Identify and Combine Like Terms and the Distributive Property

Expand and simplify 4(7x + 3).

• 28x + 12

• 28x + 3

• 47x + 12

• 47x + 3

Expand and simplify 3(2z + 1) - 2(5 + z).

• 4z - 7

• 7z - 7

• 8z - 7

• 4z + 13

5x(2x + 3)

• 10x² + 15x

• 7x + 15x

• 7x² + 8x

• 25x²

Combine like terms to simplify:
 (5x + 2) + (4x + 5)

• 9x -7

• -9x-11

• 9x+7

• x+7

(4x²+ x) - (x²+ 2x)

• 3x² - x

• 4x² + 2x

• 3x² + 3x

• 3x² + 2x

Expand and simplify 3(c - 2d) - 2(2c - 3d).

• -c

• c

• -c - 12d

• -c + 12d

(4n⁴ - 8n + 4) - (8n² + 4n⁴ + 1)

• -8n² - 8n + 3 

• -7n² - 8n + 3 

• -6n² - 8n + 3

• -7n² - 4n + 3

3(2c - 5)

• 6c - 15

• 6c + 15

• 6c + 15

• -6c - 15

-10 (-3x - 5y)

• 30x - 50y

• -30x - 50y

• 30x + 50y

-9n + 12n + 7

• 28n

• 10n

• 21n + 7

• 3n + 7