Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Algebra Lesson One Collecting Like Terms
Algebra Lesson One Collecting Like Terms
Expressions...
All the terms make an expression
3x
+2y
+5x
-3y
-x
Terms...
Put the sign on the first term
Each term has a sign, number, and a letter
+3x
+2y
+5x
-3y
Could be -1x
-x
Rearrange terms...
Collect all the x terms and y terms together Never split a term!
+3x
+2y
+5x
-3y
-x
Rearrange terms...
+3x
+5x
-x
+2y
-3y
Rearrange terms...
7x-y
+7x
-y
Your turn
Work in pairs One person shuffle term cards and make expression Other person talks thru rearrangement and adding up Swap over