Distributive Property
Commutative Property
Associative Property
Combining Like Terms
Vocabulary
100

6 (x + 3)

What is 6x + 18?
100

Rewrite 5 + 11 using the Commutative Property.

What is 11 + 5?

100

Rewrite (4 + 8) + 2 using the Associative Property.

What is 4 + (8 + 2)?

100

6x + 10 + 4x + 2

What is 10x + 12?

100

What is the order of operations? 

What is PEMDAS?

200

-5 (x + 2)

What is -5x - 10? (or What is -5x + (-10)?)

200

Rewrite 7 + 8 + 9 using the Commutative Property.

What is 8 + 7 + 9?

200

Rewrite (21 + 9) + 6 using the Associative Property.

What is 21 + (9 + 6)?

200

3x - 7 - x + 9

What is 2x + 2?

200

Constants or variables with coefficients that can be grouped together for being alike 

What are like terms ?

300

-10 (9 - x)

What is -90 + 10x? (or What is -90 - (-10x)?)

300

Rewrite 21 + 3 + 6 using the Commutative Property.

What is 3 + 21 + 6?

300

Rewrite (2+72)+6 using the Associative Property.

What is 2 + (72 + 6)? 

300

-5x + 1 - 6x + 8

What is -11x + 9?

300

States that multiplying a number by a group of numbers added/ subtracted together is the same as doing each multiplication separately.                                   

What is distributive property?

400

(3x + 9)/3?

What is x + 3?

400

Rewrite x * 5 * 8 using the Commutative Property.

What is 5 * x * 8?

400

Rewrite 6 + (9 + 11) using the Associative Property.

What is (6 + 9) + 11?

400

x2 + 12 - 2x2 + 3

What is -x2 + 15?

400

Numbers can be moved or swapped from their position without making any difference to the answer.

What is commutative property?

500

-3x2 (x - 7)

What is -3x3 + 21x2? (or What is -3x3 - (-21x2)?)

500

Rewrite 7 - 20 - 8 using the Commutative Property.

*Not possible! Commutative Property does not work with subtraction and division.*

500

Rewrite (10 + 20) + (5 +2) using the Associative Property.

What is (10+2) + (20 + 5)?

500

3x+ 8x - 3x + x2 - 9

What is 4x2 + 5x - 9?

500

When three or more numbers are added (or multiplied), the sum (or the product) is the same regardless of the grouping of the numbers.

What is the associative property?

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