Steps to Solving Equations

What is the first step to solve this equation:

11 - 3x = 44

• Add 3 to both sides

• Subtract 11 from both sides

• Add 11 to both sides

• Divide 3 on both sides.

What is the first step you should take to solve this problem?

1 + 4n - 6n = 1 - 8n

• subtract 8n to both sides

• multiply 6n to both sides

• combine the like terms 4n + -6n

What is the next step you should take?

1 + 4n = 10 - 14n

• Collect the variables on one side

• add 1 from both sides

• subtract 14n to both sides

What is the next step you should take?

• subtract 1 to both sides

• collect the numbers to the right

• add 1 to both sides

• multiply 18 to both sides

What is the first step you should take to solve this problem?

-3(x - 2) = -8 +9b

• add 8 to both sides

• subtract 9b from both sides

• Distribute -3 to the x and -2

What is the next step you should take?

• subtract 8 from both sides

• add -3 to both sides

• divide 8 to both sides

• multiply 3 to both sides

What is a good first step to solving this equation?

• Add 14 to both sides.

• Subtract 11 from both sides.

• Add 11 to both sides.

• Subtract 14 from both sides.

What should you do first to figure out what "z" is?

• Subtract 4 from both sides.

• Divide both sides by 4.

• Multiply both sides by 4.

• Add -36 to both sides.

What is a good first step to solve this equation?

• Subtract 2 from both sides.

• Add 2 to both sides.

• Subtract 19 from both sides

• Add 19 to both sides.

The objective when solving an equation is to....

• isolate the variable.

• check the solution.

• guess and check.

• Combine Like Terms.