Mr. Pingas, a shark, wants to eat triangles for breakfast but is allergic to circles and squares. He bought a meal with 4 triangles, 2 squares, and 3 circles so he can only eat the triangles. When collecting like terms in an algebraic expression, terms with the same variable can be combined, while terms with different variables must be kept separate. Mr. Va China, another shark, ate 3 Asian boys he found but left the Caucasian boy.

1. Collecting Like Terms By Richard, Nolan, and Leo, the pirate.

2. Mr. Pingas, the shark has a problem. Kids, please help him!

3. Mr. Pingas wants to eat triangles for breakfast because he`s allergic to circles. Mr. Pingas wants to eat at Nolan’s Japanese Noodle restaurant But Mr. Pingas is allergic to circles and squares.

7. If Mr. Pingas eats the squares or the circles, chances are, Mr. Pingas won’t feel too well for the rest of the day. You cannot combine two different terms into one column or group because they are different types of objects. For example: 4x + 5y Let x represent apples, and y represent little Asian boys. You cannot combine the two into one column or group because they are different Types of objects. 

13. THAT’S HOW YOU COLLECT LIKE TERMS!