Algebra Test Prep

What is a coefficient?

• The answer to an expression

• The number before a variable

• A letter

• A math operation symbol

What is the difference between an expression and an equation?

• They are the same thing

• An expression only adds or subtracts

• An equation is more complicated

• An expression does not have an equal sign but an equation does

What are like terms?

• Only numbers

• Only letters

• Either all numbers or numbers with the same letters

• Numbers combined with different letters

What is a constant?

• A number that does not change its' value

• An equation that never changes

• An expression that never changes

• A letter that never changes

In the expression 6x - 10 + 5x - 11x what are the like terms?

• 10

• 6x

• 5x

• 11x

• 6x, 5x, and 11x

In the expression 12y - 52r + 13 what are the coefficients?

• 12 and 13

• 52 and 13

• 12 and 52

• 12, 52, and 13

Find the rule which gives the number of matchsticks required to make a pattern of letter L.

• 2n

• 3n

• 4n

• 5n

7 subtracted from t

• t - (-7)

• 7 - t

• t - 7

5 added to y

• 5 + y

• 5 - y

• y - 5

• y + 5

a multiplied by 10

• 10a

• a + 10

• 10 - a