Order of Operations and Combining Like Terms

Simplify by combining like terms:

5a + 2b - 3a + 4b

• 2a + 2b

• 2a + 6b

• 8ab

• 2a - 2b

Simplify:

n -10 +9n -3

• 8n - 7

• 8n - 13

• 10n + 7

• 10n -13

Simplify the expression: 7v + 2 + 12 + 2v - 6 - 4v

• 9v + 8

• 5v + 14

• 5 + 8v

• 5v + 8

Simplify the following expression:
(5 + 4x) + (2x - 8)

• 13 + 6x
• 6x - 3
• 6x - 13
• 6x + 3

Simplify the following expression:
(5x⁴ - 3x + 8x²) - (8x⁴ - 7x²)

• 13x⁴ - 3x + 1x²
• -3x⁴ + 15x² - 3x
• -3x⁴ - 1x² + 3x
• 13x⁴ + 15x² - 3x

Simplify:

3x + 7 - 9x + 24y + 2x² - 11 + 5x²

• 3x + 7 - 7x² + 24y - 4

• 24y + 3x² - 9x + 7

• 7x² - 6x + 24y - 4

• 24y - 9x - 7x² -4

Simplify by combining like terms:

4x² - 3 (x² + 11x) -2x

• x² - 35x

• 7x² + 31x

• x² + 31x

• 7x² - 35x

Simplify the following:

-2 x (3 + 8 ÷ 4)²

• -16

• 1.375

• 4

• -50

Simplify the following:

-8 + (15-3) ÷ 4

• -5

• 1

• -11

• 11

Simplify the following:

(2 + 7 - 1) ÷ 2²

• 16

• 2

• 72.25

• 8.75