Equations Worksheets
Build true number sense with nearly 50 free place value worksheets. Students identify the value of digits, work with place value blocks and number lines, place commas in large numbers, balance equations, and use value mats to break numbers apart. Hands-on visual models run throughout the collection. Every worksheet prints as a PDF with an answer key and can be used online - no login or account required. Modified pages lighten the load for students who need it, while the grading column and quick grade scale speed up checking. From kindergartners counting tens and ones to 5th graders working with larger numbers, these place value worksheets cover the full progression.
About these worksheets
These worksheets introduce equation concepts and algebraic thinking. Activities include filling in missing numbers to make true expressions, understanding the meaning of the equals sign, writing algebraic expressions with variables, rewriting word sentences as numeric equations, and identifying true and false equations within 20. Resources span first through sixth grade standards.
Understanding Equals (True or False)
- Understand that the equals sign means both sides have the same value.
- Decide whether an equation is true or false by comparing the left side and the right side.
- Solve simple addition or subtraction expressions to check if two sides match.
Interpreting Multiplication Equations as a Comparison
- Read a multiplication equation as a comparison, like "3 times as many."
- Match an equation to a sentence that correctly describes the comparison.
Writing with Expressions
- Match a short phrase to the correct algebraic expression using a variable.
- Translate words like plus, minus, times, and divided by into the right math symbols.
Identifying True and False Equations (within 20)
- Decide whether an addition or subtraction equation is true or false.
- Solve simple addition and subtraction facts within 20 to check an equation.
- Understand that the equals sign means both sides of an equation have the same value.
Solving a Given Equation from a Word Problem (Multiply & Divide)
- Find the value of a letter in a multiplication or division equation
- Read an equation that has already been written for a word problem
- Understand that a letter stands for one unknown number
- Use the relationship between multiplication and division to solve for the unknown
Solving a Given Equation from a Word Problem (Add & Subtract)
- Find the value of a letter in an addition or subtraction equation
- Read an equation that has already been written for a word problem
- Understand that a letter stands for one unknown number
- Solve for an unknown that is not alone on one side of the equal sign
Solving a Given Equation from a Word Problem (Add, Subtract & Multiply)
- Find the value of a letter in an addition, subtraction or multiplication equation
- Read an equation that has already been written for a word problem
- Understand that a letter stands for one unknown number
- Check that the answer makes sense against the numbers in the story
Solving an Equation from a Word Problem (All Operations)
- Find the value of a letter that makes a given equation true.
- Work with all four operations in one set of problems.
- Read an equation that has the unknown inside it rather than alone on one side.
Solving an Equation from a Word Problem (Addition)
- Find the value of a letter that makes a given equation true.
- Work with addition equations where the unknown sits inside the equation.
- Check an answer by putting it back into the equation.
Solving an Equation from a Word Problem (Subtraction)
- Find the value of a letter that makes a given equation true.
- Work with subtraction equations where the unknown sits inside the equation.
- Check an answer by putting it back into the equation.