Multi-Step Equations: Crack the Code

Give your students practice solving multi-step equations with this fun code-breaking worksheet! In this eighth-grade algebra worksheet, students are challenged to solve nine multi-step equations in order to crack the code and complete the joke. Learners will need to use a combination of inverse operations, combining like terms, and applying the distributive property to solve each equation. Being able to solve multi-step equations is an important step in preparing students to solve problems with more complex equations.