Simultaneous Equations Worksheet
Simultaneous Equations Worksheet
Simultaneous Equations Worksheet
Worksheet: Simultaneous
Equations
Simultaneous
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y
a) y x4 b) y 2x 4 c) x2
2
y 2x 3 3x y 1 6x 2y 2
d) x 2y 4 e) 2 7 f) 3y 2x 7 0
x 3y 1 4 2y 5x 11 0
x y
g) 4 h) 0.72P 4.3Q 5 i) AB 0
5 10
x y 10 5.21P 4.91Q 7 AB 1
a) y 5x 5 b) y 5 c) x 5
y 6x 5 y 6x y 6x
d) y 4x 5 e) y 4x 5 f) y 4x 5
y 4.1x 5.1 y 4.01x 5.1 y 4x 5.1
3)
a) For what value of a do the equations
y 3x 7 0
6 x ay 3 0
have no solutions?
y 3x b 0
6 x 2y 3 0
4) I think of two numbers. If I add them together I get eight. If I multiply one of them by
four and the other by two and then add them, I get twenty-two. What are the
numbers?
5) I’ve got pigs and chickens on my farm but I won’t tell you how many I have. But I will
tell you how many legs they have. There are twenty-two legs. I will tell you how
many heads there are too. There are eight heads, all looking at me. Now you tell me
how many pigs I have and how many chickens I have got.
6) At my café, cakes cost four pounds and sandwiches are two pounds. Eight people
come to my café and they all have either a cake or a sandwich. At the end of the day
I have made twenty-two pounds. How many cakes and how many sandwiches did I
sell?
7) One line has gradient 2 and goes through the point 0 , 3 . Another line goes
through the points 2 ,10 and 3 , 5 . What is the coordinate of their point of
intersection?