Math Ladder

Expressions and equations worksheets Grades 7–8

Evaluating and simplifying expressions, then solving one-step, two-step and multi-step equations and inequalities.

  1. Evaluating expressionsSubstitute the value of the variable and simplify.
  2. Combining like termsSimplify expressions by adding the x terms and the number terms.
  3. The distributive propertyMultiply the outside number by every term inside the parentheses.
  4. One-step equationsSolve equations in one step by doing the opposite operation to both sides.
  5. Two-step equationsSolve equations in two steps: undo adding or subtracting, then multiplying.
  6. Equations with variables on both sidesMove the x terms to one side and the numbers to the other, then solve.
  7. Equations with parenthesesDistribute first, then solve the equation.
  8. Equations with fractions and decimalsClear the fractions or work with the decimals, then solve.
  9. Solving inequalitiesSolve inequalities like equations, flipping the sign when you multiply or divide by a negative.

Unit packet

One two-sided worksheet for every topic, then the unit test, with the answer key at the back. Fresh each time.

Unit test

Two problems from every topic. Pass it and move up to the next unit.