Miscellaneous
Step by Step
Solving Equations
Solving Equations pt 2
Steps of Solving Equations
100
A letter used to represent an unknown number
What is a variable?
100

What is the first step in solving this equation?

2k + 5 = 17

What is subtract 5 from both sides?

100
3a - 5 = 4
What is 3 ?
100
m/5 + 4 = 12
What is 40 ?
100

What is the 3rd step to solving equations?

What is combine like terms?

200
The opposite of addition
What is subtraction?
200

What should you do first?

2a + 11 = 35

What is subtract 11 from both sides?

200
5m - 7 = 23
What is 6 ?
200
y/8 + 11 = 13
What is 16 ?
200

What is the 1st step to solving equations?

What is draw a fence?
300
The four basic operations
What are addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division?
300

What should you do first?

2r + 39 = 65

What is subtract 39 from both sides?

300

6(k - 5) = 30

What is 10 ?

300
k/8 + 21 = 97
What is 608 ?
300

What is the 2nd step to solving equations?

What is clear all parenthesis?

400
A number right in front of a variable
What is a coefficient?
400

What should you do first?

12(s + 2) = 8

What is distribute the 12?

400

-4(j - 2) = 8

What is 0 ?

400

2x/3 + 6 = 12

What is 9 ?

400

What is the 4th step to solving equations?

What is isolate the variable using inverse operations?
500

What does it mean to solve an equation?

Find the value of the variable that makes the equation true.

500

The first step is to subtract 314 from both sides. How should you get rid of the 19?

19b + 314 = 1663

What is divide both sides by 19?

500

-3(2x-2) + 2x =10

What is -1?

500

4(x-3)+ 5x =15

What is 3?

500

What is the 5th step to solving equations?

What is plug and chug?

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