Whatever you do to one side of the equal sign, you must copy and do on the other side of the equal sign

Negative signs can be ignored

Always start on the left side, regardless of where the variable is

Always do the opposite operation

Your answer will be positive

Your answer will be negative

Inverse Operations

Adding Opposites

Opposite Operations

Additive Inverse

Constant

Variable

Coefficient

Equation

Algebraic expressions do not have variables, but equations do have variables

Expressions and equations are not different

Expressions do not have an equal sign and equations need to have an equal sign

Expressions need to have an equal sign and equations do not have an equal sign

-8

$\frac{1}{8}$

8

$\frac{-1}{8}$