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Combine like terms

Students simplify a polynomial by combining coefficients themselves, term family by term family. Rebuilt from Sean's slider-scrubbed worked example, made active.

Content

1. Simplify

3w^2 + 5 - w^2 + 2w^4 - 4w - 9

Start with the highest power. How many w⁴ terms are there? Just one, its coefficient stays.

w^4\text{ terms: }

w^4

Standards

GCSE A4
CCSS-M HSA-SSE.A.1