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WARM-UP – Distributive Property and Combing Like Terms Practice
Simplify the following expressions using the distributive property and combining like terms as
necessary.
1) 3(x - 2)
8) 4(x – 9) + 3x –5
2) -2(a + 7)
9) -8(y + 7) -6y + 11
3) -(n – 20)
4) x(x + 5)
10) 14x + 2(x – 5) + 10
5) 3x(x + y)
11) 5c(c – 9) + 30c – 8c²
6) 5x + 9 – 9x – 20
12) 2xy(x + y) + 3x²y
7) -8x + y – z – 11x