Question

z-4-4z=-1

Answer 1

Instructions?

Answer 2

my teacher just said I needed to combine like terms, then solve.

Answer 3

What terms can you combine?

Answer 4

z-4-4z=-1

Get the z terms on one side and the contant terms on the other.

Answer 5

Okay.

Answer 6

What would that get you?

Answer 7

z-4-4z=-1
Add +4 to both sides.

So, z - 4 + 4 - 4z = -1 + 4
z - 4z = 3
Check my work. And, then, what happens next?

Answer 8

Correct, what else can you combine?

Answer 9

> z - 4z = 3

What is 1z minus 4z?

Answer 10

-5, -4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Answer 11

Here is a number line.

Answer 12

-4z, +1z

Answer 13

If you had one dollar and then spent four dollars, how many would you still owe?