1. Let's talk about simplifying things, which means making math expressions easier to understand or use. 2. Suppose you have a math expression like $2+3$. Here, you add $2$ and $3$ to get $5$ because adding means putting numbers together. 3. Another example is $4 \times 3$, which means $4$ groups of $3$. When you multiply, you find how many there are in total. 4. So $4 \times 3 = 12$, which means if you have 4 baskets with 3 apples each, you have 12 apples in total. 5. Simplifying helps you make math easier by doing all the adding, subtracting, multiplying, or dividing as much as you can. In summary, simplifying means you do the math operations to make your numbers or expressions smaller or simpler to work with.