Coefficient, Terms, Like Terms, Constants

Combine like terms to simplify: 5 + b + 2

• 7b

• 7b + 7

• 7 + b

• 8b

Combine like terms to simplify: 6m + m - 4m

• 10m

• 3m

• 2m

• 11m

Combine like terms to simplify: 8x - 8d

• 8

• xd

• 0

• They are unlike terms, so cannot be simplified.

4 is the __________ of 4n.

• equation

• variable

• coefficient

• solution

10 is the ______ in the expression 10 + 2y

• constant

• coefficient

• variable

• like term

What is a coefficient?

• the numerical part of a term; the constant that is multiplied by a variable

• a term without a variable; a number

• terms with the same variable parts

• a variable, a constant, or a product of a variable and a constant

What is a constant?

• the numerical part of a term; the constant that is multiplied by a variable

• a term without a variable; a number

• terms with the same variable parts

• a variable, a constant, or a product of a variable and a constant

What is a term?

• the numerical part of a term; the constant that is multiplied by a variable

• a term without a variable; a number

• terms with the same variable parts

• a variable, a constant, or a product of a variable and a constant

What are like terms?

• the numerical part of a term; the constant that is multiplied by a variable

• a term without a variable; a number

• terms with the same variable parts

• a variable, a constant, or a product of a variable and a constant

Identify all of the constants in the expression below. Choose all that apply.

• 3x

• 3

• 4

• -12

• 12