Question

Simplify each expression:
5-6m+4
(show steps please)

Answer 1

hint: 5 and 4 are common terms

Answer 2

and you ALWAYS combine like terms

Answer 3

When your simplifying expressions, do you remember the rules?

Like you can only add or subtract "like" terms, this rule is applicable to your question

5 - 6m + 4

Ok so the only part of this equation with a m in it is the 6!, the 5 and the 4 do not have any m's, so by the rule, you can not add or subtract any of these numbers to 6

but you can simplify 5 + 4

So go ahead and add 5+4 - 6m

Which simplify s down to 9 - 6m