Your task? Get the variable by itself. Simple enough, right? A short YouTube video shows viewers how to solve literal equations requiring multiple steps for a specified variable. The narrator works through several examples of the topic to ensure understanding.

Concepts

solving equations, literal equations, isolating the variable

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Use the video as an intervention tool

Classroom Considerations

• Learners should already have knowledge of solving  basic literal equations
• An understanding of the relationship between square roots and squaring is necessary

Pros

• Includes some textbook exercises and additional practice problems in PDF format
  

Cons

• Pupils in US classrooms may have trouble with the language, as the resource uses British terminology
  

Common Core

HSA-CED.A.4