7th Grade Quiz 11 - One Step and Multistep Equations

Match the following

• Like terms

• Terms that have the same base and power, or are all constants.

• Coefficient

• A constant or variable in an expression.

• Variable

• The number before a variable.

• Constant

• A letter representing an unknown number.

• Term

• A number with a fixed value, not a variable.

Match the following

• Expression

• A mathematical phrase of variables, numbers and operators.

• Simplify

• A statement that two expressions are equal.

• Solve

• To find the value of an equation.

• Equation

• Multiplying a number outside parentheses by each of the terms inside parentheses.

• Distributing

  (The Distributive Property)

• Making a mathematical expression shorter by combining like terms.

x + 17 = 45

What is the next step to solve this equation?

• 45 + 17

• 45 - 17

• 45 -x

• 17-45

x - 17 = 45

What is the next step to solve this equation?

• 45 + 17

• 45 - 17

• 45 -x

• 17-45

17b = 45

What is the next step to solve this equation?

• 17 x b

• 45-17

• 45 x 17

• 45-17

b + 4 = 9

b = ?

Mathematical Equivalence

ON

Mathematical Equivalence

ON

Mathematical Equivalence

ON

Mathematical Equivalence

ON