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A letter used to represent an unknown number
What is a variable?
100
2k + 5 = 17
What is 6 ?
100
3a - 5 = 4
What is 3 ?
100
m/5 + 4 = 12
What is 40 ?
100
z/6 - 8 = 2
What is 60?
200

What is the name of the strategy we use to solve equations? 

What is the Balance Method?

200

-2a + 11 = 35

What is -12 ?

200

-5m - 7 = -22

What is 3 ?

200

y/-8 + 11 = 13

What is -16 ?

200

y/-9 - 15 = -5

What is -90 ?

300

What is the goal of the Balance Method? 

What is: To Isolate the Variable? 

300

-2r + -39 = -65

What is 13 ?

300

6k - (-5) = -43

What is -8 ?

300

k/-8 + (-21) = -5

What is -128?

300

z/2 - (-14) = -3

What is -34?

400
A number right in front of a variable
What is a coefficient?
400

-12s + 27 = -93

What is 10 ?

400

-5h - (-7) = -18

What is 5?

400

g/-15 + 7 = -4

What is 165 ?

400

y/-9 -(-18) = 52

What is -306 ?

500

What is the Big Idea of the Balance Method? 

What is: Whatever you do to one side of the equation, you must do to the other side. 

500

-3(4b + 8) = -36

What is 1 ?

500

7(4f - 6) = 98

What is 5 ?

500

w/-6 + -4 = 56

What is -360?

500

d/-10 - (-18) = -64

What is 820?