Unit 4 Vocab Review B: Word/Def

Coefficient

• The number “attached” to a variable. It is multiplying/dividing the variable.
• The number NOT “attached” to a variable.
• Terms that share the same exact variable (and exponent!)
• The letter used to represent an unknown number.
• Shows how many times a factor (or base) is multiplied by itself

Constant

• The number “attached” to a variable. It is multiplying/dividing the variable.
• The number NOT “attached” to a variable.
• Terms that share the same exact variable (and exponent!)
• The letter used to represent an unknown number.
• Shows how many times a factor (or base) is multiplied by itself

Term

• multiplying the sum of two or more addends by a number
• PEMDAS; Parenthesis, Exponents, Multiplication or Division (L to R), Addition or Subtraction (L to R)
• MULTIPLICATION problem.
• DIVISION problem
• A number, variable, product or quotient. Each “part” of an expression.

Variable

• The letter used to represent an unknown number.
• Shows how many times a factor (or base) is multiplied by itself
• multiplying the sum of two or more addends by a number
• PEMDAS; Parenthesis, Exponents, Multiplication or Division (L to R), Addition or Subtraction (L to R)
• A number, variable, product or quotient. Each “part” of an expression.

Order of Operations

• multiplying the sum of two or more addends by a number
• PEMDAS; Parenthesis, Exponents, Multiplication or Division (L to R), Addition or Subtraction (L to R)
• MULTIPLICATION problem.
• DIVISION problem
• A number, variable, product or quotient. Each “part” of an expression.

Distributive Property

• multiplying the sum of two or more addends by a number
• PEMDAS; Parenthesis, Exponents, Multiplication or Division (L to R), Addition or Subtraction (L to R)
• MULTIPLICATION problem.
• DIVISION problem
• A number, variable, product or quotient. Each “part” of an expression.

Exponent

• Terms that share the same exact variable (and exponent!)
• The letter used to represent an unknown number.
• Shows how many times a factor (or base) is multiplied by itself
• PEMDAS; Parenthesis, Exponents, Multiplication or Division (L to R), Addition or Subtraction (L to R)
• DIVISION problem

Product

• DIVISION problem
• multiplying the sum of two or more addends by a number
• PEMDAS; Parenthesis, Exponents, Multiplication or Division (L to R), Addition or Subtraction (L to R)
• MULTIPLICATION problem.
• The letter used to represent an unknown number.

Quotient

• DIVISION problem
• multiplying the sum of two or more addends by a number
• PEMDAS; Parenthesis, Exponents, Multiplication or Division (L to R), Addition or Subtraction (L to R)
• MULTIPLICATION problem.
• The letter used to represent an unknown number.

Like Terms

• The number “attached” to a variable. It is multiplying/dividing the variable.
• The number NOT “attached” to a variable.
• Terms that share the same exact variable (and exponent!)
• The letter used to represent an unknown number.
• Shows how many times a factor (or base) is multiplied by itself