Distributive Property Puzzle

This worksheet consists of fill-in-the-missing-number puzzles that encourage an understanding of the distributive property. Each puzzle is a visual representation of a problem in the form Ax + Bx = C. The student is given A, B and C and must figure out the value of x. Guessing is difficult, but applying the distributive property and a little algebraic thinking makes the puzzles easy to solve.

Number Range

A + B is never larger than 10.
A + B may be larger than 10.

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