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FOUR IN A ROW
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Choose a square and click on it. Click on the correct answer to the question in the box that appears. If you are right the square is replaced by a tick. Continue until you have won 4 in a row...
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Game: FOUR IN A ROW

Aim: To get four symbols in a row

Method:
Choose a square and click on it. Click on the correct answer to the question in the box that appears. If you are right the square is replaced by a tick. Continue until you have won 4 in a row...

Identify like & unlike terms
      
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4 IN A ROW game to practice
'Identify like & unlike terms' for 6th grade

Like and unlike terms

In algebra a "term" is any combination of variables, exponents and constants or coefficients upon which mathematical operations such as addition or multipliation can be performed. Examples of terms are:

3a 63b -23y 4x³ -ab⁻³

Terms are most often found grouped together into expressions. Expressions are groups of terms separated by mathematical operators. Examples of expressions are:

a + 5 3b² - a 2b x 3b⁻³ 4x³ ÷ 15y⁴


What are like terms?

Like terms are terms whose base and exponent are the same. The base of the term 3b² is b and the exponent is 2. The coefficient is 3 but you can ignore the coefficient when looking for like terms. Examples of like terms are in the boxes below which all share the same base x :

x -33x ½x

Unlike terms are those whose base or base and exponent are different (ignore the coefficient when deciding). So, examples of unlike terms are:

7x -33x² 5xy

where the x is unlike x² which is unlike xy.


Why do we care about like terms?

If terms are like terms, you can easily add or subtract them. You cannot do so with unlike terms. The following two examples show adding like terms :

a³ + 3a³ = 4a³

5p²q⁵ + 3p²q⁵ = 8p²q⁵


Related topics

With our Four in a row math game you will be practicing the topic "Identify like & unlike terms" from 6th grade / Algebra / Algebraic notation / Algebraic notation. The math in this game consists of 16 questions that ask you to decide whether each expression consists of like terms or unlike terms.

Four in a row is similar to the paper game "Noughts and crosses" but we have changed it into a one-person math learning / revision game. The aim of the game is to win 4 cells in a row from a grid of 16 cells.

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The game will reinforce the math you have chosen to learn by getting you to match the question to the correct answer.

Notes

  • Do the Math lessons for your topic before playing this game
  • Wrong answers are ok, you just have to try again until you get them right
  • There is help available for all games by clicking the question mark button
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How to play 4 in a row to practice
'Identify like & unlike terms' for 6th grade

Free Math Games screenshot of 4 in a row game to learn secondary math

  1. Select "4 in a row" on the math games selection page.
  2. Take a quick look at the method text for 4 in a row.
  3. Click on PLAY to proceed, or change your topic with the CHANGE TOPIC button.
  4. On the play page you have a grid of 16 pictures (some topic picture are shown multiple times for shorter topics).
  5. Click on a picture cell.
  6. The topic question will appear along with a series of possible answers.
  7. Click the speaker icon to hear any particular answer (Speech enabled browsers only).
  8. Click the answer that corresponds to the picture question.
  9. If you are correct, the picture will be replaced by a tick - otherwise, a wrong sound will play.
  10. Continue matching picture questions to their correct answers until you have completed a line of 4 cells.
  11. The line can be diagonal as well as horizontal or vertical.
  12. 4 ticks in a row wins the game.
  13. Choose an option from the green sign, or click on games to choose a different game.
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