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This document provides an overview of solving linear equations. It discusses solving single-variable linear equations using inverse operations like addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. It also covers solving multi-step equations and equations with variables on both sides. The document includes examples of solving linear equations and checking solutions. It concludes with a real-world problem about buying coffee drinks that can be modeled with a linear equation to determine if enough money is available.

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This document provides an overview of solving linear equations. It discusses solving single-variable linear equations using inverse operations like addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. It also covers solving multi-step equations and equations with variables on both sides. The document includes examples of solving linear equations and checking solutions. It concludes with a real-world problem about buying coffee drinks that can be modeled with a linear equation to determine if enough money is available.

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Solving Linear Equations 

Learning Goals:  ❖ Solve _______ __________ using addition, subtraction, 


multiplication, and division. ​(​CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.7.EE.A.) 
❖ Solve multi-step equation using _______ ___________. 
(​CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.7.EE.B.) 
❖ Solve linear equations that have _________ on both sides. 
(​CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.7.EE.A.) 
❖ Use linear equations to solve _______-_______ problems. 
(​CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.7.EE.B.) 

Have you ever?   Write down some ways you would solve this 
problem?  
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Vocabulary  
Term   Definition  Example 

Equation     

Expression     

Inverse Operations     

Variable     

Solution     
Watch and Learn #1
Show your work! Justify each step.

1. Write the equation.

2. Perform an inverse operation.

3. Simplify.

Check:

Now You Try #1


Solve the equation. Justify each step and check your solution.
1. n + 3 = -7

2. -14 = p - 11
Watch and Learn #2
Show your work! Justify each step.

1. Write the equation.

2. Perform an inverse operation.

3. Simplify.

Check:

Now You Try #2


Solve the equation. Justify each step and check your solution.
3. 5x = 15

j
4. 5 = 12
Watch and Learn #3: Example 1
Show your work! Check:

Watch and Learn #3: Example 2


Show your work! Check:
Now You Try #3
Solve the equation. Check your solution.
5. 5n + 3 = 53

1
6. 2 (6h − 4) =− 5h + 1

Now Solve It
Your friends and you go to Starbucks or 
any coffee shop to buy drinks. You all are 
not sure if you could afford all the drinks. 
You and your friends make up 4 people 
and with everyone’s money put together, 
you all have $25 in total. You all want to 
buy a grande mocha frappuccino that 
costs $4.45 and 75 cents worth of taxes. 
How do you figure out if you have 
enough money to pay for 4 drinks?
Did you Learn How to:
Learning Goal: Summary:

 
Solve linear equations using addition, 
subtraction, multiplication, and division.  
 

 
Solve multi-step equation using inverse 
operations.   

 
Solve linear equations that have variables 
on both sides  
 

 
Use linear equations to solve real-life 
problems  
 

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