Inverse Operations Teacher Resources

Why waste time teaching multiplication and division facts separately, when this resource allows you to cover both concepts at once. Displaying the fact families for all single-digit factors, these triangle shaped flash cards are a great...

Discover one more step to being able to solve any one-step equation. Scholars continue their work with one-step equations in the 28th installment of a 36-part module. Tape diagrams and algebraic processes introduce how to solve one-step...

A collective groan can be heard when long division is mentioned. Here's a step-by-step demonstration of how to divide a two-digit number by a one-digit number, with a remainder.

In this equations review worksheet, students solve algebraic equations with one variable.  They use inverse operations to solve for the unknown.  Students translate word sentences to number sentences and then solve.  This...

Subtracting like terms, combining like terms, simplifying an expressions all refer to the same thing. The teacher explains two different methods of simplifying this subtraction expression.

In this word problem activity, students solve 6 problems in which they identify the relationship between multiplication and division as inverse operations. They draw arrays and write equations.

For this addition and subtraction inverse operations worksheet, students fill in the blanks in 16 addition and subtraction sentences with the appropriate numbers based on inverse relationships.

Young math whizzes role play a doctor operating on a patient without diagnosing the patient's condition. They relate this medical malpractice to performing a mathematical operation before evaluating conditions or deciding what the...

Now there are parentheses in these equations? As the lessons continue in this series, equations get progressively more complex. Eighth graders solve equations by applying the distributive property before using inverse operations. 

Bring balance to your lesson plans with an activity that asks individuals to solve one-step linear equations with inverse operations. Balance scales help learners understand the concept of isolating the variable.

If you need a way to address math and reading in one lesson, look no further than a passage about inverse operations, complete with reading comprehension questions. Kids focus on context clues to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words.

Reinforce math vocabulary with a set of flash cards. Forty-eight cards offer boldly printed words, and their corresponding definition alongside an example with labels. Terms include absolute value, inverse operations, slope, and more! 

Fifth graders solve equations. For this algebraic equations lesson plan, 5th graders use the inverse operation to solve an equation. The teacher reminds students to perform the operation on both sides of the equation. This lesson plan...

In the multiplication and division worksheet, students write two related multiplication equations for 18 different division equations to learn about the inverse relationship between division and multiplication.

How are multiplication and division connected? Read a passage about inverse operations to find out how you can use products and quotients to check your work when completing an equation from the opposite operation.

Where did all these variables come from, anyway? The previous lessons in the series ask learners to solve multi-step equations using the distributive property, combining like terms, and using inverse operations. Now scholars solve...

Understanding the inverse relationship between addition and subtraction is essential for developing fluency in young mathematicians. Zoe and RJ explain how three numbers can form fact families that make two addition and two subtraction...

Helpful for building a multiplication unit that focuses on different strategies. With explanations about repeated addition and subtraction as foundations for multiplication, scaling, summaries of progression, and basic multiplication and...

In this equations with fractions worksheet, students review inverse operations and reciprocals along with sample problems, then find the reciprocal and solve 3 equations with fractions.

This tutorial video will show you how to get rid of that radical in the denominator and rationalize your fraction! Great for in-class or at-home use, this video could be used to supplement a lesson or clarify radicals, rationalizing, and...

A detailed video tutorial on how to solve an equation with fractions with different denominators, this resource could prove to be a valuable tool. This video covers how to deal with fractions as well as how to solve an algebraic equation...

Some equations require inverses of multiplication and division. Solving equations use inverse operations to isolate the variable. The video shows how to solve one-step equations involving multiplication and division and works several...

This tutorial video will show you how to get rid of that radical in the denominator and rationalize your fraction! Great for in-class or at-home use, this video could be used to supplement a lesson or clarify radicals, rationalizing, and...

In this inverses worksheet, students analyze 20 basic multiplication facts. Students write the inverse corresponding division problem for each one.