Add and subtract terms

Add and subtract terms

1. QUESTION: What type of terms are and 6yx ?   ANSWER: UNLIKE TERMS

2. AIM: Today, we will add and subtract terms.

3. TASK: Color the terms that can be added or subtracted using the same color. Add the terms that are in the same color. Then, subtract them. Subtract the term with the bigger numerical coefficient from the term with the smaller coefficient.

4. TASK: 1 6x 2x 5 1 6x 2x 5

5. QUESTION: How did you identify which terms to add or subtract? How did you subtract the like terms? What answers did you get?

6. ANSWER: Terms Add Subtract 6x, 4x 10x 2x 5, 1 6 4 , Terms Add Subtract 6x, 4x 10x 2x 5, 1 6 4

7. QUESTION: Which terms can be combined by adding or subtracting? What are the rules to add and subtract like terms? What should we do if we have to add or subtract unlike terms?

8. How to Add or Subtract Terms To add/subtract like terms, add/subtract the numerical coefficients of the terms while keeping the algebraic terms the same . ONLY LIKE TERMS CAN BE ADDED OR SUBTRACTED.

9. How to Add or Subtract Terms To add unlike terms, write all the terms together as they are. To subtract unlike terms, change the sign of the terms being subtracted to the opposite sign and write all the terms together.

10. Methods of Adding or Subtracting Terms HORIZONTAL METHOD it involves arranging terms in a line and combining like terms. VERTICAL METHOD it involves arranging the terms one below the other and then add/subtract.

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12. CLASSWORK: FINISH S2 from the XSEED Workbook, page 23.

13. HOMEWORK: Complete Practice Questions 1 – 3 from the XSEED Content Book, page 108 – 109.