Distributive Property
Partner’s Activity
Partner A should complete the expressions in the Partner A column, while Partner B completes the expressions in the Partner B
column. The final answers should be the same. If the answers are not the same, each partner should take a turn to prove his or
her answer to the other partner. They should not move to the next question until they have reached an agreement.
Partner A
Partner B
1 3(𝑥 − 6) = ________________
1 −(−3𝑥 + 18) = _________________
2 2(2𝑥 + 4) = ________________
2 4(𝑥 + 2) = __________________
3 15(𝑥 − 2) = ______________
3 −5(−3𝑥 + 6) = ___________________
4 −(8𝑥 − 12) = _________________
4 2(−4𝑥 + 6) = _____________________
5 −7(𝑥 − 2) = ________________
5 −(7𝑥 − 14) = ____________________
6 2(−5𝑥 + 9) = _________________
6 10(−𝑥 + 1.8) = __________________
7 0.5(6𝑥 − 12) = _________________
7 −3(−𝑥 + 2) = __________________
8 −2(−2𝑥 − 5) = __________________
8
1
9 − 2 (16𝑥 + 24) = __________________
10
1
(−2𝑥
2
+ 10) = ___________________
1
(8𝑥
2
+ 20) = _________________
9 4(−2𝑥 − 3) = __________________
1
10 − 3 (3𝑥 − 15) = _________________
11
1
(20𝑥
4
12 10 (5 𝑥 − 2) = __________________
12
1
(8𝑥
4
13 4(−𝑥 + 2.5) = _________________
13 − 3 (6𝑥 − 15) = _________________
1
11 −5 (−𝑥 − 5) = __________________
1
3
4
1
14 − (4𝑥 − 40) = _______________
+ 4) = _________________
− 20) = _________________
2
14 −3(𝑥 − 10) = ________________
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Combining Like Terms
Partner’s Activity
Partner A should simplify the expressions in the Partner A column, while Partner B simplifies the expressions in the Partner B
column. The final answers should be the same. If the answers are not the same, each partner should take a turn to prove his or
her answer to the other partner. They should not move to the next expression until they have reached an agreement.
Partner A
Partner B
1 7𝑥 + 10 − 5𝑥 + 2 = ____________________
1 𝑥 + 5 + 𝑥 + 7 = _________________
2 −2𝑥 − 3 + 5𝑥 = ________________
2 2𝑥 + 7 + 𝑥 − 10 = __________________
3 −𝑥 − 5 − 9𝑥 − 4 = ______________
3 −20𝑥 − 9 + 10𝑥 = ___________________
4 7 − 5𝑥 − 10 + 3𝑥 = _________________
4 5𝑥 − 7 − 7𝑥 + 4 = _____________________
5 12𝑥 − 3𝑥 − 10 + 2𝑥 − 2 = ________________
5 −5𝑥 − 20 + 8 + 16𝑥 = ____________________
6 −4𝑥 − 4 + 4𝑥 − 4 = _________________
6 10𝑥 − 6 − 10𝑥 − 2 = __________________
7 7𝑥 − 2𝑦 − 10𝑥 + 5 + 8𝑦 = _________________
7 −2𝑥 − 𝑦 + 10 − 𝑥 + 7𝑦 − 5 = __________________
8 2𝑦 − 6𝑥 + 9 − 3𝑦 − 10 = __________________
8 −4𝑥 − 𝑦 + 5 − 2𝑥 − 6 = _________________
9 −𝑥 − 𝑦 − 1 + 3𝑥 + 6𝑦 + 10 = __________________
9 2𝑦 + 5 + 4𝑥 − 2𝑥 + 3𝑦 + 4 = __________________
10 13 + 7𝑥 − 10𝑦 − 5 = ___________________
10 −10𝑥 − 10𝑦 + 8 + 17𝑥 = _________________
11 −6𝑦 − 9𝑥 − 1 − 3𝑥 − 𝑦 = __________________
11 −12𝑥 + 3𝑦 + 5 − 10𝑦 − 6 = _________________
12
1
𝑥
4
3
− 5𝑦 + 3 + 4 𝑥 + 10𝑦 = __________________
12 −5𝑥 − 10 + 5𝑦 + 6𝑥 + 13 = _________________
5
3
13 20𝑥 − 9𝑦 + 1 − 3𝑦 − 10𝑥 = _________________
13 2𝑥 + 8 + 2𝑦 − 14𝑦 + 8 + 8𝑥 = _________________
14 −10𝑦 + 7𝑥 − 6 + 10𝑦 − 5𝑥 = _______________
14 −8𝑥 + 10 + 10𝑥 − 16 = ________________
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Answer Keys
Distributive Property
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
3𝑥 − 18
4𝑥 + 8
15𝑥 − 30
−8𝑥 + 12
−7𝑥 + 14
−10𝑥 + 18
3𝑥 − 6
4𝑥 + 10
−8𝑥 − 12
−𝑥 + 5
5𝑥 + 1
2𝑥 − 5
−4𝑥 + 10
−3𝑥 + 30
Combining Like Terms
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
2𝑥 + 12
3𝑥 − 3
−10𝑥 − 9
−2𝑥 − 3
11𝑥 − 12
−8
−3𝑥 + 6𝑦 + 5
−6𝑥 − 𝑦 − 1
2𝑥 + 5𝑦 + 9
7𝑥 − 10𝑦 + 8
−12𝑥 − 7𝑦 − 1
𝑥 + 5𝑦 + 3
10𝑥 − 12𝑦 + 1
2𝑥 − 6
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