Combine like terms with negative coefficients

Add the x terms together and the plain numbers together. Write the answer as ax + b.

1. Simplify: 3x − 2 + 5x. Write your answer as ax + b.
2. Simplify: −5 − 2x − 2x. Write your answer as ax + b.
3. Simplify: 5x − 4 + 5x. Write your answer as ax + b.
4. Simplify: −4x − 4x + 5. Write your answer as ax + b.
5. Simplify: −5x − 5x − 3 + 8. Write your answer as ax + b.
6. Simplify: 5 + 2x − 6 − 7x. Write your answer as ax + b.
7. Simplify: 7x − 8 − 7 − 5x. Write your answer as ax + b.
8. Simplify: 6x − x + 5 − 4. Write your answer as ax + b.
9. Simplify: −8 − 6x − 12 + 3x. Write your answer as ax + b.
10. Simplify: 10x − 9 − 12x + 5. Write your answer as ax + b.
11. Simplify: 7x − 11 + 4x − 9. Write your answer as ax + b.
12. Simplify: 6x + 9x − 6 − 1. Write your answer as ax + b.
13. Simplify: 10x − 15 − 16x − 20x + 13. Write your answer as ax + b.
14. Simplify: 6x + 16x − 10 + 3x − 6. Write your answer as ax + b.
15. Simplify: 4x − 13 − 3x − 9x − 4. Write your answer as ax + b.
16. Simplify: −14x − 15x − 11x + 13 + 16. Write your answer as ax + b.
17. Simplify: −25x − 8x + 29x + 18 − 9 + 30. Write your answer as ax + b.
18. Simplify: 14 − 20x − 5x − 18x − 21 − 1. Write your answer as ax + b.
19. Simplify: 30 − 22x − 18 − 14x − 30 + 12x. Write your answer as ax + b.
20. Simplify: 11x − 19 − 8x − 8 − 19x + 8. Write your answer as ax + b.