Algebra Made Easy
See why mathematics uses letters, what x really means and how an equation stays balanced.


See why mathematics uses letters, what x really means and how an equation stays balanced.
Algebra is a language for talking clearly about quantities we do not yet know.
People solved unknown-quantity problems long before modern x and y notation.
Learn the language before memorising the trick.
Can you explain the last idea in your own words without looking back?
Any valid operation must preserve equality on both sides.
Subtract 3 from both sides, then divide both sides by 2. x = 4.
Pricing, engineering, coding, budgeting and science all use known and unknown quantities.
Do not wait until you remember everything. Use the lesson once, notice where you struggle, then return to the explanation. Work you can improve is better proof than a page you merely completed.
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