Integers on a Number Line
This is the direction you go when you are finding negative numbers on a number line.
What is left?
This question is asking for a reason
What is why
This is what we need to do to isolate x in this equation:
x+8=12
What is subtract 8 from both sides
This is what we call the missing number in an equation when it is substituted with a letter such as x, or a:
What is a variable
This is the basic calculation you are performing when you move to the right on the number line.
What is adding?
The question where is asking for this:
A place or location
What is the same thing on the other side
This is what we call the most important point an author is trying to make when we read:
What is main idea
This is the number of steps you will take left on the number line in the following equation:
5-8=?
What is 8
If a question is asking about a person, it will use this word:
What is who
This is what we are doing when we perform the same operation of adding or subtracting the same number on both sides of the equal sign:
What is balancing the equation
This is the process of performing each operation on both sides of the equal sign
What is balancing the equation
-6+4= ?
What is 4
We use this word when asking about time:
What is when
This is a different way of thinking about what the equal sign is to the two sides of an equation
What is a mirror
Which of Newton's Laws states that, "for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction."
What is the third law of motion
This is the direction you will move on the number line to find what this equation equals:
4-10=?
What is left
The most important part of responding to Jeopardy is asking this:
What is what?
This is another way of understanding the similarities between what these equations are asking us to do:
4+3 = ?
x+3 = 12
What is find the missing number
This is what we call the process of getting the variable by itself on one side of the equation:
What is isolating the variable