In Pre-Algebra literal equations are solved like number equations, with letters left in the answer: undo each operation on the letter you want. Most look like ax - 5v = b or a line to solve for y. In a few the letter appears twice, as in A = P + Prt, so collect those terms and factor the letter out before you divide.
Also taught in Algebra 1, at its own level and with its own examples.
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Pick more than one for a sheet that mixes them.
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Dividing only part of one side by 2. All of P - 2l is divided, which is why it sits over the fraction bar.
Also called solving for a variable, rearranging formulas or changing the subject.
What you can put on this worksheet
Rearrange a formula for one letter
Solve px+9q=sfor x→ x=ps−9q
Solve for y, and real formulas
Solve for y:6x+2y=−1→ y=−3x−21
The letter appears twice
Solve for x:6x+a=7x+b→ x=a−b
The letter on the bottom
Solve for r:m=b+r7p→ r=m−b7p
Questions about these worksheets
Yes. Every literal equations sheet is free to print and free to download as a PDF. There is no account to make, no email to hand over and no limit on how many you take.
Yes. The answer key prints on a second page, and you can choose whether it shows each question beside its answer or just the answers in a list.
Yes. Print straight from the page, or download the PDF and print that. The sheet is laid out for paper rather than squeezed off a screen, so there is room to work under each question, and the answer key comes out on its own page.
Pre-Algebra is usually taken around 7th or 8th grade, though schools vary and plenty of students meet it earlier or later. Pick the difficulty rather than the grade: the easy level suits a first lesson on it, the hard level suits review before a test.
Yes, as many as you like. The questions are built fresh each time rather than picked from a fixed set of files, so pressing Generate gives a new sheet. That is what you want for a second class, a retake, or two students sitting next to each other.
That is the closest comparison, and Kuta Software is good software. It is also paid software you install on a computer. These worksheets run in a browser tab for free, with no account and nothing to install. Like Kuta, the literal equations questions are generated when you ask for them rather than pulled from a fixed set of files, so two classes never get the same sheet, and the answer key comes with it.
Yes. There are three levels, and you can tick more than one for a sheet that mixes them, in which case the questions come out easiest first. The harder levels are not just larger numbers: they ask for something the easy ones do not.
You pick from 4: rearrange a formula for one letter, solve for y, and real formulas, the letter appears twice and the letter on the bottom. Tick as many as you want and set how many of each, or let it spread them evenly.
Dividing only part of the side. From ax = c - b, dividing by a gives (c - b)/a, not c - b/a. The whole side goes over the a, which is why the parenthesis matters even when you do not write one.