Identify Like Terms and Combine Like Terms

It is not good enough to have the same variable, they must have the same exponents too. The video introduces the class to like terms, while giving the definition of like terms and providing examples of combining like terms through addition.

Merge two important algebraic skills to simplify polynomial expressions. A thorough video lesson describes the process of distributing and combining like terms to simplify an expression. Examples show how to distribute one or two...

Do your pupils confuse multiplying variables terms with adding variable terms? A video presentation uses factoring to isolate the coefficients of the like terms before combining, emphasizing the difference between addition and...

Teach solving equations on your terms ... like terms, that is! Multi-step equations take many forms and require a series of different steps. A video lesson shows the steps of solving an equation that requires combining like terms. After...

Do you want to combine like terms the long way, or the quick way? Well, the instructor shows you both ways, and I bet you will prefer to combine like terms the quick way.

Subtracting like terms, combining like terms, and simplifying an expression all refer to the same thing here. The teacher explains two different methods of simplifying this subtraction expression.

Combine those like terms! What does that mean? How do I do that? Find terms with the same variable and find terms with the same powers and combine their coefficients.

Do you want to combine like terms the long way, or the quick way? Well, the instructor shows you both ways, and I bet you will prefer to combine like terms the quick way.

Subtracting like terms, combining like terms, simplifying an expressions all refer to the same thing. The teacher explains two different methods of simplifying this subtraction expression.

Combine those like terms! What does that mean? How do I do that? Find terms with the same variable and find terms with the same powers and combine their coefficients.