Symbols
Simplifying
Equation Steps
Absolute Value
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What is the variable in this expression? 6h + 5

h

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Combine like terms.

4(3) - 5x

12 - 5x

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What should I do to solve this equation?  3x = 18

Divide both sides of the equation by 3.

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Simplify this expression. |-5|

5

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What are the two operations in the expression? 4(5) - 3

Multiplication and Subtraction

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Combine like terms.

3f + 2 - 5f

-2f + 2

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What should I do first to solve this equation?  7x - 4 = 10

Add 4 on both sides of the equation.

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Simplify this expression. |-3 + 6| 

3

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What makes this an equation? -7x = 21

The equal sign
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Use distribution property. -3(2 - 4)

-6 + 12

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What should I do first to solve this equation with a variable on both sides?   2x - 1 = 5x - 7

Either subtract 2x or 5x on both sides of the equations.

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Solve this equation.

|k| = 2

k = 2 and k = -2

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What is the constant term (number by itself, no variable) in the equation? -3k - 4 = -10

-4

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Use distribution property.  5(x - 2)

5x - 10

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What should I do first to solve this unsimplified equation?

-2(3w - 4) = -4w + 2

Use distribution property to simplify the one side of the equation first. 

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What is the first step to solve this absolute value equation?

|d + 2| = 4

Create two new equations. One positive and one negative.

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What is the parenthesis in the equation surrounding?

-3(2p + 2) = -12

2p + 2

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Use distribution property.  4(2 + 6g)

8 + 24g

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What should I do first to solve this equation?  4x + 2 + 3x = 23

Combine like terms on the one side of the equation.

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What is the first step to solving this equation?  2 + |3x + 5| = 13

Subtract 2 from both sides of the equation to isolate the absolute value bars. 

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