Can your sixth graders use their knowledge of algebraic expressions, inverse operations and solving one-step equations to escape the principal's office? This activity provides a fun and engaging way to practice and review keeping equations balanced as students solve single-step equations in the form of x + p = q and px = q (6th grade math standard 6.EE.B.7). Students will race to match word problems with equations in one variable and find their solutions, find a code by identifying inverse opera