Combining Like Terms Review Lesson

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Objective

SWBAT identify like terms and decide when operations need like terms.

Big Idea

To combine or not to combine, what is a like term?

Lesson Author

Christa Lemily

Bowling Green, KY

Grade Level

Eighth grade

Subjects

Math

Algebra

Standards

7.EE.A.2

Understand that rewriting an expression in different forms in a problem context can shed light on the problem and how the quantities in it are related. For example, a + 0.05a = 1.05a means that “increase by 5%” is the same as “multiply by 1.05.”

MP3

Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.

MP5

Use appropriate tools strategically.

MP6

Attend to precision.

MP7

Look for and make use of structure.

MP8

Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.