Simple formulae
Mathematics · Algebra · procedural
Understand and use standard mathematical formulae; rearrange formulae to change the subject, performing inverse operations to isolate a different variable
What mastery looks like
- Identify the subject of a given formula
- Use inverse operations to rearrange a formula to make a different variable the subject
- Rearrange formulae involving multiple steps including fractions and powers
Check your understanding
If a formula gives speed as distance ÷ time, can Simple formulae rearrange it to find distance or time when they're the unknowns instead?
Prerequisites
Required first