Combining Like Terms With Expressions

What are the like terms in the following expression?

4x² - 3x - 2x

• -3x, -2x

• 3x, 2x

• -3x, 2x

• All the terms in the expression are similar.

These have the the same variable factor and can, therefore, be combined...

• Expressions

• Distributive Property

• Additive Inverse

• Like Terms

What are the like terms in the following algebraic expression?

• -3, 2, -5, 1, 3

• 5 and -2

• 5 and -2 , -3y and -5y, 2x and x

• 3x² and 2x and x

Simplify the expression: 7v + 2 + 12 + 2v

• 23

• 23v

• 9 + 14v

• 9v + 14

Simplify the expression by COMBINING LIKE TERMS.

Mathematical Equivalence

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Nicholas's teacher gave him the final expression "7x+5" and asked him to match this with two correct original expressions given in the list below. Which two original expressions simplify to 7x+5?

• 2x + 1+ 5x + 4

• 10x + 2 - 3x + 3

• x +2 + 4x + 5

• 2x+ 3+ 3x + 4

Nicholas's teacher gave him the final expression "7x+5" and asked him to match this with two correct original expressions given in the list below. Which two original expressions simplify to 7x+5?

• 2x + 1+ 5x + 4

• 10x + 2 - 3x + 3

• x +2 + 4x + 5

• 2x+ 3+ 3x + 4

Mrs. Salpietro has 8x+7 feet of rope for a project she is making. But she needs another 15 feet still. How much rope will she have total for her project?

• 8x+22 feet

• 23x + 7 feet

• 30x feet

• 30 feet

Simplify by combining like terms:
4x² - 3x + 11 -2x

• 4x² - 5x + 11

• 11x + 11

• 16x² - 5x + 11

• 10x²

Simplify the following expression:
-10x + 15 - 3x + 2

• 13x² + 17

• -13x² + 13

• -13x + 17

• -7x + 17