Week 3 (Period 6 ) Combining Like Terms

Which is the correct definition of constant?

• Terms that have the same variables and powers(exponents)

• A number that stays fixed in an expression, does not have a variable.

• A number multiplied by a variable.

• A number by itself or the product of a number or a variable.

Which is the correct definition of coefficient?

• Terms that have the same variables and powers(exponents)

• A number that stays fixed in an expression, does not have a variable.

• A number multiplied by a variable or the number in front of a variable.

• A number by itself or the product of a number or a variable.

Which is the correct definition of a term?

• Terms that have the same variables and powers(exponents)

• A number that stays fixed in an expression, does not have a variable.

• A number multiplied by a variable or the number in front of a variable.

• A number by itself or the product of a number or a variable.

Which is the correct definition of a like term?

• Terms that have the same variables and powers(exponents)

• A number that stays fixed in an expression, does not have a variable.

• A number multiplied by a variable or the number in front of a variable.

• A number by itself or the product of a number or a variable.

Simplify by combining like terms:
5a + 2b - 3a + 4

• 8a + 2b + 4
• 2a + 2b + 4
• 8ab
• 4ab + 4

How many terms does this expression have?
-18y + 7yz - 4z

• -18
• 3
• 7
• -4

Simplify: 4q + 4t + 3q + t

• 12tq

• 3q + 4t

• 7q + 5t

• Can't be simplified

Simplify by combining like terms:
5a + 2b - 3a + 4

• 8a + 2b + 4
• 2a + 2b + 4
• 8ab
• 4ab + 4

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

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

Like terms have the same _____ and the same _____.

• variables and numbers
• signs and numbers
• variables and exponents
• variables and signs