Math.com: The Basics of Algebra: Like Terms

What makes terms like terms? Individuals explore the question as they view the video presentation. The lesson first models classifying like terms. The instructor goes on to demonstrate combining like terms in polynomial expressions of...

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...

You've got to like a resource on like terms. Scholars learn how to identify like terms and how to combine them to simplify expressions. They watch a video that looks at several examples of the concept.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.