Like Terms
Identify the like terms:
2x 2 5y x 12 y z
What are 2x and x, 5y and y, and 2 and 12?
Distribute
2(4 + x)
Distribute
4(x + y)
What is 4x + 4y?
Using the GCF, rewrite the sum as a product of 2 terms
36 + 4y
What is 4(9 + y)?
Simplify
3(x + 3) - 2x
What is x + 9?
Identify the like terms
12 2 x 10 y z 0
What are 12, 2, 10, and 0?
Distribute
8(x - 8)
What is 8x - 64?
Distribute
7(2y + 3x)
What is 14y + 21x?
Using the GCF, rewrite the sum as a product of 2 terms
14x + 35
What is 7(2x + 5)?
Simplify
2b + 4(2b + 5)
Identify the like terms
x y z 1 2 3 4 5
What are 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5?
Distribute
6(3x + 2)
What is 18x + 12?
Distribute
5(x + 2y)
What is 5x + 10y?
Using the GCF, rewrite the difference as a product of 2 terms
36 - 60y
What is 12(3 - 5y)?
Simplify
4(x + 3) + 5(x + 2)
What is 9x + 22?
Identify the like terms
5a 4 2a z a y 6b
What are 5a, 2a, and a?
Distribute
5(5 - 4x)
What is 25 - 20x?
Distribute
6(7 - x)
What is 42 - 6x?
Using the GCF, rewrite the difference as a product of 2 terms
12x - 28y
What is 4(3x - 7y)?
Simplify
4(x + 2) + 3(x - 1)
What is 7x + 5?
Identify the like terms
4 7c 8d 5 c 6 2d
What are 4, 5, and 6, 7c and c, and 8d and 2d?
Distribute
9(x + 1)
What is 9x + 9?
Distribute
9(5x - 3y)
What is 45x - 27y?
Using the GCF, rewrite the sum as a product of 2 terms
18 + 24x + 36y
What is 6(3 + 4x + 6y)?
Simplify
5z + 4 + 2(z - 2)
What is 7z?