2.2 Simplifying Expressions Chapter 2 Understanding Variables and Solving Equations
2.2 Simplifying Expressions Objectives Combine like terms using the distributive property. Simplify expressions. Use the distributive property to multiply. Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
Objective 1: Combine like terms using the distributive property. The basic idea in simplifying expressions is to combine, or add, like terms. Each addend in an expression is a term. Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
Objective 1: Combine like terms using the distributive property. A variable term has a number part (coefficient) and a letter part (variable). Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Sec 2.2 - 5
Objective 1: Combine like terms using the distributive property. Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Sec 2.2 - 6
Objective 1: Combine like terms using the distributive property. List the like terms in the expression. Identify the coefficients of the like terms. Example Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Sec 2.2 - 7
Objective 1: Combine like terms using the distributive property. List the like terms in the expression. Identify the coefficients of the like terms. Example Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Sec 2.2 - 8
Objective 1: Combine like terms using the distributive property. The distributive property can be used “in reverse” to combine like terms. Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Sec 2.2 - 9
Objective 1: Combine like terms using the distributive property. Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Sec 2.2 - 10
Objective 1: Combine like terms using the distributive property. Example Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Sec 2.2 - 11
Objective 2: Simplify expressions. Simplify by combining like terms. Example Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Sec 2.2 - 12
Objective 2: Simplify expressions. Simplify 5(10y). Example Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Sec 2.2 - 13
Objective 2: Simplify expressions. Example Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Sec 2.2 - 14
Objective 3: Use the distributive property to multiply. Simplify 6(y – 4). Example Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Sec 2.2 - 15
Objective 3: Use the distributive property to multiply. Simplify –2(4a + 3). Example Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Sec 2.2 - 16
Objective 3: Use the distributive property to multiply. Simplify 8 + 3(x – 2). Example Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Sec 2.2 - 17