One-step equations: subtraction

Difficulty Starter · Set h599bg

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1
Solve for x:x−8=1x =
2
Solve for x:x−2=7x =
3
Solve for x:x−5=-1x =
4
Solve for x:x−3=4x =
5
Solve for x:x−7=-1x =
6
Solve for x:x−6=6x =
7
Solve for x:x−6=-2x =
8
Solve for x:x−2=3x =
9
Solve for x:x−7=2x =
10
Solve for x:x−2=6x =
11
Solve for x:x−6=3x =
12
Solve for x:x−5=3x =
13
Solve for x:x−4=3x =
14
Solve for x:x−9=3x =
15
Solve for x:x−8=3x =
16
Solve for x:x−6=1x =
17
Solve for x:x−5=2x =
18
Solve for x:x−5=0x =
19
Solve for x:x−5=1x =
20
Solve for x:x−6=-4x =

What is in this set

The numbers in this set run from 1 to 10.
Every problem in it will take one step.
A careful solution takes 1 written step on average.
The mistake this set invites most often, in 100% of the problems: 3 was taken from both sides instead of added.
Answers are a whole number.

Drawing 240 problems from this page produced 84 different ones, 35% — so a sheet of 20 will come back to a problem you have seen — there are only so many sensible ones of this kind.

The same skill, harder or easier

We would put this in front of a grade 6 class. That is our judgement, not a standard, and it is printed here so you can disagree with it. Everything else we put in that year.