BMMS Grade 6: Expressions Vocabulary Quiz

What is an algebraic expression?

• A group of numbers, symbols, and variables that express an operation or a series of operations.

• A number that is multiplied by a variable.

• A symbol, usually a letter, that can stand for a variable quantity.

• A quantity that changes or can have different values.

What is a coefficient?

• A number that is multiplied by a variable.

• A symbol, usually a letter, that can stand for a variable quantity.

• A group of numbers, symbols, and variables that express an operation or a series of operations.

• A quantity that changes or can have different values.

What is a variable? Pick 2 correct definitions.

• A quantity that changes or can have different values.

• A number that is multiplied by a variable.

• A symbol, usually a letter, that can stand for a variable quantity.

• A group of numbers, symbols, and variables that express an operation or a series of operations.

What is a term?

• A quantity that changes or can have different values.

• A number that is multiplied by a variable.

• A group of numbers, symbols, and variables that express an operation or a series of operations.

• A symbol, usually a letter, that can stand for a variable quantity.

What are like terms?

• Terms that have the same variables and the same exponents.

• A group of numbers, symbols, and variables that express an operation or a series of operations.

• A number that is multiplied by a variable.

• A quantity that changes or can have different values.

What is an exponent?

• To find the value of a mathematical expression.

• The number that tells how many equal factors there are.

• The result of multiplication.

• Expressions which are equal to each other for any values of their variables.

What is a product?

• The number that tells how many equal factors there are.

• The result of multiplication.

• Expressions which are equal to each other for any values of their variables.

• To find the value of a mathematical expression.

What are equivalent expressions?

• The number that tells how many equal factors there are.

• Expressions which are equal to each other for any values of their variables.

• The result of multiplication.

• To find the value of a mathematical expression.

What does it mean to evaluate an expression?

• To find the value of a mathematical expression.

• The number that tells how many equal factors there are.

• The result of multiplication.

• Expressions which are equal to each other for any values of their variables.

What is a constant?

• A number with a value that is always the same.

• The number that tells how many equal factors there are.

• Another way to solve a problem.

• To rewrite the same algebraic expression with no like terms and in a compact manner.