Just as with solving one-step or two-step or any equation, one goal in solving an equation is to have only variables on one side of the equal sign and numbers on the other side of the equal sign. The other goal is to have the number in front of the variable equal to one. Keep in mind that the variable does not always have to be x. These equations can make use of any letter as a variable.

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http://www.algebralab.org/lessons/lesson.aspx?file=algebra_onevariablemultistep.xml

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http://www.quia.com/rr/168572.html

Examples & Tutorial

http://tulyn.com/videotutorial/solving_multi_step_equations_2-by-polly.html

Practice

http://www.studyzone.org/mtestprep/math8/a/multi-step-equations7p.cfm