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Simplify · Combine like terms

Grade 6-7

What this lesson shows

Simplify 3 x plus 2 x. It looks like algebra, but you already know how to do it — you just have to see what x really is.

Try it yourself

Real questions from this lesson's worksheets — answers below each one.

  1. Simplify 2x + x.
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    3x
  2. Simplify 2x + 3x.
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    5x
  3. Simplify 5x + 2x.
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    7x
  4. Simplify 4x + 3x.
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    7x

Practise this every day

Eduyro gives your child a short daily worksheet on exactly this skill, and moves them on only once they have it. Watch the lesson, then build the fluency.

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