Identify the numerical coefficients of terms (other than constants) in the following expressions:

(i) 5 − 3t² (ii) 1 + t + t² + t³ (iii) x + 2xy+ 3y

(iv) 100m + 1000n (v) − p²q² + 7pq (vi) 1.2a + 0.8b

(vii) 3.14 r² (viii) 2 (l + b) (ix) 0.1y + 0.01 y²

(a) Identify terms which contain x and give the coefficient of x.

(i) y²x + y (ii) 13y²− 8yx (iii) x + y + 2

(iv) 5 + z + zx (v) 1 + x+ xy (vi) 12xy² + 25

(vii) 7x + xy²

(b) Identify terms which contain y² and give the coefficient of y².

(i) 8 − xy² (ii) 5y² + 7x (iii) 2x²y −15xy² + 7y²

Classify into monomials, binomials and trinomials.

(i) 4y − 7z (ii) y² (iii) x + y − xy

(iv) 100 (v) ab − a − b (vi) 5 − 3t

(vii) 4p²q − 4pq² (viii) 7mn (ix) z² − 3z + 8

(x) a² + b² (xi) z² + z (xii) 1 + x + x²

Identify like terms in the following:

(a) −xy², − 4yx², 8x², 2xy², 7y, − 11x², − 100x, −11yx, 20x²y, −6x², y, 2xy,3x

(b) 10pq, 7p, 8q, − p²q², − 7qp, − 100q, − 23, 12q²p², − 5p², 41, 2405p, 78qp, 13p²q, qp², 701p²

Simplify combining like terms:

(i) 21b − 32 + 7b − 20b

(ii) − z² + 13z² − 5z + 7z³ − 15z

(iii) p − (p − q) − q − (q − p)

(iv) 3a − 2b − ab − (a − b + ab) + 3ab + b − a

(v) 5x²y − 5x² + 3y x² − 3y² + x² − y² + 8xy² −3y²

(vi) (3 y² + 5y − 4) − (8y − y² − 4)

Add:

(i) 3mn, − 5mn, 8mn, −4mn

(ii) t − 8tz, 3tz − z, z − t

(iii) − 7mn + 5, 12mn + 2, 9mn − 8, − 2mn − 3

(iv) a + b − 3, b − a + 3, a − b + 3

(v) 14x + 10y − 12xy − 13, 18 − 7x − 10y + 8xy, 4xy

(vi) 5m − 7n, 3n − 4m + 2, 2m − 3mn − 5

(vii) 4x²y, − 3xy², − 5xy², 5x²y

(viii) 3p²q² − 4pq + 5, − 10p²q², 15 + 9pq + 7p²q²

(ix) ab − 4a, 4b − ab, 4a − 4b

(x) x² − y² − 1 , y² − 1 − x², 1− x² − y²

Subtract:

(i) − 5y² from y²

(ii) 6xy from − 12xy

(iii) (a − b) from (a + b)

(iv) a (b − 5) from b (5 − a)

(v) − m² + 5mn from 4m² − 3mn + 8

(vi) − x² + 10x − 5 from 5x − 10

(vii) 5a² − 7ab + 5b² from 3ab − 2a² −2b²

(viii) 4pq − 5q² − 3p² from 5p² + 3q² − pq

(a) What should be added to x² + xy + y² to obtain 2x² + 3xy?

(b) What should be subtracted from 2a + 8b + 10 to get − 3a + 7b + 16?

What should be taken away from 3x² − 4y² + 5xy + 20 to obtain

− x² − y² + 6xy + 20?

(a) From the sum of 3x − y + 11 and − y − 11, subtract 3x − y − 11.

(b) From the sum of 4 + 3x and 5 − 4x + 2x², subtract the sum of 3x² − 5x and − x² + 2x + 5.