Unit 5 Vocab: Equations and Inequalities

A variable that depends on other factors

• Independent Variable

• Dependent Variable

• Addition Property of Equality

• Equation

Adding the same number to each side of an equation produces an equivalent expression.

• Inverse Operation

• Addition Property of Equality

• Equation

• Proportion

The relation between two quantities whose ratio remains constant.

• Solution

• Division Property of Equality

• Constant of Proportionality

• Direct Proportion (Direct Variation)

A mathematical sentence that contains an equal sign

• Equation

• Inequality

• Substitution

• Proportion

States that when both sides of an equation are divided by the same number, the remaining expressions are still equal.

• Term

• Inverse Operation

• Division Property of Equality

• Equation

A mathematical sentence that contains the symbols >, <, ≤, ≥

• Multiplication Property of Equality

• Inequality

• Equation

• Inverse Operation

The constant value of the ratio of two proportional quantities x and y.

• Constant of proportionality

• Dependent Variable

• Term

• Variable

A variable that stands alone and is not changes by the other variables you are trying to measure.

• Dependent Variable

• Variable

• Independent Variable

• Constant of Proportionality

A mathematical process that combines two or more numbers such that its product or sum equals the identity.

• Division property of Equality

• Variable

• Inverse Operation

• Solution

An equation which states that two ratios are equal

• Proportion

• Inequality

• Constant of proportionality

• Substitution