Name _____________________________ July -2 x -15, 2009 or July _____, 2009

Math is Life  KIPP 2015: ____________________

Math Classwork #12

Aim: To solve for a variable by completing a Tower of Power

Please Do Now 

Solve for the variable.

1. z + (-4) = 12 2. y - 14 = -36

z = _______ y = _______

ROBO TIME
Robo the Robot tried to solve the following problem. Can you find his mistake?

4 1 4 1
= = x = (4)(60) so x = 240
5 x 60 5 x 60

Explain his mistake in complete sentences and then solve it correctly. Double-check your work.

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Finished Early?
The first day of school in the fall is September _________.

Please write in your agenda to “study for Test 2” and “organize binder.”

Set a goal for what you would like to get on Test 2: I want to get ______%.

Unscramble: gebaalr si feli ________________________________________________

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 FACT/ TOPIC DETAILS

MULTIPLICATION PROPERTY
of EQUALITY We can always use “Product of the means …” to solve for a

variable whenever it is being ______________________ or

________________________ by a number.

In the event that a variable is neither in the numerator or the

4
denominator (written like this: x) then we know this actually
5
means ________________________________________________

so x should be in the numerator. We can rewrite like this: ______

2
EXAMPLE x = 240 … is the same as:
3

4 1
y= … is the same as:
5 10

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Let’s Practice 
Solve for the following variables and box your answers.

2
10. a = -450
3

126 4 24
8. -14 = 9. -4 =
x 5 x

5. 0.3m = -30 x z 3
6. -24 = 7. =
6 15 9

1. n + 23 = 78 2. w – 54 = -76 3. x + (-10.5) = -18 4. j – (-6) = 33

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Finished Early? 
The following problems deal with logic. There are multiple ways to solve these and for a couple of the
questions there may be more than one right answer ... as long as your logic is accurate. Enjoy!

1. Draw the next figure in the pattern.

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2. How many squares would balance the third scale? (Ignore distance from the middle of the scale.)

3. What are the next two terms in the sequence below?

A, 2, C, 3, F, 5, K, 7, ___, ___...

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