This is a 10 page PDF document that consists of 32 task cards (4 per page), an answer key, and a recording sheet for students. It is designed to give students practice with simplifying equations to solve for an unknown variable.
Each equation has a positive, whole-number solution, but the students must handle terms that are added and subtracted on either side of the equation.
I teach above level fifth grade students and I find that they need more practice with this skill as they learn to pa