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Combining Like Terms
By Patrica Hensley - Jefferson Davis Campus

__________1. 2r + 8r – 4r – r – 9r

__________2. 4x – 6x + 8 – 9 – (-3) + 7x

__________3. 3(2k – 4) – (k+2) – 2(k – 1)

__________4. 3x –2x – 10x + x – 7x

__________5. 5y – 7y + 11 – 13 – (-1) + 6y

__________6. 4( 5m – 1) – (m + 5) – 3(m – 4)

____ ______7. 3p – 5p –7p – p + 11p

__________8. 3r – 8r + 4 – 7 – (-4) + 9r

__________9. 6(3x – 2) - (x + 4) – 2(x – 5)

__________10. 7m + 5m – 8m + m – 6m

__________11. 3k – 5k + 8 –1 – (-5) + 3k

__________12. 7(2y –1) – (y + 5) –2(y – 3)

__________13. –9r – 8r + 2r – 11r + 6

__________14. 12a – 7a + 11a – 14a

__________15. –9(2m –3) – 4m – 12 – m

__________16. –5(6 – z ) – (2 – 11z) + 3z

__________17. 4x + 3x + 7 + 9

__________18. –12y + 4y – 3 + 2y

__________19. –6p + 11p – 4p + 6 – 5

__________20. 3(k + 2) – 5k + 6 – 3

__________21. –2(m + 1) + 3(m – 4)

__________22. 3(2y + 3) – 4(3y – 5)

__________23. –(2p + 5) + 3(2p + 4) + p

__________24. 2 + 3(2z – 5) – 3(4z + 6) – 8

__________25. 1m + 2(-m + 4) – 3(m + 6)

__________26. 6x – 5x + x 2

__________27. 2a2 + 3a – 5a + 6a2

__________28. 8r + 3r2 – 5r2 – 2r

__________29. 3p2 + 5p + 6p2 – 9p

__________30. 3x + 5x2 – 3x2 + 2x – 3x2 + 4x – 6x2

__________31. 4 – (2 + 3m) + 6m + 9

__________32. (3p2 + 2p – 5) +(7p2 – 4p3 + 3p)

__________33. (2x5 – 2x4 + x3 – 1) + (x4 – 3x3 + 2)

__________34. (6m2 – 11m + 5) – (-8m2 + 2m – 1)

__________35. (6y3 – 9y2 + 8) – (4y3 + 2y2 + 5y)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Answer key:

  1. –4r
  2. 5x + 2
  3. 3k – 12
  4. –15x
  5. 4y – 1
  6. 16m + 3
  7. p
  8. 4r + 1
  9. 15x – 6
  10. – m
  11. k + 12
  12. 11y – 6
  13. –26r + 6
  14. 2a
  15. –23m + 15
  16. 19z – 32
  17. 7x + 16
  18. –6y – 3
  19. p + 1
  20. –2k + 9
  21. m – 14
  22. –6y + 29
  23. 5p + 7
  24. –6z – 39
  25. –4m – 10
  26. x2 + x
  27. 8a2 – 2a
  28. –2r2 + 6r
  29. 9p2 – 4p
  30. –7x2 + 9x
  31. 3m + 11
  32. –4p3 + 10p2 + 5p – 5
  33. 2x5 – x4 – 2x3 + 1
  34. 14m2 – 13m + 6
  35. 2y3 – 11y2 – 5y + 8