Combine like terms with negative numbers worksheets

What is on this worksheet

Combine the x terms and the number terms in expressions such as 3x − 5 + 2x + 1, where some of the terms are negative.

• Skill: Combine like terms

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About simplifying expressions

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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