Tip-Scale Tot
Tip-Scale TotBalancers · linear equations

A little scale that keeps both sides level: one-step equations.

One-Step Equations: Adding and Subtracting

One-step equations. In MathBound, the free Algebra I adventure game, Tip-Scale Tot asks these problems, and the only way past is to solve them.

Part of Solving Linear Equations: chapter 2 of the standard course.

10 questions, no sign-up, nothing saved. Climbs from the basics to harder questions.

What you will practice

  • Verify Solutions. Determine if a positive integer is a solution to a linear equation.
  • Solve using Subtraction. Solve equation in form x + a = b with positive integers.
  • Solve using Addition. Solve equation in form x - a = b with positive integers.
  • Translate and Solve. Translate basic phrases involving sum or difference into an equation and solve.

Worked examples

Made by the game’s own question engine. Try each one, then open its steps.

Example 1 · Verify Solutions

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Example 2 · Solve using Subtraction

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Example 3 · Solve using Addition

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Where it is in your textbook

TextbookLessons
Standard course2.1
Big Ideas Math Algebra 11.1, 1.2
Big Ideas Math Algebra 1 (2022)1.1, 1.2
Eureka Math Algebra I (EngageNY)1.10-1.11
Glencoe Algebra 11-5, 2-1, 2-2
Holt McDougal Larson Algebra 11.4, 2.2
Illustrative Mathematics Algebra 12.1-2.5
Illustrative Mathematics Algebra 1 (v.360)2.1-2.5
Math Nation Algebra 1 (Florida B.E.S.T.)5.3
OpenStax Elementary Algebra 2e2.1
Pearson Algebra 1 Common Core1-8, 2-1
Reveal Algebra 12-1, 2-2

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