Linear Equations

Vocabulary

100

A symbol used to represent a quantity that can change.

What is a variable?

200

A number multiplied by a variable.

What is a coefficient?

300

Operations that undo each other.

What is inverse operation?

400

Two numbers that have a product of 1.

What are reciprocals?

500

The use of inverse operations on both sides until the variable is ______.

What is isolated?

One-Step Equations

100

Solve for x.

x-10=4

What is x= 14

200

What is p in this equation?

-5/6 +p=2

What is p=17/6 or 2 5/6

300

Solve for v.

5/9 v=35

What is v=63?

400

What is n in this equation? 

n/1.9=3

What is n=5.7?

500

Double Jeopardy:

Solve for a.

-5/8 = -3/4 a

What is a=5/6?

Two-Step Equations

100

Solve for x.

10=6-2x

What is x=-2

200

What is the answer for a?

3a+12=30

What is a=6?

300

Solve for q.

q/15 -1/5=3/5

What is q=12?

400

What is the answer for c?

63.40=3.95c+19.95

What is c=11?

500

Solve for c.

15=c/3 -2

What is c=51?

Multi-Step Equations

100

Solve for x.

9=6-(x+2)

What is x=-5?

200

What is x in this equation?

6x+3-8x=13

What is x=-5

300

Solve for d.

-2(3-d)=4

What is d=5

400

What is x in this equation?

4(x-2)+2x=40

What is x=8?

500

Solve for p.

17=3(p-5)+8

What is p=8?

Variables on Both Sides

100

Solve for k.

7k=4k+15

What is k=5?

200

Solve for y.

2(y+6)=3y

What is y=12?

300

Double Jeopardy:

Solve for b.

3-5b+2b=-2-2(1-b)

What is b=1.4?

400

Solve for the variable.

8r+4=10+2r

What is r=1?

500

What is h in this equation?

1/2(8-6h)=h

What is h=1?