Solving Equations Review

The following slides will help you to review the steps to solving one and two-step equations.

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Before you begin, please pick up the corresponding sheet of paper from Mrs. Strickland. You are supposed to complete the page as you work through the slides and complete the practice problems.​

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There are interactive slides throughout so make sure you are paying attention.​

When solving an equation, we are attempting to find an unknown value by working the equation backwards or doing inverse operations.​

Solving Equations and Inverse Operations

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In this equation, we can see that an unknown value "x" was multiplied by 3 and the resulting value equaled 15.

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To solve this equation, we would need to do the inverse operation to solve for "x". This would mean that we would divide 15 by 3.​

Complete these four examples on your paper before moving forward. Use inverse operations and show your work.

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Solving One-Step Equations​

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When solving an equation, our goal is to isolate the variable. This means that we want the variable to by itself.

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Take a look at the examples

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If needed, go back and complete any of the examples you didn't do from the previous slide.​

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Solving One-Step Equations

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Try to solve these examples on your paper by using inverse operations before moving to the next slide.​

Solving Two-Step

Equations

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A two step equation is an equation that is created by performing two operations.

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Let's take a look at the example here...​

Solving Two-Step Equations

In this equation, an unknown value "x" was multiplied by -3 (-3x) and then increased by a value of 4 (+4) with a resulting value of 16 (=16).

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As you can see, they completed inverse operations to solve for "x".​

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