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...

It is not good enough to have the same variable, they must have the same exponents too. The video introduces the class to like terms, while giving the definition of like terms and providing examples of combining like terms through addition.

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...

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...

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...

Help new algebra pupils learn how to combine like terms with rational coefficients with a video lesson. Make sure to point out the common mistakes of not following the order of operations or changing signs when rearranging terms. The...

Take everything your learners know about combining like terms with the commutative, associative, and distributive properties, and put it together in one lesson. This last video in a series of seven, takes all the prior knowledge and...

Show your learners what like terms are with different types of cookies. The video puts different types of cookies together and explains when we combine these different types. It can be used as introduction to a lesson, as it does not...

Combine those like terms! What does that mean? How do I do that? Find terms with the same variable and find terms with the same powers and combine their coefficients.

Subtracting like terms, combining like terms, simplifying an expressions all refer to the same thing. The teacher explains two different methods of simplifying this subtraction expression.