Students will use the distributive property to simply expressions by removing parentheses from the expression. Like terms will then be combined to completely simplify the expression.

Bank on your ability to write equivalent expressions. Scholars use an interactive to create expressions using coins. They then convert these to algebraic expressions and figure out how to evaluate them. A game with various difficulty...

For this online math worksheet, students practice their ability to simplify algebraic expressions by combining like terms. Students can check their answers, and there are "hints" given should they get stuck.

Alphabet soup just got an upgrade. Pupils drag expressions from algebraic soup to indicate whether it is a like term to x or to y. Some challenge questions require combining the like terms to simplify expressions.

Investigate division within an algebraic term using an inquiry-based lesson. Individuals adjust sliders and watch as the simplification of the term changes. Questions help guide them to important conclusions.

Please excuse my dear Aunt Sally! Sort of like an animated slide show, this lesson walks fifth graders through the order of operations. Also included are a sing-along karaoke video, key vocabulary with definitions, and a seven-question...

Count on tiles to add polynomials. Pupils drag virtual algebra tiles onto colored mats to represent the sum of two polynomials. The learners count the number of like tiles to find the coefficient of each term. They finish...

In this Algebra I worksheet, 9th graders solve linear equations in which like variable terms must be combined. The one page interactive worksheet contains fifteen problems. Answers and a hint are provided. 

In this Algebra I worksheet, 9th graders identify properties from the real number system and use the distributive property to collect simplify expressions with parentheses.  The one page interactive worksheet contains five multiple...

In this interactive Internet  assignment, physical science investigators answer 11 questions about the atom, the subatomic particles, and atomic structure. They can click on "Reveal Answer" to discover if they are correct. They also...

In this TAKS math quiz worksheet, students take an online quiz focused on multiplying exponents. Quiz may be graded online by clicking a link.

Students match the math expressions with its simplification using the order of operations. Players draw a line between matching items in each column.

Learn about the origins of algebra when you travel to Baghdad in the 9th century. You will have algebra problems to solve by moving terms around and simplifying numbers, until you have just the value of the variable left.

This resource covers negative exponents and demonstrates how to simplify expressions containing them. Explains why "to the power zero" means "equals 1".A negative exponent just means that the base 'x' is on the wrong side of the fraction...