93 More algebraic expressions
Look at and describe:
variable constants
x + 23 = 45
operation equal sign
Term 3 - Week 3
Read and answer:
Imagine that on the right-hand side of this balance scale there are 10 equal mass
objects and on the left-hand side there are 4 similar objects and an unknown
number of other objects in a bag. The scale is balanced; therefore, we know that
there must be an equal mass on each side of the scale.
Explain how you would find out how many objects there are in the bag.
1. Solve x.
Example: x+5=9
x+5–5=9–5
x=4
a. x + 12 = 30 b. x + 8 = 14
c. x + 17 = 38 d. x + 20 = 55
e. x + 25 = 30 f. x + 18 = 26
2. Solve for x.
Example: x-5=2
x-5+5=2+5
x=7
a. x – 7 = 5 b. x – 3 = 1
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c. x – 15 = 12 d. x – 17 = 15
e. x – 23 = 20 f. x – 28 = 13
3. Solve for x.
Example: x + 4 = -7
x+4-4=-7-4
x = -11
a. x + 3 = -15 b. x + 7 = -12
c. x + 2 = -5 d. x + 5 = -15
e. x + 12 = -20 f. x + 10 = -25
Problem Solving
Write an equation for the following and solve it.
Jason read 7 books and Gugu read 11 books. How many books did they read altogether?
Rebecca and her friend read 29 books altogether. Rebecca read 14 books. How many books did her
friend read?
Bongani buys 12 new CDs and Sizwe buys 14. How many CDs did they buy together.
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94 More algebraic equations
2x = 30 (2x means 2
multiplied by x)
What does 2x mean?
What is the inverse operation of multiplication? Division
We need to divide 2x by 2 to solve for x.
Term 3 - Week 3
2x 30 Remember you need to keep
2 = 2 the two sides of the equation
balanced. What you do on the
x = 15 one side of the equal sign, you
must do on the other side as well.
1. Solve for x.
Example: 3x = 12
3x 12
3 = 3
x=4
a. 5x = 20 b. 2x = 8
c. 2x = 18 d. 4x = 48
e. 3x = 27 f. 5x = 30
g. 10x = 100 h. 9x = 81
i. 15x = 45 j. 7x = 14
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2. Solve for x.
Example: 3x - 2 = 10
3x - 2 + 2 = 10 + 2
3x 12
3 = 3
x=4
a. 7x - 2 = 12 b. 4x - 4 = 12
c. 3x – 1 = 2 d. 2x – 1 = 7
e. 5x – 3 = 17 f. 5x – 7 = 13
g. 6x – 5 = 25 h. 9x – 8 = 82
i. 8x – 7 = 49 j. 3x – 2 = 16
Problem Solving
Create an equation and solve it. How fast can you do it?
Nine times q equals
eighty one.
Two times y equals Sixteen times b
sixteen. equals four. Five times y equals
hundred.
Five times c equals Eight times t equals
sixty three. eighty. Seven times a
equals twenty one.
Eight times x equals Three times d
sixteen. equals thirty nine.
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95 Algebraic equations in context
What do the following equations mean?
P = 4l P = 2l + 2b A = l2 A=l×b
The perimeter of The perimeter of a The area of a The area of a
a square is 4 times rectangle is 2 times square is the length rectangle is length
the length. the length plus 2 squared. times breadth.
times the breadth.
Term 3 - Week 3
Note that you did perimeter
and area in the previous terms
1. Solve for x.
Example: If y = x2 + 2, calculate y when x = 4
y = 42 + 2
y = 16 + 2
y = 18
a. y = x2 + 2; x = 4 b. y = b2 + 10; b = 1
c. y = a2 + 4; a = 4 d. y = r2 + 3; r = 5
e. y = p2 + 7; p = 6 f. y = c2 + 7; c = 7
2. Calculate the following:
Example: What is the perimeter of a rectangle if the length is 2cm and the breath is 1,5cm?
P = 2l + 2b
P = 2(2cm) + 2(1,5 cm)
P = 4cm + 3cm
P = 7cm
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a. The perimeter of a rectangle b. The area of a square
where the breadth equals 2,2 cm if the breadth equals
and the length equals 2,5 cm 3,5 cm.
c. The perimeter of a square if the d. The area of a rectangle if the length is
breadth equals 4,2 cm. 3,5 cm and breadth is 2,5 cm
e. The area of a square if the length is f. The perimeter of a rectangle if the
5 cm. breadth is 4,3 cm and length is 8,2 cm.
g. The perimeter of a square if the h. The perimeter of a rectangle if the
length is 2,6 cm. breadth is 8,5 cm and the length is
12,4. cm.
i. The area of a rectangle if the breadth h. The perimeter of a rectangle if the
is 10,5 cm and length is 15,5 cm. breadth is 3.5 cm and the length is
6,7 cm
Problem Solving
Write an equation and then solve it for each of these.
What is the perimeter of the swimming pool if the breadth is 12 m and the length is 16 m.
Work out the area of a square if the one side is equal to 5,2 cm.
What is the perimeter of a rectangle if the length is 5,1cm and the breadth is 4,9cm.
Establish the area of your bedroom floor for new tiles the length is 4,5 m and the breadth is 2,8 m.
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