Algebra Vocab Review

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What is a coefficient?

Back

The number before a variable.

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2B

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What is the constant in the equation -6 + 3x?

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-6

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.A.2B

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What is a monomial?

Back

A polynomial with one term.

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What is a binomial?

Back

A polynomial with two terms.

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What is the leading coefficient?

Back

Number in front of variable with largest exponent.

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What is a polynomial?

Back

An expression consisting of variables and coefficients, combined using addition, subtraction, and multiplication.

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What is the degree of a polynomial?

Back

The highest exponent of the variable in the polynomial.

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What is a term in algebra?

Back

A single mathematical expression that can be a number, variable, or the product of numbers and variables.

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2B

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What is a quadratic equation?

Back

An equation of the form ax^2 + bx + c = 0, where a, b, and c are constants.

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What is factoring in algebra?

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The process of breaking down an expression into simpler components that, when multiplied together, give the original expression.