Real Number System
Distributive Property
Distributing a Negative
Simplifying Expressions
Vocab
100

Positive and negative whole numbers

Integers

100

What is the distributive property?

Multiplying the term DIRECTLY in front of parentheses to every term inside parentheses.

100

What do we need to be mindful of when distributing a negative?

Signs of the terms inside the parentheses

100

Simplify:

2x + 3 + 5x + 6

7x + 9

100

A letter representing an unknown value

Variable

200

A type of numbers that can be written as a fraction

Rational Numbers

200

Simplify the following expression:

2 ( x + 5)

2x + 10

200

-7(4x + 2)

-28x -14

200

Simplify:

5c - 4c + c + 6b + 3b

9b + 2c     or    2c + 9b

200

A number by itself (no variable)

Constant

300

Numbers that cannot be written as a fraction

Irrational Numbers

300

Simplify the expression:

5(4n - 3)

20n - 15
300

What happens when you multiply two negatives?

Answer is positive

300

True or False: You do 3 + 4 first to simplify this expression.

3 + 4(2n - 5)

False. Distribute the 4 first

300

Number being multiplied by a variable

Coefficient

400
Write an example of an irrational number

Answers will vary

400

Simplify:

10(3x + 12 - 7x)

30x + 120 - 70x2

400

-(-3x + 10)

3x - 10

400

-10x - 10(5x + 11)

-60x - 110

400

Small number to the upper right corner of a number or variable

ex. )  the two in x2

Exponent or power

500

How many subsets are there in Rational Numbers? List them

3 subsets: Integers, Whole Numbers, and Natural Numbers

500

Simplify:

1 + 7(1 - 3x)

-21x + 8  or 8 - 21x

500

-4x(2x + 8)

-8x2 - 32x

500

Simplify:

2(x - 3x) - 6x(5x - 8)

- 30x2 + 44


500

Terms with the same variables and same exponents

Like Terms