ALGEBRA ATTACK

DAY 1

Welcome to Day 1 of ALGEBRA ATTACK.

Hey dude, I was a little nervous

about this CHALLENGE so I

brought a few friends with me.

You should be NERVOUS!

Dude, you are scarring

me again.

Introduce your friends.

My name is George

and I am tired of

FAILING Algebra.

Hi…I’m Penguin and I want

to get an A+ in Algebra.

Introduce your friends.

My name is Charlie

and I am a little

scared.

My name is Donkey and I

think this challenge is a

complete JOKE.

There are some Rules you Must Follow in the CHALLENGE.

There will be CONSEQUENCES for anyone

who breaks these RULES.

MAIN RULES WHEN SOLVING EQUATIONS

PUT ALL UNKNOWNS ON 1 SIDE OF THE EQUAL SIGN AND ALL CONSTANTS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE EQUAL SIGN

WHEN SOLVING EQUATIONS WHATEVER YOU DO ON ONE SIDE OF THE EQUAL SIGN YOU HAVE TO DO THE SAME ON THE OTHER SIDE

Did I make myself Clear?

Yes I got it.

I promise I wont break

those RULES Dude.

Great! Let’s start this challenge by learning the BASICS.

CALCULATING AN UNKNOWN

IN AN EQUATION

WITH ADDITION

EXPLANATION• The first rule of algebra is to get your

constants on one side of the equal sign (=) and all the unknowns on the other side.

 • Looking at the problem we realize that is on

one side of the equal sign and is on the other side.

 • Our aim is to get (the constants) on one side

of the equal sign and (the unknown) on the other side.

 • The second rule which states that whatever

you do on one side of the equal sign MUST also be done on the other side.

 • We realize that if we want to get rid of on the

left of the equal sign we need to introduce .  • Introducing this will cancel the as . Also, we

MUST introduce on the right of the equal sign .

 • As a result, we get the equation , which is

what we need.  

Do you guys understand how to Calculate Unknowns with Addition?

Yes Dude. I

understand.

As I have said before, this

is a complete JOKE.

So you think it’s a JOKE!

Hey Donkey…Shut up!

Didn’t you here that there

will be CONSEQUENCES.

You heard me.

Since it’s a JOKE let’s turn

up the PRESSURE!

NO! I am not ready.

Listen…sometimes Donkey says

things that he doesn’t mean. Please

don’t do this. I am begging you.

Please!

CALCULATING AN UNKNOWN IN AN EQUATIONS

WITH SUBTRACTION

EXPLANATION• In this example, we must try to get

all the unknowns on one side of the equal sign and all the constants on the other side.

 • To do this we must introduce in

the equation on both sides of the equal sign.

 • The and on the left side of the

equal sign will cancel each other and we can calculate the value on the right side of the equation.

NOTEAn easy way to do this is to always remember that when a number goes over the equal sign the sign changes.

How are you feeling?

I am a little scared but I

understand Algebra a little

better.

I am scared. Dude you

need to do some Anger

Management Classes.

Great! See you in the next presentation.

What just

happened?

AGAIN?…Are you

kidding me.

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