Combining Like Terms

Combining Like Terms
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Part of video series Rational Expressions
Taught by YourMathGal
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Explains how to add, subtract, combine like terms in algebraic expressions

  • What does it mean to combine like terms?
  • How would you combine 7x + 3x^2 + 8x + 10x^2?
  • What are like terms?
  • Why are x and x^2 not like terms?
  • How would you combine 3ft + 2in + 5ft + 9in, and how is it like adding like terms?
  • How would you combine / simplify m^2/2 + m^2/3?
  • Can you combine 9m^2n - 3mn^2?
  • Are m^2n and mn^2 like terms?
  • Can you combine / subtract 9m^2n - 3nm^2?
  • How do you combine 5x^2 - 3x - 4x^2 - 8x?
  • How do you simplify -8x^2y + 3yx^2 + 4xy^2?
  • How can you combine 5xy + 2x + 3y - 5xy?
  • What does x + x + x + x + x equal?
  • How do you combine the terms 11am + 3am + 7am - am?
This lesson is a very basic tutorial on what it means for terms to be like terms, and how to combine like terms. Every step is explained in detail. Some very good examples are shown in this video.
  • Currently 4.0/5 Stars.
Reviewed by MathVids Staff on October 10, 2009.
 
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