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Subject: Math
Unit: Algebra
Lesson: Three
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Illustrating Equations Worksheet

For this worksheet the tiles represent the following
-x
-1
1. Write the algebraic equation that is represented by this picture below

and solve for x.
=

and solve for x.
3. Fill in the chart below. The first one is done as an example for you.
Original
Inverse
Solution
Isolate x
Question
Operation
Used to
Isolate x
-5
x+5=1
x+55=1-5
x = -4
x2=8
x /6 = 23
9 x = 27
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Subject: Math
Unit: Algebra
Lesson: Three
4. Illustrate the solution process for this equation using algebra tiles:
4x 3 = 5
5. One half the sum of the sides of a square is 8.2 cm. What is the
length of each side of the square?
6. Jerry has a pocket full of nickels, dimes and quarters. He has 3 fewer
nickels than dimes and 3 more quarters than dimes. If the coins are
worth a total of $4.20, how many of each kind does he have?
7. Illustrate and explain how the algebra tiles can be used to show an
algebraic process for simplifying this equation:
-8 x + 6 x = 2
8. Illustrate and explain how to solve this equation using algebra tiles:
x /4 = 2
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Subject: Math
Unit: Algebra
Lesson: Three
9. Sarah went shopping for new shoes. When she came home, she set the
new shoes in her room and went to get her mom to show her the great
deals she got at the shoe sale. Unfortunately, little brother Ben, came into
the room first and tore open the boxes, pulling out all of the shoes and
counting them. He counted 36 shoes in all. How many pairs of shoes did
Sarah buy today? Draw a diagram to represent this problem and write and
solve an equation.
10. There is a playing field at a park. Andrew is going to train for a school
race, by running around this playing field, but he wants to know what
distance he will be running. If the area of the playing field is 5640 and
the width of the field is 20, find the distance Andrew will be running if he
makes one lap around this playing field.
x
20 m
A = 5640 m
m
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Subject: Math
Unit: Algebra
Lesson: Three
Illustrating Equations Worksheet Key

For this worksheet the tiles represent the following
-x
-1

and solve for x.
=
ANSWER:
x+7=2
x+77=27
x = -5
CHECK: Check your work by putting the value of x back into the original
equation.
x+7=2
-5 + 7 = 2
2=2
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Subject: Math
Unit: Algebra
Lesson: Three

and solve for x.
ANSWER:
2 x - 6 x = 16
-4 x = 16
-4 x /-4 = 16/-4
x = -4
CHECK: Check your work by putting the value of x back into the original
equation.
2(-4) 6(-4) = 16
-8 (-24) = 16
-8 + 24 = 16
16 = 16
3. Fill in the chart below. The first one is done as an example for you.
ANSWER:
Original
Inverse
Solution
Isolate x
Question
Operation
Used to
Isolate x
-5
x+5=1
x+55=1-5
x = -4
+2
x2=8
x2+2=8+2
x = 10
6
x /6 = 23
6(x/6) = (23)6
x = 138
9
9 x = 27
9 x/9 = 27/9
x=3
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Subject: Math
Unit: Algebra
Lesson: Three
4. Illustrate the solution process for this equation using algebra tiles:
4x 3 = 5
ANSWER:
4x - 3 + 3 = 5 + 3
4x - 3 + 3 = 5 + 3
4x = 8
=
4 x /4 = 8/4
=
x =2
=
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Subject: Math
Unit: Algebra
Lesson: Three
5. One half the sum of the sides of a square is 8.2 cm. What is the length
of each side of the square?
ANSWER:
First we must find the sum of the sides of the square, which is x.
1/2 x = 8.2
2(1/2 x) = 8.2 2
x = 16.4 cm
The sum of the sides of this square is 16.4 cm.
Now we need to figure out what one side of the square is equal
to so we divide 16.4 by 4, since all of the sides of a square are
equal in length. 16.4 4 = 0.35 cm. The length of each side of
the square is 0.35 cm.
6. Jerry has a pocket full of nickels, dimes and quarters. He has 3 fewer
nickels than dimes and 3 more quarters than dimes. If the coins are
worth a total of $4.20, how many of each kind does he have?
ANSWER:
Coin
Number
Value
Nickels
x3
5 x - 15
x
Dimes
10 x
Quarters
x+3
25 x + 75
15 x 15 + 10 x + 25 x + 75 = 420
40 x + 60 = 420
40 x = 360
x=9
x3=6
x + 3 = 12
There are 9 dimes, 6 nickels and 12 quarters.
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Subject: Math
Unit: Algebra
Lesson: Three
7.
Illustrate and explain how the algebra tiles can be used to show an
algebraic process for simplifying this equation:
-8 x + 6 x = 2
ANSWER:
Algebra tiles make it easy to simplify this equation, because a

white x tile cancels out a green x tile so we can just cancel them
out to get a single x term. It helps a lot also if you find negatives
confusing because you can see exactly what you are left with,
-2 x (two white x tiles. Now our equation is simplified so we
could continue to solve it.
-2 x = 2
=
-x = 2
x=2
-8-
Subject: Math
Unit: Algebra
Lesson: Three
8.
Illustrate and explain how to solve this equation using algebra tiles:
x /4 = 2
ANSWER:
When we see the x tile is divided into 4 sections, we know we
have to figure out how many one tiles fit in each section of the x
tile to figure out how many one tiles equal 1 x.
Since we know 1/4 of x equals 2 one tiles, then we know 2 x tiles

go in each section of x. So we find that 1 whole x tile equals 8.
The algebra tiles show this easily by showing that two tiles go in
each section to equal 8.
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Subject: Math
Unit: Algebra
Lesson: Three
9.
Sarah went shopping for new shoes. When she came home, she set
the new shoes in her room and went to get her mom to show her the
great deals she got at the shoe sale. Unfortunately, little brother Ben,
came into the room first and tore open the boxes, pulling out all of the
shoes and counting them. He counted 36 shoes in all. How many
pairs of shoes did Sarah buy today? Draw a diagram to represent this
problem and write and solve an equation.
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Subject: Math
Unit: Algebra
Lesson: Three
ANSWER:
36 shoes
18 pairs
2 x = 36
2 x /2 = 36/2
x = 36/2
x = 18
2(18) = 36
She bought 18 new pairs of shoes! What a sale!
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Subject: Math
Unit: Algebra
Lesson: Three
10. There is a playing field at a park. Andrew is going to train for a school
race, by running around this playing field, but he wants to know what
distance he will be running. If the area of the playing field is 5640
and the width of the field is 20, find the distance Andrew will be
running if he makes one lap around this playing field.
x
20 m
A = 5640 m
m
ANSWER:
A=lw
5640 = 20 x
5640/20 = 20 x /20
282 = x
Distance around the playing field
P = S1 + S2 + S3 + S4
P = 282 + 282 + 20 + 20
P = 604 m
Andrew will be running 604 m around the playing field.
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Algebra tiles make it easy to simplify this equation, because a

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