Random?
What is the opposite of addition?
Subtraction
M / 16 = 8
m = 128
(25-3)/(6+5)
2
The letter in an equation is called the....
variable
x − 7 = 13
x = 20
53 - 28 + (50 ÷ 25)
What is an inverse operation?
The opposite of a given operation.
m − 9 = −13
m = -4
156 – (140 – 124) x 5
76
−9x + 1 = −80
x = -9
When solving an equation, what is the goal?
To isolate the variable
Twice a number is 34.
n= 17
5 × ( 6^2−2 )
170
What is it called when you replace a variable with a number?
substitution
4+ p=11
p =7
16 + 2 x (30 – 15 ÷ 5)
70
10 − 6v = −104
v = 9
35 = −4m + 5
m = -7.5 or m = 7 1/2