One Step Equations with Adding, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division

• Multiply both sides by 15.

• Divide both sides by 15.

• Multiply both sides by 3.

• Divide both sides by 3.

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 is the inverse operation of multiplication?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

Which of the following can always be used when checking your solution to an equation?

• Distributive Property

• Inverse Operations

• Substitution

• Difference

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.

x + 12 = 20

• x = 32

• x = -32

• x = 8

• x = -8

x + 3 = 29

• x = 32

• x = 29

• x = 26

• x = 3

x - 5 = 27

• x = 32

• x = 22

• x = 135

• x = 5

t + 3.924 = 15.58

• 54.82

• 19.504

• 11.656

• 5.482

4.9 = x + 1.5

• 4.2 = x

• 6.4 = x

• 3.4 = x

• 5.8 = x