What is the difference between an expression and an equation?
Difference Between an Equation and an Expression

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Mathematics
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7th Grade
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Hard
Anthony Clark
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9 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Expression has more numbers
An equation has an equal sign
there are 2 variables instead of 1
there are more terms in an equation
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the difference between an expression and an equation
Expressions have an equal sign and equations do not
Equations have an equal sign and expressions do not
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
5 + 3 = 8
expression
equation
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the difference between an equation and an expression?
There is no difference
An equation has an answer and an expression could have an answer.
Equation can only have one term after the equals sign and an expression could have one or more terms after the equals sign.
An expression we do not know what one quantity is equal to and an equation we know what one quantity is equal to another quantity.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the difference between an equation and an expression?
An equation has an equal sign and an expression does not.
An expression has an equal sign and an equation does not.
This must be a trick! They are the same thing!
One has variables and the other does not.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the difference between an equation and an expression?
An expression has an equal sign and an equation does not have an equal sign.
An equation has an equal sign and an expression does not have an equal sign.
There is not an difference.
An equation can have variables but an expression can not have variables.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the difference between an algebraic expression and an equation?
Algebraic expressions do not have variables, but equations do have variables
Expressions and equations are not different
Expressions do not have an equal sign and equations need to have an equal sign
Expressions need to have an equal sign and equations do not have an equal sign
8.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of the following is a mathematical sentence that has an equal sign?
Term
Expression
Coefficient
Equation
9.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the difference between an expression and equation?
Expressions have an equal sign and equations do not have an equal sign
Expressions do not have an equal sign and equations do have an equal sign
There is not a difference
Expressions do not have variables and equations have variables
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