Vocab Words
This represents an unknown number
What is a variable?
x - 6 = 10
What is x = 16?
3x - 6 = 21
What is x = 9?
h - 5 = -9
What is h = -4
Name one key piece of information to identify in the question
What is coefficient, variable, constant, total?
The inverse operation pairs
What is addition and subtraction and multiplication and division?
3x = 60
What is x = 20?
4x + 7 = 23
What is x = 4?
m + 14 = 4
What is m = -10?
The question the word problem is asking us to find is represented by the _______
What is the variable?
The number that does not change
What is the constant?
x/9 = 11
What is x = 99?
40 + 2b = 80
What is b = 20?
-3n + 7 = -17
What is n = 8?
Mrs. Fraser bought 3 tickets to a concert and paid a booking fee of $25. She spent a total of $275. Identify the coefficient
What is 3?
The number that is multiplied by the variable
What is the coefficient?
80 = c + 38
What is c = 42?
y/2 - 8 = 7
What is y = 30?
r/5 + 8 = 5
What is r = -15?
Natalie earns $15 per hour and receives a weekly bonus of $60. She earned a total of $285. What is the constant AND is it added or subtracted?
What is $60 and added?
Two expressions separated by an equal sign
What is an equation?
73 + a = 188
What is a = 115?
z+5/3 = 8
What is z = 19?
e/6 - 7 = -10
What is e = -18?
Ms. Gill wants to buy coffee mugs for her family. Each mug costs $12 and she also has a coupon for a $5 off discount. Ms. Gill has a total budget of $91. What is the constant and is it added or subtracted?
What is $5 and subtracted?