Two-step equations

Difficulty Starter · Set i2uhf9

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1
Solve for x:2x+8=14x =
2
Solve for x:4x+4=16x =
3
Solve for x:2x+7=23x =
4
Solve for x:3x+12=48x =
5
Solve for x:3x+7=22x =
6
Solve for x:4x+7=39x =
7
Solve for x:2x+5=15x =
8
Solve for x:4x+6=14x =
9
Solve for x:3x+9=21x =
10
Solve for x:4x+5=49x =
11
Solve for x:2x+12=30x =
12
Solve for x:3x+5=23x =
13
Solve for x:3x+8=41x =
14
Solve for x:3x+6=24x =
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Solve for x:3x+9=39x =
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Solve for x:3x+12=36x =
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Solve for x:4x+5=33x =
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Solve for x:2x+2=6x =
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Solve for x:4x+10=38x =
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Solve for x:4x+6=42x =

What is in this set

The numbers in this set run from 2 to 58.
Every problem in it will take two steps.
A careful solution takes 2 written steps on average.
The mistake this set invites most often, in 100% of the problems: both sides were divided by 2 before the 3 was taken away.
Answers are a whole number.

Drawing 240 problems from this page produced 182 different ones, 76% — so a sheet of 20 is a new sheet almost every time.

The same skill, harder or easier

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