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Simplifying Expressions Triangular Dominoes
Simplifying Expressions Triangular Dominoes
Instructions
Cut out and rearrange the triangles to create one large triangle by matching the equivalent expressions.
3x 3z y+x+z+x+y 5x – 3y
2z
2x
z+
4x
2y
z
x+
3x
3y
z+
+x
y+
4y
z–
+4
z+
2y
+2
y
2x
+
z+
z
+y
–5
–3
x–
+2
x–
+
2y
z
y+
–z
3x
–z
z
z+
+2
2x
y–
y–
2x
z
+x
y
x+
x+x+x 3z – 2x – x – z + y – y x 2z – 3x
x+x–x
z–
4x
+x
3z
2y
2x
–3
z
–
2x
–3
3y
+y
y+
+3
4z
+y
2y
z
+2
3z
+
–2
-2x
2z
x+
x+
3x
+
y
2z
–
+2
4y
y+
3y
z
4x – y + x – 2y 2x + 2y + z z + 3z – 2z + z