| 1) | 2x -3 = 16 | 2) | 2x -6 = 17 |
| 3) | 2x + 5 = -4 | 4) | 4x + 2 = -13 |
| 5) | 3x -6 = 7 | 6) | 3x -3 = 5 |
| 7) | 3x + 5 = -15 | 8) | 4x + 5 = -1 |
| 9) | 2x + 5 = -3 | 10) | 4x -3 = -20 |
| 11) | 3x -3 = 18 | 12) | 3x -4 = 19 |
| 13) | 2x -4 = 0 | 14) | 4x + 1 = -10 |
| 15) | 2x + 2 = -22 | 16) | 2x + 2 = -14 |
| 17) | 3x -2 = -3 | 18) | 2x + 1 = 2 |
| 19) | 3x + 8 = 23 | 20) | 3x -6 = -9 |
| 21) | 3x -3 = 23 | 22) | 3x -2 = 10 |
| 23) | 2x -5 = -10 | 24) | 4x - 1 = 16 |
| 25) | 3x -5 = -22 | 26) | 2x + 7 = 19 |
| 27) | 4x + 4 = -19 | 28) | 4x + 7 = -11 |
| 29) | 4x -4 = 17 | 30) | 3x -4 = 18 |
| 31) | 2x -2 = 15 | 32) | 2x + 7 = -21 |
| 33) | 4x -5 = -13 | 34) | 3x -2 = 3 |
| 35) | 3x - 1 = 1 | 36) | 2x -2 = -16 |
| 37) | 2x -2 = 15 | 38) | 4x -4 = 24 |
| 39) | 4x + 5 = -16 | 40) | 4x + 3 = 14 |
Joke:
Terry shouted at his stubborn public-school-boy son: 'I pay thousands of pounds to your schoolmasters; but your classmates seem to be your mentors!'