Glencoe Math Chapter 2 Vocabulary

A number, a variable, or a combination of the two

• variable

• inverse

• term

• constant

A letter than symbolizes and unknown number

• variable

• term

• constant

• coefficient

the product is ALWAYS one

• constants

• variables

• multiplicative inverses

• additive inverses

The number that multiplies the variable

• inverse

• constant

• variable

• coefficient

An operation that undoes the action of another

• Inverse Operation

• term

• constant

• coefficient

A term that only has a number with no variable

• coefficient term

• variable term

• constant term

• constant variable

The sum of these is zero

• coefficients

• Additive Inverses

• Mutliplicative Inverses

• variable

A term that has a variable in it

• Variable Term

• Constant Term

• Coefficient

• Inverse

A number that stands by itself with no variable

• Coefficient

• Constant

• Term

• Inverse

An example of additive inverse:

• 4 + 4

• 7 + (-7)