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What is the slope?
MATCH ME….
Find an equation of a line passing
through
( 6,5 ) and has a slope 2.
Using the point-slope form , linear
equation can be found.
Solution:
If you want to write the equation in standard form, you
may use this:
 How did you find the activity?
 Is it easy to find the equation of the
line given the slope and a point?
 What if you have slope in the form of
fraction?
 What concept will you apply?
 Is it easy to find equation of the line
given the slope and its intercepts?
 What are the points to remember for
you to find the equation of the line?
 Multiplicative Property of Zero

• The product of a number and zero is zero.

5·0=0
For any number a,
a·0=0
Inverse property of addition/multiplication.

• The sum of a number and its opposite are equal to

zero.
5 + (-5) = 0
For any number a,
a + (-a) = 0

• The product of a number and its multiplicative

inverse equals one.
2·½=1
For any number a,
a · 1/a = 1
 Inverse – what brings you back to
the identity element using that
operation?
• Think of the inverse
property as what
would you need to add
(multiply) to this
number to turn it into
an identity element?
The additive inverse
is the negative of the
number, and the
multiplicative inverse
is one divided by the

number.
 Distributive Property

The sum of 2 addends (b + c) multiplied by a number

(a) is the sum of the product of each addend and
the number.
3(4 + 5) = 3(4) + 3(5)
For any number a, b, and c,
a(b + c) = ab + ac
or
(b + c)a = ab + bc
The expression a(b + c) is read “a times the quantity b plus c”
or
“a times the sum of b and c”
 Distributive – multiply across the
parentheses.
• Using the distributive
property lets you multiply
each element inside the
parentheses by the element
outside the parentheses.
Consider the problem to
the left. The number in
front of the parentheses is
“looking” to distribute
(multiply) its value with all
of the terms inside the

parentheses.
 Properties of Real Numbers

Properties of Real Numbers

Property Example
1 Commutative Property of Addition 2+3=3+2
a+b=b+a
2 Commutative Property of Multiplication 2 · (3) = 3 · (2)
a·b=b·a
3 Associative Property of Addition 2 + (3 + 4) = 2 + (3 + 4)
a + (b + c) = (a + b) + c
4 Associative Property of Multiplication 2 · (3 · 4) = (2 · 3) · 4
a · (b · c) = (a · b) · c
5 Distributive Property 2 · (3 + 4) = 2 · 3 + 2 · 4
a · (b · c) = a · b + a · c
6 Identity Property of Addition 3+0=3
a+0=a
7 Identity Property of Multiplication 3·1=3
a·1=a
8 Additive Inverse Property 3 + (-3) = 0
a + (-a) = 0
9 Multiplicative Inverse Property 3 · (1/3) = 1
a · (1/a) = 1
10 Property of Zero 5·0=0
a·0=0
Variables and
Expressions
As people age, their blood
pressure rises. You can
approximate a person’s normal
systolic blood pressure by
dividing his/her age by 2 and
then adding 110.
How would you write this
problem in expression form to
solve mathematically.
 The Language of Algebra

Algebra, like any language, is a language of symbols.

It is the language of math and must be learned as
any other language. You know the symbols of
division and addition, so you can write the blood-
pressure relationship as:
age ÷ 2 + 110
In arithmetic, you could write:
□ ÷ 2 + 110
In algebra, we use variables, letters that represent
unknown values. In this case the letter x:
X ÷ 2 + 110
This is known as a algebraic expression.
Expressions like a ÷ 2 + 110 can be evaluated
by replacing the variables with numbers and
then finding the numerical value of the
expression.
If Samantha is 18 years old, she could estimate her
blood pressure by evaluating the expression,
18 ÷ 2 + 110

a ÷ 2 + 110 =
(18) ÷ 2 + 110 = substitute 18 for a
9 + 110 = order of operations, division first
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When reading a verbal sentence and writing an
algebraic expression to represent it, there are
words and phrases that suggest the operations
to use.

Addition Subtraction Multiplication Division

Plus Minus Times Divided
Sum Difference Product quotent
More than Less than Multiplied
Increased by Subtract Each
Total Decreased by Of
In all
 Translating Word Phrases into
Math Expressions

While the table on the previous slide gives you an

idea about phrases that translate to math
operations, being able to identify the key words
that determine the operations (+, -, ·, ÷) that will
be used to solve problems takes practice.
Write an expression for each phrase.

1) a number n divided by 5
2) the sum of 4 and a number y
3) 3 times the sum of a number b and 5
4) the product of a number n and 9
5) the sum of 11 times a number s and 3
6) 7 minus the product of 2 and a number x
7) 6 less than a number x
8) 7 times the sum of x and 6
Write an algebraic expression to evaluate the
word problem:

1) Samantha purchased a 200-minute calling card

and called her father from college. After
talking with him for t minutes, how many
minutes did she have left on her card? Write
and solve an expression to represent the
number of minutes remaining on the calling card.
2) Jared worked for h hours at $5 per hour.
Write an expression to determine how much
money Jared earned. How much money will
Jared earn if he works a total of 18 hours?
 Evaluating Expressions

Get your pencil and calculator ready and try

these problems.
Evaluate each expression if
m = 4, n = 11, p = 2, q = 5.
1) 8 + n
2) 10 – q 6) n + 110 – 2p
3) 3m 7) mn + p
4) 24 – 4q 8) 10m + m
5) 5m ÷ 2 9) 2m – p
10) m+6÷p
Combining Like Terms
Using the language of algebra
Combining Like Terms

Have you ever heard the phrase “You are trying to

compare apples to oranges”.

Explain what you think this phrase means.

Apples and oranges cannot be compared because

they are unlike objects.
Term – the parts of an expression that are
added or subtracted.
(x + 2) (2x – 4)
Like terms – 2 or more terms that have the
same variable raised to the same power.
(in the expression 3a + 5b + 12a, 3a and 12a
are like terms.)
To simplify an expression – perform all
possible operations, including combining like
terms.
 Add or Multiply?

x + x 1x + 1x = 2x

x x x x
 Add or Multiply?

x + y 1x + 1y = x + y

x y x y
A procedure frequently used in algebra is the
process of combining like terms. This is a way
to “clean-up” an equation and make it easier to
solve. For example, in the algebraic
expression 4x + 3 + 7y, there are three terms:
4x, 3, and 7y.
Remember the 4 and 7 are coefficients.
Let’s say we are given the equation below. It looks
very complicated, but if we look carefully,
everything is either a constant (number), or the
variable x with a coefficient (4x).

Remember, a coefficient is the number by which a variable

is being multiplied (the 4 in 4x is the coefficient)
The “like terms” in the equation are ones that
have the same variable. All constants are like
terms as well.
This means 15, 10, 6, and -2 are all like terms,
and the other is 4x, -3x, 5x, and 3x. To
combine them is pretty easy, you just add
them together and make sure they are all on
the same side of the equation.
 Since the 15 and 10 are both constants we
combine them to get 25. The 4x and -3x each
have the same variable (x), so we can add them
to get 1x. Doing the same on the other side
we arrive at 25 + 1x = 4 + 8x. The process is
still not finished.
There are still some like terms, but they are
on opposite sides of the equal sign. Since we
can do the same thing to both sides we just
subtract 4 from each side and subtract 1x
from each side.
What remains is 21 = 7x.
 Now it’s just a simple process of dividing by
seven on each side and we arrive at our answer
of x = 3.

Combining like terms enables you to take that

huge mess of an equation and make it
something much more obvious to solve.
Combine the following:

1) 14a – 5a

2) 7x – 3x

3) 12g + 7g

4) 7y + 8 – 3y – 1 + y

5) 5t + 7p – 3p -2t
 Simplify Algebraic Expressions by
combining like terms.

Simplify:
6(n + 5) – 2n =
6 (n) + 6(5) – 2n = Distributive Property
6n + 30 – 2n = 6n and 2n are like terms
4n + 30 Combine coefficients 6 – 2 = 4

Remember that a term like “x” has a coefficient of

1, so terms such as x, n, or y can be written as 1x,
1n, or 1y.
 Example:
2a + 5b + 5 – a + 3

How many terms are in this expression?

What are the like terms?

Simplify by combining like terms.

a + 5b + 8
 Example:
2 + 8(3y + 5) - y

What would be the first step in simplifying the

expression?
Use the Distributive Property to simplify 8(3y + 5),
8(3y) + 8(5),
24y + 40

Combine like terms.

2 + 24y + 40 –y

42 + 23y
Math Humor

Teacher: Sam, please

evaluate x + 4 if x = 7.

Sam: Is this a trick

question? Yesterday
you told us that x = 2!