Combining Like Terms and Distributing with Exponents

Terms that have the same variables with the same corresponding exponents 

• like terms 

• terms 

• equivalent expressions 

• variable 

Check all the boxes that contain EXPONENTS.

• 3x²

• 5a + 3b - c

• 10n²mp⁴

• 17 - 2x

7x and -14x are an example of what?

When you are COMBINING LIKE TERMS, what are you doing with the like terms?

• adding

• subtracting

• multiplying

• dividing

To _____, you need to combine like terms or distribute.

• term

• variable

• simplify

• operation

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

• 8a + 2b + 4

• 2a + 2b + 4

• 8ab

• 4ab + 4

3x-5x

• 2x

• 8x

• -2x

• 15x²

Like terms have the same _____ and the same _____.

• variables and numbers

• signs and numbers

• variables and exponents

• variables and signs

Simplify by combining like terms:

5a + 2b - 3a + 4

• 8a + 2b + 4

• 2a + 2b + 4

• 8ab

• 4ab + 4

Select the terms below that is a like term with 2b.

• 77ab

• 7b

• 5b²

• 9b²