Adding Expressions

What is the first step when adding this expression?

(-2x + 5) + (6-2x)

• Get rid of the parentheses

• Solve the first group of parentheses, because PEMDAS says work left to right

• Combine like terms

• it is already simplified, you cannot do anything

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CCSS.7.EE.A.1

What is the second step when adding this expression?

(-2x + 5) + (6-2x)

• combine like terms

• solve each group of parentheses and then add

• get rid of the parentheses

• carry the 5

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CCSS.HSA.APR.A.1

What are the like terms in this expression?

(-2x + 5) + (6-2x)

• 5, -2x, and 6 -2x

• -2x and -2x, 6 and 5

• you can't combine them any more

• -2x, 5, 6 and 2,x, there are no like terms

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2B

What is the simplified version of

(-2x + 5) + (6-2x)

• -4x + 11

• 3 + 4

• 5x +11

• 4x -11

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CCSS.7.EE.A.1

True or false:

(6x + 12) + ( 4x -4) = 10x + 8

• True

• False

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CCSS.7.EE.A.1

What are the steps of adding expressions (In order)

• 1) You need to get rid of the parentheses

• 2) You need to combine like terms

• 1) You need to combine like terms

• 2) You need to get rid of the parentheses

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CCSS.7.EE.A.1

Simplify

(2x + 17) + (5x -7)

• 7x + 24

• 3x + 10

• 7x + 10

• This cannot be simplified

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CCSS.7.EE.A.1

True or false:

(2x +1) + ( 1y)

can be simplified

• true

• false

• Well, the expression itself can be simplified, as the parentheses can be taken away (step 1), but there are no like terms, so the numbers will not change. (Step 2)

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CCSS.7.EE.A.1

Simplify this:

(10x +10) + (10 +10x)

• 20x +20x

• 20 + 20

• 20x + 20

• 40

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CCSS.7.EE.A.1

can 43x + 2 be simplified?

• No way!

• Absolutely.

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CCSS.7.EE.A.1