10 " 12 13 14 15 16 7 18 | think of a number x, add 9 and divide the sum by 3. The result is 8. Find the number. When we add 43 to a number x and divide the total by 5 the result is 10. Find x. When we add 55 to a number x and divide the total by 4 the result is three times the original number. Find x. When we subtract 5 from a number x and divide the answer by 7 the result is 23 less than x. Find x. Molly buys 2 dresses and 3 pairs of pants for $675. The cost of a pair of pants is $25 less than the cost of a dress a Ifa dress costs $x write down, in terms of x, the cost of a pair of pants. b Form an equation in x and solve it. How much is the cost of i adress? ii a pair of pants? One parcel weighs x kg and another is three times as heavy. If 2kg is added to the heavier parcel and &kg to the lighter parcel they will be of equal weight. Find the weight of each. A boy is 12kg heavier than his sister. Together they weigh 74kg. Find the weight of each. A man is 25 years old when his daughter is born. How many years later will the daughter's age be half the father’s age? Tim had 30 days off work. He spent x days at home, twice as long with his parents and three times as long abroad. How long did he spend at home? When 2 is subtracted from two-thirds of a number the result is half the original number. Find the number. The price of a fork is $ that of a spoon. 10 forks and 6 spoons cost $41. Find the price of a a spoon b a fork. The sum of three consecutive integers is 48. Find them. The lengths of the three sides of a triangle are xom, (x + 1)om and (x + 2)cm. Find the lengths of the three sides if the perimeter of the triangle is 1350m. The middle number of three consecutive numbers is x. When 25 is subtracted from the sum of these three numbers the result is half the middle number. Find the numbers. The mass of a fish is 1kg plus half its mass. What is the mass of the fish? Lance and Clarrie share $19 such that 2 of Lance’s share is equal to § of Clarrie’s. a If Lance has $x how much, in terms of x, does Clarrie have? b Form an equation in x and solve it to find how much each has. The perimeter of a rectangle is 72cm. The rectangle is xem wide and is twice as long as it is wide. Calculate its dimensions. The middle number of three consecutive odd numbers is x. The sum of the numbers is 57. Find the numbers.Solve the equations a 4 — :xampl a b 2-x-3h-4) a A-K=7- 3x Add 3x to both sides. [This Ghose postiver term) 4a K+ Bx=7 7 Subtract 4 from both sides. Box Divide both sides by 2. b = 3(x- 4) =6 Expand the bracket. 2-x- xt 2=6 Collect like terms. 4-4x=6 Add 4x to both sides. W=6+ 4x B= 4xsox=2 Solve 1 4-135 2 3 7K=0 4 5 Bx +10=5 6 7-3x= 7 19-5x=6 8 Ix-3=-31 9 -3p-5=4 1 2x+8=x+9 M Bx +4=3x +12 12 Ty-3=4y+9 13 1x — 3)-7=37 14 3-x+2x-3)=1 15 5+ 2x ~ 3x -4)= 13 16 4+x-3(x-1)= 13 97 32x + 1)-x 41-4 18 x~4~ 23x -1)=8 19 5(1—2x)-34 11x=3 20 11 ~ 4(3 - Bx) +x = 83 Example: Solve the equations a x+X=2 » MEA Bat_t a 445842 ‘We can eliminate fractions by 4 | multiplying every term by the LCM of the denominators. The LCM of 1, 2 and 1 is 2 80 we multiply every term by J E. Gis the LOM of 2, 6 and 2 0 multiply every term by 6. 2(3x — 4) — (2x +1) =3 6x-8-2x-1=3 Ax -9=3 4x=1280x=3