Identifying Like Terms

Identify ALL like terms: 9x, 9h, 9, x, 32x, 9b

• 9x, 9h, 9b

• 9x, x, 32x

• 9x, 9h, x, 32x

• 9b, 9x, 32x, x

Identify ALL like terms: 7h, 4h, 7m, 7y, h

• 7h, 7m, 7y

• 7h, 4h, 7m

• h, 4h, 7h

• 7y, 7h, 7m, 4h

Identify ALL like terms: 10b, 10x, 100b, 11b, 10m, 21b

• 10b, 100b, 11b, 21b

• 10b, 10x

• 10m, 10b, 10x

• 10b 10m, 10x

How can you tell if something is a like term?

• If it has the same numbers

• If it has the same signs

• If it has the same variables

• If it has the same parents

Now I want you to COMBINE like terms: 6c, 2c, 4c, 3d, 3c, c, 5c

• 24c

• 20c

• 21c

• 19c