Equation Steps

What is the first step to solve the equation?

• distribute

• combine like terms

• move all variables to the left

• add or subtract

• multiply or divide

What is the first step to solve the equation?

• distribute

• combine like terms

• move all variables to the left

• add or subtract

• multiply or divide

What is the first step to solve the equation?

• distribute

• combine like terms

• move all variables to the left

• add or subtract

• multiply or divide

What should be the first step to solve this equation?

• Add 2.5

• Divide by -2.5

• Multiply by -2.5

• Multiply by 2.5

What is your first step to solving this equation?

• Multiply by 4/3 on both sides

• Divide by 4/3 on both sides

• Add 4/3 on both sides

• Subtract 4/3 on both sides

What is the first step to solve this equation?

• Divide by -9

• Add 6 to both sides

• Multiply by -9 to both sides

• Subtract 6 from both sides

What is the first step to solve this equation?

• Divide both sides by 5

• Subtract 5 on both sides

• Add 3 on both sides

• Subtract 3 from both sides

Which side do you start on when solving this equation??

• The LEFT, because you always start on the left.

• The RIGHT, because you always start on the right.

• The LEFT, because that is a side that has a constant.

• The RIGHT, because that is the side that has the variable.

What is the next step to solve this equation?
3x - 5 = 7

• Add 5 to both sides of the equation

• Add 3x to both sides of the equation

• Subtract 5 from both sides of the equation

• Subtract 7 from both sides of the equation

What is the first step to solve this equations? 
x/6  +  2 = 6

• multiply by 6 both sides

• divide by 6 both sides

• add 2 to both sides

• subtract 2 from both sides