#1. -6x+10x+(-2x)

You add together all the #s because they all have the same variable “X”.

-6x+10x+(-2x)

add -6x and 10x

4x+(-2x)

add 4x and -2x

2x is your answer

Now you try the others!

Do you know the order of operations – My Dear Aunt Sally? (Multiplication, Division, Adition, Subtraction)

1. -6x + 10x – 2x

add -6x and 10x to get the answer 4x. (10x – 6x)

subtract the 2x from the 4x.

The answer to this one is 2x.

2. 20x – 16x – 2x

subtract 16x from 20x. The answer is 4x. Now subtract the 2x from the 4x.

The answer to this one is 2x as well.

And so on –

3. 6x – 2x + x + 7 simplifies to 5x + 7

4. 4x – x -2x simplifies to x (or 1x)

5. 15x – 3x + 7x + 4 simplifies to 19x + 4

Hope I helped!

When you see +(-x) this can be simplified as just minus, so + ( -3x) is the same as minus 3x. The first one is done this way:

-6x + 10x -2x = +10x – 8x = 2x

1. Make it easier. Negatives will always overrule a positive.

-6x+10x-2x

10x-8x

=2x

2. 20x-16x-2x

4x-2x

=2x

3. 6x-2x+x+7

=5x+7

4. 4x-x-2x

4x-3x

=x

5. 15x-3x+7x+4

12x+7x+4

=19x+4

1. 2x

2. 2x

3. 5x + 7

4. x

5. 19x + 4

.

2. 2x

3. 5x+7

4. x

5.19x+4