Lesson 14: Combining Like Terms - October 10, 2022

Lesson 14: Combining Like Terms

October 10, 2022

TN Standard

7.EE.A.1.​

​Apply properties of operations as strategies to add, subtract, factor, and expand linear expressions with rational coefficients.

​You will be able to combine like terms of coefficients and variables to make a simplified equation.

​Vocabulary

Variable - A symbol (usually a letter) that represents an unknown number in an equation

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Coefficient - ​A number used to multiply a variable

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Like terms - Terms that contain the same variable​

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Constant -Signed number in an equation without a variable​

​Introduction to Combining Like Terms

2🎵​ + 3🎵 =

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7​💗 + 2🎵 + 3🎵+ 2💗 =

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2x + 1 + 7x + 5 =

Fill in the Blanks

3 apples + 7 apples =

apples

Fill in the Blanks

4a + 2a =

a

Fill in the Blanks

5x - 2x =

x

Group Activity

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