Pre-Algebra Worksheet
Distributive Property, Combining Like Terms, Add/Multiply Rules
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Distributive Property, Combining Like Terms, Rules for Addition and Multiplication |
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This worksheet contains problems requiring the use of the distributive property and combining like terms to simplify expressions. The worksheet begins
with a great quote from Ogden Nash, "Minus times minus results in a plus, The reason
for this, we needn’t discuss". It then reviews the rules for addition and
subtraction then includes problems involving the distributive property and combining
like terms. |
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Sample Problems from Worksheet (diagrams not shown) |
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Adding Rules
1. Is the signs are the same, ________ the numbers and _________ the sign.
2. If the signs are different, ____________ the numbers, keep the sign of the ____________
number.
Simplify each expression.
1. 5a + 8a
5. t – 3 + 2(t + 2)
8. 12 – 4(–2x + 5)
10. 6(2x + y) + 2y – 12x
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