Cover: the title Haunted Lab, Simplify Expressions, over a stone laboratory with a bubbling cauldron, glass flasks and a moonlit window

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Haunted Lab: Simplify Expressions

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Algebraic expressionsEquivalent ExpressionsOrder of OperationsHalloween6th Grade7th Grade8th Grade2 preview imagesAdded Oct 2026

About

Middle schoolers break a haunted lab's spells by simplifying algebraic expressions: spotting variables and like terms, combining them, following the order of operations, and using the distributive property. Every problem can be read aloud.

What's included

  • 13 interactive practice scenes
  • Read-aloud narration for every problem
  • Instant feedback on every answer

Learning objectives

  • Identify the variable and the like terms in an algebraic expression.
  • Simplify an expression by combining like terms, including the constants.
  • Follow the order of operations (multiply or divide first) while simplifying.
  • Use the distributive property to expand and simplify expressions.

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