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What are Inverse Operations?

What are inverse operations?

Summary

  1. Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division are known as 'operations'
  2. The black 'x' is a variable
  3. After adding and subtracting 7 from x, we get x back again
  4. You can also subtract and then add 7 and you'll still get x back again
  5. Addition and subtraction are inverse operations
  6. Multiplication and division are inverse operations
  7. Both the red 'X' and the red dot are multiplication symbols
  8. We're seeing division undo multiplication here, so they must also be inverse operations!

Notes

    1. When two operations undo one another, we call them inverse operations!
    1. Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division are known as 'operations'
    2. Before we added and subtracted the same number and ended up with what we started with
    3. These two operations 'undid' each other, so they are inverse operations
    1. We're seeing division undo multiplication here, so they must be inverse operations!