Academic Vocabulary
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Distributive Property/Combine Like Terms
100
A letter used to represent an unknown number
What is a variable?
100

s + 27 = 171

What is 144 ?

100

-3a - 5 = 4

What is -3 ?

100

5(m/5 + 4) = 12

What is -8 ?

100

2(7x + 5)

What is 14x + 10?

200

The Inverse Operation of Addition

What is subtraction?

200

g/11 = 11

What is 121 ?

200

2a + 11 = 35

What is 12 ?

200

2(y + 11) = 26

What is 2 ?

200

a + 7 - 3a -1

What is -2a +6 ?

300

A number right in front of a variable

What is a coefficient?

300

q - 39 = 234

What is 273 ?

300

k/8 +21 = 97

What is 608 ?

300

127 = 11(g/11 + 37) + 3g

What is -70 ?

300

9(y/9 - 18) -6y + 20

What is -5y - 142 ?

400

Taking the number outside and multiplying to everything inside the parenthesis

What is the Distributive Property?

400

13s = 169

What is 13 ?

400

y/9 - 8 = 52

What is 540 ?

400

2(8k +27) +15 = -11

What is -5 ?

400

5x (5x - 1) + 3x

What is 25x^2 - 2x ?

500

Grouping the same terms together

What is Combine Like Terms?

500
-19x = -361

What is 19 ?

500

d/10 - 83 = 64

What is 1470 ?

500

-3(4x + 3) + 4(6x +1) = 43

What is 4?

500

3(2a - 2b) - 3b(b -a) - a

What is 5a + 3ab - 6b - 3b^2 ?

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