Forming and Solving Equations WORKSHEET

Suitable for Year groups: Year 8, Year 9
GCSE Tier: Foundation/Higher
Targeting grades: 4-5
Prerequisite knowledge: Algebraic expressions, collecting like terms, area, perimeter.

Forming and Solving Equations WORKSHEET DESCRIPTION

This worksheet presents questions that encourage the forming of an equation to solve a problem.

Section A provides questions involving a rectangle, an isosceles triangle and a square. Each has sides labelled algebraically and learners must use the properties of the shape to find the missing value.

Section B then provides 6 worded questions involving a mixture of contexts.