Here's the solution to your equation-solving needs. An informative YouTube video discusses how to determine whether a value is a solution to a one-step equation. It then goes on to solve these types of equations using addition or subtraction.

Concepts

equations, solving equations, inverse operations, solutions

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Provide the video to classmates who are absent for the lesson
  

Classroom Considerations

• Experience with substitution is necessary
• Learners should be familiar with inverse operations
  

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Provides additional problems for viewers to try, including those with real-world contexts
  
• When explaining how to check answers, the video uses color to help show the substitution
  

Cons

• None

Common Core

6.EE.B.5 6.EE.B.7