Vocabulary
Combining Addition
Combining Subtraction
Combining like terms
(add and subtract)
Like terms or not like terms
100

The number by itself that is added or subtracted.

What is a constant?
100

8a + 15a + a + 9

What is 24a + 9?

100

21b - 11b - 10 - 12b

What is -2b - 10?

100

-7w - 5 + 17w + 15

What is 10w + 10?

100
7x + 7

Not like terms.

200

Terms that have the same variables and exponents

What is like terms?

200

5x + 35 + 3x + 2

What is 8x + 37?

200

12c - 6c - (-30)

What is 6c +30?

200

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

What is 0?

200

3x - 4x + x

Like terms

300

The number multiplying by the variable.

What is coefficient?
300

32 + 12t + 16t + 8

What is 28t + 40?

300

5z - 55 - 26 - z

What is 4z - 81?

300

-2f - 1f - (-6) + 5f

What is 2f + 6?

300

3x + 2y +2xy

Not like terms.

400

Example: 3 + 5

What is numerical?

400

6p + 32 + 16p + 2 + 4p

What is 26p + 34?

400

-7d - (-40) + 8d

What is d + 40?

400

-5r + 3q - 8q - r

What is -6r - 5q?

400

3ab + 2ab + 7ab

Like terms

500

Example: 5x - 12

What is Algebraic?

500

m + 20n + 25m + 6n

What is 26m + 26n?

500

-15j - 18k - 24j - 18k

What is -39j - 36k?

500

53t - (-20r) + 17 - 10t

What is 43t + 20r +17?

500

10xy - 3xy + 3x - 4xy

Not like terms