Equations that need tidying first

Difficulty Starter · Set xx6d82

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1
Collect the like terms, then solve for n:4n+2n−2=28n =
2
Collect the like terms, then solve for x:5x+4x−1=35x =
3
Collect the like terms, then solve for n:2n+4n−3=9n =
4
Collect the like terms, then solve for n:3n+5n−3=29n =
5
Collect the like terms, then solve for x:2x+1x−2=10x =
6
Collect the like terms, then solve for x:4x+3x−2=12x =
7
Collect the like terms, then solve for x:2x+1x−2=10x =
8
Collect the like terms, then solve for x:4x+5x−5=4x =
9
Collect the like terms, then solve for x:5x+5x−5=35x =
10
Collect the like terms, then solve for x:3x+3x−1=5x =
11
Collect the like terms, then solve for x:3x+4x−3=32x =
12
Collect the like terms, then solve for x:3x+4x−5=16x =
13
Collect the like terms, then solve for x:3x+3x−3=9x =
14
Collect the like terms, then solve for n:4n+4n−2=30n =
15
Collect the like terms, then solve for x:4x+5x−5=22x =
16
Collect the like terms, then solve for x:4x+4x−2=14x =
17
Collect the like terms, then solve for n:5n+4n−1=35n =
18
Collect the like terms, then solve for x:5x+1x−5=19x =
19
Collect the like terms, then solve for n:4n+4n−2=14n =
20
Collect the like terms, then solve for x:3x+3x−2=10x =

What is in this set

The numbers in this set run from 1 to 48.
Every problem in it will have to be tidied before they can be solved.
A careful solution takes 3 written steps on average.
The mistake this set invites most often, in 25% of the problems: the 4x was left out of the tidying.
Answers are a whole number.

Drawing 240 problems from this page produced 211 different ones, 88% — so a sheet of 20 is a new sheet almost every time.

The same skill, harder or easier

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