One-Step Equations
n + 12 = -24
n = -36
x/3 + 6 = 11
x = 15
What is the symbol for is?
=
The sum of a number and 9.
n+9
4^2*4^3
4^5
Finish the statement, "What you do to one side
you do to the other."
1/2 x = 12
x = 24
3(2z - 5) = 14
What is the symbol sum?
+
Eight less than a number.
n-8
3^6/3^2
3^4
What is an example of opposite numbers?
Answers will vary (-8, 8)
23 = 5 + n
n = 18
3y + 6y - 4 = 50
y = 6
What is the symbol for difference?
-
The sum of twice a number and 7.
2n+7
2^0
1
What operation is this symbol ( )?
Multiplication
2.4x + 4.6 = 11.8
X = 3
12 = 2/5 a + 4
a = 20
What is the symbol for product?
x
Five less than three times a number.
3x-5
4^-2
1/4^2
A fraction also means what operation?
Division
6.4y - 33.4 = - 64.6
y = -4.875
(3x + 2)/ 4 + 10 = 2
x = -4/3
What is the symbol for quotient?
./.
Ten less than the quotient of a number and two.
x/2 - 10
(2a^3)^2
4a^6
What is your goal when solving an equation?
to isolate the variable