Semester 1 Review - Combining Like Terms

Semester 1 Review - Combining Like Terms

Identifying Like Terms vs. Unlike

Open Ended

What characteristics make terms in an expression "like terms" ?

Open Ended

How can we combine like terms?

Multiple Choice

Rewrite the expression by combining like terms.

3xy + 8x² + 4y + 2y – 5x²

• 3x² + 3xy + 6y

• 6y² + 2xy + 2x

• 7x² + 35x

• 3x² + 6y + y

Multiple Choice

Rewrite the expression by combining like terms.

8y² + 7xy – 2y² - 5xy + 2x

• 3x² + 3xy + 6y

• 6y² + 2xy + 2x

• 7x² + 35x

• 3x² + 6xy + y

Multiple Choice

Simplify:  $7y^2\ -5y\ +\ 9y\ -\ 5y^2$  

•  $6y^{2\ }$  

•  $2y^{2\ }+\ 4y\$  

•  $12y^{2\ }+\ 14y$  

• Can't be simplified

Multiple Choice

Rewrite the expression by combining like terms.

4x² – 2x² + 2y + 6y² – y + x²

• 3x² + 3xy + 6y

• 6y² + 2xy + 2x

• 7x² + 35x

• 3x² + 7y² + y

Multiple Choice

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

• 4x² - 5x + 11
• 11x + 11
• 16x² - 5x + 11
• 10x²

Multiple Choice

Which expression is equivalent to:

d + d + d + 3 + 2

• 3d + 5

• d + 5

• 2d + 7

• 3d + 4

Multiple Choice

Which expression is equivalent to

v + v + v + v + v?

• 5v

• v⁵

• v + 5

• v5

Multiple Choice

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

• 7, 24y
• 3x, 9x
• 3x, -9x
• 3x, -9x, 2x²

Open Ended

How can we combine like terms?