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- Year 10•
- Foundation
Checking and securing understanding of simplifying
I can simplify expressions by collecting like terms.
- Year 10•
- Foundation
Checking and securing understanding of simplifying
I can simplify expressions by collecting like terms.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Like terms and their coefficients can be identified.
- Like terms can be represented using a bar model.
- Like terms can be collected together, paying careful attention to coefficients.
- Expressions are easier to read once you have collected all the like terms.
Keywords
Like terms - Like terms are terms that have the same set of variables and corresponding exponents.
Simplify - Simplifying is to write an expression in a more efficient and compact form without affecting the value of the original expression. Fully simplifying means the expression cannot be simplified further.
Common misconception
It can be hard to spot like terms where there are multiple variables with exponents. Therefore opportunities to simplify by collecting like terms can be missed.
When multiplying variables together, write the variables in alphabetical order. This will make it easier to identify like terms.
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