How do you find the terms of an expression?

How do you find the terms and like terms in an expression?

Video quote: So you can see this little pop-up box that I'm putting in there the definition of a like term is that the terms have the same variable raised to the same exponent.

What is a term in an expression example?

In algebra, terms are the values on which the mathematical operations take place in an expression. A term can be a constant or a variable or both in an expression. In the expression, 3a + 8, 3a and 8 are terms. Here is another example, in which 5x and 7 are terms that form the expression 5x + 7.

What is the number of terms in the expression?

It’s important to remember that the division sign (÷) or multiplication sign (×) does not separate the terms of an algebraic expression. We observe that the number of terms used in the expression x + 10 is 2. The terms are x and 10. We observe that the number of terms used in the expression 5m + 2n – 7 is 3.