Brian McLogan
How do like terms allow us to simplify expressions
👉 Learn how to add and subtract polynomials by combining like terms. Identifying like terms allows us to combine terms. Like terms are when terms share the same base and power for each variable. When you have like terms you simply apply...
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Using Distributive Property to Find Equivalent Expressions
This video demonstrates how to solve a standardized math test question using the distributive property. The teacher explains how to identify equivalent expressions and walks through the process of distributing the factor and simplifying...
Brian McLogan
Overview of Combining like terms to apply operations of polynomials
👉 Learn how to add and subtract polynomials by combining like terms. Identifying like terms allows us to combine terms. Like terms are when terms share the same base and power for each variable. When you have like terms you simply apply...
Curated OER
Level 1 Multiplying Expressions
Several examples of different types of algebraic expressions are multiplied. The distributive property demonstrates the steps needed to multiply the terms in the expressions. Sal combines the like-terms at the end of the presentation....
Flipped Math
Add and Subtract Radicals
Radically apply old skills to a new concept. Pupils learn how to add and subtract radicals by applying previously learned skills of simplifying radicals and combining like terms. The video shows examples with both square and cube roots....
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The Difference Quotient (Quadratic Function) Example 3
Take an example out of more advanced math. Pupils observe how basic algebraic concepts help solve expressions from higher level math courses. The video from a Mathispower4u Algebra 1 series shows the evaluation and simplification of the...
Corbett Maths
Forming and Solving Equations
Age becomes a problem. Learners see how to set up and solve age word problems. The video goes through two examples of word problems relating the ages of people. The first example uses the relationship between the ages of two people and...
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Find an Age Given An Average Age and Relationship Between Two Ages (Example)
Apply solving linear equations to averages. A helpful video presents an average age problem given two unknown ages. Pupils learn how to set up the problem from the given information. They see how the equation is reduced to a two-step...
Corbett Maths
Forming Equations Involving Perimeter or Angles
Use perimeter and angle measures to practice solving equations. Pupils see two geometry applications of solving two-step equations. The video works one example involving perimeter and two with the sum of angles in a quadrilateral and a...
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Determine the Area of a Shaded Region Using a Polynomial (Example)
Looking at area with a hole. Using algebraic expressions as dimensions, learners see how to calculate the area of a rectangle that contains a square hole. The instructional video shows how to create a single expression for the area of...
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Identify Like Terms and Combine Like Terms
You've got to like a resource on like terms. Scholars learn how to identify like terms and how to combine them to simplify expressions. They watch a video that looks at several examples of the concept.
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Combine Like Terms (Example)
Combine a video into your lesson plans. Young mathematicians view the informational video to learn about combining like terms. They watch as the narrator works through four examples of combining like terms by applying the distributive...
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Like Terms
Great minds think alike when using a helpful resource. An educational video first defines like terms and describes how to combine them. Viewers then follow along as the narrator works through several examples of simplifying polynomial...
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Simplify Algebraic Expressions (Basic)
To simplify or not to simplify, what should scholars do? Using several examples, the video works through the process of simplifying algebraic expressions. The resource restricts simplification to using the distributive property and to...
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Simplify and Evaluate Algebraic Expressions 1
Evaluate the equivalence of expressions. A helpful video walks through the process of simplifying two expressions. Using values for the variables, the presentation evaluates the original expression and the simplified expression to show...
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Combining Like Terms Requiring Distribution (Example 3)
Merge two important algebraic skills to simplify polynomial expressions. A thorough video lesson describes the process of distributing and combining like terms to simplify an expression. Examples show how to distribute one or two...
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Combining Like Terms (Example 1)
Do your pupils confuse multiplying variables terms with adding variable terms? A video presentation uses factoring to isolate the coefficients of the like terms before combining, emphasizing the difference between addition and...
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Simplify Expressions by Combining Like Terms (No Negatives)
Sometimes simplifying expressions is as simple as combining like terms. Help your pupils build the important skill using a video presentation. After defining like terms, the instructor completes a series of examples, which progress from...
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Like Terms
What makes terms like terms? Individuals explore the question as they view the video presentation. The lesson first models classifying like terms. The instructor goes on to demonstrate combining like terms in polynomial expressions of...
Corbett Maths
Solving Equations with Letters on Both Sides
Demonstrate the steps of solving linear equations—this time with variables on both sides! A video presentation completes several examples with binomials on each side of the equation. Learners then complete the included practice...
Corbett Maths
Solving Equations
Go from one-step to two-step with all operations represented! A video instructor presents worked-out solutions to several linear equations. He begins with one-step equations and progresses to two-step equations requiring the distributive...
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Solving Multi-Step Equations
Inverse operations are the key! A video instructor demonstrates solving multi-step equations involving the distributive property and variables on both sides. The lesson includes step-by-step instructions for three different equations.
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Solving an Equation with Parentheses on Both Sides
Build equation-solving skills in your classroom with video lessons! The instructor demonstrates the steps to solving a multi-step equation with the distributive property as the first step. The final step results in a fractional solution,...
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Solving an Equation that Requires Combining Like Terms
Teach solving equations on your terms ... like terms, that is! Multi-step equations take many forms and require a series of different steps. A video lesson shows the steps of solving an equation that requires combining like terms. After...