10-cent pieces.
(i) Express this information as an equation.
(ii) Find how many coins of each kind are there by solving the equation?
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67. The lengths of the sides of a triangle are 𝑔 + 1, 7 − 𝑔, and 4𝑔 − 2. How many
different values of 𝑔 are there such that the triangle is isosceles; justify your
answers?
68.
𝑊 3 6
a) Solve for 𝑤: ÷ (2 4) = 11
5
b) Solve for 𝑥: 2(4𝑥 − 1) − (1 − 𝑥) = 3𝑥
c) The sum of two numbers is 16. Let the first number be 𝑥.

2 3
If 3 of the first number plus 4 of the second is equal to 11, write an
equation in terms of 𝑥.
Hence find the numbers.
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69.
a) The size of angle 𝐴 in ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 is 20% more than the size of angle 𝐶. Angle 𝐵
is 40% more than angle 𝐶. Find the angle of 𝐴.
b) Solve the equation for 𝑥:

3(2𝑥 − 4) = 5(1 − 3𝑥)
c) Sue and Tom both work at a shop. Sue does not work every ninth day.
Tom does not work every fifth day. Sue is not working on the 1st
November and Tom does not work on 2nd November. What is the date of
the first day they have off work together? Justify your answer.
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d) Box A contains 33 green and 4 red balls. Box B contains 12 green and 5
red balls. A number of green balls is taken out of Box A and placed in Box
B to make the ratio of green to red balls in Box A the same as that in Box
B. Using an algebraic equation, find the number of green balls transferred.
70.
a) Solve
−3(𝑥 + 4) 5(1 − 3𝑥)
− = 3𝑥 − 4
7 3
b) A rectangle has dimensions (3𝑥 + 1)cm by (𝑥 − 2)cm, if its perimeter is

70cm find the area in cm^2.
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71.
a) Solve for 𝑥:
5(3𝑥 − 2) − 3(3 − 4𝑥) = 2𝑥 + 1
b) There are two consecutive odd numbers. Five more than twice the larger
one is triple the smaller number. Find the numbers.
c) James is currently 3 less than twice Andrew’s age. 4 years from now,
Matthew will be 2 more than twice Andrew’s age. 5 years ago, Matthew
was three times Andrew’s age. Let Andrew's age be 𝑥.
(i) Write Matthew’s current age in terms of 𝑥.
(ii) Determine Andrew’s current age.
(iii) How old is James?
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72. Two numbers are said to be congruent modulo 6 is they have the same
remainder when divided by 6. For example, 17 ≡ 11 (mod 6) read as ‘seventeen
is congruent to eleven, modulo 6’ and 11 ≡ 5 (mod 6) read as ‘eleven is
congruent to five, modulo 6’ because seventeen and eleven both leave a
remainder of 5 when divided by 6. So both 17 and 11 can be reduced to 5 in
modulo 6.
Solve the equation 𝑥 + 3 ≡ 2 (mod 5)
73. A standard 12 hour clock has an hour hand, a minute hand and a second hand.
The hands move continuously around the clock to represent the time.
a) How many degrees will the hour hand move between 12 o'clock and 2
o'clock?
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b) At exactly 𝑥 minutes after 2 o'clock, where 𝑥 < 60, the hour hand and
minute hand are pointing in exactly the same direction.
(i) Using the information above, form an equation involving 𝑥 and hence
find the exact value of 𝑥. Leave your answer as a mixed numeral.
(ii) What is the size of the angle between the second hand and minute
hand at this time? Round your answer to the nearest degree.
4
74. A small tray which is 5 full of water is suspended directly above a larger tray
9
which is 10 full. More water is then poured into the small tray until it overflows
into the larger tray below. The larger tray has 6 times the capacity of the small
tray.
What fraction of the original amount of water in the small tray must be poured
into the small tray to exactly fill the larger tray?
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75. Michael wants to build a deck for his house. The diagram below shows his plans
for how the deck will attach to his house and the expected floor area.
House
2𝑎
𝑎
12 m
Deck
𝑐
12 m
Michael is unsure what lengths to make 𝑎, 𝑏, and 𝑐, but wants to spend exactly
$3400 on the deck. Given that the cost of the deck is $25 per square metre, find
the correct value for 𝑏. You may assume that all angles will be right angles.
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76. The sum of each row is written at the end of the row. The sum of each column is
written at the bottom of the column. Find the value of 𝑥 in the diagram below:
𝑚 𝑛 𝑝 𝑝 53
𝑚 𝑝 𝑝 𝑝 55
𝑝 𝑛 𝑛 𝑛 50
𝑟 𝑚 𝑚 𝑟 56
𝑥 51 53 55
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b) If 𝑣 = 𝑢 + 𝑎𝑡, find the value of 𝑣 when 𝑢 = −6, 𝑎 = 12, 𝑡 = −2.5.

4. Find the size of 𝑥 in the diagram below.

Note: Part of Equations and Geometry

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b) If 𝑥 = 2 and 𝑦 = −3 determine the value of: 𝑥 − 𝑦 and 3𝑥 3 .

c) Circle the equation below.

d) Write a two-step equation that has the solution 𝑦 = −2.

e) Write an equation for the following statement. Let the number be 𝑥.

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6. Solve the following equations:

7. The cost, C, in dollars, of an apartment on level 𝐿 of a building in Sydney is given

Find the cost of an apartment on level 42.

8. Substitute 𝑎 = −4, 𝑏 = 3, and 𝑐 = 12 into each of the expressions and evaluate.

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b) Solve the following equations

Note: This is geometry and equations combined.

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b) Find the value of 2𝑎 + 𝑏 2 if 𝑎 = 4 and 𝑏 = −3.

12. Solve the following equations:

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13. Find the value of 𝑥𝑦 − 𝑦 when:

14. Solve the following equations:

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b) Evaluate the expression

16. IF 𝑥 = 4 and 𝑦 = 3 find the value of 5(𝑥 + 𝑦)

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b) Evaluate: −3𝑎2 when 𝑎 = −4

19. Evaluate 4𝑥 − 𝑦 3 when 𝑥 = 5 and 𝑦 = −2.

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b) Evaluate 7√𝑥, if 𝑥 = 25.

b) Show that 𝑥 = 10 is a solution to the equation 3𝑥 − 7 = 2𝑥 + 3.

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23. If 𝑝 = −1, 𝑞 = 2 and 𝑟 = 8, then evaluate √𝑟 + 𝑝𝑞 2

25. Find the value of −4𝑏 2 when 𝑏 = −1

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b) A number is decreased by 6 then multiplied by 8. The result is 72. Find the

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31. Solve for 𝑏:

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b) Form a two-step equation whose solution is 𝑥 = 3.

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35. Solve the following equations

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