Dear Fellow Teacher,
This resource was developed to meet the requirements of the 7th Grade Number Systems Standards below (the strikethrough portion of
the standard is covered in a separate resources).
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.7.EE.A.1
Apply properties of operations as strategies to add, subtract, factor, and expand linear expressions with rational coefficients.
It contains the following items:
1 Factoring & Expanding Linear Expressions FOUR OF A KIND Activity (Printable and version for Google Slides*. Follow the
link below to copy into your Google Drive):
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1k6xUb-7WGZM6w8kE5YOtswZSPNytFlCpk8Jy-EcU0X0/copy
2 Answer Key to All Parts
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Anna Fowler
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Linear Expressions:
4-of-a-Kind Activity
For each expression given, find the 3 equivalent expressions from the expression banks below. Record each equivalent expression in the spaces provided. Each
set will have 4 different ways to write each expression: Row (1): Factored, Row (2): Expanded (Repeated Sum); Row (3): Expanded (Distributive Property); Row
(4): Expanded (Simplified). Be sure to include the answer choice letter along with the expression when recording your answers.
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𝟑(𝟐𝒙 + 𝟏)
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−𝟐(𝟓𝒙 − 𝟑)
− 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟏 − (𝟐𝒙 + 𝟏)
𝟒𝒙 + 𝟐
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− 𝟓𝒙 − 𝟑 − 𝟓𝒙 − 𝟑 − (𝟓𝒙 − 𝟑)
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𝟓𝒙 − 𝟑 + (𝟓𝒙 − 𝟑)
−𝟑 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟑(𝟏)
Expression Banks
𝟏𝟓𝒙 − 𝟗
Row 1:
Factored Expressions
Row 2:
Expanded (Repeated Sum/Difference)
Row 3:
Expanded (Distributed)
Row 4:
Expanded (Simplified)
A −𝟐(𝟐𝒙 + 𝟏)
G 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟏 + (𝟐𝒙 + 𝟏)
L −𝟐 𝟓𝒙 − 𝟐(−𝟑)
S −𝟏𝟓𝒙 + 𝟗
B 𝟑(𝟓𝒙 − 𝟑)
H − 𝟓𝒙 − 𝟑 − (𝟓𝒙 − 𝟑)
M 𝟑 𝟓𝒙 + 𝟑(−𝟑)
T 𝟏𝟎𝒙 − 𝟔
C 𝟐(𝟐𝒙 + 𝟏)
I 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟏 + 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟏 + (𝟐𝒙 + 𝟏)
N 𝟑 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟑(𝟏)
U −𝟔𝒙 − 𝟑
D −𝟑(𝟓𝒙 − 𝟑)
J − 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟏 − 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟏 − (𝟐𝒙 + 𝟏)
O −𝟐 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟐(𝟏)
V 𝟔𝒙 + 𝟑
E 𝟐(𝟓𝒙 − 𝟑)
K 𝟓𝒙 − 𝟑 + 𝟓𝒙 − 𝟑 + (𝟓𝒙 − 𝟑)
P −𝟑 𝟓𝒙 − 𝟑(−𝟑)
W −𝟒𝒙 − 𝟐
Q 𝟐 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟐(𝟏)
X −𝟏𝟎𝒙 + 𝟔
F −𝟑(𝟐𝒙 + 𝟏)
R 𝟐 𝟓𝒙 + 𝟐(−𝟑)
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