Free Grade 3 Introducing Two-step Equations Essentials Lesson Plans
Free Grade 3 lesson plans for Introducing Two-step Equations Essentials: 12 real questions with a full answer key and worked solutions. An equation is a balance. Do the same thing to both sides until the letter is on its own, then check by substituting back.
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15 min
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- RememberIdentify introducing two-step equations essentials
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- UnderstandExplain introducing two-step equations essentials
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- ApplyCalculate introducing two-step equations essentials
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- AnalyseCompare introducing two-step equations essentials
Compare introducing two-step equations essentials accurately in a familiar context.
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Prerequisites
Close these gaps first — each has its own free lesson, worksheet and quiz.
How Introducing Two-step Equations Essentials works
An equation is a balance. Do the same thing to both sides until the letter is on its own, then check by substituting back.
12 practice questions
Easy to hard, 24 marks in total. Try them first, then open the answers.
- 1.Solve x + 1 = 7.[1]
- 2.Solve x + 7 = 11.[1]
- 3.Solve x + 8 = 14.[1]
- 4.Solve x + 6 = 16.[1]
- 5.Solve 5x + 16 = 6.[2]
- 6.Solve 2x + 14 = 18.[2]
- 7.Solve 5x + 12 = -8.[2]
- 8.Solve 9x + 18 = 126.[2]
- 9.Solve 7x + 4 = 1x + -44.[3]
- 10.Solve 3x + 1 = 2x + -6.[3]
- 11.Solve 9x + 6 = 1x + 54.[3]
- 12.Solve 7x + 17 = 2x + 67.[3]
Show answers and working
1. x = 6
Subtract 1 from both sides: x = 6. Check: 1 × 6 + 1 = 7.
2. x = 4
Subtract 7 from both sides: x = 4. Check: 1 × 4 + 7 = 11.
3. x = 6
Subtract 8 from both sides: x = 6. Check: 1 × 6 + 8 = 14.
4. x = 10
Subtract 6 from both sides: x = 10. Check: 1 × 10 + 6 = 16.
5. x = -2
Subtract 16 from both sides: 5x = -10. Divide by 5: x = -2. Check: 5 × -2 + 16 = 6.
6. x = 2
Subtract 14 from both sides: 2x = 4. Divide by 2: x = 2. Check: 2 × 2 + 14 = 18.
7. x = -4
Subtract 12 from both sides: 5x = -20. Divide by 5: x = -4. Check: 5 × -4 + 12 = -8.
8. x = 12
Subtract 18 from both sides: 9x = 108. Divide by 9: x = 12. Check: 9 × 12 + 18 = 126.
9. x = -8
Subtract 1x from both sides: 6x + 4 = -44. Subtract 4: 6x = -48. Divide by 6: x = -8.
10. x = -7
Subtract 2x from both sides: 1x + 1 = -6. Subtract 1: 1x = -7. Divide by 1: x = -7.
11. x = 6
Subtract 1x from both sides: 8x + 6 = 54. Subtract 6: 8x = 48. Divide by 8: x = 6.
12. x = 10
Subtract 2x from both sides: 5x + 17 = 67. Subtract 17: 5x = 50. Divide by 5: x = 10.
Worked examples
Solve x + 5 = 12.
- Subtract 5 from both sides: x = 7.
- Check: 1 × 7 + 5 = 12.
- Answer: x = 7
Solve 6x + 4 = 10.
- Subtract 4 from both sides: 6x = 6.
- Divide by 6: x = 1.
- Check: 6 × 1 + 4 = 10.
- Answer: x = 1
Solve 8x + 12 = 4x + -16.
- Subtract 4x from both sides: 4x + 12 = -16.
- Subtract 12: 4x = -28.
- Divide by 4: x = -7.
- Answer: x = -7
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Common mistakes
What learners typically get wrong, and how to fix it.
Does an operation to only one side.
Correction: Keep the balance — both sides, every time.
Uses the wrong inverse (subtracts to undo multiplying).
Correction: Undo × with ÷ and + with −.
Teacher tips
- · Always ask pupils to substitute their answer back in.
Parent tips
- · 'I think of a number' puzzles at dinner.
Real-life applications
- · Working out an unknown price or time from a total.
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