Collecting Like Terms

Collect the like terms together to simplify the following expressions:

1)

2a + 4a =

2)

7v + 4v

3)

9f + 2f

4)

7c + 5c

5)

9u 2u

6)

5a 3a

7)

7j + 4j

8)

9s 6s

9)

6f 2f

10) 9p 2p

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Collecting Like Terms

Collect the like terms together to simplify the following expressions:

1)

2a + 3b + 4a =

2)

7v + 2u + 4v =

3)

9f + 4g + 2f

4)

7c + 8d + 5c =

5)

9u 2u + 6v =

6)

5a 4a + 2b =

7)

7j + 4j + 7k

8)

9s 6s + 3t

9)

6f + 9g 2f

10) 9p + 5q 2p =

11) 7y + 2z 5y

12) 12d + 5e 7d =

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Collecting Like Terms

Collect the like terms together to simplify the following expressions:

1)

7a + 10b + 6a 3b =

2)

10c + 9v + 6 c 7v =

3)

8s + 4r + 13s + 6r =

4)

4d + 6e 5d + 4e =

5)

13f + 7g + 3f + 4g =

6)
7)

9p 13q + 12p + 19q =

2b + 9c + 4b 6c =

8)

5k + 14m + 4k + 12m =

9)

14n + 12p + 4n + 12p =

10) 5a + 10b 4a 7b =

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