Simplifying Expressions (Combining Like Terms)

Simplify by combining like terms:

7t - 3t + t - 3t

• 2t

• 8t - 6t

• 14t

• Can't be simplified

Simplify by combining like terms:

x + 3x + 6x + x

• 9x

• 11x

• 2x + 9x

• Can't be simplified

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

• 4x² - 5x + 11

• 11x + 11

• 16x² - 5x + 11

• 10x²

Simplify by combining like terms:

8y² + 7xy – 2y² - 5xy + 2x

• 3x² + 3xy + 6y

• 6y² + 2xy + 2x

• 7x² + 35x

• 3x² + 6xy + y

Simplify by combining like terms:

m + 9 - 4m

• 5m

• m + 5m

• -3m + 9

• 4m

Simplify by combining like terms:

2a² – 8a²+ 5a³– 11a²

• - 5a² + 5a³

• -17a² + 5a³

• 5a^{2 -} 5a³

Like terms have the same _____ and the same _____.

• variables and numbers

• signs and numbers

• variables and exponents

• variables and signs

Simplify by combining like terms:

8x² + 5x + 2y + x

• 14x + 2y

• 13x²+ 2y + x

• 8x² + 6x + 2y

• 8x² + 7xy + x

Which of these are like terms in the following expression:
3x + 7 - 9x + 24y + 2x²

• 7, 24y

• 3x, 9x

• 3x, -9x

• 3x, -9x, 2x²

Combine like terms
3x + 2x + 11y - 7y

• 5x + 10y

• 5x - 4y

• 5x + 4y

• 5x -10y