Understanding Algebraic Terms and Expressions

- a number, variable, or combination of numbers and variables in an expression
- separated by a + or - sign

• term

• factor

• coefficient

• expression

- the number in front of a variable
- the numerical factor a variable is multiplied by

• constant

• coefficient

• variable

• exponent

a number, variable, or combination of numbers and variables in an expression, multiples of which are separated from one another by a + or - minus

• term

• factor

• coefficient

• expression

an expression containing at least one variable

• algebraic

• arithmetic

• geometric

• numeric

two or more numbers or quantities being multiplied together

• factors

• multiplicands

• coefficients

• variables

a term with a fixed quantity because it has no variable

• variable

• constant

• coefficient

• parameter

- a single mathematical phrase using numbers, operations, and sometimes variables

- it does NOT have an equal sign

• equation

• expression

• inequality

• function

to find the value of a variable in an equation

• calculate

• evaluate

• solve

• determine

equation

• a mathematical statement using an equal sign to show that two mathematical phrases are equal

• a type of graph that represents a function

• a numerical value that does not change

• a method for solving inequalities

- functions performed on numbers or quantities in an expression

- the most basic are addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division

• operations

• calculations

• equations

• formulas