5 min de lecture
Equations: what they are and how to solve them
What an equation is, what its solution means, and how to solve equations step by step — from one-step equations to fractions and two variables.
Tout problème d’algèbre se ramène à quelques gestes : simplifier, faire la même chose des deux côtés et vérifier. Ces cours enseignent chaque geste avec des exemples corrigés dont les réponses sont vérifiées par le moteur mathématique de Sumzo.
18 articles
5 min de lecture
What an equation is, what its solution means, and how to solve equations step by step — from one-step equations to fractions and two variables.
1 min de lecture
Use inverse operations to get the unknown on its own, keep the equation balanced, and always check your answer.
2 min de lecture
Factorising, completing the square, the quadratic formula and the discriminant — and how to tell which method to use.
1 min de lecture
What slope measures, how to find it from two points, and how to write a line as y = mx + b.
4 min de lecture
How to simplify radicals by taking out perfect-square factors, what simplest radical form means, and how to simplify radical expressions — with checked examples.
2 min de lecture
What a rational equation is, how to solve rational equations by multiplying by the lowest common denominator, and why every answer must be checked.
3 min de lecture
The steps for factoring polynomials — common factor first, then two, three or four terms — with worked examples, each checked by multiplying back out.
3 min de lecture
Solving inequalities like equations — with one extra rule — and showing the answer on a number line, in interval notation and as a shaded region.
2 min de lecture
A solution is a value that makes an equation true. How to check one, and examples with one solution, no solution, all real numbers and two solutions.
2 min de lecture
A five-step method for solving word problems, the key words that turn into maths, and worked examples — ages, consecutive numbers, discounts and tickets.
2 min de lecture
Three ways to graph an equation — a table of values, slope and intercept, and key points of a parabola — with worked examples and how to match a graph to its equation.
3 min de lecture
Function notation, how to graph a function from its formula, how to find its domain and range, and how composite functions such as f(g(x)) work.
2 min de lecture
What a polynomial is, how to simplify and expand polynomials, and how to solve polynomial equations by factoring — with checked examples.
2 min de lecture
What rational expressions are, their excluded values, and how to simplify, multiply, divide, add and subtract them — then solve rational equations.
2 min de lecture
A literal equation has several letters. Solving it means isolating one of them — the same moves as an ordinary equation, with letters instead of numbers.
1 min de lecture
How to simplify the following kinds of expression: like terms, brackets, exponents and complex fractions (a fraction inside a fraction), each with checked examples.
1 min de lecture
The questions that say “find x” — equations, angles on a line, triangle angles, Pythagoras and similar shapes — and the one idea behind all of them.
2 min de lecture
How to find the solution to a system of equations three ways, then how to graph a system of inequalities: boundary lines, shading and the overlap.
Résolvez . Développez : . Soustrayez : . Ajoutez 8 : , donc .
Vérification : et . Les deux membres sont égaux, donc est juste.
Tapez-le dans la calculatrice d’algèbre Sumzo : elle montre chaque étape, et son moteur mathématique vérifie la réponse. Les cours ici enseignent les méthodes derrière ces étapes.
Remplacez votre réponse dans l’équation de départ. Si les deux membres sont égaux, c’est juste — sinon, cherchez la première ligne où votre calcul a modifié l’équation.
Simplifier des expressions et résoudre des équations en une et deux étapes. Tout le reste — second degré, fonctions, systèmes — repose là-dessus.