Combining Like Terms

Front

What are like terms?

Back

Like terms are terms that have the same variable raised to the same power. For example, 3x and 5x are like terms.

Front

What are unlike terms?

Back

Unlike terms are terms that have different variables or different powers of the same variable. For example, 3x and 4y are unlike terms.

Front

What is a coefficient?

Back

A coefficient is a numerical factor in a term. For example, in the term 5x, 5 is the coefficient.

Front

Combine the like terms: 4a + 3a.

Back

7a.

Front

Combine the like terms: 2x + 5y + 3x.

Back

5x + 5y.

Front

What is the coefficient of x in the expression 7x - 2y + 4?

Back

7.

Front

Combine the like terms: 6m + 4n - 2m + 3n.

Back

4m + 7n.

Front

What is the result of combining the like terms: 2a + 3b - 4a + 5b?

Back

-2a + 8b.

Front

What is the coefficient of y in the expression 9x + 4y - 7?

Back

4.

Front

Are the terms 2x and 2x^2 like or unlike?

Back

Unlike.