m/6 + 5 = 18

Question

What is the FIRST operation needed on both sides of the equation to solve it?

Answer 1

To solve the equation $\frac{m}{6}+5=18$, the first operation you would need to perform on both sides is to subtract 5 from each side. This will help to isolate the term with $m$ on one side of the equation.

So, the operation is:

$$\frac{m}{6}+5-5=18-5$$

This simplifies to:

$$\frac{m}{6}=13$$

After this first step, you would continue solving for $m$.