Practice Combining Like Terms with Negative Coefficients

Practice Problems

Now it's your turn to try combining like terms. Here are seven problems to practice. As before, there is a video at the bottom of the page if you need more help.

Combine the like terms to create an equivalent expression:

$$4z-(-3z) = $$
Combine the like terms to create an equivalent expression:

$$-3k-(-8) + 2$$
Combine the like terms to create an equivalent expression:

$$-n+(-3) + 3n+5$$
Combine the like terms to create an equivalent expression:

$$-4r - 2r+5$$
Combine the like terms to create an equivalent expression:

$$-k-(-8k)$$
Combine the like terms to create an equivalent expression:

$$-12-6p-(-2)$$
Combine the like terms to create an equivalent expression:

$$2r+1+(-4r)+7$$

Source: Khan Academy, https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra/x2f8bb11595b61c86:foundation-algebra/x2f8bb11595b61c86:combine-like-terms/e/combining_like_terms_1
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