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Practice · Grades 6–8

Linear equations and inequalities

Linear equations and inequalities

Warm-upHuman

Solve 5x−7=2x+85x - 7 = 2x + 8.

Linear equations and inequalities

CoreHuman

Solve x+23=x−12\dfrac{x + 2}{3} = \dfrac{x - 1}{2}.

Linear equations and inequalities

CoreHuman

Which of these equations have no solution? (Choose all that apply.)

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Linear equations and inequalities

CoreHuman

Ravi starts with the equation x=5x = 5. He multiplies both sides by 00, gets 0=00 = 0, and concludes that every number is a solution. What went wrong?

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Linear equations and inequalities

CoreHuman

Solve 4−2x>104 - 2x > 10.

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Linear equations and inequalities

CoreHuman

In Manila, one phone-repair shop charges 150150 pesos plus 8080 pesos per hour of work. Another charges 5050 pesos plus 100100 pesos per hour. For how many hours of work do the two shops charge the same?

Linear equations and inequalities

CoreHuman

Ama has 5050 cedis. She buys a bus ticket for 88 cedis and wants to spend the rest on mangoes at 44 cedis each. What is the largest number of mangoes she can buy?

Linear equations and inequalities

CoreFormal

Which Lean statement correctly says "multiplying both sides of an inequality by a negative number reverses it"?

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Linear equations and inequalities

StretchComputational

Write solve_linear(a, b, c, d) for the equation ax+b=cx+dax + b = cx + d with integer coefficients. Return the solution as a Fraction if there is exactly one, the string "none" if there is no solution, and "all" if every number is a solution.

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Linear equations and inequalities

StretchHuman

Kwame claims he has found a linear equation ax+b=cx+dax + b = cx + d whose solutions are exactly x=1x = 1 and x=2x = 2. Which argument shows this is impossible?

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