Multi-Step Equations

What is the first step to solve this equation:
11 - 3x = 44

• Add 3 to both sides

• Subtract 11 from both sides

• Add 11 to both sides

• Divide 3 on both sides.

What's the first step to solving 3(x - 2) = 18?

• Add 2 to both sides

• Multiply both sides by 3

• Distribute the 3

• Subtract 18 from both sides

What is the first step in solving the equation 2a - 4(a - 5) = 10

• Add 4 to both sides

• Add the 2a and a 

• Distribute 4 to a and -5

• Distribute -4 to a and -5

What is the inverse operation needed to solve the following one-step equation?
5 + x = 1234

• subtraction

• addition

• multiplication

• division

What is the first step to solve 11 - 3x = 44?

• Add 3 to both sides

• Subtract 11 from both sides

• Add 11 to both sides

• Divide 3 on both sides.

What is the first step in solving the following equation?
-3x + 5 = 20

• Subtract 5 from both sides

• Divide both sides by -3

• Divide both sides by 3

• add 3x to both sides

What is the first step in solving the following equation?
3c + 5 = 23

• add 5 to both sides

• subtract 5 from both sides

• divide by 3 on both sides

• multiply by 3 on both sides

What operation do you use to solve the problem:
r+ (-34.8) = -7.23

• addition

• subtraction

• multiplication

• division

The objective when solving an equation is to....

• isolate the variable.

• check the solution.

• guess and check.

• Combine Like Terms.

What what is the inverse operation of subtraction?

• addition

• subtraction

• multiplication

• division