VOCABULARY
VERBAL EXPRESSIONS
PROPORTIONS
BOTH SIDE EQUATIONS
LIKE TERMS/DISTRIBUTE
100

SAME SIDE 

SAME OPERATION 

100
X DECREASED BY 5

x-5

100

3/4 = x/8

x=6

100

5x+11=4x+18

7

100

-6k+7k

1k

200

OPPOSITE SIDE 

OPPOSITE OPERATION 

200

THE SUM OF X AND 5

x+5

200

56/y=14/3

y=12

200

-6=2(w+5)

w=-8

200

12y+5+3y-5

15

300

ALWAYS COMBINE 

LIKE TERMS 

300

THE DIFFERENCE OF X AND 11

x-11

300

18/n=54/n+40

n=20

300

4(w+3)=w-15

w=-9

300

2(3x+1)+4x

2(5x+1)

400

DISTRIBUTE 

MULTIPLY TO ALL 

400

A NUMBER SQUARED

n^2
400

d/d-30=13/8

d=78

400

16p-4=4(2p-3)

p=-1

400

-2y-(x+y)+4x

-3y+-3x

500

CONSTANT 

A TERM THAT HAS A VALUE THAT DOES NOT CHANGE

500

MULTIPLY 6 BY 2 AND THEN ADD 6

6 + 6 x 2

500

1/9=a/a+24

a=3

500

7+x=1/4(4x-2)

x=0

500

f+5(2x-3f)-2x

-14f+8x