Absolute Value
Equations- With and Without Variables
Identity, No solution, one solution
Evaluate Expressions & Simplify Expressions
Translating Words into Algebraic Symbols
100

Find the absolute value of:

|-10|

Absolute value is the distance from zero.

What is 10?

100

Solve 2x+5=6 for x.

What is x=1/2

100

2a + 4= 2a + 4

 Identity

100

Evaluate 7x + 2 when x = 5.

37

100
Translate into Algebra. One number four times another and their sum is twenty. x = the Number
What is x + 4x = 20
200

What is greater:

|-6| or |3|

The absolute value of a number is the number's distance from zero.

What is l-6 l?  What is 6? 

200
Solve x/3 - 6 = 9 for x
What is x=45
200

2(a-4) = 2a -8

Identity

200

Evaluate (p - 3)2 when p = 5.

4

200
Translate into Algebra. Fifteen more than twice a number is twenty-four. x = the number
What is 2x + 15 = 24
300

Place the following in order from smallest number, to biggest number:

|-20|, 18, |12|, |-14|, 8

What is 8, l 12 l, l -14 l, 18, l-20 l?

The absolute value of a number is the number's distance from zero

300
Solve 5x - 4 = 8x - 13 for x
What is x=3
300

9m - 4 =-3m + 5 + 12m

No Solution

300

Simplify. 12p+9p-6p+14-26+2p

17p-12

300
Translate into algebra. Twice the sum of a number and five is eighty. x = the number
What is 2(x+5) = 80
400

What is:

|-7| + |-2|

The absolute value of a number is the number's distance from zero.

What is l -9 l ?   What is 9?

400
Solve 5x + 7 = 2x - 14 for x
What is x = -7
400

0.5b + 4 = 2(b+2)

b=0

1 solution

400

Combine like terms in the following expression

5v+ 4y + 5x - 2 + 2y - 3x - 2v2

3v2 + 6y + 2x - 2

400
Translate into Algebra. Seventeen less than four times a number is sixty three. x=the number
What is 4x-17=63
500

2 x |-5| + |4| - 14

Remember to use your order of operations.

What is 0?

500
Solve 4 - 5x = 28 + x for x
What is x = -4
500

2(2k-1) = 4(k-2)

Identity

500

Solve the inequality 

5x - 2 < - 22

-4

500
Translate into algebra. The product of a number and six decreased by seventeen is seven. x=the number
What is 6x - 17 = 7
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