Combining Like Terms in English and Spanish

What defines like terms in algebra?

• Terms that are all constants

• Terms with different variables

• Terms with the same variable

• Terms with the same coefficient

Can you combine 3x and 5x?

• Yes, because they have different variables

• No, because they are constants

• No, because they have different coefficients

• Yes, because they are like terms

What is the result of combining 4y and -7y?

• -3y

• 11y

• 1y

• -11y

Why can't you combine 3 + x?

• Because they have the same variable

• Because one is a variable and the other is a constant

• Because they are like terms

• Because they are both constants

What is the correct representation of combining 10x and 3?

• 7x

• 10x + 3

• 30x

• 13x

Identify the like terms in the expression: -3x + 4 - 6y + 4x - 10

• -6y and -10

• 4 and -6y

• 4 and -10

• -3x and 4x

How do you correctly combine -3x and 4x?

• -1x

• -7x

• 1x

• 7x

What is the result of simplifying the expression 4 - 10?

• 14

• -14

• 6

• -6

After combining like terms, what is the simplified form of the expression -3x + 4x - 6y + 4 - 10?

• x - 6 - 6y

• x - 6y - 6

• 1x - 6y + 6

• -x + 6y - 6

What are the steps to handle like terms in algebra?

• Identify, combine, simplify

• Combine, simplify, identify

• Simplify, identify, combine

• Identify, simplify, combine