Solving Equations

Miscellaneous

100

-10 - (-14) +9 

What is 13?

200

Evaluate -8x² + 9xy, if x = -2 and y =-1

What is -14?

300

(24-28)² + (-1+8)²

What is 65?

400

What is the Overall goal to solving equations?

What is to get the variable by itself

500

-15 - (-14) -200 +14 ?

-187

Two Step Equations

100

2k + 5 = 17

What is 6 ?

200

  5 - a/4= 4

What is -4 ?

300

3 (3y -1) = 6

What is 1 ?

400

x/-5 - 8 = 2

What is -50?

500

5/4 j - 71 = 29

What is 80?

Writing Equations

100

Twelve more than twice a number is 15.

What is 2y +12 = 15 ?

200

Five less than the product of four and a number is nine.

What is 4y - 5 = 9 ?

300

Twelve less than the quotient of a number and nine is eighteen.

What is y/9 - 12 = 18?

400

Sixteen more than a number tripled is twenty.

What is 3y +16 = 20?

500

Six less than the product of eight and a number is fifty.

What is 8y - 6 = 50?

Combining Like Terms

100

Simplify : 4x + 3x + 2y

What is 7x + 2y?

200

Simplify : 7y - 2x + 3y

What is 10y - 2x? 

300

Simplify : -3x + 2 - 4x + 7

What is -7x +9 ?

400

Solve : -x + 9 -x -12

What is -2x - 3 ?

500

Solve : 6x - x +9 -14x - 12

What is -9x -3?

Distributing

100

Simplify : 3(x + 4)

What is 3x + 12?

200

Simplify : 4(2x - 2) + x

What is 9x - 8 ?

300

Simplify : 2(-8x+ 3)- 4x

What is -20x + 6 ?

400

Solve : 2(n + 5) + 5 (-3n - 9 )

What is -13n -35 ?

500

-12(x + 5) + 10 = 10

What is -5 ?