Simplifying Expressions

Distributive Property

100

Simplify:

2(x + 3)

2x + 6

200

Simplify:

4(x + y - z)

4x + 4y - 4z

300

Simplify:

2(3x - 5)

6x - 10

400

Simplify:

3(x + 3 + y)

3x + 9 + 3y

500

Simplify:

4(2x + 3 + 5y)

8x + 12 + 20y

Combining Like Terms (I)

100

Simplify:

2a + a

3a

200

Simplify:

2x + 3y + 8x

10x + 3y

300

Simplify:

 2(y + 8)

2y + 16

400

Simplify:

3(1a + 1b) + 4(1a + 1b)

7a + 7b

500

Simplify:

1p + 9q +  14p

15p + 9q 

Everything but the Kitchen Sink

100

When will the new Attleboro High School be finished?

2022

200

When is the last day of school at BMS?

June 16

300

Who just announced their retirement from the Patriots?

Julian Edelman

400

Name one of our U.S. Senators from MA

Ed Markey or Elizabeth Warren 

500

How old was Prince Philip when he died?

99

Integer Operations

100

-2 * -6 =

positive 12

200

3-7= 

negative 4

300

-3+2+6

positive 5

400

-2*5-6=

negative 16

500

-3(5-1p)

15+3p

Vocabulary

100

a number that is unknown, represented by a letter

variable

200

To solve an equation you want to combine like terms and __________the variable

Isolate

300

has NO equal sign

expression

400

terms that share a variable

like terms

500

a property that is used when simplifying expressions that have parentheses

distributive property