Simple Equations
The solution of:
8+x=13
What is: x = 5 ?
Gabe went to the store and bought 2 bottles of water. He brought them home and now he has 24 bottles of water. He started with this many.
What is 22 bottles of water?
The solution of:
8m + 3 = 21
What is: m = 3
The proper name for all of these symbols: + , - , x , /
The amount of steps it takes to qualify as a multi-step equation.
What is more than two?
Simple equations require this many steps to solve.
What is one?
Chrissonya ate 2 oranges from a 45 count bag of oranges. Now she has this many oranges.
What is 43 oranges?
The solution of:
2x + 4 = 6
What is: x = 1 ?
This is how you move something to the other side of the equal sign.
What is the inverse operation?
The solution of:
2(3x + 4) = 26
What is: x = 3 ?
The solution of:
n - 9 = -3
What is: n = 6 ?
Chris is running an obstacle course. There are 10 obstacles and he has just completed the 4th one. He has this many left.
What are 6 obstacles?
A two step equations requires this amount of steps to solve it.
What is 2 steps?
The opposite of addition.
The solution of:
6a + 5a = -11
What is: a = -1 ?
The solution of:
-7 = y - 4
The equation for this word problem:
Russell and Chase bought 20 slushies from the school store. The gave away 2 slushies to Ross and Felix, then split the rest evenly between them. How many did each get?
What is: 2s = 20 - 2
When you do something on one side of the equation, you have to do something else too.
What is do it on the other side as well?
The opposite of division.
What is multiplication?
The solution of:
0 = -5n - 2n
What is n = 0 ?
The solution of:
9 + b = 3
What is b = -6 ?
Build this equation:
Kayla is selling bags of cookies. One bag cost $1, and each bag has 2 cookies in it. Brook wants to buy 20 cookies for her class. How much money would she have to spend?
What is: m = 20/2 ?
The solution of:
-3x + 7 = -14
What is: x = 7 ?
The operation being performed here:
8(100)
What is multiplication?
The solution of:
a - 2 + 3 = -2
What is a = -3 ?