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Identify Whole Terms Before Evaluating an Expression

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Arithmetic Expressions · Identifying terms · 3:28

You'll learn: Products and quotients form single terms; identify the terms first, then add them.

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Identify Whole Terms Before Evaluating an Expression

You'll learn: Products and quotients form single terms; identify the terms first, then add them.

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Identifying terms

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Rewrite Subtraction as Addition of an Opposite
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Rewrite Subtraction as Addition of an Opposite
You'll learn: Subtracting a number is the same as adding its opposite, which turns expressions into sums of terms.

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Swapping and grouping terms

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Reorder Signed Terms Without Changing Their Value
3:29
Reorder Signed Terms Without Changing Their Value
You'll learn: Signed terms can be added in any order and grouping without changing the value.
When Does Swapping Numbers Change an Expression?
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When Does Swapping Numbers Change an Expression?
You'll learn: Swapping numbers inside a subtraction or division changes the value; swapping whole signed terms does not.

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Removing brackets and compensating changes

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Remove Brackets Without Losing the Signs
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Remove Brackets Without Losing the Signs
You'll learn: A minus sign before a bracket flips the sign of every term inside when the bracket is removed.
Subtract 9 by Subtracting 10 and Adding 1
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Subtract 9 by Subtracting 10 and Adding 1
You'll learn: Changing one term changes the total by the same amount, so subtract 10 and add 1 to subtract 9.

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Distribution and expression transformations

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Why Can Multiplication Spread Across a Sum or Difference?
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Why Can Multiplication Spread Across a Sum or Difference?
You'll learn: A number times a sum equals the sum of the separate products, shown with a grid of objects.
Use a Common Factor to Put Terms Back into Brackets
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Use a Common Factor to Put Terms Back into Brackets
You'll learn: Take out a common factor to put terms back into brackets.
Adjust a Product Without Changing Its Value
3:15
Adjust a Product Without Changing Its Value
You'll learn: Multiply one factor and divide another by the same number to keep a product unchanged.

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Expression-building exploration

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Build Different Expressions for the Same Target Number
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Build Different Expressions for the Same Target Number
You'll learn: Build several different expressions that hit the same target using restricted numbers and operations.

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Arithmetic Expressions

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What Is an Arithmetic Expression?
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What Is an Arithmetic Expression?
You'll learn: What Is an Arithmetic Expression?
Different Expressions Can Have the Same Value
3:58
Different Expressions Can Have the Same Value
You'll learn: Different Expressions Can Have the Same Value
Comparing and Ordering Arithmetic Expressions
4:06
Comparing and Ordering Arithmetic Expressions
You'll learn: Comparing and Ordering Arithmetic Expressions
Comparing Sums Without Calculating Them Fully
3:49
Comparing Sums Without Calculating Them Fully
You'll learn: Comparing Sums Without Calculating Them Fully
Comparing Differences Without Calculating Them Fully
3:59
Comparing Differences Without Calculating Them Fully
You'll learn: Comparing Differences Without Calculating Them Fully
Completing Expressions to Make Both Sides Equal
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Completing Expressions to Make Both Sides Equal
You'll learn: Completing Expressions to Make Both Sides Equal