One Step Equations with Adding Subtracting Multiplication and Division

Which equation below can be used to solve the following problem: How many boxes of envelopes can you buy with $12 if one box costs $3?

What inverse operation is used to solve this equation?

• Multiply both sides of the equation by 26.

• Multiply both sides of the equation by 13.

• Divide both sides of the equation by 13.

• Divide both sides of the equation by 26.

What equation matches the scenario? Amanda and her best friend found some money buried in a field. They split the money evenly, each getting $24.28. How much money did they find?

What is the inverse operation of subtraction?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

What is the inverse operation of addition?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

What is the inverse operation of division?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

What is the goal for solving an equation?

• Isolating the unknown variable.

• Guess and check.

• Substitution.

• Combining like terms.

Sally had 10 peaches left at her roadside fruit stand. She went to the orchard and picked more peaches to stock up the stand. There are now 73 peaches at the stand. Write an equation that could be used to find how many peaches she picked. Then solve for the unknown quantity.

What inverse operation is used to solve this equation?

• Multiply both sides of the equation by 10.

• Divide both sides of the equation by 10.

• Divide both sides of the equation by 40. 

• Multiply both sides of the equation by 40.

2x - 3 + 4x = 27

• 12

• 4

• 5

• 15