Ontario · Grade 9 (MTH1W, de-streamed)

MTH1W.C1.4

Grade 9 de-streamed — Simplify algebraic expressions by applying properties of operations of numbers, using various representations and tools.

Grade 9 de-streamed — Simplify algebraic expressions by applying properties of operations of numbers, using various representations and tools, in different contexts.

A note on this mapping: MTH1W simplifies expressions by collecting like terms and multiplying monomials; multiplying two binomials and the special products are Grade 10 (MPM2D), so the tag covers the first half of this skill.

The 2 skills that cover it

What a student should be able to do

  • Translate a phrase in words into an algebraic expression.
  • Evaluate an expression for given values of its variables.
  • Combine like terms and apply the distributive property.
  • Tell the difference between an expression and an equation.
  • Write a polynomial in standard form and state its degree and its number of terms.
  • Add and subtract polynomials by combining like terms.
  • Multiply a monomial by a polynomial and a binomial by a binomial.
  • Expand the special products (a + b)2, (a - b)2 and (a + b)(a - b).

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