Constants, Coefficients, Terms, Like Terms

What is a coefficient?

• the number part of a term; the constant that is multiplied by a pronumeral

• a term without a pronumeral; a number

• terms with the same pronumeral parts

• a pronumeral, a constant, or a multiplication of a pronumeral and a coefficient

What is a constant?

• the number part of a term; the constant that is multiplied by a pronumeral

• a term without a pronumeral; a number

• terms with the same pronumeral parts

• a pronumeral, a constant, or a multiplication of a pronumeral and a coefficient

What is an algebra term?

• the number part of a term; the constant that is multiplied by a pronumeral

• a term without a pronumeral; a number

• terms with the same pronumeral parts

• a pronumeral, a constant, or a multiplication of a pronumeral and a coefficient

Identify all of the constants in the expression below. Choose all that apply.

3x + 4y + 9m - 12 + 8x + 11

• 3x

• 11

• 4

• -12

• 12

Identify the coefficients in the expression below. Choose all that apply.

-9w + 4x - 7y + 13z - 11

• -9

• 4

• -7

• 13

• -11

Identify the like terms in the expression below. Choose all that apply.

6x - 9x - 11y + 14y

• 6x and -9x

• 6x and 9x

• 11y and 14y

• -11y and 14y

-25x - 75x simplifies to ____________.

• 50x

• 100x

• -100x

• -25x

The expression below has how many terms?

a - b + c - d + e - f + g - h

• 0

• 4

• 8

For the last question, you should have chosen 8 terms. Each term has a coefficient. What are the coefficients? Choose all that apply.

a - b + c - d + e - f + g - h

• 1

• -1

• 0

Are 7y and 8x like terms?

• Yes

• No

• Sometimes