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Math Tutorial 6.1 - The Meaning of Expressions. Simplifying Expressions

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There are 7 lessons in this math tutorial covering The Meaning of Expressions. Simplifying Expressions. The tutorial starts with an introduction to The Meaning of Expressions. Simplifying Expressions and is then followed with a list of the separate lessons, the tutorial is designed to be read in order but you can skip to a specific lesson or return to recover a specific math lesson as required to build your math knowledge of The Meaning of Expressions. Simplifying Expressions. You can access all the lessons from this tutorial below.

In this Math tutorial, you will learn:

  • How to express an unknown quantity in a simple way.
  • What is an algebraic expression? Where does it differ from an arithmetic expression?
  • How to transform an algebraic expression into an arithmetic one.
  • How to calculate the value of an algebraic expression.
  • What are the terms of an algebraic expression? Where do like and unlike terms differ from each other?
  • What are coefficients and constants of an algebraic expression?
  • What does 'writing an algebraic expression in its simplest terms' mean? How do you write an algebraic expression in its simplest term?
  • How to order the terms of an algebraic expression.
  • How to make operations with like/unlike terms.
  • How to easily identify like terms in an algebraic expression.
  • How to deal with exponents in algebraic expressions.

Introduction

How do you express an unknown quantity? For example, the name of an unknown person, the number of an unknown amount of items, etc.

What happens if you assign a value to these unknown quantities? Can you find a result to the corresponding expressions? What kind of expression do they become in these cases?

Henceforth, we will extend the concept of expressions beyond numbers we have used in arithmetic expressions. In this tutorial, we will deal with algebraic expressions. Algebraic means to denote a mathematical expression or equation, in which a finite number of symbols are combined, using only the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and exponentiation with constant rational exponents.

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Expressions Learning Material
Tutorial IDMath Tutorial TitleTutorialVideo
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6.1The Meaning of Expressions. Simplifying Expressions
Lesson IDMath Lesson TitleLessonVideo
Lesson
6.1.1What are (Algebraic) Expressions
6.1.2Calculating the Value of an Algebraic Expression
6.1.3Terms of Algebraic Expressions
6.1.4Simplifying Algebraic Expressions
6.1.5Ordering the Terms of Algebraic Expressions
6.1.6Multiplying and Dividing Terms of an Algebraic Expression
6.1.7Another Property of Exponents Used in Algebraic Expressions

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