COLLECTING LIKE TERMS

Exercise 1. Rewrite these expressions without multiplication signs:

a) 5  k b) 7  a c) 10  x
d) a  b  a e) 3  x  y f) 4  a  6

g) 4  a  5  b h) 6  ( x  7) i) q  7  p  6

Exercise 2. Rewrite these expressions without division signs:

a) a  7 b) x  2 c) m  4
d) 2  b  3 e) 7 a  8b f) (a  1)  4

g) 5  b  8 h) (a  3)  2 i) (c  d )  (e  f )

Exercise 3. Circle the like terms from each group:

a) 2 x , 3 y , 4 x b) 4m , 7 n , 8m, 6 p

c) a , 2a , a 2 , 3ab , 7a d) 9 x , 7 y , x , 5b , 3 x

e) ab , a 2 , 3a , 2a 2 f) a 2 x , 2ax , 3ax 2 , 4a 2 x s
Exercise 4. Simplify:
a) a  3  a  2  b) c  5  2c  1 
c) 4 f  3  2 f  2  d) 5h  5i  10hi  11i 
e)  k  100  42  5k  230 
Exercise 5. Simplifying with power:
a) f  f  f  f  f  f  b) g  g  g  g  g  g  g 

c) (u  u  u )  (u  u  u  u  u )  d) w5  w  w  w2 

Exercise 6. Simplifying with power:

a) 7  y  y  4  y  y  b) 6  a  3  a  4  a 

c) r 5  t 3 = d) de  de  de =
Exercise 7. Simplify the following:

a) 3 y 2  4ab  7 y 2  ab =

b) 9 x 2  2 x  11x 2  5 x =

c) 7 x 3  3 x 2  9 x 2  6 x3 =
Exercise 8. Simplify:
a) 2( a  3)  b) 3( x  1) 

c) 7(2  x)  d) (5  x)2 
Exercise 9. Simplifying:
a) x( x  2)  b) x(2 x  3) 

c) 5a(2a  3)  d) 2( a  4)  3 

e) 6(2n  3)  2  f) 4(2a  1)  3a 

HOMEWORK
Exercise 1. Rewrite these expressions without multiplication signs:
a) 9  b b) 6  m c) n  5
d) 1 x e) 2  3  x f) x  y  x  2

g) 5  (m  n) h) 6  ( x  7) i) 5  x  y  4  x  2

Exercise 2. Rewrite these expressions without division signs:

a) b  3 b) n  5 c) y  10

d) 3  x  5 e) 2  a  x f) (8  x)  5

Exercise 3. Circle the like terms from each group:

a) a , 3b , 7b b) 2a , 2b , 3a , 3c

c) xy , yx , yz , 3 xy , z 2 d) 2m , 7 n , 8n ,  7 n , mn

e) 9m, 7 mn, 8m2 , n 2 , 5m 2 f) ab , abc , 2ab , 4ab s

Exercise 4. Tick X to state it is possible to add these terms to make a single term:
1 1
a) q and 0.5g b) d and 0.75d
2 2
c) 2k and 2k d) 502 and x2
Exercise 5. Simplify:
a) 3b  4  2b  10  b) d  e  4  d  e 
c) 9 g  2  g  11  10 g  d) 4.5 j  4.5  2 j  2.3 
Exercise 6. Simplifying with power:
a) p  p  p  p  p = b) k  k  k  k  k =

c) a  a  a  a  t = d) a  a  b  a  b  b =
Exercise 7. Simplifying with power:
a) k  l  3  l  5  k = b) de  de =
c) 5  m  m  m  9  d) a  b  c  d  e  f  a  c  e =
Exercise 8. Write down:
a) The sum of b and c = b) The sum of b and c squared =
c) Half of a plus b = d) the sum of half a plus a times b =
e) Twice the product of x and y = f) The product of d and c =

g) The product of l and g squared =

Exercise 9. Simplify:
a) 3( x  5)  b) 7( n  7) 

c) 6(1  y )  d) ( x  9)3 

Exercise 10. Simplify:

a) q (q  1)  b) a (3  a ) 

c) 2 p ( p  7)  d) 3( a  6)  2a 

e) 3( m  7)  1  f) 2(5a  1)  4a =