Inverse Operations
What is the inverse operation of addition?
Subtraction
Solve for x.
x + 3 = 6
x = 3
-2x + 3 = 21
x = -6
3x-1 = 5
x = 2
Before ice cream was called ice cream, it was called what?
Cream ice
What is the inverse operation of Multiplication?
Division
Solve for x.
x - 1 = 10
x = 11
3x - 4 = 5
x = 3
4x - 2 + 3 = 17
x = 4
The very first animals in space were...?
Fruit flies...they were sent up in 1947 and recovered alive.
What is the inverse operation of subtraction?
Addition
Solve for x.
x + 15 = 8
x = -7
x/2 + 3 = 10
x = 14
3x - 2 - 3 = 13
x = 6
True or False: NFL Super Bowl referees also get Super Bowl rings.
True
To solve this equation, what inverse operation must you use?
x/2 = 8
Multiplication
Solve for x.
-3x = 18
x = -6
4x - 8 = 12
x = 5
x + x + 2 + 5 = 23
x = 8
True or False: Human teeth are as strong as shark teeth!
True
To solve this equation what inverse operation must you use?
x + 3 = 5
subtraction
x/5 = 25
x = 125
x = -8
-x - x + 2 + 5 = 23
x = -8
True or False: Your nose and ears stop growing after puberty.
False