How it works
- Choose the settings above, then how many questions: 10, 20, 30 or 40.
- Print the sheet. The answer key comes on a page of its own, so the sheet can be handed out without the answers.
- Or practise on screen. The same questions appear with a box for each answer, and every answer is marked at once when you press Check. There is no score and no clock.
- Keep the link. The address holds both the settings and the numbers, so the same link gives the same sheet again. A new sheet with new numbers is one click away.
What is asked
- One step: x + 7 = 15, x − 4 = 3, 3 · x = 21, x ÷ 4 = 6. Undo what was done to x.
- Two steps: 2x + 3 = 11. First take 3 from both sides, 2x = 8, then divide both sides by 2, x = 4.
An equation is a balance: whatever is done to one side is done to the other. The answer key can show each step (“x = 15 − 7 = 8”) or only x. The solution is always a whole number, and the numbers multiplied or divided by are from the times tables. For solving any equation with the working shown, see the equation solver.