Hi!

The ultimate goal is to end up with a variable on one side of the equals sign and a number on the other side of the equals sign. And so, you will do some basic algebra steps to move the variables to be on the same side of the equals sign. You will also do some algebra steps to make the numbers 1 and 6 be on the opposite side of the equals sign as the variables.

Here is a video you can watch that explains the steps you need to do. http://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-eighth-grade-math/cc-8th-solving-equations/cc-8th-linear-equations/v/equations-3

I think the video will be very helpful! You can also get to it by going to 8th grade math, then select the section Linear Equations in one Variable.