Math lesson

Math lesson

Distribute properties and combine like terms

Steps

• Distribute first

• Combine Like Terms

• List alphabetically with constants last

Examples

2(3x+10)+5

• Distribute: 2(3x+10) - (6x+20)

• Combine: 6x+20+5 *take away () - 20+5=25

• List: 6x+25

5(5+3x)+10

• Distribute: 5(5+3x) - (25+15x)

• Combine: 25+15x+10 - 15+20=35

• List: 15x+35

7(v-1)-5

• Distribute: 7(v-1) - 7v-7

• Combine: 7v-7-5 ^ -7-5=-12

• List: 7v-12

8(2x-3)-8x

• Distribute: 8(2x-3) - 16x-24

• Combine: 16x-24-8x - 16x-8x=8x

• List: 8x-24