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Missing number worksheets
Equations with one empty box, for addition, subtraction, multiplication, division or a mix.
Simplifying expressions
Combine like terms and use the distributive property to write each expression in its simplest form.
About this worksheet
Choose combining like terms (3x + 5 + 2x − 1), the distributive property (−2(x + 4)), or both together, with one letter or two. Every answer is written in a fixed order, x terms first, then y terms, then the number, and no group of like terms ever cancels out completely.
The solved example shows the working one line at a time: multiply out the brackets, put like terms together, then add them. Turn off negative numbers for a gentler first worksheet.
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