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Combine like terms in longer expressions

Grade 7 math · Fieldbook Learning

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

  1. Simplify: 6x + 5 + 6x + 4 + 6x. Write your answer as ax + b.
  2. Simplify: 6 − 1 − 6x + x + 2x. Write your answer as ax + b.
  3. Simplify: −4 + 4x + 5 − 2x − 6x. Write your answer as ax + b.
  4. Simplify: 2x + 3 − 1 + 4x − 3x. Write your answer as ax + b.
  5. Simplify: 4x − 5x + 6 + 6 + 3x + 3. Write your answer as ax + b.
  6. Simplify: −4 + 2 + 2x + 6 + 2x − 9x. Write your answer as ax + b.
  7. Simplify: −9 − 2 + 1 − 2x + 5x + 3x. Write your answer as ax + b.
  8. Simplify: −3 − x + 1 − 4x − 4 − x. Write your answer as ax + b.
  9. Simplify: 12x − 6x + 12 + 4 + 10x + 12 + 5x. Write your answer as ax + b.
  10. Simplify: −3 + x + 9 + 10 + 12x − 4x + 4x. Write your answer as ax + b.
  11. Simplify: 10x − 12x − 2x + 5 − 4x − 10 − 9. Write your answer as ax + b.
  12. Simplify: −6 − 6 + 7 − 7x + 9x − 2x − 3x. Write your answer as ax + b.
  13. Simplify: 15x − 9 + 1 + 13 + x − 3 + 11x + 6x. Write your answer as ax + b.
  14. Simplify: 4x + 2x − 11x + 5 + 6 − 2 + 8x + 14. Write your answer as ax + b.
  15. Simplify: −10x − 5 + 14x + 5 − 3 − 7 − 12x − 10x. Write your answer as ax + b.
  16. Simplify: −9x − 10 + 3x + 14 − 10 + 9 − x + 10x. Write your answer as ax + b.
  17. Simplify: −8x − 17 − 18x + 7 + 20x + 11x − 20 + 5 + 18x. Write your answer as ax + b.
  18. Simplify: 13 − 20x + 5x + 16x + 4x + 4x − 6 + 11 + 9. Write your answer as ax + b.
  19. Simplify: 1 − 13 + 7x − 5x + 18 − 2x − 15x − 11x + 19. Write your answer as ax + b.
  20. Simplify: −5x + 7 − 5x − 3 + 16 − 19 − x − 6x + 8x. Write your answer as ax + b.
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Answer key: Combine like terms in longer expressions

  1. 18x + 9
  2. -3x + 5
  3. -4x + 1
  4. 3x + 2
  5. 2x + 15
  6. -5x + 4
  7. 6x - 10
  8. -6x - 6
  9. 21x + 28
  10. 13x + 16
  11. -8x - 14
  12. -3x - 5
  13. 33x + 2
  14. 3x + 23
  15. -18x - 10
  16. 3x + 3
  17. 23x - 25
  18. 9x + 27
  19. -26x + 25
  20. -9x + 1