Students undo each operation to solve 12 one-step equations, then write and match equations for seven short stories.
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An Undo It table pairs each operation with its inverse, and two worked examples, t − 15 = 38 and −6g = 90, each end with a written check. The 12 practice equations, three per operation, include negative answers, the decimal 6.4 + y = 10 and the fraction coefficient in two-thirds c = 18. On page 2, students write and solve equations for four stories. In the matching set, every story and equation uses 6 and 240, so students have to read which operation each story describes.
Problem 9, two-thirds c = 18, is the one most often missed: students multiply 18 by two-thirds and get 12. The answer is 27; show that dividing by two-thirds means multiplying by three-halves, then check that two-thirds of 27 is 18.
Watch the signs in problems 2 and 11. The key's own tip names n = 14 for problem 2 (the answer is −14), and h ÷ (−3) = 9 often comes out as 27 instead of −27. Ask for each check written out in full, such as −27 ÷ (−3) = 9.
In story 14 the battery dropped to 58%, so it started higher: b − 27 = 58 gives 85%. Students who take 27 from 58 get 31; ask whether a battery that drops can end above where it started.
Ways to adjust the 12 equations and four stories.
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Students solve equations that need one step (add, subtract, multiply or divide both sides), including negatives, decimals and a fraction, and check by putting the answer back in. Equations that need more than one rearranging step are not included.
Students use the "undo it" table to pick the opposite operation for each equation and check answers the other way round. Other links between operations are not covered.
Students turn short stories (tacos, battery, seats, pizza) into equations with a letter for the unknown and match stories to equations. The other Year 6 algebra points (formulae, sequences, two unknowns) are not covered.
No. The key accepts any equivalent equation with any letter for the unknown, so c ÷ 4 = 8.75 and 4 × 8.75 = c both count.
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