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Distributive Property and Combining Like Terms Notes Sheet

This document provides notes on the distributive property and combining like terms in algebra. It defines like terms as terms that have the same variables and the same exponents. It provides examples of using the distributive property and combining like terms, such as distributing 3 over the terms in the expression (4z + 5x + 6b + 3x) and combining terms like 4z + 3z into 7z.

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Distributive Property and Combining Like Terms Notes Sheet

This document provides notes on the distributive property and combining like terms in algebra. It defines like terms as terms that have the same variables and the same exponents. It provides examples of using the distributive property and combining like terms, such as distributing 3 over the terms in the expression (4z + 5x + 6b + 3x) and combining terms like 4z + 3z into 7z.

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Name: _______________________________________________ Pd.

: _______ Date: _______________________

Distributive Property & Combining Like Terms Notes

What did you see in the Picture?  1. Be the same ______________________________


____________________________________  2. Have the same ____________________________
Applying Variable Expressions  3b + 4c + 2b =______________________________
Distributive Property  x² - 3c + 3x² = _____________________________
 a( b + c ) = _____________________________ Combine the Like Terms
________________ = _____________________  A. 4z + 6 g + 2p + 3z + 5p + 1g
_________________ = ______________________ _____________________________________________
________________ = _______________________ _____________________________________________
 2( x + 3 ) = ______________________________ _____________________________________________
__________________________________________ _____________________________________________
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 -( x + 2x – 3) = ________________________  B. 10c + 4 g + 5p + 15c – 12 p - 3g
 Negative outside ______ each sign inside. _____________________________________________
Multiply each term of an expression _____________________________________________
 (–3)(1+ x) = _______________________________ _____________________________________________
_________________________________________ _____________________________________________
 –(7 – 3x) = _______________________________  C. -4s - 6w + 8p + 12s – 10 p + 13w
_________________________________________ _____________________________________________
 You buy six blu-ray for $11.95 each _____________________________________________
 Think of $11.95 as $12.00 – $.05. _____________________________________________
 __________________________________________ _____________________________________________
_________________________________________  Use the distributive property and combine the like terms

_________________________________________  D. 3(4z + 5x + 6b + 3x)

Answer: _____________________ _____________________________________________


Simplify: _____________________________________________
 3 – 2(4 + a) = ____________________________ _____________________________________________

__________________________________________ _____________________________________________
__________________________________________  E. 5x + 7x² -y + 4x – 15x² + 4y + x²
__________________________________________ _____________________________________________
__________________________________________ _____________________________________________
Combining and Simplifying Algebraic Terms _____________________________________________
 x y x² a r b² _____________________________________________

 Variables are similar to species of animals.  F. 5x y² 4x² 6y 3p 8x -9y² -3y 2x

 Different species of animals can’t mate and produce _____________________________________________

(fertile) off spring. _____________________________________________

 A dog and cat can’t mate and produce a dat! _____________________________________________

 To be able to combine like terms, the terms _____________________________________________

must: ___________________________________________

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