Level 5-6 Algebra - Equations - Basic

1. An equation must have two equal what?

   • Examples
   • Expressions
   • Extensions
   • Extractions

2. What is the name give to an equation that doesn't balance on either side of the equals sign?

   • Inaccurate
   • Inept
   • Invalid
   • There is no such thing

3. If you are given an equation, what will you have done to it when you have found the answers?

   • Soaked it
   • Solved it
   • Squared it
   • Stuffed it

4. If x + 4 = b, what is the value of x?

   • 4b
   • -4b
   • b + 4
   • b - 4

5. Which of these is not an equation?

   • 6/3 = 2
   • 65 + 35 = 100
   • 5 - 6 = 8 - 9
   • 2 x 3 = 7 - 2

6. If 4 + x + 8 = 24, then which of the following is correct?

   • 4 + x = 16
   • 12 + x = 16
   • 4x - 8 = 16
   • 4x + 8 =16

7. If 9x - 2 = 7, then which of the following is not correct?

   • 9x = 7 + 2
   • 9x = 9
   • x = ⁹⁄₉
   • x = 2

8. If a = 5 and b = 8, then which of the following is correct?

   • 8 + a + 8 + b = 104
   • 8 + a + 8b = 104
   • 8a + 8 + b = 104
   • 8a + 8b = 104

9. If 3a + 2 = a + 6, then which of these is incorrect?

   • 3a + 2 - a = 6
   • 2a = 6 + 2
   • 2a = 4
   • a = ⁴⁄₂

10. Which of the following numbers is a possible value for x in the equation x³ = x² + 18?

    • 2
    • 3
    • 4
    • 5

Quiz written by Colin King