Simplifying Expressions

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What is simplifying expressions?

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Simplifying expressions involves combining like terms and performing operations to reduce an expression to its simplest form.

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CCSS.7.EE.A.1

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What are like terms?

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Like terms are terms that have the same variable raised to the same power. For example, 3x and 5x are like terms.

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2B

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How do you combine like terms?

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To combine like terms, add or subtract their coefficients while keeping the variable part the same. For example, 3x + 5x = 8x.

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CCSS.7.EE.A.1

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What is the distributive property?

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The distributive property states that a(b + c) = ab + ac. It allows you to multiply a single term by each term inside a parenthesis.

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CCSS.6.EE.A.3

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Simplify the expression: -12 - 7k + 6k - 8 + k

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-20.

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CCSS.7.EE.A.1

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Simplify the expression: 10(12 - 2k)

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120 - 20k.

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CCSS.6.EE.A.3

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Simplify the expression: -5x + 6x - 9x + 5xy

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-8x + 5xy.

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CCSS.7.EE.A.1

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What is the result of applying the distributive property to -8(2x)?

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-16x.

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CCSS.6.EE.A.3

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Simplify the expression: -8(2x) + 5(2x - 12) + -2(5y - 2) + (-3)(3y)

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-6x - 54 - 19y.

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CCSS.6.EE.A.3

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What is the result of applying the distributive property to -4(-8 - 4y)?

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32 + 16y.

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CCSS.6.EE.A.3