Equations Review for Quiz

The goal of solving equations is to:

• Make students suffer

• Find the coefficient 
• Find the value of the variable or unknown

What is the inverse operation needed to solve for p?

7 = p - 2

• subtraction
• addition
• multiplication
• division

what is the inverse operation needed to solve for x?

9x=153

 

• multiply
• divide
• add
• subtract

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.

Which of the following is an equation?

• 8z

• 8z - 5

• 8z = 2

• 8 divided by x

What is the first step in this equation?

3x + 5 = 20

• Add 5 and 20

• Subtract 5 from both sides of the equation

• Add 3 and 5

• Multiply 3 by 5

After you subtract 5 from both sides of the equation (3x + 5 = 20) what will the equation look like?

• 3x = 25

• 3x = 20

• 3x = 3

• 3x = 15

• Subtract 4 from both sides.

• Divide both sides by 4.

• Multiply both sides by 4.

• Add -36 to both sides.

• Add 14 to both sides.

• Subtract 11 from both sides.

• Add 11 to both sides.

• Subtract 14 from both sides.

• w = 17

• w = 22

• w = 5-17

• w = 12