Unit 6 · Standard 6.AT.7
🔑 Simplify Algebraic Expressions — Vocab Explorer
① Word Wall
Look at the picture, read the meaning, and tap 🔊 to hear each word.
ES Simplificar expresiones algebraicas
Rewrite an expression in a shorter equivalent form by combining like terms and using properties.
Reescribir una expresión en una forma equivalente más corta combinando términos semejantes y usando propiedades.
ES Términos semejantes
Terms with the same variable raised to the same exponent, like 2x and 5x.
Términos con la misma variable elevada al mismo exponente, como 2x y 5x.
ES Combinar
To add or subtract terms with the same variable and exponent into one.
Sumar o restar términos con la misma variable y el mismo exponente en uno solo.
ES Simplificar
To rewrite an expression in a shorter form that is still equal to the original.
Reescribir una expresión en una forma más corta que sigue siendo igual a la original.
ES Coeficiente
The number in front of a letter, like the 3 in 3x.
El número frente a una letra, como el 3 en 3x.
ES Término
A single number, variable, or product of them, separated by + or − signs.
Un solo número, variable o producto de ellos, separado por signos + o −.
ES Propiedad distributiva
Multiplying a number by everything inside the parentheses: a(b + c) = ab + ac.
Multiplicar un número por todo lo que está dentro del paréntesis: a(b + c) = ab + ac.
② Match it
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③ Fill in the blank
Use the word bank to finish each sentence.
- 1Combine to write a shorter expression with the same value.
- 2Terms with the same variable part, like 3y and 8y, are .
- 3To add or subtract like terms into a single term is to them.
- 4Rewriting an expression in a shorter form that is still equal to it is to it.
- 5The number multiplied by a variable is the .
- 6A number or variable separated by + or − signs is a .
- 7Multiplying each part of a sum by a number uses the property.
④ Use it in a sentence
Pick one word and finish the sentence in your own words.
A is .