Utah Education Network
Uen: Properties
This multi-segment lesson plan walks students through understanding and applying the properties of multiplication and addition. It provides a song for learning the properties as well as ideas for assessment.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Color This Polynomial Simplified
This lesson plan walks students through the process of simplifying polynomials by combining like terms. It gives an assessment and ideas for remediation and extension as well as ways to manage behavior problems and reluctant learners.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Number Crunching! Number Munching!
In this activity, students comprehend the order of operations and apply this understanding to simplify and evaluate expressions. They also learn to represent problems that involve variable quantities with expressions and use the...
Quia
Quia: Algebra: Order of Operations
Students match the math expressions with its simplification using the order of operations. Players draw a line between matching items in each column.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Video Game Scores
Standard 5.OA.2 asks students to "Write simple expressions that record calculations with numbers, and interpret numerical expressions without evaluating them." This task asks students to exercise both of these complementary skills,...
Mangahigh
Mangahigh: Algebra: Add and Subtract Terms With Single Variables
This site provides students practice with the concept of simplifying expressions. Students can learn about the topic by completing an interactive tutorial. Students can then take a ten question timed test to practice the skill.
Mangahigh
Mangahigh: Algebra: Add and Subtract Terms With Multiple Variables
This site provides students practice with the concept of simplifying expressions. Students can learn about the topic by completing an interactive tutorial. Students can then take a ten question timed test to practice the skill.
Mangahigh
Mangahigh: Algebra: Multiply Terms
Students learn about the concept of multiplying terms by exploring a tutorial. They can then test their knowledge by taking a ten question assessment that increases in difficulty as they correctly answer questions.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Algebra: Simplify Expressions
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Simplify polynomials by combining like terms.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Web Math: Simplifying a Term Involving Exponents
This WebMath site offers assistance with simplifying algebraic terms involving exponents or powers.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Web Math: Combining Like Terms
This site explains how to simplify an expression by combining like terms. Enter an expression into the interactive "solver" and follow the step-by-step solution to learn how the answer was determined.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Algebra: Simplify Expressions
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This lesson covers combining like terms.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Everyday Algebra: Targeted Math Instruction
This Algebra lesson plan focuses on writing algebraic expressions to represent real-world problems, using the properties of numbers to simplify expressions, and evaluating equations by isolating the variable.
Wyzant
Wyzant: What Is Simplifying?
This site from WyzAnt explores what simplifying is, as well as how to simplify a variety of algebraic equations. Content focuses on simplifying multiple signs, combining like terms, simplifying multiplication, distributing a number or...
Interactive Mathematics
Interactive Mathematics: Division of Algebraic Expressions
Dividing algebraic expressions is demonstrated with several examples. Methods as simple as using reciprocals are shown, as well as using long division to divide polynomial expressions.
Interactive Mathematics
Interactive Mathematics: Multiplying Algebraic Expressions
Several examples are demonstrated on how to multiply algebraic expression through distribution.
Other
Quick Math: Algebra Simplify
This QuickMath algebra site simplifies an advanced expression that you enter and gives answer.