Combining Like Terms

Choose the correct definition of like terms:

• terms that contain different variables

• terms that have the same variable or no variable at all

• terms that are the same

Choose the correct definition for combining like terms:

• putting all of the coefficients together no matter what the variable is.

• a way of making equations and expressions more complex

• a way to simplify equations and expressions by adding coefficients of the like terms together

Simplify:

8x + 10x

• 2x

• 18x

• -18x

• -2x

Simplify:

-5m - 2m

• -7m

• 7m

• 3m

• -3m

Simplify:

16y - 12y + 6y

• 10y

• 34y

• -2y

• -10y

Simplify:

10x + 4 + 3x

• 4x + 10

• 7x + 4

• 17

• 13x + 4

Simplify:

p - 6 + 7p - 4

• 6p + 10

• 18

• 8p - 10

• -2

Simplify:

2x + 3z - 9y + 4z -y

• -1xyz

• 2x - 10y + 7z

• 2x + 10y + 7z

• 2x + 8y - z

Simplify:

5x + 6 - 3x

• 14x

• 2x + 6

• 4x

• 2

Simplify:

-4v + 6v - 5v

• 15v

• -3

• -3v

• -15v