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7th Grade Math
6. MA.7.AR.1.1
6.1 Combining like terms
Combining Like Terms
Master the skill of spotting like terms and combining them to simplify any algebraic expression, including ones with negative coefficients.
What You'll Learn
Identify like terms by checking that the variable letters and their exponents match exactly.
Distinguish like terms from unlike terms before attempting to add or subtract anything.
Add or subtract only the coefficients of like terms while keeping the variable part unchanged.
Apply the distributive property first when parentheses appear, then combine any resulting like terms.
Simplify expressions with negative coefficients by treating subtraction as adding a negative term.
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