A letter used to represent an unknown number
What is a variable?
What is the first step in solving this equation?
2k + 5 = 17
subtract 5 from each side
52=8p-44
What is 12?
What is a variable?
A placeholder for unknown values.
The opposite of addition
What is subtraction?
What would you do first?
2a + 11 = 35
What is subtract 11 from both sides?
7v+9=-5
What is -2 ?
What does a proportional relationship look like on a graph?
A straight line that goes through the origin
The four basic operations
What are addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division?
What would you do first?
2r + 39 = 65
What is subtract 39 from both sides?
6(k - 5) = 30
What is 10 ?
10(x+34)=-90
What is -43 ?
What is a positive times a negative?
negative
What would you do for the first step?
12(s + 2) = 48
What is distribute the 12?
-4(j - 2) = 8
What is 0 ?
7(s-12)=-28
What is 8 ?
What does Inverse mean?
opposite?
What is the goal to solving equations?
get the variable by itself? (isolate the Variable)
When solving, how would I get rid of the 19?
19b + 314 = 1663
What is divide both sides by 19?
5h-11=9
What is 4?
3(x-3) =15
What is 8?
What is the rule for subtracting negative numbers?
Keep Change Opposite?