- 1. -4(6-2x) -8 = 12 first step is ______ to clear the eight
A) divide 8
B) multiply 8
C) add 8
D) divide 8
- 2. -4(6-2x) = 12 {BBBB} second step is ______ to clear the four
A) divide -4
B) add 4
C) multiply 4
D) divide 4
- 3. (6-2x) = 12 {BBBB}{DDD} third step is ______
A) add 6
B) multiply 6
C) add 2x/3
D) subtract 6
- 4. -2x = 12{BBBB}{DDD}(RR) fourth step
A) add 2
B) divide 12
C) divide -2
D) multiply 12
- 5. x = 12{BBBB}{DDD}(RR)[G] fifth step
A) sub & check
B) go to next one
C) stop
A) 2/11
B) -11/2
C) 11/2
D) -2/11
- 9. PEMDAS is used to simplify a known expression.
In our class, SADMEP is the order of operations backwards, and it can be used to find the answer to an UNKNOWN. As you eliminate the "guards" protecting the variable, you must think like Sean Connery's character in the UNTOUCHABLES.
To paraphrase "If his gang has a Subtraction, you send in a(n) __________"
A) lipstick wearing pit-bull
B) IDK
C) subtraction
D) addition
- 10. "If he comes at you with an addition, you hit him with a _______"
A) wet noodle
B) subtraction
C) multiplication
D) both
- 11. "Capone has a multiplication sign, you stop them with a ________ sign. They send one of yours to division, you send theirs to the ________"
{Thanks to my AJJF yudansha colleague Dr. Bill Gessner at Rutgers for inspiring part of this lesson!}
A) knife ---- gun
B) division -----multiplication
C) really sharp pencil ----- mechanical pencil
D) adding ------ subtracting
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