Basic Algebraic Expressions
Combining Like Terms
Distributive Property
Vocabulary
100

Simplify: 3x + 5x

What is 8x?

100

Simplify: 6x + x

What is 7x?


100

Simplify: 3(2 + x)

What is 6 + 3x?


100

A symbol, usually a letter like "x" or "y", that represents an unknown value

What is a variable?

200

Simplify: 2x + 3 + 4x + 7

What is 6x + 10?

200

Simplify: 4y - 2y + 3

What is 2y + 3?


200

Simplify: 4(3y + 2)

What is 12y + 8?


200

A term without a variable is called this. 

What is a constant term?

300

Simplify: 5y - 3 + 2y + 6

What is 7y + 3?

300

Simplify: 9a + 3b - 5a + 6b

What is 4a + 9b?


300

 Simplify: 5(x - 3)

What is 5x - 15?

300

A term with a variable is called this. 

What is a variable term?

400

Simplify: 4a + 7b - 2a + 5b  

What is 2a + 12b?

400

Simplify: 12z - 4 + 5z + 10

What is 17z + 6?


400

Simplify: 2(3a + 4) + 2a

What is 8a + 8?


400

The number next to a variable is called this.

What is a coefficient?

500

Simplify: 3t - 2 + 5 - 8t + 7

What is -5t + 10?


500

Simplify: 11p - 2q + 7 - 3p + 3q

What is 8p + q + 7?


500

Simplify: 7(2x - 5) + 3x

What is 17x - 35?


500

A number sentence written in Math without an equal sign is called this. 

What is an expression?