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Collecting Terms Using Algebra Tiles

Algebra tiles can be used to model algebraic expressions by representing variables and coefficients with tiles. Terms with the same variable coefficient are considered like terms and can be collected together. For example, modeling (3x+1)+(2x-3) with tiles shows it can be collected to 5x-2 by grouping the 3x and 2x tiles and combining the numerical coefficients.

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Collecting Terms Using Algebra Tiles

Algebra tiles can be used to model algebraic expressions by representing variables and coefficients with tiles. Terms with the same variable coefficient are considered like terms and can be collected together. For example, modeling (3x+1)+(2x-3) with tiles shows it can be collected to 5x-2 by grouping the 3x and 2x tiles and combining the numerical coefficients.

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Collecting Terms

Using Algebra Tiles


Model (+3)+(+2) using integer
x
tiles.

x 2
(+3) +(+2) =+5
Model (+3x)+(+2x) using
algebra tiles.

3x + 2x = 5x
Model 3x+1+2x-3 using
algebra tiles.

3x +1 +2x +(-3) = 5x-2


Every term has a numerical
coefficient and a literal coefficient.
Like terms have the same literal
coefficients.
Collection is the process of
collecting like terms together.

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