Like Terms

Collecting with algebra tiles

An interactive lesson with 7 steps, about 6 minutes: you predict, drag and solve, with instant feedback on every answer. It runs in your browser and needs JavaScript.

What you’ll learn

• Like terms have the same letter part; add their coefficients.
• Unlike terms (x and y, x and x²) stay separate.
• A term’s sign travels with it when you rearrange.

Steps

1. Algebra tiles
2. Like terms
3. Collect the tiles
4. Two letters
5. Can it be simplified?
6. Squares and bars
7. Around a triangle