Inverse Operations Intro

What inverse operation should you perform to solve this equation? x – 9 = –14

• add 9 to both sides

• subtract 9 from both sides

• multiply both sides by 9

• divide both sides by 9

Solve for x:

• x = 20

• x = 7

• x = 10

• x = 3

What is the inverse operation of subtraction?

• addition

• subtraction

• multiplication

• division

What is the inverse operation of division?

• Division

• Multiplication

• Addition

• Subtraction

What would be the best first step to solving the equation?
-18=m+12

• add 18 to both sides

• subtract 18 from both sides

• add 12 to both sides

• subtract 12 from both sides

• addition

• subtraction

• multiplication

• division

• addition

• subtraction

• multiplication

• division

• addition

• subtraction

• multiplication

• division

What are operations that "un-do" each other called?

• math operations

• inverse operations

• addition operations

• multiplication operations

What are inverse operations?

• operations that make positive numbers

• operations that make negative numbers

• opposite operations

• opposite colors