One Step Equations
2-Step Equations
Distributive Property
Solutions for an equation
Fellow Trivia
100

x + 5 = 8

What is x=3?

100
20 + 3x = -16
What is x = -12 ?
100
5(3x + 2) = 55
What is x = 3 ?
100

Give a coordinate pair for this equation x + y = 7.

a) (3, 5)

b) (4,3)

c) (0,8) 

d) (1,5)

b) (4,3)

100

Mr. Z played what sport in high school?

a) baseball

b) tennis

c) soccer

d) lacrosse

d) lacrosse

200

y + -2 = 3

What is y=5?

200
5x - 2 = 8
What is x = 2?
200
5(6x - 3) = 195
What is x = 6?
200

 Find a solution to this equation y = 2x + 3

a)  (0, 2) 

b)  (1, -1)

c)  (5, 1)

d)  (2, 7) 

d) (2,7)

200

What is Mr. Z's favorite food?

a) pasta 

b) dumplings  

c) tacos 

d) candy 

a) dumplings

300

(1/3)x = 1/3

what is x=1?

300
88 = 37 + 3x
What is x = 17?
300
- 5(5 - 7x) = 255
What is x = 8?
300

Find an ordered pair for the equation 3x - 2y = 10 

a) (1, -5)

b) (2, 2)

c) (2, -2)

d) (-2,2)

c)  (2, -2)

300

What instrument can Mr. Z play (but not very well)?

a) piano

b) drums

c) trumpet 

d) guitar

d) guitar

400

-9x=27

What is x=-3?

400

Aliyah had $24 to spend on seven pencils. After buying them she had $10. How much did each pencil cost?

Each pencil costs $2.

400

7( - 5 - 5x) = - 350

What is x = 9?

400

Find a solution to 5x + 2y = 12

(1,3), (2,1) 

There are other solutions than this. How do we check our answer?

400

What costume did Mr. Z wear for Halloween?

a) Shaggy from Scooby-Doo

b) Sharpie Marker

c) Pumpkin

d) Squid Game contestant 

a) Shaggy from Scooby-Doo

500

Mindy and her three friends shared

empanadas for lunch. Each person ate 6

empanadas. What was the total number of

empanadas eaten? Write an equation to solve for this situation and solve it.

e = total empanadas

e/4 = 6 empanadas eaten by each friend

e = 24 total empanadas

500

Maria bought seven boxes. A week later half of all her boxes were destroyed in a fire. There are now only 22 boxes left. With how many did she start?

37 boxes

500

Rico's MP3 player holds songs of three different genres: grindcore, zydeco, and kuduro. There are 55 times as many grindcore tracks as there are zydeco tracks, and there are 77 times as many kuduro tracks as there are zydeco tracks. Let xx represent the number of zydeco tracks. Write an expression for the total number of tracks on the MP3 player, and simplify it.

(1 + 5 +7)x

=13x

500

Find 2 solutions to 4x - 3y = 12

(3,0), (6,4), (9.8), (12,12)

There are other solutions as well. How do we check our answer?

500

Where did Mr. Z go to college?

a) University of Illinois Chicago (UIC)

b) University of Michigan

c) University of Wisconsin

d) Northwestern

c) University of Wisconsin