Steps to Solve an Equation

What is the inverse operation needed to solve the following one-step equation?

-11x = 121

• Divide each side by 11

• Add 11 to both sides

• Multiply -11 to both sides

• Divide each side by -11

What is the inverse operation needed to solve the following one-step equation?

n / 13 = 26

• Divide each side by 13

• Add 13 to both sides

• Multiply each side by 13

• Multiply each side by -13

What is the inverse operation needed to solve the following one-step equation?

a - (-40) = 35

• Add 40 to both sides

• Subtract 40 to both sides

• Multiply 40 to both sides

• Divide 40 to both sides

Which of the following can always be used to check your solution to your equation?

• distributive property
• difference
• substitution
• mean

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

• isolate the variable.

• check the solution.

• guess and check.

• Combine Like Terms.

Which equation has x = 2 as a solution?

• 3 + x = 10
• 11 + x = 13
• 4x = 32
• 5x =25

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 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 3 to both sides

What is the first step in solving the following 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 is the first step in solving the following equation?
-4x + 7 = 23

• divide by 4 on both sides
• subtract 7 from both sides
• divide by -4 on both sides
• subtract -7 on both sides