Elephant Mystery Numbers: Solve Multi-Step Equations

Use your algebra skills to reveal a fact about elephants in this engaging worksheet! Learners will work through eight different equations involving whole numbers, fractions, and decimals. Once they’ve solved for each variable, students will use their answers to discover a fun fact about one of the largest elephants ever recorded!

This worksheet helps seventh and eighth graders practice working with positive and negative rational numbers in multi-step equations. This is a fundamental algebra skill which will prepare students for solving more complex equations and finding how many solutions an equation has.

For a review, try Moon Mystery Numbers: Solve Two-Step Equations or Solving Equations With Parentheses.