Solving Multi-Step Equations

Solving by Combining Like Terms

100

5h + 2 + 2h = 23

h = 3

200

3b + b - 8 = 4

b = 3

300

3a + 12 - 6a = -9

a = 7

400

-6 = -3y + 4 + 5y

y = -5

500

78 = 3c + 12 - c + 4

c = 31

Equation Grab Bag

100

4x + 9 = 33

x = 6

200

x + 3x = -8

x = -2

300

4(y - 2) + y = -13

y = -1

400

-6(m + 1) + 18 = 24

m = -2

500

7k - 8 + 2(k + 12) = 52

k = 4

Translate Sentence

100

The sum of nine and a number is fourteen.

9 + x = 14

x = 5

200

Six less than a number is twenty-four

x - 6 =24

300

Three times the sum of a number and two is zero.

3(x + 2) = 0

x = -2

400

Two less than the quotient of a number and five is one.

x/5 - 2 = 1

x = 15

500

Seven less than four times the sum of a number and five is equal to 21.

4(x + 5) - 7 = 21

Consecutive Integers

100

Find two consecutive Integers whose sum is 133.

66 and 67

200

Find two consecutive even integers whose sum is 54

26 and 28

300

Find three consecutive Integers whose sum is 75.

24, 25, 26

400

Find three consecutive odd integers whose sum is -231

-79, -77, -75

500

Find three consecutive even Integers whose sum is -480

-162, -160, -158