Envision Math 2.0: Grade 6, Volume 1
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Exercise 2 Page 209

The word equals divides the sentence into what should be on the left-hand side and what should be on the right-hand side of the equation.

Equation:
Solution:

We are given a sentence and we need to translate it into an equation.
Every equation has an and values or expressions on either side of it. Key phrases, such as and tell us about the placement of the equals sign.
On the left-hand side we have the key word multiplied. This word tells us the operation that will be used in our equation. The word multiplied indicates multiplication.
Putting these sides together, we have a complete equation.

Solving the Equation

To solve the equation, we have to isolate on one side. Using the Division Property of Equality, we will divide both sides of the equation by This will eliminate the multiplication and isolate