1. COMBINING LIKE TERMS & DISTRIBUTIVE PROPERTY

2. IN AN EXPRESSION, TERMS ARE SEPERATED BY PLUS OR MINUS SIGNS
7x + 5 – 3y + 2x
m + m + k + k + t

3. LIKE TERMS
CAN BE GROUPED TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE SAME VARIABLE RAISED TO THE SAME POWER
7x + 5 – 3y + 2x
m + m + k + k + t

4. COMBINE LIKE TERMS t + t – t + r – r = 5x + 3x =
5m2 – 2m + 8 – 3m + 6 =

5. COMBINE LIKE TERMS
6a + 8a + 4b + 7 =
k2 + 3n – 2n + 4k2 =

6. COMBINE LIKE TERMS
4f – 12g – 5f – 20 =
2 + 5g – 7y – 10g + 13

7. SIMPLIFY
12(y + 6)

8. SIMPLIFY
-10(7 + p) – 12.5

9. SIMPLIFY
10 - 5(2y + 6)

10. SIMPLIFY
4(y - 9) – 3.2y

11. SIMPLIFY
2.5(p + 12) – p

12. SIMPLIFY
4(2.4t - 3t + 9) + 5

13. SIMPLIFY
( t + 0.7)