Integer Operations and Simplifying Polynomials

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Terms that have the same variable to the same power, or constants, and can be combined

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like terms

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a letter of the alphabet that represents an unknown quantity

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variable

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a term or number without a variable

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constant

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to combine as many like terms as possible in an algebraic expression

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simplify

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The distance from zero

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absolute value

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a number, variable, or group of numbers and variables separated by addition or subtraction in a polynomial

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term

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an algebraic expression with more than one term

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polynomial

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a number next to a variable that multiplies the variable (variable's coworker)

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coefficient

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the opposite of a number on the number line, when added to its opposite, the sum is zero

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additive inverse

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The highest power of the variable in a polynomial

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degree