Addition and Subtraction Equations Whole Numbers

Which property was used to solve this equation?

• Subtraction Property of Equality

• Addition Property of Equality

• Multiplication Property of Equality

• Division Property of Equality

What is the inverse operation of subtraction?

• addition

• multiplication

• division

• subtraction

What would be the best first step to solving the equation?

• add 3 to both sides

• subtract 5 from both sides

• add 5 to both sides

• subtract -5 from both sides

17 = x + 3

• x = 20

• x = 14

• x = 13

• x = 19

4 + b = 30

• -34

• 34

• -26

• 26

Solve the equation: x-(-3)=8

• 5

• -5

• 13

• -24

Which equation is equivalent to 10=x+(-3)

• x-(-3)=10

• 3-x=10

• 10-x=3

• x-3=10

___ + 5 = 5 + 9

• 9

• 19

• 14

• -9

This property tells us that when we change the order of numbers when we are adding, the answer does not change.  

• Commutative Addition

• Commutative Multiplication

• Associative Addition

• Associative Multiplication

What property of addition takes a whole number and adds it with zero?

• Associative

• Commutative

• Identity