Vocabulary
Combining (Addition)
Combining (Subtraction)
Combining Like Terms
(Add & Subtract Mix)
Like Terms OR
Not Like Terms
100
In an expression, the parts being added together or subtracted. Example: 4x + 3x + 3y + 7y
What is a term?
100
8a + 15a + a + 9
What is 24a + 9
100
21b - 11b - 10 - 2b
What is 8b - 10
100
17w + 15 - 7w - 5
What is 10w + 10
100
Like Terms OR Not Like Terms 7x + 7
NOT Like Terms
200
Terms that contain the same variable(s) raised to the same exponent. These terms can be combined. Example: 3x + 9x or 7y + 3Y
What are like terms?
200
5x + 35 + 3x + 2
What is 8x + 37
200
12c - 6c - 30
What is 6c - 30
200

19a +9b  - 17a - 3b - 6b - 2a

What is 0
200
Like Terms OR Not Like Terms 3x - 4x + x
Like Terms
300
A mathematical phrase that contains numbers, operations, and/or variables (but no = sign). Example: 5x + 4y + 5 - 2x
What is an expression?
300
32 + 12t + 16t + 8
What is 28t + 40
300
5z + 55 - 24 - z
What is 4z + 31
300

5f - 1f +6 - 2f

What is 2f + 6
300
Like Terms OR NOT Like Terms 3x + 2y + 2xy
NOT Like Terms
400
To perform all indicated operations, including combining like terms. When you do this you do not always get a number answer like 25 or 10 or -1. Frequently you get an expression as an answer, like 2x + 5.
What is simplify?
400
6p + 32 + 16p + 2 + 4p
What is 26p + 34
400
8d +40 - 7d
What is d + 40
400
5r + 8q - 3q - r
What is 4r + 5q
400
Like Terms OR Not Like Terms 3ab + 2ab + 7ba
Like Terms
500
A symbol, usually a letter of the alphabet, used to represent a quantity that can change.
What is a variable?
500
m + 20n + 25m + 6n
What is 26m + 26n
500
24j +15s + 18k - 13j - 9k - 7s
What is 11j - 9k + 8s
500
53t +20r + 17 - 10t
What is 43t + 20r +17
500
Like Terms OR Not Like Terms 10xy -3xy + 3x - 4xy
Not Like Terms
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