CAIE IGCSE Mathematics C2.2.1 Collecting Like Terms
Practise simplifying algebraic expressions by combining terms with identical variables and powers while preserving signs.
- Syllabus
- 2028–2030
- Course
- Mathematics 0580
- Level
- Core
Exam points
- combine coefficients only when the variable and its power match exactly
- carry each positive or negative sign with its term before collecting coefficients
- form a perimeter expression from a diagram, then collect variable and constant terms
C2.2.1 Simplify expressions by collecting like terms. question 1
[Maximum number: 2]
Simplify 3 c-5 d-c+2 d.
2c-3d final answer
B1 for 2c or -3d.
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