Multiplying Variables Like Terms

Simplify

(3x²) (5x²)

• 15x⁴

• 8x⁴

• 8x²

Simplify

(x⁴)(2x⁴)

• 2x⁸

• 2x⁴

• 3x⁸

A number used to multiply a variable. It is the number "attached" to a variable.

• constant

• coefficient

• term

• expression

3(2c - 5)

• 6c - 15

• 6c + 15

• 6c + 15

• -6c - 15

A letter used to represent a number value in an expression or an equation

• term

• coefficient

• constant

• variable

7x, 3x, 2x are all...

• like terms

• variables

• equivalent

• expression

Terms whose variables (and their exponents such as the 2 in x²) are the same.

• expression

• variable

• like terms

• evaluate

A number multiplied by ("attached to") a variable

3x

• variable

• term

• coefficient

• factor

Multiplying a number outside the parentheses by each term inside the parentheses (double rainbow!)

4(2x -1) = 8x - 4

• associative property

• commutative property

• distributive property

• like terms

A letter that represents an unknown value

• evaluate

• variable

• term

• coefficient