8th Grade Summer Math Packet Worksheet - Khan Academy, 2014 Page 10

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OLVING  
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QUATIONS
 
There   a re   f ive   t ypes   o f   “ one-­‐step   e quations”   t hat   w e   l earned   t o   s olve.     I n   a ll   c ases,   t he   g oal   i s   t o  
“undo”   w hatever   o peration   h as   b een   p erformed   o n   t he   v ariable   i n   o rder   t o   g et   i t   a lone.     T o   d o  
that,   w e   j ust   “ undo”   w hatever   h as   b een   d one   t o   t he   v ariable.  
Addition   E quations:   T o   s olve,   w e   j ust   s ubtract   f rom   b oth   s ides   w hat   w as   a dded   t o   x .  
 
 
x + = −
7
12
 
 
 
Subtraction   E quations:   T o   s olve,   w e   j ust   a dd   t o   b oth   s ides   w hat   w as   s ubtracted   f rom   x .    
 
 
x − =
8 10
 
 
 
Multiplication   E quations:   T o   s olve,   w e   j ust   d ivide   b oth   s ides   b y   w hat   m ultiplied   x .    
 
 
5
x = −
25
 
 
 
Division   E quations:   T o   s olve,   w e   j ust   m ultiply   b oth   s ides   b y   w hat   d ivided   x .        
x
 
= −  
7
3
 
 
 
Fractional   E quations:     T o   s olve,   w e   j ust   m ultiply   b oth   s ides   b y   t he   r eciprocal   o f   t he   f raction  
that   m ultiples   x .      
2
 
 
x =
16
3
 
 
Instructions:     S olve   e ach   e quation,   b ut   u ndoing   w hat   h as   b een   d one   t o   t he   v ariable.      
 
 
1.
=  
 
b +
15 8
 
d
3.
= −  
10
 
5
 
 
 
 
 
 
2
 
2.
d = −  
10
 
7
4.
 
 
4
b
76
=
 
 
 
 
 
 

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