SIMPLE EQUATIONS IN ONE UNKNOWN

Solve the following equations :

1. 9x + 2 = 29




2. 3x 1 = 17




3. 7 2x = 13




4. -4x + 14 = -14




5. 1 + 3x = x + 17






6. 5x + 4 = 18 2x





7. 15x 8 = 4 + 9x





8. 7 3x = 2x + 12




9.

10.

11.

12. 2 0.6x = x




13. 2x = 0.2x + 5.4




14.

15.

16.

17.

18.



19.

20. 2 ( 3x + 4 ) =26




21. 2 ( x 5 ) = 3x 18





22. ( 3x + 2 ) ( 2x 5 ) =0






23. Solve the following equation.
( ) ( )








24. Solve the following equation.
6 4 ) 5 3 ( 5 x x x .









25. (a) Expand and simplify ) 3 ( 2 ) 1 2 ( 3 x x .
(b) Hence, solve the equation ) 3 ( 2 ) 1 2 ( 3 x x = -1









26. Solve 14 ) 1 ( 2 ) 1 2 ( 3 5 x x x .







27. Solve the following equations:
(a) 9 5 2 x
(b) 7
3
4

x


















28.
Solve 20
4
2 3

x
.









29. Solve the following equations:
(i)
4
5
p
,
(ii)
5
1
3 2

t t
.











30. Solve the following

(a) 16 1 2 1 3 4 x x x

(b)
4
1
1
2
1
3
4

k k














32. Solve for the value of x for the following equations.

(a)
4
1
1
3
2

x
; [3]

(b)
) 1 ( 2
3
) 1 ( 3
8

x x
. [4]


























33. Solve the following equations.
(a) 27 6 3 a
(b) 8
3
1 2

x
x









34. Solve the following equation
(a) w w 5 9 3 2 5
6
1
.
(b) 2 3 17 2 4 12 5 m m m .














35. Solve the following equations:
(a)
2 3
4
1 7
5

x x
(b)
3
) 4 2 ( 2
4
) 1 ( 3
5
4 7

r r r




























36. Solve the following equations.
(a)
x
9
27 .
(b) ) 10 (
3
2
) 1 5 ( 4 x x .
(c)
2
2
1 3
5

x x
.
























37. Solve the following equations.
(a)
x x 4
3
4 5
7

(b) 7
1 2
9

x











38. Solve
(a)
8 3
5
7 2

x
x
,


(b)
6
5
4
2
3
) 3 ( 2

x x
.













39. (a) A piece of wire is cut into 2 equal parts. One part is bent to form a triangle
with sides cm, ( ) cm and cm while the other part is used to
form a rectangle with breadth ( ) cm and length twice as long as its
breadth.

(i) Write down and simplify an expression for the
(a) perimeter of the triangle
(b) perimeter of the rectangle
(ii) Hence, find the value of .



























40. Mrs Fields sold pens at 55 cents each and markers at $2 each. She sold 40 pens and markers
altogether and collected a total of $59.70.
(a) If Mrs Fields sold x pens, express in terms of x for the number of markers that she has sold.
(b) Form an equation in x connecting the cost of pens and that of the markers that were sold by Mrs
Fields.
(c) Solve the above equation to find the number of markers.

























41. James went to a supermarket which sells 4 apples at $x and 3 honeydews at
$ 4 8 x . He bought 8 apples and 3 honeydews.


(a) Giving your answers in dollars, write down in terms of x, the cost of each
(i) apple
(ii) honeydew



(b) Write down and simplify, in terms of x, an expression for the total amount of
money that James has to pay for the apples and honeydews that he bought.
Give your answer in dollars.

(c) James paid the shopkeeper $20 and received a change of $4. Form an equation,
in terms of x, and find the value of x.























42. Derek bought some egg tarts and buns from a bakery. The number of egg tarts bought is x.
The number of buns bought is 5 more than the number of egg tarts.

(a) Write down, in terms of x , an expression for the number of buns Derek bought.

(b) Each egg tart and bun costs 80 cents and 60 cents respectively.
Find, in its simplest form in terms of x , an expression for the total cost of the egg tarts and
buns Derek bought.

(c) If Derek paid a total of $12.80 for all the egg tarts and buns purchased, find the number of
egg tarts and the number buns he bought respectively.

































43. Benson thinks of a number, multiplies the number by 5 and subtracts the result from 68.
The answer is the same if he adds 4 to the number and multiplies the result by 3.
Find the number.





















44. Fiona bought 25 handphone pouches and pencil cases. The cost of each pencil case is $8.
Each handphone pouch cost twice as much as each pencil case. She spent a total of $264.
Let the number of pencil cases bought be x.

(a) Express the number of handphone pouches bought in terms of x.
(b) Form an equation in x and solve x.
(c) Hence, find the number of handphone pouches and pencil cases Fiona bought respectively.

B
A
C
D
E
B
A
C
D
E
B
A
C
D
E
B
A
C
D
E
45. Jacie is x years old. Jaden, her brother, is 11 years older than Jacie. Their mother is three times as
old as Jacie. Jaden is half their fathers age.
a. Write down expressions, in terms of x for
i. Jadens age,
ii. their fathers age.
b. The sum of the ages of the four members of the family is 173.
i. Show that the sum of the ages of the four members of the family can be written as 7x
+ 33 = 173.
ii. Solve the equation to find the value of x.
iii. Hence find the mothers age when Jaden was born.