A mathematical symbol is a figure or a combination of figures that is used to represent a mathematical object an action on mathematical objects a relation between mathematical objects or for structuring the other symbols that occur in a formulaAs formulas are entirely constituted with symbols of various types many symbols are needed for expressing all mathematics. To combine like terms we add the coefficients and keep the variables the same. Like terms in algebra are terms containing the same variables raised to the same exponent or power.
In other words terms that are like each other.
The terms having the same variable with different exponents or different variable with same exponents are called Unlike terms. Share Flipboard Email. Commonly is used to mean multiplication when handwritten or used on a calculator 2 2 for example. 3x 2 and 2x 2 are like terms because they are both x 2.