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Distributive Property
Combining (Addition)
Combining (Subtraction)
Combining Like Terms
Terms, Coefficients, Constants
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5(x - 12)
What is 5x - 60
100
8a + 15a + a + 9
What is 24a + 9
100
21b - 11b - 10 - 12b
What is -2b - 10
100

10(w + 5) + 17w + 31

What is 87w + 81

100

7x - 3 + 8x

Terms: 3

Coefficients: 7 and 8

Constant: 3

200

7(m + 11)

What is 7m + 77

200
5(x + 7) + 3x
What is 8x + 35
200

12c + 6(c + 5)

What is 6c + 30

200

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

What is 0

200

8x + 3y - 5

Terms: 3

Coefficients: 8 and 3

Constant: 5

300

12(t - 4)

What is 12t - 48

300
12t + 8(2t + 4)
What is 28t + 32
300

5(z + 11) + 26

What is 5z + 81

300

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

What is 51f + 36

300

What is a coefficient? 

The number multiplying with the variable. 

400

13(3m - 7n)

What is 39m - 91n

400
6p + 8(4 + 2p) + 2
What is 22p + 34
400

7d + 8(5 + d)

What is 15d + 40

400

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

What is 25r + 97q

400

What is a variable? 

Letter representing the unknown.

500

14(8y - 11z)

What is 112y - 154z

500
m + 5(4n + 5m) + 6n
What is 26m + 26n
500

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

What is 69j + 36k

500

5t + 5(13t + 20r) + 17 + 4t

What is 100 r+ 74t +17

500

How do you know what terms you can combine? 

Terms must be like, they need to have the same variable or they are constants.