Grade 6 Bilingual Math

Algebraic expression
Jackie.Zhou
Yantai Yew Wah International School
junzhou013@gmail.com
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Figure: 1 Figure: 2
(i) in graph 1
(1) one square needs matchsticks
(2) two squares need matchsticks
(3) ten squares need matchsticks
(4) x squares need matchsticks
(ii) in graph 2
(1) the perimeter and area of the rectangle are and
(2) the perimeter and area of the circle are and
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Algebraic expression
an expression built up from constants, variables, and a nite number of
algebraic operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and
exponentiation)
4+3(x-1), x+x+(x+1), a+b, ab, 2(m+n),
s
t
, a
4
are all algebraic
expression.
Example
The price for entering a garden is: 10 for each adult, 5 for each child
(1) there are x adults and y children in a tour group, how much should
they pay for the entrance fee?
(2) if they have 37 adults and 15 children, how much should they pay?
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Exercise (use algebraic expression to express all the followings)
(1) Dans running speed is x m/s and his walking speed is y m/s, then
the distance is after he ran 10 seconds and walked 5 seconds.
(2) the units digits of a number is a and the tens digit is b, then the value
of this number is .
(3) the summation of a and its one fourth equals to .
(4) a classroom have 2 gates and 4 windows, if our school has n
classrooms, then totally our school has gates and
windows.
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coecient: the constant number before varialbes
1.5v: 1.5
ab+bc+ca: 1, 1, 1
1
3
r
2
:
1
3

ab mn
1
8
n
2
: 1, -1,
1
8

Exercise (write down the coecients for each of the following)

15a
2
b, xy,
2
3
a
2
b
3
,
4m
2
n
4
5
, a
Exercise (write down the coecients for each terms in the following)
2x3y, 4a
2
4ab + b
2
,
1
3
x
2
y + 2yx
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like terms
two terms are called like terms if they have the same variables, and the
power for each variable are the same.
8n and 5n, 7a
2
b and 2a
2
b,
1
3
x
3
y
4
and x
3
y
4
are all like terms.
unite(combining) like terms: combining several like terms into one
term
8n + 5n = 13n, 7a
2
b + 2a
2
b = 5a
2
b,
1
3
x
3
y
4
+ x
3
y
4
= (
1
3
+ )x
3
y
4
adding up the coecients of like terms
the variables and powers keep unchanged
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Exercise
1
Are these pairs like terms
x and y, a
b
and ab
2
, 3pq and 3qp, abc and ac, a
2
and a
3
2
unite like terms for each of the following
(1) xy
2
+ 3xy
2
(2) 7a + 3a
2
+ 2a a
2
+ 3
(3) 3a + 2b 5a b
(4) 4ab + 8 2b
2
9ab 8
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remove parenthesis
Example
(1) 2+(3-1) and 2+3-1
(2) 5-(4-2) and 5-4+2
Remove parenthesis
+ before ( ): remove the parenthesis and +, the sign for each
term in the parenthesis keep unchanged
- before ( ): remove the parenthesis and -, the sign for each term
in the parenthesis changed
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Example (remove parenthesis and unite the like terms)
(1) 4a (a 3b)
(2) a + (5a 3b) (a 2b)
(3) 3(2xy y) 2xy)
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