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🧮 7th Grade · Math7.EE.B.4aUnit 5: Expressions, equations & inequalities

Two-step equations

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🎯 Objective: Students solve px + q = r and p(x + q) = r.

Lesson outline

  1. Hanger and tape diagrams.
  2. Practice.
  3. Word problems.
  4. Exit: 3x + 5 = 20.

Lesson 3 of 5 in this unit. In the Lesson Planner this lesson takes 1–3 class periods depending on your timetable: day 1 introduce & model, then practice, small-group reteach and a quick check.

📐 Standard

7.EE.B.4a

Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, Grade 7 — typical US scope & sequence

🏁 Unit goals

  • Write equivalent expressions
  • Solve two-step equations and inequalities

✅ Check for understanding

End with the exit ticket in the outline. Sort answers into got it / almost / not yet and start the next lesson with a 5-minute reteach for the “not yets”.

Practice & resources on Thinkabara

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More lessons in “Expressions, equations & inequalities”

  1. Equivalent expressions
  2. Rewriting for meaning
  3. Two-step equations
  4. Two-step inequalities
  5. Equation word problems

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