Like terms match up maths activity
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Help KS3-4 students build confidence and become more knowledgeable about like terms with this easy-to-use activity resource.
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Like terms match up maths activity resource
A quick match up activity that could be used as a starter, students have to find the groups of like terms from the jumbled algebra.
The terms have been carefully selected to address potential misconceptions, for example that x and x^2 are not like terms.
This flexible resource can be used at any stage during KS3 or KS4 to reinforce algebraic like terms understanding and confidence. The activity can be used as a revision tool or while teaching algebraic topics or key subject areas.
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A sample extract from the resource:
Which of the terms below are like terms? There may be more than two terms that can be grouped together as like terms.
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k |
-9 |
7m2 |
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7p2 |
2p |
5k |
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5 |
5m |
-9m |
-2p |
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x |
|||
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45m2 |
12x |
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10x |
4p2 |
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23 |
