Balancing Equations

Students understand strategies for solving an equation and connect those to balanced moves on a hanger.

By Amplify Classroom

Grades: 7th Grade

Subject: Math

Learning goals: Today's Goals • Connect moves on hanger diagrams to moves that determine the value of a variable in an equation. • Solve equations of the form `px+q=r` and `p\left(x+q\right)=r` that involve positive rational numbers. • Describe how solving equations of the form `px+q=r` and `p\left(x+q\right)=r` connect to a hanger diagram. (Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening)