Carla and Cassie's Unproject

2 Step Multiplying

1. isolate the variable

2. cancel the constant (integer)
3. balance
4. simplify
5. cancel coefficient (multiply or divide)
6. balance
7. simplify
8. verify

2 Step Divide
-isolate
-zero pair for constant
-balance
-divide using multiplication
-balance
-simplify
-verify 

Distributive Property Modelling

Definitions

Variable - A letter that represents an unknown number. 

Constant - The number that does not change
Coefficient - The number that is multiplying the variable