This resource was created to remove the challenge of formatting solving an equation algebraically. Students have helpful boxes in which to place the inverse operations done to both sides of the equation. I have found in my experience of using this worksheet that struggling students respond really well to the chance to think more about the operations that need to be done than where to write in the math. The boxes provided also hint at which operation needs to be undone first in order to solve the equation most efficiently.

I included two-step equations in multiple formats, like ax+b = c and a(x+b) = c. There are also equations with fractional coefficients for students to practice multiplication by the reciprocal.