Solving equationsTo 50
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Solve each equation for x.
12x − 26 = 2
22x + 14 = 26
33x + 12 = 45
44x − 6 = 42
512x − 28 = 20
66x + 24 = 48
73x + 15 = 39
83x + 26 = 32
93x − 24 = 9
102x − 8 = 28
Two-step equations worksheets
A two-step equation needs the operations undone in the opposite order to the one they were done in. These free printable worksheets keep every solution a whole number so the method, not the arithmetic, is what is being practiced.
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Two-step equations
The answer key prints on a separate page.
What's on this sheet
3x + 5 = 20 was built by multiplying x by three and then adding five. Undoing it runs backwards: subtract the five first, then divide by three. Children who divide first get 3x + 5 ÷ 3 and an answer that cannot be checked, and the fix is not more practice but the order — last thing done, first thing undone.
Why this sheet works
Substituting the answer back is the habit worth insisting on, and it costs about five seconds. Put x = 5 into 3x + 5 and see whether 20 comes out. A child who checks their own work stops needing the answer key to find out whether they were right, which is a bigger change than any individual topic.
How this one works
One question from a sheet like this one, worked a step at a time — with a sentence saying what just happened and why.
Two-step equations, step by step