Solving Equations & Understanding Inequalities Vocabulary

Front

What is the inverse operation for subtraction?

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Addition

Front

What do you call the process of replacing a variable with a number?

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Substitution

Front

What is any value of a variable that makes an equation or inequality true?

Back

Solution

Front

What is a mathematical sentence containing an equal sign?

Back

Equation

Front

What are pairs of operations that 'undo' each other called?

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Inverse operations

Front

What is the term for a mathematical sentence that shows the relationship between two expressions that are not equal?

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Inequality

Front

What is the term for a number that is used to represent an unknown value in an equation?

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Variable

Front

What is the process of finding the value of a variable that makes an equation true?

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Solving an equation

Front

What do you call an expression that does not contain an equal sign?

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Expression

Front

What is the term for the value that makes an inequality true?

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Solution set