Identifying Like Terms

True or False: 5xy and 5x are like terms.

• True

• False

• They are similar terms

• They are not like terms

Identify the like terms in the expression: 3x + 9x + 2x².

• 3x, 2x²

• 9x, 2x²

• 3x, 9x

• 3x, 9x²

True or False: Like terms have to contain the SAME variable.

• True

• False

• Only if they have the same coefficient

• Only if they are both constants

True or False: 9m² and 9m are like terms.

• True

• False

• They are similar terms

• They are equivalent terms

Identify the like terms in the expression: 5x + 8 + 2x.

• 5x, 8

• 2x, 8

• 5x, 2x

• 5x, 2x, 8

What is the coefficient in the term 7y?

• 5

• 7

• 10

• 3

What is the sum of the like terms: 2x + 3x?

• 4x

• 5x

• 6x

• 3x

Identify the like terms in the expression: 6a² + 3a + 2a².

• 6a², 3a

• 3a, 2a²

• 6a², 2a²

• 2a², 3a

What are the like terms in the expression: 8p + 2q + 3p?

• 8p, 2q

• 2q, 3p

• 8p, 3p

• 8p, 2p

Identify the like terms in the expression: 4x² + 5x + 6x².

• 4x², 5x

• 5x, 6x²

• 4x², 6x²

• 4x², 5x, 6x²