Year 8 Solving Equations: Lessons & Test

A complete, no-prep Year 8 unit on solving equations: 4 PowerPoint lessons, 4 differentiated worksheets with answers, a self-checking domino loop, a spot-the-mistake gallery walk, exit tickets, a 30-mark assessment with mark scheme and a knowledge organiser.
Everything you need to teach Year 8 solving equations, from forming equations to unknown on both sides. Download, print, teach.

Every lesson follows the same routine (starter, how-to, two worked examples, your turn, spot the mistake, think about it, exit ticket), so pupils know what to expect and you spend your time teaching, not planning.

What’s inside

4 editable PowerPoint lessons (10 slides each). Large, bold, classroom-readable text. Answers are in the speaker notes.

Forming Equations from Words
Unknown on the Right-Hand Side
Equations with Fractions
Unknown on Both Sides

4 worksheets + 4 answer keys (PDF). Black and white A4, graded Support, Core and Extension, with “explain why” reasoning questions.

Activities

Equation domino loop: 16 self-checking cards (pupils know straight away if they are right)
Spot-the-mistake gallery walk: 8 cards plus recording sheet
Exit tickets for every lesson
Answer keys for all three

Assessment

30-mark test (35 minutes), 2 pages
Full mark scheme and grade bands
The assessment questions do not appear anywhere else in the pack

Knowledge organiser: a one-page summary for pupils to keep in their books.

Teacher guide: contents, a suggested 5-lesson sequence, differentiation notes and how to use each resource.

Curriculum alignment

Written for Year 8 / KS3 / Cambridge Lower Secondary Stage 8, strand 8Ae.06 (form and solve equations with integer or fractional coefficients, unknown on either or both sides). Also suits any KS3 scheme of work with a linear-equations unit. Equations with brackets are not included. This is an independent resource and is not endorsed by or affiliated with Cambridge University Press & Assessment.

Why teachers love it
Zero prep: slides, worksheets, activities, test and answers in one download
100% original questions, answer-checked
Clear progression with differentiation built in
Self-checking activities make errors obvious as pupils work
Editable slides so you can adapt them to your class
Formats

PPTX (editable) and PDF (print). Delivered as one ZIP.