Use this page when you want 6th grade one step equations worksheets in the next thirty seconds: choose how many problems you want, press print, and the answer key comes out on its own page behind the worksheet. The version loaded below opens with items in the shape of x + 9 = 13, x and x ÷ 7 = 8, x; the key lists 4 and 56 next to their question numbers.
‘New set of problems’ opens the generator in its own tab. There you can change the problem count and turn the answer key on or off. ‘Print or save as PDF’ opens the print dialog — choose Save as PDF in the printer list to keep the file. The sheet fits US Letter and A4, and the answer key prints on its own page.
A one-step equation asks what value makes the two sides balance. Solving x + 9 = 13, x gives 4, and the method — undo the operation on both sides — is the foundation of everything algebraic that follows.
Whatever is done to one side must be done to the other. Saying that out loud every time for the first week builds the habit that makes multi-step equations manageable.
This sheet uses solutions from 3 to 20, so the arithmetic never gets in the way of the reasoning.
The equals sign is a statement of balance, not an instruction to compute. Children who carry the primary-school reading of it into algebra struggle here first.
Work of this kind is commonly aligned with the expressions and equations strand for grade 6; schools outside the US meet the same skill at roughly the same age, which is why these 6th grade one step equations worksheets travel well.
| # | Problem | Answer | What to check |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | x + 9 = 13, x = | 4 | Watch for: losing a negative sign in the rearrangement |
| 2 | x ÷ 7 = 8, x = | 56 | Check: using the same operation instead of the inverse |
| 3 | x − 2 = 1, x = | 3 | Look at: operating on one side only |
| 4 | x ÷ 8 = 6, x = | 48 | Ask about: dividing when the variable is added, not multiplied |
| 5 | x + 3 = 15, x = | 12 | Watch for: not substituting back |
| 6 | x ÷ 9 = 12, x = | 108 | Check: solving by inspection and getting lucky |
The item x ÷ 7 = 8, x is worth doing slowly. The answer to x ÷ 7 = 8, x is 56, and the route to it is the route every other problem on this sheet takes — which is why the sheet has 20 of them rather than one.
A good first problem to do together is x + 9 = 13, x, which comes out at 4. Do x + 9 = 13, x once with the child narrating, then hand over the pencil and start the clock on the other 20 problems.
Answers appear next to their question numbers, so a wrong item like x ÷ 7 = 8, x can be found in the key in a second and re-worked while it is still fresh.
Because the numbers are random, there is no shared answer list to look up: the key printed behind your sheet is the only one that fits it, and it shows 4 for x + 9 = 13, x.
For a class set, print one sheet, press the new-worksheet button and print again. Each child gets different numbers on the same skill, so nobody can copy the answer to x + 9 = 13, x from a neighbour.
Portrait orientation is what the sheet is designed for. Landscape works but wastes about a third of the paper, so leave the orientation alone unless you have a reason.
One sheet of 6th grade one step equations worksheets a day for two weeks will tell you more about where a 6th grader actually stands than any single long assessment.
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Last updated: 2026-09-13