Term | Definition |
order of operations | a set of rules mathematicians use to determine the order in which operations are performed |
identity property of addition | adding zero to a number dose not change the number |
associative property of multiplication | the way numbers are grouped dose not affect the product |
identity property of multiplication | the product of a number and one is that number |
evaluate | to find the value of an expression |
input/output table | a table of related values |
distributive property | multiplying a sum (or difference) by a number gives the same result as multiplying each number in the sum (or difference by the number and adding (or subtracting) the products |
commutative property of addition | the order in which number are added dose not change the sum of the numbers |
algebraic expression | a mathematical phrase that has at least one variable and one operation |
commutative property of multiplication | the order in which numbers are multiplied dose not change the product of the numbers |
variable | a quantity that can change or vary, often repressed with a letter |
coefficient | the number that is multiplied by a variable in an algebraic expression. |
substitution | to replace a variable with a number |
associative property of addition | the way numbers are grouped dose not affect the sum |