Distributive Property/Combining Like Terms

Distributive Property

100

5(x - 12)

What is 5x - 60

200

-7(m + 11)

What is -7m - 77

300

12(-t - 4)

What is -12t - 48

400

-13(3m - 7n)

What is -39m + 91n

500

-14(-8y - 11z)

What is 112y + 154z

Combining (Addition)

100

8a + 15a + a + 9

What is 24a + 9

200

5(x + 7) + 3x

What is 8x + 35

300

12t + 8(2t + 4)

What is 28t + 32

400

6p + 8(4 + 2p) + 2

What is 22p + 34

500

m + 5(4n + 5m) + 6n

What is 26m + 26n

Combining (Subtraction)

100

21b - 11b - 10 - 12b

What is -2b - 10

200

12c - 6(c - 5)

What is 6c + 30

300

5(z - 11) - 26

What is 5z - 81

400

-7d - 8(-5 - d)

What is d + 40

500

-15j - 9(2k - 6j) - 18k

What is 39j - 36k

Combining Like Terms

100

-10(w + 5) + 17w + 31

What is 7w -19

200

19a - 6b - 17a - 3b + 9b - 2a

What is 0

300

-21f - 6(2f - 6) + 18f

What is -15f + 36

400

-11(4r + 7q) + 20q - 19r

What is -63r - 57q

500

53t - 5(13t - 20r) + 17 - 47t

What is -59t + 100r +17

Terms

100

The number in front of a variable

The coefficient 

200

The number that tells you about repeat multiplication 

exponent

300

a number without a variable

constant

400

two terms with the same variable and exponent

like terms

500

a number or variable with and exponent

base