At times in Maths (and life) you'll come across equations where you don't know some of the numbers involved for example in:
2(4x - 2) = 18
How to find x? While some of you might be able to 'work it out in your head' that won't always work (trust me it gets harder!). We need a process to help us untangle all the numbers from the x and leave us with a balanced equation of x =.......
Online Help:
Khan Academy Series: Start here and progress through the videos and activities as you need
A different set of explanations: A webpage with examples
Solving Simple Equations: The Steps as a powerpoint
IXL Solving Equations Practice: A few straight forward questions with answers
Pearson Text-Book Pages
Page 399 - 401 (Answers Page 665)
Page 407 (Answers Page 665)
