BIM: Chapter 5 Vocab

a fixed, unchanging value

• exponent

• variable

• constant

• base

a number raised to a power

• exponent

• variable

• constant

• base

a quantity that can change

• exponent

• variable

• constant

• base

indicates how many times the base is multiplied by itself

• exponent

• variable

• constant

• base

a number raised to the second power

• exponent

• squared

• cubed

• triangled

a number raised to the third power

• exponent

• squared

• cubed

• triangled

a math statement that can have numbers, symbols, and operations

• term

• expression

• algebraic expression

• exponent

an expression that has at least one variable

• term

• expression

• algebraic expression

• exponent

part of an expression

• term

• expression

• algebraic expression

• equation

a number that's multiplied by the variable

• exponent

• coeffieicnt

• constant

• base