Mastering Inverse Operations

What is the inverse operation of addition?

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

• Exponentiation

• Add 3

• Subtract 3

• Multiply by 3

• Divide by 3

• Doubling the number

  2x

• Multiplication by e

• Division by e

If you apply the operation x-5, what inverse operation would you use to isolate ( x)?

• Add 5

• Subtract 5

• Multiply by 5

• Divide by 5

What is the inverse operation of taking the cube of a number?

• Tripling the number

  3x

• Multiply by x

• Divide by x

• Add x

• Subtract x