Equations with parentheses

The  exercise appears under the 8th Grade Math Mission. This exercise is composed of linear equations that involve the distributive property to be solved.

Types of Problems
There is one type of problem in this exercise:


 * 1) Find the solution of the equations: This problem provides an equation in which using the distributive problem is the standard way to solve the problem. The student is expected to find the answer and write it in the space provided.Msewd1.png

Strategies
Knowledge of the distributive property is practically essential to performing this exercise.
 * 1) The distributive property for multiplication through addition is a(b+c)=ab+ac.
 * 2) This exercise has a do one or five in a row option.
 * 3) Even though the problems sometimes involve decimals, the answers seem to be integers.

Real-life applications

 * 1) Equations show up in almost every science or business class one is ever in.