Simplify expressions and Combine Like Terms

In this distributive property worksheet, students solve and complete 22 different equations that include applying the distributive property to each one. First, they simplify each expression listed by applying the distributive property....

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...

Combine a video into your lesson plans. Young mathematicians view the informational video to learn about combining like terms. They watch as the narrator works through four examples of combining like terms by applying the distributive...

This video is great preparation for order of operations and linear equations. There are two videos on the distributive property of multiplication. The first one showed why distribution works. This one shows the process in a clear and...

Elementary schoolers observe Sal evaluate the expression 4(8+3) and then use the distributive property to solve it. Using different colors to make the process clear, Sal explains not only how to use the distributive property but, with...

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.

Finishing up his short series on rational expressions, Sal reviews the concept with another example. Those who have a hard time with rational expressions will appreciate the clarity with which Sal explains his process and methodology.

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...

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.