HOW MANY TERMS DO YOU HAVE?
B E
RACKETS
LIKE TERMS
XPONENTS
Do what is inside brackets first
Remember numerators and denominators
are considered to be in brackets
D M
IVIDE
ULTIPY
For one term if there are an odd # of (-)
Then your answer is NEGATIVE
For one term if there are an even # of (-)
Then your answer is POSITIVE
AS
DD
UBTRACT
Get rid of all double signs + + becomes +
- - becomes +
- + becomes + - becomes –
Think of a number line – means you move Left
+ means you move Right or
Think of money
+ means you have the money
- means you owe that money
Think of Star Wars + are the number of rebel
- are the number of evil empirialists
Have exactly the same
variables with exactly the
same exponents.
YOU CAN ONLY ADD
OR SUBTRACT LIKE
TERMS
Coefficient is the number in
front of the variable.
Constant is a number all by
itself
If there is a + in front of a
bracket (or nothing) then
simply remove the brackets
and ADD or SUBTRACT
LIKE TERMS
If there is a - in front of a
bracket then put the – sign in
front of each term. Get rid of
the brackets then get rid of
the double signs. You should
notice that all the signs
inside the original bracket
have changed. ADD or
SUBTRACT LIKE TERMS