ASSIGNMENT

SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS GRADE: 7

CHAPTER: SIMPLE EQUATIONS
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1. NCERT Ex 4.1 Q 2 – d,e,f
2. Check whether the value given in the brackets is a solution to the given equation or not:
(d) 4p – 3 = 13 (p = 1)
(e) 4p – 3 = 13 (p = – 4)
(f) 4p – 3 = 13 (p = 0)

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2 NCERT Ex 4.1 Q 4 – vii) viii) ix)

4. Write equations for the following statements:

(vii) One-fourth of a number x minus 4 gives 4.
(viii) If you take away 6 from 6 times y, you get 60.
(ix) If you add 3 to one-third of z, you get 30.

3. NCERT Ex 4.1 Q 6
6. Set up an equation in the following cases:
(i) Irfan says that he has 7 marbles more than five times the marbles Parmit has. Irfan has 37
marbles. (Take m to be the number of Parmit’s marbles.)

(iv) In an isosceles triangle, the vertex angle is twice either base angle. (Let the base angle be
b in degrees. Remember that the sum of angles of a triangle is 180 degrees).

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4. Write an equation to correctly represent the given figure 3.1

k + 3=20
5. Write a simple equation for the following figure.

y +8=13

6. See the weighing scale below with some identical cubes marked ‘Z’:

How many grams does weigh?

z=30
as LHS =30+30+20=80 g∧¿
RHS=30+50=80 g

7. Match each of the entries in Column I with the appropriate entries in Column II.

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 (i)—C
(ii)—E
(iii)—F
(iv)—D
(v)—B
(vi) –A

8. Each bucket shown in figure-4.1 contains 𝑥 ml of water and the glass shown in figure
contains 200 ml of water. If total volume of water in glass and bucket is 1800 ml, then only
write an equation which will help to find the volume of water in each bucket?

3 x+ 200=1800
9.
A triangular fruit plantation has sides as shown in the figure.
The farmer puts a hedge of length ax units.
Solve the equation and find the value of a.

Perimeter=ax
−x +2 y−x +2−2 y−2=ax
−2 x=ax
a=−2

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10. NCERT Ex 4.2 Q1
1. Give first the step you will use to separate the variable and then solve the equation:
(a) x – 1 = 0
(d) x + 6 = 2
(g) y + 4 = 4

11. NCERT Ex 4.2 Q2

2. Give first the step you will use to separate the variable and then solve the equation:
(a) 3 l=42
b
(b) =6
2

z 5
(f) =
3 4

(h) 20t = – 10

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12. NCERT Ex 4.2 Q3
3. Give the steps you will use to separate the variable and then solve the equation:
(a) 3n – 2 = 46

20 p
(c) =40
3

13. NCERT Ex 4.2 Q4

−p
d) =5
3
3p
e) =6
4
g) 3 s +12=0

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14. Out of a pair of complementary angles, one angle is two-third of the other. Find the angles.

Let one angle be x

Other angle = (2/3)x

When the sum of the measures of two angles is 90°, the angles are called complementary angles.
2x
So, x + =90
3
3 x +2 x
=90
3
5x
=90
3

5 x=270

¿ 54 °
2
Other angle = ×54
3

= 2 ×18 °

= 36°

Therefore, the angles are 54° and 36°.

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15.
A rectangular field had a length of 6x meters and a breadth of 30 meters.

i) Write an expression to find the perimeter of the field.

ii) Sandra took 4 rounds around the field. Find the total distance covered by Sandra in
terms of ‘x’.
iii) If the perimeter of the field is 240 m, Find the length.

i ¿ P=2 ( 6 x +30 )

ii ¿ Total distance=4 × Perimeter

¿ 4 × ( 12 x+60 )

¿ 48 x +240

iii ¿ 240=12 x +60

12 x=180

x=15

length=6 ×15=90 m.

16 The figures 32.1 and 32.2 show a rectangle and an isosceles triangle whose measurements are
in cm.

i) Find the perimeter of the rectangle and triangle.

ii) If the Perimeter of rectangle is twice the perimeter of triangle, find the sides of
rectangle.
ii ¿ 12 x +6=2(4 x+ 6)
i ¿ P(rect )=2(l+b) 12 x+6=8 x +12
¿ 2 ( 4 x +1+2 x+ 2 ) x=3 /2
¿ 2 ( 6 x+3 ) Length=7 cm
¿ 12 x+6 Breadth=5 cm
P ( triangle )=x +3+ x +3+2 x
¿ 4 x+6

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17. Anirudh made a house ABCDE as shown in figure-27.1.

i) Write an expression to find the perimeter of the house ABCDE.

ii) If x = 4, find the perimeter of the house ABCDE in terms of y

i ¿ Perimeter=3 x +2 y
ii ¿ P=12+2 y
18.
Anika’s present age is ‘x’ years

i) What was her age 4 years back?

ii) Anika’s grandfather is 1 year more than 5 times of her present age. Her grandfather’s
age is ____________ .
iii) Grandmother is 4 years younger than grandfather. Her grandmother's age is
_____________.
iv) Anika’s father’s age is 2 years less than 3 times Anika’s present age. Her father's age
is _____________

i ¿ ( x−4 )
ii ¿ 5 x+1
iii ¿ 5 x +1−4=5 x−3
iv ¿ 3 x−2

19.
A pattern made by matchsticks is shown in figure-12.1 given below:

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 Observe the table-12.1 and answer the following.

i) Find A. (6+ 5× 4)
ii) Find B. (6+ 5× 5)
iii) No of matchsticks required for n th figure =(6+ 5×(n−1))= 6+5n-5

= 5 n+1

20. NCERT textbook Ex 4.3 Q1

(e) Munna subtracts thrice the number of notebooks he has from 50, he finds the result to be 8.
(f) Ibenhal thinks of a number. If she adds 19 to it and divides the sum by 5, she will get 8.
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(g) Anwar thinks of a number. If he takes away 7 from of the number, the result is 23.
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21 NCERT textbook Ex 4.3 Q2 – a,c
(a) The teacher tells the class that the highest marks obtained by a student in her class is twice
the lowest marks plus 7. The highest score is 87. What is the lowest score?

(c) Sachin scored twice as many runs as Rahul. Together, their runs fell two short of a double
century. How many runs did each one score?

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22. NCERT textbook Ex 4.3 Q3 – a,b,c
3. Solve the following:
(i) Irfan says that he has 7 marbles more than five times the marbles Parmit has. Irfan has 37
marbles. How many marbles does Parmit have?

(ii) Laxmi’s father is 49 years old. He is 4 years older than three times Laxmi’s age. What is
Laxmi's age?

23. If one side of a square is represented by 18x-20 and the adjacent side is represented by 42-13x,
find the length of the side of the square.

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 18 x−20=42−13 x
18 x+ 13 x=42+20
31 x=62
x=2
Side=16 units

24. Each of the two equal sides of an isosceles triangle is twice as large as the third side. If the
perimeter of the triangle is 30cm, find the length of each side of the triangle.

P=2 x +2 x+ x
30=5 x
x=6
Sides are 6 cm, 12 cm ,12 cm

25. The three scales below are perfectly balanced. If = 3, what are the values of
and *?

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26. In a Mathematics quiz, 30 prizes consisting of 1st and 2nd prizes only are to be given.

The 1st and 2nd prizes are worth Rs 2000 and Rs 1000 respectively.

If the total prize money is Rs 52,000, then fill in the following blanks.

a) If 1st prizes are x in number, then the number of 2nd prizes are ______

b) The total value of prizes in terms of x are ________

c) The equation formed is ________

d) The solution of the equation is _______

e) The number of 1st prizes are ________ and the number of 2nd prizes are _______

a ¿ 30−x

b ¿ 2000 x +1000(30−x)

c ¿ 1000 x +30000=52,000

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 d ¿ x=22

e ¿22 , 8
27. In a bag, the number of 1 rupee coins is three times the number of 2 rupees coins. The total
worth of the coins is Rs 120.

Re 1
coins =3x Rs 2
coins

i) What is the amount in the Re 1 coin bag?

ii) What is the amount in the Rs 2 coin bag?
iii) Find the number of Re 1 coins.

Let no of Rs 2 coins be x ..Value=2 x

No of ℜ 1 coins=3 x . Value=3 x
Total worth=3 x +2 x=120
5 x=120
x=24.
No of ℜ 1 coins=3 x=72
28. A man travelled two fifths of his journey by train, one third by bus, one fourth by car and the
remaining 3 km on foot.

i) Express the above statement with an equation.

ii) What is the length of his total journey?

Let the total journey be x km

2x 1 x 1x
x= + + +3
5 3 4

24 x +20 x+15 x +180

x=
60

60 x=59 x+ 180

x=180 km

29. Mrs. Kumar wants to change the furniture of her house. She goes to the furniture showroom
and finds that the cost of 2 tables and 3 chairs is $705. If the cost of a table is $40 more than
the cost of a chair,

i)Write an equation to find the cost of 2 tables and 3 chairs.

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 ii)Hence find the amount she pays for 1 chair and 1 table.

Let cost of 1 chair be $ x∧1 table=$(x +40)

i ¿2 ( x +40 )+ 3 x=705
2 x+ 80+3 x=705
5 x+ 80=705
x=125
1 chair=$ 125
1 table=$ 165
Total amount=$ 190

30. Ria drinks x number of glasses of milk, each containing y ml each day.

Sharan drinks 2x number of glasses of milk, each containing y/2 ml each day.

Who drinks more amount of milk each day?

Ria drinks (xy)milk .

(
Sharan drinks 2 x ×
y
2)=(xy)milk .

Both drink same amount of milk .

31. Write an equation to represent the following diagram:

( You can use more than 1 variable)

x +3 y=1−2 z
32. Fig.9.1 shows all angles in degrees. Find the value of x.

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 6 x−21+ 4 x+ 31+ 90=360

10 x+ 100=360

10 x=260

x=26
33. From the figure, find the value of the unknown x ,y and z.
AB = PQ, BC = QR and B =  Q

3 x+ 5=20 z−1=7−3 z
y
3 x=15 48= 4 z=8
2 z=2
x=5 y=96 °

34. Jane cut a ribbon of length 30cm into three pieces. The lengths of the three pieces are shown
in the figure 15.1

i) Express the total length of the ribbon in the form of an equation.

ii) Solve and find the value of x.

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 x +3+18+ x−5=30

2 x+16=30

2 x=14

x=7
35. Jiya had (5a + 3) stamps. Kathy had 3a stamps less than Jiya.

i) Write an equation to show the number of stamps that Kathy had.

ii) If Maria had (3a – 1) more stamps than Kathy, find the number of stamps Maria
had.

Kathy=5 a +3−3 a
¿ 2 a+3
Maria=2 a+3+3 a−1
¿ 5 a+2

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