Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Math Review (One and Two Step Equations)

Here is the Answer Key for the Review assigned in class.


Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Solving One and Two step equations sometimes requires that you follow the distributive properties of multiplication. For example:
4(x-2)=16
distribute 4 through the brackets
4x-8=16  now add +8 to both sides to begin isolating x.
4x=24  divide both side by 4 to isolate x.
x = 6

Watch this video or this video to see the distributive properties of multiplication in action.