One Step Equation Find the Error

What is the first step to complete when solving this equation?
10 - 3x = 4

• Subtract 10

• Add 10

• Add 3

• Divide by -3

Find the Error
What error did the student make when solving the equation:
1/5x + 6 = 3/5x + 5
1x + 6 = 3x + 5
-2x + 6 = 5
-2x = -1
x = 1/2

• The student found an incorrect common denominator

• The student did not multiply all terms by the common denominator

• The student did not use opposite operations appropriately

• The student did not correctly eliminate the variable from one side of the equation

Find the Error
What error did the student make when solving the equation:
5x + 6 =  66
5x - 6 = 66 -6
5x = 60
5*5x= 60*5
x = 300

• The student subtracted 6 from both sides instead of adding

• Student multiplied by 5 instead of dividing by 5

• Student got the wrong answer when subtracting 66-6

• The student did not correctly eliminate the variable from one side of the equation

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.

Using the "opposite operation" to "undo" and isolate the variable when solving an equation is more commonly called...

• Inverse operations

• math

• variable

• PEMDAS

Find the error in the problem below
19 - 2k = 3k - 1
     +3k   +3k
19 + 1k = -1
-19           -19
k = -20

• They should have divided by 1 for the last step

• They should add 19 instead of subtracting 19

• I can not find an error

• Instead of adding 3k they should subtract 3k

Is the solution below correct?
5d = 2d - 18
-2d   -2d
3d = -18
d = 6

• Yes

• No

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

• add 1 to both sides

What is the error?

• Adding 2x to 3x

• Subtracting 5 from both sides

• Adding 2x to -2x

• Dividing by 5 on both sides

The goal of solving a one, two, or multi-step equations is to:

• Find the value of the variable

• Find the constant

• Be confused

• Find the coefficient