Solving for Equations

What is the first step to solve:

x/4 - 9 = 3

• Multiply 4 to both sides

• Divide both sides by 4

• Add 9 to both sides

• Subtract 9 from both sides

What do I do after I subtract 6 from both sides? x/4 + 6 = 15

• Divide both sides by 4

• Subtract 4 from both sides

• Add 4 to both sides

• Multiply both sides by 4

What do I do after I add 3 to both sides? x/8 - 3 = 2

• Multiply both sides by 8

• Divide both sides by 8

• Subtract 8 from both sides

• Add 8 to 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 3x to both sides

What is the first step in solving the following equation?
3c + 5 = 23

• add 5 to both sides

• subtract 5 from both sides

• divide by 3 on both sides

• multiply by 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

What is the first step in solving the following equation?
x/5 - 13 = 20

• add 13 to both sides

• subtract 13 from both sides

• divide by 5 on both sides

• multiply by 5 on both sides

What is the first step in solving the following equation?
x/7 + 90 = 20

• add 90 to both sides

• subtract 90 from both sides

• divide by 7 on both sides

• multiply by 7 on both sides

What is the first step in solving the following equation?
(x - 5)/8 = 12

• add 5 to both sides

• subtract 5 from both sides

• divide by 8 on both sides

• multiply by 8 on both sides

What is the first step in solving the following equation?
(x + 8)/3 = 20

• add 8 to both sides

• subtract 8 from both sides

• divide by 3 on both sides

• multiply by 3 on both sides