Workshop 2 – Like Terms Addition and Subtraction

Simplify the following expressions based on the likeliness of each term inside the
expressions.

𝑎2 − (3𝑎𝑏 − 6 − 3𝑎2 ) + (3𝑎2 − 8𝑎𝑏 + 5)

𝑥 3 − 4𝑥 2 + 5𝑦 3 − (−𝑥 3 + 5𝑥 2 + 𝑦 3 ) − 6𝑥 2 − 16𝑦 3

𝑥 3 − 4𝑥 2 − 6 + (−5𝑥 2 − 11𝑥 + 5) − (𝑥 3 − 1)

5𝑚4 − (−3𝑚3 + 4𝑛2 − 𝑛3 ) + (3𝑚3 − 4𝑛2 + 5𝑛3 )

6𝑎 − 8𝑎 + 9𝑏 − 3𝑐 + (−7𝑎 − 9𝑏 + 3𝑐)

Workshop 2 – Like Terms Addition and Subtraction

Simplify the following expressions based on the likeliness of each term inside the
expressions.

𝑎 + 𝑏 − 𝑐 − (𝑎 − 𝑏 + 𝑐 − 2𝑎 + 𝑏 − 𝑐)

𝑎3 − 1 − 5𝑎2 − 6𝑎 − 4 + 2𝑎3 − 8𝑎 + 6

𝑥 4 − 1 − (5𝑥 3 − 9𝑥 2 + 4) + (−11𝑥 4 − 7𝑥 3 − 6𝑥)

𝑎3 + 𝑏 3 − 7𝑏 2 + 35𝑎2 − 11 + (−7𝑎3 − 8𝑏 2 − 35𝑎2 + 6)

𝑥 2 − 6𝑦 2 + (−7𝑥𝑦 + 40𝑦 2 ) − (−9𝑦 2 + 16)

 Workshop 2 – Like Terms Addition and Subtraction

Simplify the following expressions based on the likeliness of each term inside the
expressions.

𝑚 − 𝑛 + 𝑝 − 𝑚 + 𝑛 − 𝑝 + (2𝑚 − 2𝑛 + 2𝑝)

𝑥 2 − 5𝑎𝑥 + 3𝑎2 − 9𝑎𝑥 − 𝑎2 + 25𝑥 2 − 9𝑎𝑥 + 7𝑎2

6𝑏 4 + 22𝑎4 + 10𝑎3 𝑏 2 − 11𝑏 4 − 𝑏 5 − (5𝑎4 + 𝑏 5 )

(6𝑥 2 𝑦 4 − 5𝑦 6 − 3𝑥 6 + 𝑥 2 𝑦 4 − 11𝑦 6 ) − (𝑥 6 − 𝑦 6 )

𝑥 2 + 5 + 2𝑥 − 6 − (𝑥 − 4 − 𝑥 + 6)

Workshop 2 – Like Terms Addition and Subtraction

Simplify the following expressions based on the likeliness of each term inside the
expressions.

𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑎 − 𝑏 − (2𝑎 − 𝑏)

3𝑎 − 5𝑏 + 𝑐 + 𝑎 − 𝑏 − 3𝑐 − (7𝑎 + 𝑏) − 8𝑏 − 3𝑐

𝑏𝑐 + 𝑎𝑐 + (−7𝑏𝑐 + 8𝑎𝑐 − 9) − (4𝑎𝑐 − 3𝑏𝑐 + 5𝑎𝑏) + (3𝑏𝑐 + 5𝑎𝑐)

𝑎2 − 3𝑥 3 + 𝑎3 + 3𝑥 2 − (−5𝑎2 + 11𝑥 2 − 11𝑥 3 + 𝑎3 + 8𝑥 3 − 4𝑎2 + 6𝑥 2 )

−(𝑎 − 𝑏 − 2𝑐) + 3𝑎 − 4𝑏 + 5𝑐 − 7𝑎 + 8𝑏 − 11 − (𝑎 − 2𝑏 + 7𝑐)

 Workshop 2 – Like Terms Addition and Subtraction

Simplify the following expressions based on the likeliness of each term inside the
expressions.

8𝑥 − 9 + 6𝑦 − 5 − (−2)

𝑥 5 + 40𝑥𝑦 4 + 𝑦 5 − (−4𝑥 4 𝑦 − 9𝑥𝑦 4 + (−6𝑥 5 + 𝑥𝑦 4 − 2𝑦 5 ))

𝑥 2 − 6𝑦 2 − 7𝑥𝑦 + 40𝑦 2 − (−9𝑦 2 + 16)

4𝑎2 + 8𝑎𝑏 − 5𝑏 2 + 𝑎2 + 6𝑏 2 − 7𝑎𝑏 − (4𝑎2 + 𝑎𝑏 − 𝑏 2 )

𝑎 − 𝑏 − 2𝑐 + (−7𝑎 + 8𝑏 − 11)

Workshop 2 – Like Terms Addition and Subtraction

Simplify the following expressions based on the likeliness of each term inside the
expressions.

𝑥 3 + 𝑥𝑦 2 + 𝑦 3 − (−5𝑥 2 + 𝑥 3 ) + 2𝑥 3 − 4𝑥𝑦 2 − 5𝑦 3

5𝑎 − 6𝑏 + 8𝑐 + 9𝑎 − 20𝑐 − 𝑏 − 6𝑏 − 𝑐

(𝑎 − 𝑏) + (2𝑎 + 3𝑏) − (−4𝑎 + 5𝑏)

𝑎5 + 4𝑎2 𝑏 3 + 8𝑎𝑏 4 − 𝑏 5 − (3𝑎5 − 6𝑎2 𝑏 3 − 21𝑎𝑏 4 − 6)

𝑥 2 − 3 − 3𝑥 + 5 − 𝑥 3 − [−(7𝑥 3 + 8𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 + 4) − 3]
 Workshop 2 – Like Terms Addition and Subtraction

Simplify the following expressions based on the likeliness of each term inside the
expressions.

8𝑎3 𝑏 2 + (6𝑎3 𝑏 2 − 𝑎3 𝑏 2 ) − (−15 − 5𝑎𝑏 5 + 8 − 6𝑎𝑏 5 )

−𝑎 + 𝑏 − 𝑐 + 8 + 2𝑎 + 2𝑏 − 19 − 2𝑐 − 3𝑎 − 3 − 3𝑏 + 3𝑐

15𝑎2 − (−6𝑎𝑏 − 8𝑎2 + 20) + (−5𝑎𝑏 − 31 + 𝑎2 − 𝑎𝑏)

𝑎5 + 8𝑎𝑏 4 − 𝑏 5 − (3𝑎5 − 21𝑎𝑏 4 − 6) + 𝑏 5

𝑥 2 − 6𝑦 2 + (−7𝑥𝑦 + 40𝑦 2 ) − (−9𝑦 2 + 16)