Savannah, you always do the opposite operation. If you have addition, you subtract. If you have subtraction, you add.
Why? Let's do c + 44 = 45. If we want to "move" 44 to the other side and isolate c on the left, we subtract 44 from both sides.
c + 44 - 44 = 45 - 44
Since 44 -44 = 0, we now have c + 0 = 1, though we skip that step and just write c = 1.
If we have subtraction, like c - 44 = 45, then we add 44 to both sides.
c - 44 + 44 = 45 + 44
-44 + 44 = 0, so we have the same as before.
c = 49.
We can even go further. Let's say that we have 3c = 33. Since 3c means 3 x c, we divide both sides by 3.
3c/3 = 33/3
Since 3/3 = 1, we have 1c = 11, but we write 1c as just c, so c = 11.
Let's do division. c/3 = 2. We multiply both sides by 3.
3c/3 = 2(3)
Again, 1c = 6, so c = 6.
I know this is more than what you asked for, but I hope it makes sense!
