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Order of Operations
Combining Like Terms

Vocabulary

Example Problem

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Terms with no number in front of the variable have a coefficient of 1.

(i.e. x has a coefficient of 1 and -x has a coefficient of -1.)

Combining Like Terms Practice (Beginner)

Steps To Simplify Expressions Involving Like Terms

Step 1: Organize your like terms from greatest coefficient to smallest coefficient alphabetically.
Step 2: Simplify by combining the coefficients of the similar terms.

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coefficients, contant, expression, term, and variable.
Simplify each expression.          Acceptable answers: 7x, -4y

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